Black touring...freashly chaved

Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:05 am

I purchased this tourer 320 for £150,a bit scruffy but solid with good paint.

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Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:13 am

It had no MOT or tax, an overheating problem and a worn out steering joint...
But a full tool kit, first aid kit ,fire ext, working elec roof ,load cover and history.
Other problems were the headlining,cracked dash,wet floor,noisy wiper motor,odd seats,and mould.

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Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:35 am

The list of parts I wanted was quite long so a donor car was sourced...
A 325I touring with- bilstein lowerd suspension, full sebring exhaust system ,mint condition comfort leather, 2.5 engine with recent new head and reprofiled cam, superchips ECU and 186bhp rolling road printout.
The car came with an uncracked dash and a good headlining

I payed £250 for it as it had a slipping clutch (thanks to a crank oil seal) and was rotten as a pear.

I also sourced a set of 16" comp MO wheels as seen in pics- £200.
Ive got a few rare nice bits which I will add pics of later but here are some pics of the swapping and cleaning- paint cut back ect..

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Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:48 am

And a few more...

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Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:06 am

What a mess, this is what happens when you build a car in 12 days...
Any way I used the 2.5 engine with the 2.0 gearbox.
Used a 3.64 diff...along with a LUK nearly new clutch kit.

Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:19 am

The cost so far -
Black car...£150
Silver car...£250
T cut,autoglm,oil & fliter,steering fluid,underseal ect...
£100

I sold the comp MOs as I didn't like the look on a touring and bought some alpina reps from Zoner E30 YB,the alps were £240 and I got £300 for the comps so £60 up!!!

The remaing good parts from the silver car were sold, M tec wheel, alloy lower arms, ect.. which has allmost coverd the cost of buying it!

I also removed the oil cooler as I feel it is more of a fault liability than it is usefull

Now for detailing and MOT test.....budget so far- about £300.

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Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:45 am

The MOT test was fair and I have a pass with a few advisories- welding next year...and who forgot to fit the exhaust/gearbox bracket!
The paint looks good and it is a tidy car the only let down is the bonnet as it has a few small dents,it goes very well and sounds lovely.
BUT..
I was doing a HARTGE theme and the HARTGE wheels I have been hoarding for an eternity and are the reason for buying an E30 have turned out to be bent as Alan Carr....
So the pina reps are now staying and the hartge badges,clocks,and s/wheel are going in favour of Alpina parts.
I have got most of it - but I will need to source a front spoiler and the Alpina boot script(i have the C2 ones) the only alpina steering wheel I have is the earlier metal spoke type...anyway here are some poor pics of the story so far.

Ps- I hate eyebrows and I dont know why I fitted them. I will remove them. And snap them. I was in chav mode when I did the front end

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Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:02 am

I didn't realise how bad the pics were sorry..
Will do some better ones with interior shots and engine shots when the snow has gone...

But the project so far is no more than £500 and a lot of graft
However I could not have bought a manual 325i tourer this clean with leather and other goodies for less than double this - I know because i looked..
I still need a few bits such as new plates,and road tax but im realy pleased with it so far.

Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:09 am

i love those MO's! i want some. car looks great

Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:02 am

What are those white rims called now again!? Price?

Looks awesome!

Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:05 am

Can I buy that Hartge boot badge please?

Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:29 am

Somebody has been busy! I like those compos but I'm not convinced they go with the blue car.

Looks awsome in that last pic you posted

Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:42 am

car looks mint i have also bought a solid green tourer to mess about with seen as tho someones smashed my cabby rear quarter up!

yours look great tho good job

Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:52 am

Flog the Pina reps and buy some Hartge ones, there are too many Pina reps around and not enough Hartge based cars in my opinion.

Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:03 am

i hate pina reps 15" bbs's look way better imo

Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:18 pm

barryj.

Hartge wheels are so hard to find,and its the wheels which dictate the theme of a car so it has to be an Alpina.
The reason there are so many Alpina look cars is because the bits are easier to get and there are so many replica parts on ebay.

I am going to have to sell my boot badge to Theo as Ive got a lot of respect for what he is doing.
The rest of the bits will go on a friends car.
I would rather do a Hartge theme but it is so dificult.

Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:23 pm

People allways say BBS are better than Alp reps but i do have a set of 15"BBS wheels and may re fit them one day....

OR even better take the Ronals off of my Eunos...

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Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:55 pm

I am going to have to sell my boot badge to Theo as Ive got a lot of respect for what he is doing.
The rest of the bits will go on my friends car.
I would rather do a Hartge theme but it is so dificult.

That's very kind of you mate, I've sent another PM.

Ps- I hate eyebrows and I dont know why I fitted them. I will remove them. And snap them. I was in chav mode when I did the front end

Hero!

Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:18 pm

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I am going to have to sell my boot badge to Theo as Ive got a lot of respect for what he is doing.

good man...

someone give this man a pat on the back..

Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:24 pm

they are nice.. where did you get them ?

Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:28 pm

They are dirty rotten fakes....They were in a 335I i bought about 10yrs ago...that is where the s/wheel,and badges also came from..

Oh you mean the duvet set...£12 Asda.

Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:44 pm

SUMPCRACKER wrote:They are dirty rotten fakes....They were in a 335I i bought about 10yrs ago...that is where the s/wheel,and badges also came from..

Oh you mean the duvet set...£12 Asda.

they may be fakes but they look the part.. if you ever fancy parting with them id be interested

Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:04 pm

I have sold all my hartge bits to a friend as I couldn't get the wheels to match..

Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:16 pm

This is for people who are going to PM me for bits...

Any Hartge parts I have are now spoken for...
I have some nice parts which will be in the for sale section next week.

Im still after-

Alpina boot script
Leather recaro's

Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:53 pm

OK,so the engine bay not detailed yet..but looking better with a clean 2.5 in there!!
And some of the interior

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Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:14 pm

Not too sure about the Steering wheel cap..

You can just make out in the pics the classic Pioneer CD head unit- looks so cool in there and matces the orange lights!! (all new bulbs by the way)

As you can see I have already started on the Alpina theme.

Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:17 pm

And a few last snaps..
The BMW car club stickers are nearly as good as a service history...

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Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:18 pm

dash looks good when its all lit up. how much was the new bulbs ?

Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:37 pm

About 20 bulbs were £10 from direct from lucas,I took all the old ones down there to match up.

Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:01 pm

bigbavarianbeauties have a few full sport leather interiors for sale

Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:05 pm

I will see what they have ,im going there soon to get leggys diff.

Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:55 pm

She looks good mate, Nice job.

Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:57 pm

Thanks maddogg,

Right then,im now confused about my chav front end....
The last pic showed eyebrows-this is without.

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I think this looks better? cleaner?

Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:07 pm

Im also confused about the grille. I like the black on a black car,it looks aggresive but I also like the standard look- the classic bmw look.
What do you lot think?
Here are a couple of pics with chrome grille,orange indicators,and black front.

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Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:21 pm

What to do....