My tech 2 325i Sport. 25 years old today 25.10.14

[BMWE30325]

just had a read thru the post all 33 pages great car and fantastic work

[bss325i]

Time for another small update. Happened to have a bit of spare time to myself (which is rare!) so i thought i would fit some of the box of new parts i have accumulated.

First up was another OEM option or should i say part of it. The Heated mirror, washer jet and drivers door lock pack which would have cost you £86+Vat in '89. The part of the pack i have fitted is the heated mirrors which is a very easy upgrade!

The only parts needed are the mirror glass for each side and the specific wiring loom for each mirror. With some careful soldering and crimping you could modify an original loom as the only difference is two wires as seen in the pic below.
This also means no painting needed as you use your original housings.



As i had removed a pair of heated mirrors from a breaker, i striped them and removed the looms but unfortunately the heated mirror glass from them were both open circuit so in the bin they went. A new pair were ordered up and for those of you who want to know the difference see the pic below, you can see one has a heated element on the back of the glass.



Here is a pic of the mirror stripped.



With the mirror housing refitted and wiring plugged in it was time to check power to glass connections. With terminal 15 switched on (Ignition position 2) we have battery voltage present so we were good to fit the glass.



Once fitted, with the terminal 15 on switched on for 5 or so mins with have the temp seen below.



Just the heated washer jets and drivers door lock to go!

One of the other parts i got round to fitting was a pair of engine mount "Stoppers" which are basically metal cups for the rubber engine mounts to sit in. Now every M20 engined E30 i have had plus various others i have worked on have not had these. I dont know if they are some kind of technical update or what but judging by their design, they limit movement of the rubber.

Here is the nearside one.



So that concludes this update but Santa Pod is a couple of weeks away so some serious peado action is required soon!

[Rav335uk]

Not surprising you say that about the Cups for the mounts Barry, everyone who's looked into my engine bay always asks where I got mine from,had them from day one.

[bss325i]

With Santa Pod upon us it was time to begin the prep with a long overdue paint correction. Yes paint correction! Since the car was painted over 4 years ago it has picked up some swirl marks and a few fine scratches that needed sorting so Steve (Powelly) came over last saturday and did the business after a wash and clay.

As you can see below it has picked up plenty of contaminates since it was last clayed over 2 years ago, the roof and bonnet being the worst of it.



The man in action.



After Steve had done the business with a rotary and some 3M products, I gave it a coat of Victoria red but for the bonnet, Steve kindly let me use some Zaino products to see what i thought.
To say i was impressed is an understatement and its something i'm certainly considering to use when the Vics red runs out (i am happy with the vics though), the only drawback is the cost of the various Zaino products needed to get the best out of it but i guess you get what you pay for!

Sadly the sun had disappeared by the time we were done so i couldn't get any snaps outside and its been back in the garage since but here is a couple of crappy iphone snaps of the Zaino'd bonnet.





I'll take some more pics on saturday after the final prep is done for Pod.

Big thanks to Steve for this!

[pandaa]

woahh how clean lol just sat heare an read the whole thread, love it mate good work

[powelly]

Was a pleasure, it was such a shame the weather turned rubbish, we should hook up again and I'll do some more on the sides.

[bss325i]

Thnaks Pandaa.

Yes Steve that would be great, just to get those last few marks on the quarters. Sadly time was not on our side that day.

[B7]

Wow. That looks the tits. Good job Steve.

[Cook318IS]

Thats an unbelievable finish on the bonnet What zaino products did you use, or did you just use the victoria wax?

I need to get some new wax becuase my collinite 476s is pretty much empty (which I love at the moment!), im defintately interested to see what you used!

[bss325i]

Victoria red on all but the bonnet. Zaino gear on the bonnet but i cant remember all the different ones. I'm sure Steve will explain.

[powelly]

Zaino all in one, Z2 with ZFX finally Z8. To be fair Zaino is labour intensive but the results are first class and I'm yet to find anything as durable. To set yourself up with Zaino will cost about £100 but that will last far longer than a pot of wax because you don't use much.

[oomz1975]

Wow, that bonnet looks like wet glass...

[Dezzy]

Very very very

[Cook318IS]

Zaino all in one, Z2 with ZFX finally Z8. To be fair Zaino is labour intensive but the results are first class and I'm yet to find anything as durable. To set yourself up with Zaino will cost about £100 but that will last far longer than a pot of wax because you don't use much.

Awesome stuff! Cheers buddy I've just totalled up a nice bill on cleanyourcar.co.uk

[Jhonno]

Lurvely

[powelly]

You won't regret it, Zaino is excellent.

[powelly]

Thnaks Pandaa.

Yes Steve that would be great, just to get those last few marks on the quarters. Sadly time was not on our side that day.

I can get the sides as good as the roof and bonnet, as you know paint correction is not something you can rush, the results are worth it though.

[DanThe]

Thats a good shine on metalic black
Cant wait to get mine all bufftied up on Friday

[e30topless]

Bazza you Peado! Nice

[Dezzy]

Thats a good shine on metalic black
Cant wait to get mine all bufftied up on Friday

Me too.

Someone else polishing your car FTW

[DanThe]

Too right Dezzy, ive fcked enough paintwork on my car as it is

[Simon13]

those cups came in years ago, i've never bought a genuine set of engine mounts from the dealer that didn't come with them.

nice reflection steve da man,

[bss325i]

Yes, guessed they would have been a modification early on possibly during production.

I ordered new mounts from the dealer back in 2008 and they didn't come with them, probably because a gave them the part numbers for rubber mounts and the cups have a separate part number.

They do not even say "in conjunction with" on ETK.

[Royalratch]

This car is the most pampered car on earth.

Looks phat though.

[/// KAMI]

That looks like a propa sport.....

[Vier]

Very nice 325i. One of my fave´s
It´s in a very good condition.

[pony]

Now every M20 engined E30 i have had plus various others i have worked on have not had these.

I had some new genuine bmw engine mounts and stoppers fitted very recently.

It looks pretty good (your Sport) do you not want to enter any concours competitions in it?

[bss325i]

Now every M20 engined E30 i have had plus various others i have worked on have not had these.

I had some new genuine bmw engine mounts and stoppers fitted very recently.

It looks pretty good (your Sport) do you not want to enter any concours competitions in it?

I know. I fitted them to your sport!

I'm not into concours. I appreciate the work that goes into getting a car to that standard but for me i like them to remain useable.

[B7]

Now every M20 engined E30 i have had plus various others i have worked on have not had these.

I had some new genuine bmw engine mounts and stoppers fitted very recently.

It looks pretty good (your Sport) do you not want to enter any concours competitions in it?

I know. I fitted them to your sport!

I'm not into concours. I appreciate the work that goes into getting a car to that standard but for me i like them to remain useable.

+1. I did concours a few years ago (and won a few cups) but it'll drive you insane chasing that last few points. I just wanna drive mine now and just own "one of the nicer" ones.

[goosiegander]

Any updates dude?

Welcome Back!

[pacerpete]

I had some new genuine bmw engine mounts and stoppers fitted very recently.

It looks pretty good (your Sport) do you not want to enter any concours competitions in it?

I know. I fitted them to your sport!

I'm not into concours. I appreciate the work that goes into getting a car to that standard but for me i like them to remain useable.

+1. I did concours a few years ago (and won a few cups) but it'll drive you insane chasing that last few points. I just wanna drive mine now and just own "one of the nicer" ones.

Trevor,I can definately understand why you would rather polish a herald than drive the sorry
spastic paedo chariot !

[bss325i]

No updates other than me driving it and enjoying it!

[pony]

I had some new genuine bmw engine mounts and stoppers fitted very recently.

It looks pretty good (your Sport) do you not want to enter any concours competitions in it?

I know. I fitted them to your sport!

I'm not into concours. I appreciate the work that goes into getting a car to that standard but for me i like them to remain useable.

+1. I did concours a few years ago (and won a few cups) but it'll drive you insane chasing that last few points. I just wanna drive mine now and just own "one of the nicer" ones.

which model did you win concours with?

[B7]

I know. I fitted them to your sport!

I'm not into concours. I appreciate the work that goes into getting a car to that standard but for me i like them to remain useable.

+1. I did concours a few years ago (and won a few cups) but it'll drive you insane chasing that last few points. I just wanna drive mine now and just own "one of the nicer" ones.

which model did you win concours with?

Unfrtunately not BMW's. I was a Triumph wrongun then!


By b7tmw at 2011-08-31

[pacerpete]

+1. I did concours a few years ago (and won a few cups) but it'll drive you insane chasing that last few points. I just wanna drive mine now and just own "one of the nicer" ones.

which model did you win concours with?

Unfrtunately not BMW's. I was a Triumph wrongun then!


By b7tmw at 2011-08-31

Check out the Webasto foreskin fully retracted !


PS them n/s side mouldings don't line up, that will cost you 10 points !