Should I iS my old touring!?

Post Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:15 pm

This has been staring me in the face for so long and I've never thought of it til now. I'm sick of the way my brilliant pink iS keeps miss behaving, horrible rust and dodgy electrics, poverty spec to say the least. My 318i touring is sitting outside my mums garage doing nothing in my vein attempt to sell bits off it so I can shift it. The shell is fairly good, a lot better than my iS, and the electrics actually all work. Only downside is a slight dent on the nearside wing, a little badger damag on the front valance and a shitty interior.

The questuion is this. Should I swap the engine and box from the iShed into the touring? Will the M40 rear exhaust section work with the M42 as mines buggered? Can I swap my Mtech suspension from the iS into my touring? Is there anything I might overlook when doing this conversion? Problems etc.

As far as I can tell it should be a fairly easy swap, doable in a weekend. I can then sell my very good interior from the iS as well as any other bits surplus to requirements and scrap the rusty tired shell, then concentrate on prettying the inside of the touring out etc.

Suggestions or any other form of help would be grand

Post Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:18 pm

yes do it

Post Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:21 pm

nah don't bother.

Post Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:24 pm

its got to be better than a 318 touring

Post Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:25 pm

Agreed do it if the iS is a nail and the touring is tidy!
Easy weekends work and more or less straight swap.
Coil pack bracket will need drilling off the iS shell and spot welding back onto the touring.
touring will already have Mtec spec suspension so just upgrade the springs if need be.
doub the M40 exhaust will fit,infact pretty certain it wont.

Good luck

Post Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:26 pm

If you don't do it I'm looking for a complete M42 installation for my Touring. With the money from that and the interior, and the sale of your Touring bits you'll have enough to buy the 325 you really want.

PM me details if you're keen to sell.

cheers

Post Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:16 pm

325 is out of the question atm as I'd get killed on insurance (only a youngen see!)

Gareth you must have seen my iS parked behind your car on Sunday, it's a shed, and I'm really not happy with it at the moment. Combining the good engine from my iS and the good shell seems like a no brainer, I've chewed it over and I'm going to go for it, probably over the bank holiday.

Forgot about the coil bracket Eko, I might see if it'll be worth my while doing a coil on plug conversion while I'm there. I had my doubts about the exhaust too. It's about time I pulled my finger out and got it sorted anyway

Post Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:03 am

I wouldn't bother fella.

It will be classed as a modified car if you change it, then you are in for a whole lot of heartache at your age.

I didn't have a look over yours as I was too busy chatting shit all day, but can you not tidy some of the more nasty bits and chuck it on ebay and get a good solid one?

Post Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:18 pm

Cannot see too many problems with insurance,afterall,you are swapping an 1.8 engine for another 1.8 engine...

Post Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:24 pm

I'm going to contact my insurance company regarding the swap to see where they stand, but might wait til mid September as that's when my first years no claims comes through (touch wood).

Post Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:49 pm

Dunno why you would tell the insurance company mate, i know their are alot of sensible souls around but to be honest i wouldnt bother. Its not like your swaping it for a M20 which is oviously different.

By the way how old are you? I only ask because im 26 and you looked older than me

Post Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:53 pm

Lol I'm 20 mate. I'd feel safer telling them, but it turns out my current insurance company wont do it

More research into insurance is needed me thinks...

Post Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:12 pm

I think many insurance companies will just treat it as an IS, so just keep hunting you'll find one.

Post Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:56 pm

come and have a go in my iS touring and see what you think. i love it. it's ace
just as long as you don't have to stop quick like on sunday all should be good :lol:

Post Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:08 pm

randomdave325 wrote:come and have a go in my iS touring and see what you think. i love it. it's ace
just as long as you don't have to stop quick like on sunday all should be good

Would love a go mate

It was your car that gave the idea when I saw it at Bangface, and I kinda forgot that I had the means to do it til yesterday

And I wont stick too close to ABS equipped cars in the wet from now on

proper sketchy moment.