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I'm trying to get my car to be a rough replica of a 325 sport, it is a 316 at the moment, it has sport checkered interior, 370mm tech 2 wheel, black sport headlining, obc, dechrome shadow trim, next on my list is a tech 2 kit, and I've got some genuine 16" bbs rs' to go on it aswell. Before you say 'just buy a sport' or 'you need an m20' I can't insure one at the moment, and it's my car and this is what I want to do, the shell is clean and solid anyway

I want to know what else I need to get it like a sport

Rear brake disc trailing arms and 51mm struts up front... Twin tail pipe backbox...

I have a rear disc conversion ready to go on

Post up some pictures of the RS's - are they 003's? I've been looking for a set for a while, but with radinox dishes.

Did sports ever come with the chequered seats?

I will when I'm home, they are all split down for a refurb, and I'm getting Radinox dishes aswell and nope they are rs 243's which are honda fitment 4x114.3 and I have some good quality h and r adapters for them, these are a good size because none of the bolts over lap with the 4x100, and I don't think they did these are out of a 318is, but they are literally perfect condition with no wear whatsoever and no rips so they are staying haha

No cheques seats, only is I think and m3???,

early onea had hounds tooth and later had anthracite, silver. Early and late also had leather

I know you say you can't insure a Sport, but just out of interest, what would it cost to insure, versus the money you're spending on the 316i, it's not a dig, i'm genuinely interested.

And what's the cost of insuring the 316i with all the mods....

I'm 20 with 1 year ncb been driving 2 years, 316i no mods, £775, with coilovers, body kit , stainless exhaust and wheels it is £950 with normal 316 engine, cost of insuring a sport £3400

Have you tried Graham Sykes or Brent Acre for a quote?

Don't forget to add the £4K+ cost of buying a half decent sport.

The main one is the black headlining, most don't bother. Sounds like you are most of the way there and have a nice car on yours hands. In the mean time I would be building a stroked m20 to stick in when you can insure it

What pisses me off is the cost of insuring an essentially unmodified 325 rep (a m20'd 316) is double the cost of insuring a car born as a 325. Even more stupid is it costs less if the car started as a 320 - the cost is in the power gain over standard. Regardless of the fact that it is a rep of a standard production car they'd insure for peanuts

It's annoying about insurance but I can't do much about it really, and yeah headlining is already in, I would but don't have a clue about engines

+1 on want Ross said. Build yourself a decent car based on the 316 and save some pennies for building a proper engine for when insurance allows

billcarr182 wrote:What pisses me off is the cost of insuring an essentially unmodified 325 rep (a m20'd 316) is double the cost of insuring a car born as a 325.

I found it the other way - I used to have a 318i touring to which I fitted a 325i donk, gearbox, LSD etc etc and it was cheaper to insure than a touring born as a 325i

The way I look at it is that my car is solid and I'd have to spend silly money to get a sport as clean as my car is

My other option is stick it back on bottle tops and take the is interior out and wait for a nice 318is to pop up

Sambe30 wrote:I'm 20 with 1 year ncb been driving 2 years, 316i no mods, £775, with coilovers, body kit , stainless exhaust and wheels it is £950 with normal 316 engine, cost of insuring a sport £3400

Your sums add up Go for it

How about getting a picture up of ones steed?