Another Lowered Touring

[riklusby]

Hi Guys
I got fed up trying to find a nice widebody kit to fit a touring so i decided to build my own, 2 years and a lot of blood, sweat and tears later she is almost ready for the road

1990 325i Touring, lowered 60 front 30 rear, 8x16 front on 25mm spacers 9x16 rear on 65mm spacers, to be replaced with 9 @11 x17 BBS RS01 s when i have the money.
have cut out the spare wheelwell and am going to fabricate an E21 323i style exhaust with cherrybombs one can left and one right out of the rear valance.
then itll be some small mods to the engine(schrick cam,valve springs, chip, throttlebody, high pressure injectors, porting and polishing etc)
and finally build another ice install as a junkie stole the last one i made !!

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100 ... iny012.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100 ... ure023.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100 ... iny014.jpg

what do yall think

[gareth]

definately looks different, i like it! quite merc DTM...

you might want to resize the avatar though, it's demolishing the screen! you can do this within photobucket itself.

[fuzzy]

i think i like it .....any more pics? it looks interesting and welcome to the zone

[maxfield]

loooks cool from what ive seen

but please resize avatar

[Gortour]

I like...
Have you literally fabricated it, or modified something not too far out to suit?

[munky30]

I think your avatar is HUUUUGE!

car looks well done, not to my taste but looks good.

[riklusby]

Fabricated everything all on my lonesome apart from the front spoiler which is off a skyline, found it at the scrappies for 20 quid and cut the top off, shortened the sides and mated it with original bumper mounts.

[riklusby]

Tried to resize avatar but comes out miniature, havnt got much experience with this kind of thing !

[gareth]

if you log into your photobucket album, there will be a 'edit' button above each piccy. click that then click on the resize button. this will give you three options to choose from. mine is the 'thumbnail' size.

it's worth uploading a seperate piccy for this as otherwise it'll shrink everywhere else you've used it

hope that helps

[riklusby]

Hi thanks for the info on photobucket, tried all three options, they turned tiny on photobucket but they are the same size here ???????????????

[riklusby]

Got it, but i cant get any size between tiny and huge, any advice ???????????

[maxfield]

thats fine dude

no bigger than that or it ruins the screen

[riklusby]

Have all pics of car from start to finish, will post as soon as i have transferred them from 3 different mobiles onto pc and have managed to resize them for you all.

[gareth]

that's better

would be good to see the pics

[dom-1984-320i]

Good work there mate, i like the look of that. Skilled chap to do all that yourself well done. Look forward to seeing more pics as you progress with your project. Welcome

[riklusby]

Thanks for the welcome guys, this kit is the first time i ever messed with fibreglass or bodykits apart from the install i did, started off by bodykitting 1:18 model cars with balsa wood and epoxy resin !

[Gortour]

Very impressed. Would love to see the finished article when it's done.
Where abouts are you?

[snooka]

looks pretty nice and wide, lil' dtm-look
bigger pics would be nice

cheers

[riklusby]

Hi guys n gals, im in Sunny ? Scotland, got some more pics of the build downloaded from my mobile ( its worse than pulling teeth for me ! )













The pics from the start are still on a prehistoric mobile and ill have to text them all to my new one before i can post them, so itll take a while

[snooka]

OMG really georgious, this car is really an eyecatcher, keep postin pics, love it

[Pal318is]

It definately looks different

Once the paint job is sorted and the wheels are on, then i can see this being a proper show stopper

Pal

[riklusby]

Hey was thinking of doing some serious engine tuning for a while but decided against it, dont want to wreck the bodykit, have you checked out ireland engineering yet ? looooads of E goodies, i was going to turn my 2.5 into a 3.1 with supposedly better performance than an e36 m3 !!

[snoops]

lookingt good mate, keep us posted re: 3.1 conversion!!

[Gouki]

looking very butch! Keep us posted!

[riklusby]

Just bought myself a scrapper for 100 quid, demolished 325i touring, its got an LSD and recond head that i need, though the big end went on number 6 and tore up the block badly and the bodywork has been vandalised and the seats and door cards are gone, anyone looking for a gearbox or anything else before i scrap it ?

[zaust]

Lookin like a real head turner comming to life there...

[riklusby]

Thanks for all the comments, its been a real labour of love and hate over the last 2 years and one long learning curve with plenty of mistakes made. when i have her finished ill be out and about at the cruises looking for some like minded people with a view to more projects and maybe starting a business doing this kind of thing.

[riklusby]

Had her outside today lettin the engine run good n warm so i took the chance to take a couple more pics......

From her best side first


This side and bonnet still need a polish


Hopefully 3 weeks till the last trip to the painters then wheel refurb and new tyres

[fuzzy]

where about is sunny scotland are you?

[riklusby]

I,m in Kirkcaldy m8, just off the Sainsburys roundabout at Kirkcaldy west.

[fuzzy]

I,m in Kirkcaldy m8, just off the Sainsburys roundabout at Kirkcaldy west.

not to far from me then.im sure our paths will cross at some point.when do you expect the car to be finished and back on the road?

[riklusby]

She,ll hopefully be at the show at ingliston in july if i can get the stereoe redone in time, but she,ll be on the road once im sure spring is here, it all depends on cash flow !!!!!!!!!!!!

[shane325i]

OMG!!!That looks fantastic mate!Looking forward to seeing it finished

[swindy]

That is a very sweet touring mate, nice work, dare say we will all be looking out for this one at the shows this year.

Mark

[Cotty]

Wow Cant wait to see it finished in the flesh