Goosie's S50 Moredoor, 'Ring action

[goosiegander]

be intresting to see what the rolling road result turns out to be, it would only be a guess on the gain though.

assuming its close on the stock 170 with the recon head plus something for the zone chip and whatever is left is the manifold, its never going to be conclusive.
I'd throughly recommend this manifold for the looks and sound let alone any potential increase in bhp

[goosiegander]

Given the patches of nice weather we have been having over the last few days i decided to have a day of anti rust fettling in the boot as i noticed a bit of light bubbling at the top of the seal the last time i checked it so i took the plastic cladding off along with the seal, light clusters and plastic screw mounts.

I found this



So i set to...




after much swearing and sanding the affected area was treated thus:
Rub down to bare metal with aluminium oxide paper.
Treatment with krust.
Primed with Helfrauds zinc based primer.
A quick dusting of red to tidy up.
A good coat of waxoil for the time being until the impending respray.

Still looks ok,


Now the parts are starting to turn up for the 2.8 build

[goosiegander]

First clean after getting back

[toby]

Looking good. Still reckon you need a different rear spoiler for it to look it's best. Good work though dude.

[goosiegander]

thanks Toby, i'm going to see how it looks with the tech 2 rear bumper, was thinking about a se lip instead perhaps

[toby]

Humbly offering inspiration dude. These look like tech 1 spoilers I think.


How about this?

Colour coded spoiler,

and this car has colour coded sills and rear panel.






Or this?

Black spoiler,

plus this has colour coded side skirts and all red rear lights.



or a combination of the above for you own personal .

SE lip spoilers are everywhere - not interesting enough imho.


tech 2 rear bumper, sorry

[goosiegander]

The top one looks spot on Toby, the tech 2 bumper is sprayed up and ready to fit i'm just waiting on the sides of the car getting painted hopefully in the next week or few lol!

[goosiegander]

ta-daa !

[Rallyprep_UK]

spoiler looks at home now with that bumper on there ! good work

[toby]

Actually that does look alright

[sphession]

very very nice rear bumper!! cant belive i dont see a black line goin through more tech 2 mumpers.

[shafiq]

looks good keep us posted

[goosiegander]

Thanks very much guys -it makes all the difference getting feedback

here are some pictures taken during and just after being repolished

[goosiegander]

for the moment i'm finished with the exterior and i couldan't be happier




still waiting on the caps for the bumper -the paint shop managed to misplace them... but still its all good

[oakey]

Looks really good goosie
Not sure if the tech2 rear skirt suits but it defo doesn't look bad in any way. It's come along a long way

[goosiegander]

thanks Oakey! i wanted something slightly different the the usual full tech2 kit on the 4 door, i think its different without being overstated, i still need to adjust the rear bumper slightly i think but aside from that the bodystyling is finished

[aj_mckay]

Really like them 'cruise lights' - wonder if i can get hold of some anywhere?! Great looking car mate, clearly you've put a LOT of effort and time into it...

[goosiegander]

thought i'd update the photos





Also the 2.8 is getting there,

[goosiegander]

Time to dust this thread off again lol!

After some time spent at R&R on the ramp i now have my new suspension fitted, the details are:

BMW camber correction topmounts,
M3 eccentric Wishbone bushes,
Bilstein B8 dampers,
Eibach pro -40 -30mm springs,
325i Sport anti-roll bars.

Some pictures:












The handling is sooo much sharper although i've done about 500 miles on it already but it still doesnt feel like its quite settled yet.

Money well spent though

[E30Gheko]

Just read this thread. Wow!! A lot of work gone into this and u gotta be happy with the results so far!

Well done!

[d6dph]

So when do we get to see this at one of the meets Chris, BBB one month?

[goosiegander]

Was going to pitch up at the last one but got called into work at the last minute,

Almost 2.8 stroker time in as its all but finished.

Hopefully be at the next one for sure dude!

[goosiegander]

Just a few snaps before heading down to A-tech tomorrow,

Put the chrome spare on as im respraying the grill today- looks very odd

[wullie325i]

thats some gap on the front bumper

[goosiegander]

no gap its this,


m3 rubber strip that sits on the bumper, this pic was taken before i got it to fit properly

[wullie325i]

no gap its this,


m3 rubber strip that sits on the bumper, this pic was taken before i got it to fit properly

ah i c lol.

thought it was a bit odd considering the effort you have put into your car.

looks the tits anyway bro nice work

[goosiegander]

Thanks dude, smoked hellas and pinas next probably

The strip fits quite well with a little trimming, well worth a go...

[wullie325i]

not a fan of the pinas anymore they have been done to death. yeah they look ok but theres better out there.

whats the purpose of the bumper strip?

had a set of 16" hartge rims on my caar when i bought it off eko but after a few weeks i just didnt like them either for some reason. im still looking for the right rims.

[goosiegander]

The other option would be borbet b's with the xspokes done as my current ones are i do like the black and silver, i just want something wider on the back end...

The strip is an aerodynamic feature on the m3 as well as the wing strips, i just like it as something different that you dont often see on a run of the mill e30

[wullie325i]

i have had my eye on the borbets aswell dishy all round mmmmm

[goosiegander]

Back from Ant's -sterling work as always, and guess what...


My arches are galvanised...

[spook]

My arches are galvanised...

Well show us then matey

[e30bmlover]

shes looking good mate!! cant wait to see her tomorrow.... shame the dirty six wasnt here... we could have got some pics... i want a go in her!!

[Eddie25]

Chrome grille FTW. I am biased but i think it looks better.

[Blitz]

Looks stunning. That Boot rust is exactly the same as mine.