89 325i sport resto (work begins at last)

Post Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:14 pm

fantastic thread mate.cant believe what a good job u have done.The looks brand new!

Stunning car

Post Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:42 am

yep does look nice matt makes me want to buy another bm. now should i sell the astra?????

Post Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:31 pm

whats with the porsche in the background...Oh!...your work is super

Post Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:22 pm

Matt, what paint did you use on the wheels? Fantastic finish on them. Overall a minty well presented sport

Post Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:33 pm

WOW Absolutely stunning!!

Congrats mate youve got serious talent!!! Great thread!! Thanks for sharing!

Post Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:36 pm

thanks for the comments guys, thought this thread was good and burried

Matt, what paint did you use on the wheels? Fantastic finish on them. Overall a minty well presented sport

the wheels were refurbed by a company called metal magic, they were powder coated and not painted and were a spot on match to the new centre caps i bought from bmw.

yep does look nice matt makes me want to buy another bm. now should i sell the astra?????

you`d need something pretty tasty to replace that astra performance wise although you could track down an ix and do an s50 swap on it

Post Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:47 pm

beardymat wrote:you`d need something pretty tasty to replace that astra performance wise although you could track down an ix and do an s50 swap on it

Sound's like a plan!

Are you doing the shows in 08 Matt with your sport being silver and all that?

Post Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:51 pm

certainly am baz, was hoping to be well under way with the mechanical refurb/rebush, powder coating etc but ive been really busy since moving to the new premises and skint too. should still get a few bits done before the summer though

Post Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:17 pm

beardymat wrote:certainly am baz, was hoping to be well under way with the mechanical refurb/rebush, powder coating etc but ive been really busy since moving to the new premises and skint too. should still get a few bits done before the summer though

Good stuff fella. Any progress with that steering rack mod we spoke about at Gaydon?

Post Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:29 pm

good idea dude but it would have to be a bm 4 pot turbo power

Post Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:48 pm

well done mate i really respect people that bring the old skool bm's back to life

Post Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:19 am

snakeyes wrote:well done mate i really respect people that bring the old skool bm's back to life

+1

Post Tue May 13, 2008 2:52 pm

am i being stupid, I really want to see some of the showroom pics - are there any about?

Post Wed May 14, 2008 10:26 pm

if you mean the studio shots i had done which went in total bmw then ill put some of em up for you

i do have some more but imageshack keeps going on strike when i upload more than a couple at once

Post Thu May 15, 2008 7:24 am

car looks awesome, its really amazing, once you realise what she looked like when you got her.

Post Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:38 am

amsome!

Post Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:04 pm

Dude, fix your avatar!

Beardy - I never tire of looking at your sport. If only the red death hadn't over taken mine

Fancy another project?

Post Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:06 pm

that has taken so much work

Post Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:22 pm

But you did it - well done

Post Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:56 pm

From now on, you are my HERO!
I love how you have done the car mate!
AWESOME!

Where did you buy the M Tech 2 parts ? and price?
Please reply at PM ;)

Cheers Howie : )

Post Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:27 pm

Just read this from start to finish, and have lost a few hours of my life, but MAN was it worth it!

Absolutely stunning craftsmanship mate, truly awesome!

The final pictures look brilliant; it looks brand new!

(Sorry for bumping the thread back up, but I had to praise your work...)

Post Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:49 pm

beardymat wrote:
scotty86d wrote:Looks amazing, as said before wicked to see someone is rebuilding it and not breaking it. Was fitting the air con all that difficult btw?
cheers for the comments,its nice to see others appreciating my work.

the aircon is dead easy if youre good at getting the dash out,took me a sunday to swap over the heater box and rebuild the dash,after that its just pipework, wiring, pump and condensor under the bonnet.

not sure about the next ferrybridge chris,but im aiming for the summer

What happens at Ferrybridge guys?

Post Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:29 am

Aramil wrote:Just read this from start to finish

And me, again! A truely stunning job.....

Post Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:32 am

excellent work!

Post Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:32 am

Just seen this thread. Stunning resto.

Post Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:06 am

Alot of effort there and it shows, now a stunning sport with a great write up

Mods this should be a stickey as it shoud be of interest to any E30 owner or would be owner

Post Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:08 am

rwikky wrote:
snakeyes wrote:well done mate i really respect people that bring the old skool bm's back to life
+1

+2

Post Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:03 am

Jim78 wrote:
beardymat wrote:
scotty86d wrote:Looks amazing, as said before wicked to see someone is rebuilding it and not breaking it. Was fitting the air con all that difficult btw?
cheers for the comments,its nice to see others appreciating my work.

the aircon is dead easy if youre good at getting the dash out,took me a sunday to swap over the heater box and rebuild the dash,after that its just pipework, wiring, pump and condensor under the bonnet.

not sure about the next ferrybridge chris,but im aiming for the summer
What happens at Ferrybridge guys?

this is quite an old thread and we used to have meets at ferrybrige but have since moved to squire's milk bar and probably meeting somewhere else this year ...usually start about april ...its warmer

Post Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:50 pm

You, my friend, are what i can only describe as... "A F***ing Legend"

The car is absolutely MINT!

You have my utmost admiration and respect! You're a true inspiration to the scene!

I'm in the process of rebuilding my tech 1 at the moment, I've started with the electrics and mechanics but will be looking for someone to tackle the bodywork... Interested?

Post Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:15 pm

Beautiful car Matt,

if only mine was like that,wana swop haha!

Post Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:48 pm

now that is one SPORTY NUMBER!!! faiplay to ya, wish i had the abilites to do it start to finish!!

Post Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:28 am

Read all this again and all i have to say is

welldone mate

Post Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:44 am

Your car is getting there most people would not have repair it.You are hardcore great!Keep up the good work

Post Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:03 am

tonybtonyb wrote:Your car is getting there most people would not have repair it.You are hardcore great!Keep up the good work

old thread alert!
this sport was completed/ finished a long time ago

Post Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:23 pm

May be an old thread but i just noticed it lol

I went to pod this year but didnt speak to anyone except spadge when i bought parts cos im shy

I will come to another meet soon and i WILL have a ganders at this motor cos its ace..
Wish i could weld like that., well tbh i wish i could weld full stop lol

Andy