BTW I love the car and awesome wheels
Edit: sorry for many questions but, which year A6 are the coilovers for and who is the producer?
Oops, I killed an m20
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Well, it's been a while since I posted up on here, been gathering bits and bobs here and there for the old girl,
Firstly it had rear drums which had nothing wrong but I'd rather disks so picked these up complete for £50
Gave them a good clean up, lick of paint and new brake lines and cables.
Then my poor little open diff finally gave up from the abuse and went pop in traffic on a Monday morning. Seemed pointless putting another open diff back in so I found a 3.91 LSD on the bay and snapped that up, again new gasket, oil and a lick of paint after an internal inspection
After fitting all that and it driving ten times nicer I thought about upgrading the power side of things, although the trusty b20 still pulled well, just wasn't enough. Went shopping for a b25 as I want to keep the bay looking similar to original. I bought what I believed to be a b25 and turned out to be 2.5 head on a b20 block. Never mind sold that on and dropped it off at pacers for him to then find I'd been stitched unknowingly and turned out 3 of 6 Pistons have holes in them and bent a majority of the valves
After that I bought an 87 b25 that I thought boom chuck a belt on it and throw it in, the belt but didn't really happen, I after taking the belt cover off I got carried away. Well here's before and after
Before
After
A couple of in between pics
So at this point and only taking half a day to swap everything over, it went wrong. Early loom and I had bits missing and all sorts being wrong, here's where I got too
I've been back to pacers again and bought everything facelift, spliced the looms together last night so all being good it'll be back on the road tomorrow.
I also spotted this on eBay for a nifty and couldn't resist really as I think the original looked boring
More progress to follow
Firstly it had rear drums which had nothing wrong but I'd rather disks so picked these up complete for £50
Gave them a good clean up, lick of paint and new brake lines and cables.
Then my poor little open diff finally gave up from the abuse and went pop in traffic on a Monday morning. Seemed pointless putting another open diff back in so I found a 3.91 LSD on the bay and snapped that up, again new gasket, oil and a lick of paint after an internal inspection
After fitting all that and it driving ten times nicer I thought about upgrading the power side of things, although the trusty b20 still pulled well, just wasn't enough. Went shopping for a b25 as I want to keep the bay looking similar to original. I bought what I believed to be a b25 and turned out to be 2.5 head on a b20 block. Never mind sold that on and dropped it off at pacers for him to then find I'd been stitched unknowingly and turned out 3 of 6 Pistons have holes in them and bent a majority of the valves
After that I bought an 87 b25 that I thought boom chuck a belt on it and throw it in, the belt but didn't really happen, I after taking the belt cover off I got carried away. Well here's before and after
Before
After
A couple of in between pics
So at this point and only taking half a day to swap everything over, it went wrong. Early loom and I had bits missing and all sorts being wrong, here's where I got too
I've been back to pacers again and bought everything facelift, spliced the looms together last night so all being good it'll be back on the road tomorrow.
I also spotted this on eBay for a nifty and couldn't resist really as I think the original looked boring
More progress to follow
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Cypriotgeeza
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Thats the money shot!
Also I cant stop staring at them headlight covers haha Are they from a beetle?
Nice car
Check my M30 build threads:
Project Frankenstein: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=194154
Headgasket: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=165704
Clutch issues: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=172482
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madmax1410
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very cool chromie 
the new wheels really suit her! i also love the period correct 320i rear window decal! keep up the good work she's looking A1!
the new wheels really suit her! i also love the period correct 320i rear window decal! keep up the good work she's looking A1!
Been a while, it was all coming together really well...
And then this happened. It looks like I drive into him. However after a very heated road rage incident, his retaliation was to reverse into my car very hard. Luckily I have 2 witnesses on my side and he's lied in his statement which hopefully will go my way too. Doesn't look as bad as it was, bent beyond visable items.
And then this happened. It looks like I drive into him. However after a very heated road rage incident, his retaliation was to reverse into my car very hard. Luckily I have 2 witnesses on my side and he's lied in his statement which hopefully will go my way too. Doesn't look as bad as it was, bent beyond visable items.
Well I've started the repairing, insurance said its a write off.
Got some nice chrome bits to replace the bent bits and the rear section
I decided to 'modify' an old valance, I've made it an inch deeper, welded up the fog light holes and the random square dent bit in the middle
This is as it stands, I have new wings and waiting on paint
Got some nice chrome bits to replace the bent bits and the rear section
I decided to 'modify' an old valance, I've made it an inch deeper, welded up the fog light holes and the random square dent bit in the middle
This is as it stands, I have new wings and waiting on paint
Hope you gave him a dig
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Speedtouch
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Sorry to hear about your road rage incident. 
Good to see that the fix-up process is well in hand. 
Good to see that the fix-up process is well in hand. ///M aurice
ECU Upgrade EPROM Chips, £40 posted within the UK. Note these are not Zone chips.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=279421
ECU Upgrade EPROM Chips, £40 posted within the UK. Note these are not Zone chips.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=279421
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Gert_8
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nothing beats (pardon the pun) a spot of violence every now and then! 
PONY, 2013 - "Anyway span 360 degrees hitting the kerb and giving the old man two fingers as I was spinning like Michael Schumacher would
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Brianmoooore
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Good post, this! An inspiration to others of what can be done to turn a mess that might make some owners lose heart, into pristine metal again, in just a couple of hours, using the tool we can see in the background of the third pic.
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Cloggy Saint
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A swivel stool?Brianmoooore wrote:using the tool we can see in the background of the third pic.
E30 zone - promoting adult illiteracy since 2004
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steve_k
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i was thinking thatCloggy Saint wrote:A swivel stool?Brianmoooore wrote:using the tool we can see in the background of the third pic.
think he means the gas welder just off to the right.
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
getting oral sex off an ugly person is like rock climbing.....don't look down ;)
getting oral sex off an ugly person is like rock climbing.....don't look down ;)
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jimbom30cab
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Now that is one of the smartest e30s i've ever seen
Dream car there
Nice one.
Dream car there
Nice one.
lookin great.