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Mon May 07, 2012 12:58 am

VERY nice. i need a mint set of sport leather for mine to make it how i want it...
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Mon May 07, 2012 1:07 am

Nice one.
What ride height you got on the sport?
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Mon May 07, 2012 10:10 pm

Interior come up nice with gliptones. Well worth it. Dont look as good close up i rushed it and left a few splodges in places but and through window and camera looks well.

Ride height is standard I think. Changed the back shocks with some boche turbo ones from gsf . They were supposed to be like the original sport ones so Im guessing its just how it was supposed to be.

All standard pretty much

I was told on advisory that there is slight play in inner rack.
Whats that mean and will that make the steering a bit woolley?
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Mon May 07, 2012 10:15 pm

lukec88 wrote:VERY nice. i need a mint set of sport leather for mine to make it how i want it...
Thats the thing, you dont need such a mint set to start with. As long as its not completely fckd up , just cracks and colour loss its still worth getting some gliptones.

Any one can do it even
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Mon May 07, 2012 11:14 pm

that rear doesnt look standard it looks slightly lowered.. might just be about a -30mm setup all round. just to make it look a bit better but not too low like mine lol.
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Mon May 07, 2012 11:28 pm

lukec88 wrote:that rear doesnt look standard it looks slightly lowered.. might just be about a -30mm setup all round. just to make it look a bit better but not too low like mine lol.
Not sure what springs are on it to be honest, I just changed the shocks for what i thought we standard spec ones.
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Mon May 07, 2012 11:34 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-BMW-325- ... 884wt_1270

well yours doesnt look as high as that one.. so im guessing it must be slightly lowered. either way looks really nice. do you have any plans for it?
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Mon May 07, 2012 11:46 pm

lukec88 wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-BMW-325- ... 884wt_1270

well yours doesnt look as high as that one.. so im guessing it must be slightly lowered. either way looks really nice. do you have any plans for it?
Been on it for last 18 months doing stuff to it. Just want it presentable to drive every now and again, I know if I want to get fully involved its just going to cost silly amounts. Main issue is rust on rear arches , other than that its pretty good.

Currently I need a different exhaust , gear nob, some of the back black vinyl cards and few other bits.

Im basically rolling the turd in glitter and hoping to fend off the rear arches for as long as humanly possible !
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Tue May 08, 2012 12:50 am

Very nice :cool:
They don't make bm's like this anymore!..They should.
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Tue May 08, 2012 4:22 pm

Looks good fella.
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Tue May 08, 2012 4:25 pm

This car sits identically to mine which has 30mm Eibachs fitted.

Love that interior! :cool:
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Wed May 09, 2012 7:30 pm

Meatballs82 wrote:This car sits identically to mine which has 30mm Eibachs fitted.

Love that interior! :cool:
Thanks pal.

Sounds stupid but when you talk about 30mm and 40mm drop , is that the springs you talking about or the actual shock absorber?

I will check and see.

As for teh interior it looks good in photos but is not as :cool: In the flesh. I did some gliptones diy on it myself and rushed it. Will need to go over it again at some point, but I reckon will do for this summer.
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Wed May 09, 2012 7:34 pm

Nice, where you at in Lanky?.
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Wed May 09, 2012 7:39 pm

gazm3 wrote:Nice, where you at in Lanky?.
Rossendale, up in hills.
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Wed May 09, 2012 7:44 pm

Front valance bit of rash?.
Train Driver has mint one in Manc.
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Wed May 09, 2012 9:38 pm

gazm3 wrote:Front valance bit of rash?.
Train Driver has mint one in Manc.
Yeah front valance is taking a bit of a hammering at Moment . I built a garage on back of house an it basically scrapes on way in an out on pavement. Going to mix up some concrete an hopefully level it out , should hopefully stop it scraping. And it had quick spray job last year . I guess you defo get what you pay for when it comes to spray jobs!
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