My Touring Revisited

Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:51 pm

The sunroof looks great, really glad that it worked out in the end. Top work.

Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:04 pm

I'm really pleased the moonroof worked out so well for you, it looks ace.

I know how gutted I'd have felt if somthing arrived from a distant land in substandard condition. Well done on your positive approach in putting it all right.

Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:41 am

For those of you who haven't read my thread discussing my engine woes.......

The 2.3 project lump came to nought. The machine shop condemned the pistons.
It's now running a Templ8e30-built 2.7.

Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:22 am

StuBeeDoo wrote:

That tow bar's getting ditched for a detatchable one, thanks to Steve (e30topless) and I've got an MTechnic tailgate spoiler (thanks to OldSkool) going on when the car gets back from the bodyshop.

Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:45 pm

Looks good so far fella top job

Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:55 pm

looking great Stu ,
I would love a moonroof, no more rusty sunroof panels

Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:16 am

Those seats

Like the exhaust/

Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:55 pm

StuBeeDoo wrote:A set of 16" Hartge's could be tempting, if the price is right, but I'm not actively looking. Same goes for an MTech tailgate spoiler.
Next year, a few small bodywork issues will be addressed and when they are, it will gain an MTech2 front spoiler.

I got the tailgate spoiler earlier this year, and a week after getting the car back from a full respray, a set of Hartge wheels appeared on eBay.

This is the only photo' I have at the moment. The car was filthy from an 800 mile round trip to Hampshire and South Wales. Not the greatest of locations...... B&Q.

Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:05 pm

Nice touring Stu, now where did you get that moonroof

Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:10 pm

gooner1 wrote:Nice touring Stu, now where did you get that moonroof

eBay.com

Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:17 pm

Very nice mate, stealthy look does it for me

Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:51 pm

looking good stuart

it was worth the wait from the painters

I wish i had bought them wheels now for my daily !

Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:13 pm

What a year it's been for my turd!

First of all the 2.7 engine ran up the white flag, so I built another. No more big ports & valves, it's a standard 731 'head, 325i cam and 320i inlet manifold for max torque.

The petrol tank sprang a leak so I reluctantly had to buy a new one and get it fitted. That meant that it was daft not to replace all the petrol lines - rubber and metal. The front-rear brake pipe was done at the same time.

I've got an on-going nightmare with noisy diffs. In the course of chasing transmission noises, I changed both rear wheel bearings and the prop centre bearing needlessly.

The front discs and pads (Mintex discs and M1144 pads) were sh****d after 18 months/22k miles road use, and I had to replace the calipers as well.

On a happier note, the car now has an E36 steering rack. And today it passed the MOT with no advisories.

Hopefully now I can get on with the business of just enjoying driving it.