Ti destruction derby (12 month saga) pics inside

[angel318ti]

Ok, so I deployed last year in June. I had my stepdad move to the area and he needed a car to get around since he moved and had no transpo. So I told him to take care of my car and pay the insurance and he could drive it.

It all started when the car overheated and had to get towed. The towing company cracked a small portion of my front bumper. so I ask him to claim it and later found out he signed a damage waiver so my loss!! later..... driving down the road near a construction he hits a spike on the road. cracks it even more this time. now its almost in 2 pieces so what does he do? he takes the front bumper off and drives the car like that for a whole month til my wife sees the car and tell me all about it. So I call and he explains how it happened. so I tell him to put it back on. he puts it back together and the car was drivable.

3 months or so later he is parking at his job where they have this HUGE parking blocks. so what does he do. He challenges it to a duel! needless to say the parking block was victorious. Now the bumper is in 2 pieces. LITERALLY!!!

so when I get back in less than 50 days I got my work cut out for me. he is going to be one broke, grinding, sanding, wrenching, and most importantly Paying SOB. I just needed to vent since I paid over 4,000 for that paint job in August 2005.


Now that I vented, I have my flame suit on. here's a few pics










On a happier note this gives me a whole new opportunity to redo the entire car. I'm going to have it painted Cosmo black. This time I'm going all OEM M upgrades. Here's a few of the parts that I have gathered.

M3 front from DDM


M3 Side skirts from DDM

M3 mirrors from private seller on BFC

M- Rear from member on Ti.org ( thanks for the help Jeff318)


Apexcone Head lights w/ Angel Eyes, HID 35w 6000k ballast, Black grill inserts, gauge rings, fogs w/ 35W HID 6000.


Style 5 wheels: locally purchased



I was going to do a swap but in view of the fuel prices I changed my mind. I rather keep it like this. for now! I learned a valuable lesson. Family will cost you more at the end than a total stranger. Last time I do something like this to help someone out.

What say you Org?

[BakeR318]

I say sweet freaking deal. Way to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Gonna look sexy, that's for sure. Good luck!

[angel318ti]

thanks man I hope it does cause I have a whole 30 days of leave that I will take when I get back dedicated to the car.

[tiFreak]

this is why I don't let anyone drive my car how much would you be willing to sell your current rear bumper for?

lol, when I read the thread title I though someone was actually using a ti in a demolition derby, I got all excited to watch the flame-fest

[angel318ti]

Originally Posted by tiFreak

this is why I don't let anyone drive my car how much would you be willing to sell your current rear bumper for?

lol, when I read the thread title I though someone was actually using a ti in a demolition derby, I got all excited to watch the flame-fest

I have the rieger rear bumper with a small corner chipped. nothing too noticeable. Just throw a number out there over 100 and its yours. (shipping not included) somebody did use a Ti in a demolition derby, it just took a little longer than normal.

[tiFreak]

sent a pm

[thesk8nmidget]

dang well glad it has an up side to this!

why black though? the purple is awesome and if you door jams are already purple might as well stick with it!

[angel318ti]

actually the car is Black base. All my door jams are black. blue and purple were sprayed after the black base. I wanna go with a OEM color cause in case of an accident I wont have to repaint the whole car again.

[thesk8nmidget]

yep i would also go with black!

[SDKmann]

Im not gonna lie, your step dad did you a big favor with that front bumper, the new one looks much better.

[angel318ti]

Originally Posted by SDKmann

Im not gonna lie, your step dad did you a big favor with that front bumper, the new one looks much better.

If you really think about ti yes he did. I loved the paint job so I am upset about that but since I wanted to do the OEM Look I guess I have to sacrifice somewhere. Does anyone know where I van get a M rear spoiler fot the Ti?

[SDKmann]

Top of the page- http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...72&startrow=26

[angel318ti]

does anybody have any pics of how the M tech spoiler mounts? I'm not sure If I will have to drill or if it mounts with clamps through the sides the the E30 Mtech 2 spoiler.

[SDKmann]

No clamps, you'll have to drill through the hatch.

[angel318ti]

well never mind then. I did that once already and I hate it how there are like 3 layers of metal where it is impossible to get a blot on. I guess I'm better without.