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Lennerd320i - E30 316i M-Tech2 (from Belgium)

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:56 am
by Lennerd320i
Yes, after my delphingrey one, I bought another one.
An alpinewhite E30 316i M-Tech2. She's build in 89, has 208450 km's on the clock and used to be a daily drive till 2 weeks ago. She needs a little attention, left front arch has to be replaced and the drivers seat as well. Also an interior clean, but yeah I can't have it all at the same time, do I? :)

2 pics of the newy:

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I'll have her next saturday or sunday :)

Re: Lennerd320i - E30 316i M-Tech2 (from Belgium)

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:22 am
by Gouki
does look like it needs some TLC but good luck with it.

Re: Lennerd320i - E30 316i M-Tech2 (from Belgium)

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:28 am
by Lennerd320i
TLC?

and i know that the most members are posting there pics after a good wash etc, but yeah, the car isn't here yet :)

Re: Lennerd320i - E30 316i M-Tech2 (from Belgium)

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:24 pm
by snoops
lol a bit of attention n the car would be mint

Re: Lennerd320i - E30 316i M-Tech2 (from Belgium)

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:16 pm
by Lennerd320i
she'll get her attention haha :) i'm beginning to understand why i don't have a girlfriend anymore... my cars are getting all I have lol

Re: Lennerd320i - E30 316i M-Tech2 (from Belgium)

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:38 pm
by JOGA
I love white M-tech II :cool:

Please post up some more pictures when you get it and have given it a good wash :)

Re: Lennerd320i - E30 316i M-Tech2 (from Belgium)

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:22 pm
by Lennerd320i
i will, i will :) Can't hardly wait. next saturday i'll have her

Re: Lennerd320i - E30 316i M-Tech2 (from Belgium)

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:31 pm
by john-rambo
is that genuine kit on the car ? neverseen one with a single exhaust cut out

Re: Lennerd320i - E30 316i M-Tech2 (from Belgium)

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:25 pm
by Lennerd320i
that a genuine kit yes. the rear parts with a single cut out are a hell to find! if you find one, you gotta pay for it... and the most people are placing double piped exhausts on the E30 as well... but this one will stay single :P

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:26 pm
by Bjorno
Well I have to read this here? You've got another M-tech 2 car.
And an Alpine white is indeed very nice!

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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:30 pm
by Lennerd320i
I know bjorno... it's already mentionned on the other forum as well, but not yet a topic about it :) i'll do it right a way.

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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:34 pm
by ash-e30
looks like it will b very nice after a gd clean up mate :cool:

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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:50 pm
by Lennerd320i
and she arrived at her new home since 20 minutes. tomorrow i'll start with the first things at this beauty

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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:07 pm
by Lennerd320i
and here we are with some pic's. These are made before I started working on her. Had a little accident (left front) but will be repaired asap (did already find new arch)

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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:10 pm
by Lennerd320i
Near her big sister (my 320i), look's neat, 2 M-techs before the house.

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After a wash:

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What I definitely have to do is:
repaint the m-tech kit: scratches on the sides, few cracks in the back, and damage from little rocks on the road in the front. The trunk looks wither also.

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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:12 pm
by Lennerd320i
and then, she became member of the family:

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and now time for the real jobs onto her. A few pics about what I removed from the car and how the interior looked like.

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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:15 pm
by Lennerd320i
after I used my vacuumcleaner:
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This was hidden under that ugly cover. It seems that the rear seats aren't used a lot, cuz' their stil very very comfi.

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Then I had to place my front seats, but noticed some parts of dirts, so removed this first. Almost the complete dash went out of the car.

and then, time for my good old recaro's:

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After finishing this, I decided to clean up my mess and parked both cars in my garage. Looks nice, doesn't it? :)

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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:54 pm
by JOGA
Good start. Please keep us posted.

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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:17 pm
by Lennerd320i
i will mate, i will ;)

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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:14 am
by Lennerd320i
long time since i've posted more about my white one, but I didn't do nothing :)

last weekend she had a complete cleanup (except the front and rear bumper)

before the works :

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this were a few hard spots I really wanted to remove:

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after her treatment with Simoniz (each square cm has been handled by thumb):

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and the result, ready for her first meeting:


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you can notice a few spots that aren't that shiny, but's just because she slept outside during night ;)

my beauty in action (returning from the meet):

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and at the meet (E30fansite openingsmeet):

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she was placed near the cab from the friend whom worked with me to start our belgian E30 dept ;) (also on the same style of borbet's)

hope you guy's like the results

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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:19 am
by Lennerd320i
what she received since she arrived:

- recaro sport seats in the front
- obc 1
- M-tech2 mirror
- black roofpanel (interior) M-tech2
- shadownlined her (bye bye chromeline)

what I had to do to let her roll again:

- remove rust from the back of the trunk (inside)
- fix right window (wanted to stay down ;) )
- new left wing

what I still have to do:

- fix the metalpart behind front wheel
- add new plastic in the wheelarch
- replace rear absorbers
- respray front and back bumper
- doublecheck the rubber that is used in the rear subframe

what I want to do:

- have a second m-tech2 steeringwheel (now using the one from my grey)
- have 17" rims (alpina style i guess or Azev A)
- new exhaust (sport but not to loud/jap style)

greetz

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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:02 pm
by Lennerd320i
Ok, I'm going to update this one again :)

She's sold! but not a big deal, she's sold to my girlfriend (who lives with me), and it's her first car. She had some finances, so a lot of pieces are going to come towards belgium to go further on:

* electric windows
* M-tech gear knob
* white indicator glasses

what we have that need to be installed:
* white roof panel (outside) (new one)
* Borbet B's but special ones: 14" by 8, blackpolish.

what's already (or partially) installed:
* lowering by KW (-3.5 on a 18iS = - 5.5 cm's on a stock suspension)

some pics to show you how she looked before the lowering:

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pic of the new wheels (are going to be refurbished):

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after taking a look on the website of borbet (borbet.de) I found only 1 type of 14" wheels, Borbet B, and they were 6" large. Thereafter I can only say the following: we bought a version of 8" and they could only have been produced after question of the customer. So not the stock type, but limited ones, and they'll look great on the white E30 :) Certainly the black polish is a detail that I really do like ;)

more will come, as usual :)

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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:30 am
by slinky2000
good progress!

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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:50 am
by Ajay325
wow, that car has come a VERY long way from when you bought it... well done!

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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:57 am
by Lennerd320i
not the long way like my grey one, but yeah she looks awesome now :) (although that's my opinion :P)

tnx for the positive comments