100. Low and slow baby! Suspension and celebration!

About 6 months ago, my steering wheel started shaking when I was doing approximately 100-120 km/h in a left hand turn. I took it to a mechanic, one I really trust, and he told me to park it up, or I'll lose a wheel... huh.
One of the tie rods was completely bust. At that point, I decided to do a complete overhaul of my front end.
I went on eBay, and I bought this:

It costed me 116€ - that's about 150-155 USD. That's what I call a good buy. Of course, everyone was (still is, probably) skeptical about the quality, but I've covered about 20k km already with these parts, and everything still seems like new. If anyone wants to know where I found this kit - here's the link:

ATP-Autoteile eBay store

Here's my car floating in mid air:

Right, at that point, I also decided to 'drop' my car. So, we installed Vogtland springs that I already had.

(You can read about them here: 73. Suspension and brakes on my E36 318is)

Here's a couple of shots taken on the way home:

Sorry about the bad quality... I soaked my camera while washing the car :)

And, a little celebration note...

This is my 100th post on this blog! Yeey! And, I still have quite a lot to share :)
Thank you all for reading and especially commenting! :)

86. 3 Years!

Well, if you haven't noticed - yesterday this blog celebrated 3 years of existence. :)
So, it's 3 years, since I bought my first BMW. :)

Here are some small thumbs (sorry, don't have any larger images) that show how this blog evolved... :)

Expect a major redesign soon. :)
Stay tuned. :)

48. A little celebration note

Today, this blog was viewed by our 5000th visitor! :)

It's not much, but it is something that brings a smile to my face! It shows me, that the effort I put into this blog is not worthless.

THANK YOU!

I started this blog on Monday, March 30, 2009. It was meant to be a small, personal project blog, but it started to grow faster and faster, attracting more and more visitors every day. Now, I'm confident when I say that this blog gathers a lot of useful information about BMW's E36 cars.

Our statistics show that we have 100 visitors a day now (average), and that they come from all around the world. I'm very proud of that!

To celebrate, I opened two more additional sites on the topic, and a Twitter feed. First site is a Squidoo Lens and the second one is a CafePress Gift Shop. I hope you don't think I do all of this stuff because I want to make a quick buck... In total, I earned 7 US Dollars with this blog, and if I keep it on-line a few more years, I'll buy my Beemer a new gear shifter knob! :) Obviously, I do this because I have a lot of fun posting, and because I want to help you with information about the cars we all love!

If you need any information or help, please, feel free to ask! You can leave a comment here, or you can go to my Squidoo Lens, and post a comment in the guest book. I'm looking forward to reading your comments, suggestions, questions...

Yet again, Thank YOU for visiting!