Not bad for a first car!

[TheMeathead]

well a few months ago i brought this
a 1991 320i se









i cleaned the engine bay up so it went from this:



to this

[ImysE30]

Very nice that, just needs a little drop IMO

[TheMeathead]

thats is in progress as we speak!
got the lowering kit just trying to get all the poly bushes to replace the fooked stardard ones
then some new wheels and a few more bits an bobs

[don-king]

looks nice fella

[MillwallSE14]

looks nice, good buy

thats a great job youve done cleaning up the engine bay,

[TheMeathead]

cheers guys, yea it took about 3 hours to clean it up.
not perfect but alot better

[MillwallSE14]

yeah looks alot better mate looks very clean

[gareth]

smart looking little chariot

[Blitz]

Looks great. That aftermarket air filter decreases power. The standard air box in better.

[TheMeathead]

Looks great. That aftermarket air filter decreases power. The standard air box in better.

really? feels like it goes better than before, and it sounds great

cheers guys!
im loving it tbh its great fun to drive even with fooked bushes lol

hopefully i will be at some of the meets when i get a weekend off work and get the rust sorted out :/

[b4gga83]

Some BBS 15in would just finish it off.

[gareth]

and a 40mm drop, and a black grille and... and... and....
this is how it all starts a looooong slippery slope!

[TheMeathead]

yea its started! got the suspension, some of the polt bushes and a 6 branch for cheap
black grill to be done this week and the suspension fitted a busy week off
oh and sort the rear arches out to

[TheMeathead]

right so a little update

went rust hunting the past few days
and found some :S

also fitting the new suspension
but that turn out to be a pain in the arse
lots of corroded parts and some very shagged front shocks!

so ordering the new bits and hopefully the don't break my arm off when they tell me the price :/

ill hav pics and more of an update in a few days

[Duke137]

Cracking clean up on that engine bay, nice work....

[SLIMADI]

Looking good fella nice

[scottidog]

Some BBS 15in would just finish it off.

+1

[richardlkay]

Nice looking chariot

[TheMeathead]

cheers guys
shes coming alone nicely now should be sorted soon!
some pics up as soon as i find my camera!

[andrew320i]

Nice looking first car, wish my first car was a BMW!

[TheMeathead]

yea not bad i guess lol
the price was good to (only 500quid)

[andrew320i]

Bargain!

[rix313]

Looks good

I thought the M20's had the batteries in the boot?

[andrew320i]

I thought the M20's had the batteries in the boot?

Some 320i's had them in the front!

[gareth]

my chromie 320i (RIP) and current 325i touring have them up front

[TheMeathead]

well its been a while since i last updated so here goes...

made a new back boxs up because the old one was rot
sounds awesome now cheers dad


have been sorting out the rust worm that was living in the car
(ill save the band width so heres the links)
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11126.jpg
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11127.jpg
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11138.jpg

wings
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11132.jpg
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11139.jpg

and fixxed
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11136.jpg
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11137.jpg
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11147.jpg
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11154.jpg
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11153.jpg

so now the fronts sorted
we fitted this little lot:


to get this



some rather tired parts!
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11146.jpg
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11144.jpg
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... C11142.jpg

anyway no we are on to the rear no pics of yet but its coming along
so cheers so far to me dad whos helped out big time and theo for the sport arb's

[gareth]

you have been a busy boy!
looks like it's coming along nicely though. my wings were in a similar state, the bottoms were held on my the sill trim jobbies

[TheMeathead]

yup we have

shame ive got to work this weekend or it would all nearly be done!
about another week or so and she will be sorted

hopefully got some 15' bbs's lined up

[e304ever]

nice car:X

[FASTFREDDIE]

my 320i cabbys up front but me 325s out the back

[phileas]

looking to get my first e20 soon. Just trying to find a good example on the el cheapo. I do like yours, nice cleaning you've done

[TheMeathead]

right so a quick update, got some new bits coming

z3 1.9 shifter
speedtouch chip
2.5 rear subframe
new sunroof sill
new headlining
and some others i can't think of atm

all i need now is some 15in bbs's for f'in sake!

[TheMeathead]

well its be quite a while since i post on this thread

basicly just after my last post my father (whos been helping sort the car)
came down with swine flu his all better now though lol
then over christmas and the new year i came down with it to

then to top that off i lost my job at the begining of the year and we found out that my uncles garage roff leaked like a cullinder

but basicly its been all hads on deck to sort out the rear arches and all the other bits and bobs,
got it running again last week as the keys went missing with the imobiliser fob
so had to order a new key from bmw and remove the imobiliser (which was easier than i thought it would be)

so got a vid of her running with the new exhaust on it


goes well for a b20

more to come.....

[aj_mckay]

Get some more pics up! Looks like you were making good progress until pig flu got ya

[gareth]

Now that's taking weight saving a little too far