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Sun May 24, 2009 10:00 am

B7 wrote:G. My advice would be to not rush into things. Your car is (as si states) very straight and very clean.

Leather and Mtech 11 wheel can only improve it IMO. Maybe sport rideheight would also be worth considering BUT NO COUNCIL DROPS AIIIYYYT?
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Sun May 24, 2009 10:02 am

B7 wrote:G. My advice would be to not rush into things. Your car is (as si states) very straight and very clean.

Leather and Mtech 11 wheel can only improve it IMO. Maybe sport rideheight would also be worth considering BUT NO COUNCIL DROPS AIIIYYYT?
Any suggestions on the best springs and dampers would be greatly appreciated.
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Sun May 24, 2009 10:19 am

springs and shocks depend on what you want to achieve? low rider,fast road use or just looks say? All of the above?
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Sun May 24, 2009 10:22 am

GC, mine's a 4-pot and reasonably standard. Obviously not the best but is in very, very good clean condition. :D

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t200 ... bmvv-1.jpg
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Sun May 24, 2009 10:24 am

Simon13, what's the rear valance on that silver touring???
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twas a Breyton jobbie
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Sun May 24, 2009 5:42 pm

GC318 wrote: All of your suggestions are on the list, just a case of getting the cash together and then the epic task of finding a good set of black leathers for a Touring.
If you look at Theo325 sig he has the following for sale.

"heated touring black leather interior"
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Sun May 24, 2009 11:07 pm

Cotty wrote:
GC318 wrote: All of your suggestions are on the list, just a case of getting the cash together and then the epic task of finding a good set of black leathers for a Touring.
If you look at Theo325 sig he has the following for sale.

"heated touring black leather interior"
Cheers Cotty, PM sent to Theo.

Si, guess I am just looking for it to handle a little better on road and improve the stance a little, nothing drastic
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Mon May 25, 2009 12:54 am

greentouring wrote:GC, mine's a 4-pot and reasonably standard. Obviously not the best but is in very, very good clean condition. :D

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t200 ... bmvv-1.jpg

Excellent!

Reminds me of my old touring (RIP) :cry:
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Just ignore the wheels :D
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Mon May 25, 2009 1:17 am

Just ignore the wheels
Kinda hard to do that.... sorta in your face really!
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Mon May 25, 2009 1:21 am

robbo86 wrote:
Just ignore the wheels
Kinda hard to do that.... sorta in your face really!
I know but I was trying to make it a bit different from the norm.... SUCCESS!!! :D
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Mon May 25, 2009 1:34 am

Fair point. will give you that. Look infinately better then they would on a saxo!
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Mon May 25, 2009 9:37 am

Its not a UK Touring, but this is a nice read. Some pictures dont work anymore , but you get the idea.
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... sc&start=0
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Hyperion wrote:Its not a UK Touring, but this is a nice read. Some pictures dont work anymore , but you get the idea.
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... sc&start=0
Repect to the guys, but that is a ground up re-build. The OP has a nice car that he want to slowly improve, not take it off the road for X amount of months.

The OP just wants a nice car that he is not going to thrash to bits or race it, just like me :wink:
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Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:03 pm

I thought the touring barry used as a donor for his S50 was one of the nicest.
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