REZN8R

Hey everyone!

I sold out. Bought a BMW and sold the Camaro

SO, I'll also be selling my kickpanel molds along with a 1/2 complete set of fiberglass panels for $200 if anyone is interested.

Note to moderators: This will be my last sales post, so please don't delete.

Lastly, as a favor to the 3rd gen community, I'll be posting my complete set of 3-D well box plans (formerly $12/set) in PDF form for general public use.

Thanks again!!

Jim85IROC

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Wow... that's a surprise. Good luck with the new car dude.

3.1RS

I just did the exact same thing..... i got a 94 325i. havent sold my camaro just yet im gunna be sad when it has to go. What kinda bimmer did u get?

1meanGTA

these things sure can take it out of you. in the end though, i think they're worth all the upkeep. well, maybe not a 6 cylinder

im lookin for a mid 90's explorer 4x4 for a winter driver/spl vehicle. you can have my trans am when you drag my putrid rotting corpse out of it though.

REZN8R

Yeah, I got tired of dumping in tons of money in suspension and getting out-handled by lightly modified Toyota Corollas. I did the 3.4 swap and T-5 swap. Still ridiculously slow. And all the little stuff starts to get to you after awhile. Broken trim, window air leaks, hatch leaks, weatherstripping falling apart, blah, blah, blah.

So I test drove a '96 BMW M3 and that German wh0re seduced the he11 outta me

tagta189

This might sound strange but you'll miss the thing.I bought a ram air transam.6 speed the whole works..Fantastic piece of machinery.Within a year I was missing my gta and sold the new one to get a 3rd gen again.Trust me you will likely be back again.

3.1RS

I dont know...... the M3 is one hell of a car, i just got the 325i but i can say i definitly wont be coming back.

Jim85IROC

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Different strokes for different folks. My buddy drove an 86 Trans Am for over a decade (it was his first car) and a year ago he bought a 98 BMW 325i. It suits him nicely and he loves it. I've driven it along with a bunch of other 3 series cars. They're nice, but you'll never see me own one. I'm way too addicted to the power (and especially the torque) of my cars.

The mid/late 90s 3 series cars seemed to have good reliability, but when stuff does break, you'll REALLY be missing your thirdgen. I've had 2 friends have their heater controls go out (very common) and it cost them over $400 each to replace them. Some of the newer ones don't seem to have quite the same reliability, but if you go new enough, you can get a certified pre-owned model with a good warranty.

REZN8R

The kicker for me was the flat torque curve and on demand power. It's only rated at 240 hp, but uses it very well. You're right on though Jim. I have to replace the front ball joints, but guess what? "BMW doesn't offer just the ball joints". You have to replace the entire control arm assembly. Both sides cost me $380 if I do the work myself...

18inchboyds

do you have any drivers side stealth boxes?

Jim85IROC

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The M3 is certainly no slouch in the power department. But, the new ones cost more than a new Corvette, so it still becomes a decision between quality and power.

But on the used car market, the M3 is a great car.

confucius101

hey sorry to see you go
I was just online looking for your contact info
for another set of plans
My last box just fell apart due to a nasty water leak
and i've moved twice so i can't find the palns anywhere

did you post up the pdf yet and if so where????

darkhorse91

i'll tip a 40 fo a fallen homie. lost to the world o importz. jk
good luck with the beamer, too bad you had to sacrifce your turdgen tho

REZN8R

I haven't posted the PDF yet. I'm actually not sure if I can post it to this site somehow. Anyone have a domain I can attach it to?

BTW, current total for maintenance on the German ***** is $2125 after a month of ownership...

Dracul

if you want to email it to rudnik@xaqt.org i'll host it (got unlimited bandwidth).

Gummie

I'll provide a mirror if you want. I've got a ton of bandwith and about 7 more gigs of disk space. e-mail me if interested gumert@epsilongraphics.com

stitchop

I noticed an old (mid 90s) BMW the other day, and got to thinking. If Bimmers are such quality cars, last soooo long and are sooo much better than US cars, than why do I very seldom see any older ones on the road. There are hundreds of new BMW around here, but I see maybe one 10 year or older BMW every 2 or 3 years.

The only 80's model BMW I ever looked into the interior of had little broken, loose faded, missing, worn parts just like any 3rd gen.

In the late 70's and early 80's the great Yotas, Mazdas, Nissans, Izuzos, Yugos, and others that they claim were built sooo much better than US cars were selling so well that they challanged the US companys.

I see thousands of 70's and 80's models F-bodies, Fox bodies, Monties, Cutlass, Dodge, Grand Prixs, Lincolns, trucks galore, and on and on, BUT, of the so called SUPERIOR quality brands, You are hard pressed to find any thing older than 10 years other than the accasional 90 camry, or the 89 civic.

REZN8R

Yeah, but then who really wants to restore a 15 yr old Civic?

If you restore an old Honda, you're left with an old Honda
If you restore an old F-body, you now have a classic
If you restore an old German car, you better have a ****load of money

I'll try and pdf those files today and get them on one or both of the sites offered.

3.1RS

Yea exatctly, plus american cars were FAR outselling imports decades ago.... i think it was like 15-20 percent imports in the 70s

82firebird

Too bad I'm at school and have no money. If it were summer time I'd take those molds off your hands. Good luck.

CAMp3RO

hey, i had to give up on my fbody as well. got me a gtp to take its place for now until i get a house with a garage (hopefully in the next few months). then comes the project camaro.....

good luck with your new car

Rc 415

What ever happened to the plans?

vipershark11

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if you ever come back to third gens just remember to get the L98. then if you wanna do another motor swap do what most 3rd gens are doing either LT1 or LS1 with a T56 nobody will ever know.

Gummie

Never got posted as far as I know. There's a decent dummy plan on the top of the forums - look @ the sticky. I would imagine that Rez's is better though.

Rc 415

Yeah i need like exact dimentions, that one at the top isnt quite detailed enough

REZN8R

ok, ok, I guess I should stop procrastinating. There goes my retirement

The template sheet is actual size, so I didn't include it in the PDF (most people don't have 30x42 plotters)

Now that I can attach directly to this site... Here it is

and again thanks for all the support!!

one_bad_rover

Shouldnt turn this into a bimmer hate fest. The bimmers are nice rides and Ive seen quite a few older models that are in great condition, and usually they get top dollar. The 79-84 3 series are great, but for the $$ you can get a fat 7 series or a five series with a serious bit of power in it. As to repairs, well they are just like the camaros or anything else, somethings are expensive, others not so much and its always cheaper to do it yourself, the bimmers get a bad rap cause people are usually too intimidated to get under the hood but they are engineered very simply and easy to understand if you get into it.
Now do they compare with Camaro, no, not even in the same catagory, so its kind of ridiculous to compare the two. the e36 3 series is a nice entry level bimmer and the m3 is a pretty hefty competitor, in fact, I think you might be hard pressed to put a modded e36 m3 up against a camaro, again, its the catagory thing. It is easy to see the comparison though, you get into this little luxury car that is phenomenally fast and handles incredibley well and you think hmm, different but good.
Then you move into 540 or M5 territory and usually its all over, you never go back.
However, it is a catagory thing. The camaro is a different car, it rides differently, sounds differently and definatley handles differently.
Now before I get the flaming consider this, Im 32, my first car was a 72 camaro, then I got a 70 M/C, raced the hell out of both of them. while I had the M/C I picked up an e30 M3, loved it, drove the M/C about half the time, then I swapped the M3 for a 530, and the M/C got driven less and less, the I picked up a 750 (v12 baby!!) and driving time in the M/C was nearly non existant. I ended up selling it about 7 years ago. Kept on the Bimmer train, and for offroad I got into Rovers. I can say nothing bad about either brand, they have performed well and are very reliable, even with high milage they drive and act like new. (sheesh, the Rover is pushing 170k miles with no major probs.)
However, the need for raw unadulterated horsepower is there... Last weekend, after searching high and low I picked up a 91 Z28 and Im loving it, its not a better car, just a whole differnt catagory... and Im glad I got it to add to the stable.

Zrated83

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Awesome. Thanks alot!

True

Hey,

Just got my Camaro about a week ago. I was thinking of making my own box, releasing CAD information, cut sizes, etc. since I couldn't find anything here. Then bam - you've given it to us today.

Thank you very, very much - this'll really be helpful!

Gummie

Haha. Back from the dead for one final post

You have an e-mail btw.

BigDreams92

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Hey I got a plotter! I want the big pic! lol

G'luck with whatever you do man.

357transam

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i mostly agree with one_bad_rover about what he said. I just recently started working at a bmw dealership. They actually are incredably simple to work on... but in a different sort of way from domestics. I would have to say that they are engineered quite a bit better though. where i disagree is parts prices. parts are quite a bit more expensive for the BMWs than for the camaros. but like he said, you cant really compare the third gen to the bmw. Its like comparing apples with pickles. they are nothing alike.

rusty rider

Wow !! Thanks for those plans. Should make life Alot easier!!!

b's90cam

for some reason i didnt get page 5 printed and was cussing up a storm for that a hole not putting up any dimensions. Im an idot sometimes. lol

WaaX

Still interested in selling the molds?

REZN8R

Yes please. I just moved and they're sitting in my garage with no hope for a future. :cry:

$120 shipped. Anyone? $30/hr opportunity here....

18inchboyds

hey rez what molds do you still have for 120 , the ones that i bought a box of , the stealth box molds?

REZN8R

Those are the ones

b's90cam

was that where you could fit a 10 in the spare tire well? if someone picked that up i would buy a box.

18inchboyds

i have the last one rez made and it holds a ten in the side where the box goes to hold stuff, on the drivers side.

b's90cam

oh, yeah i'd take one of those. Could it fit a 10 type r?

charlie31603

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First off. Thanks for posting this for us! And have fun with the bimmer!

I was wondering if you could post up the template. So that way I could go to like a Kinko's or somthing and have them print it out to scale. I made a board just like the top of the box. And it took me 2 days to do it and I still screwed it up. I would be willing to pay someone to print out a full scale template so I don't have to go trough the hassle of that again. I just made the board and put a hinge on it for the mean time. Till I get a proper box made. Thanks in advance! Adam :-)

REZN8R

By popular demand...

charlie31603

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SWEET! Thanks for the template. Now I won't go crazy trying to make another one of the boards. Thanks again! Adam :-)