Beemerlad's M52 Chromie

[E30BeemerLad]

Well my wilwoods will still fit behind 15" BBS.

I'd do a swap for a non chewed and round set of BBS with caps and decent brand tyres

[craigieeb]

Hmmm,
what would you take for an outright sale, minus the tyres??

I'm a goodyear F1 man

[hammoj28]

Hehe, this has got to be one of the longest projects iv seen.

She looks fantastic though. Looks proper. Thats definately one cool chromie though.hehe

[E30BeemerLad]

Well I assume you would want the spacers too (you need a spacer on the front as standard calipers catch on the spokes). The spacers cost me £100 alone.

For wheels & spacers I would want £300.

The wheels are not in A1 condition and do need a refurb if you wanted minty perfection

[craigieeb]

I'll have a think about it mate,

need to change the gash " motosport" ones iv got on at the mo

and ideally 16's would be the best option

[Jhonno]

Don't be gay Lee, keep them and leave the ride as is, it'll look on stilts any higher! Wheels suit it nicely.. Go to 205/45 in a decent tyre brand maybe?

[E30BeemerLad]

I'm up at Dezzy's Sunday so I'll have a look at some boots then, just need a bit more refinement when it comes to ride quality and also the gearing, it's bad enough with the 3.91 diff, but the lower profile boots make it even more of a rev muncher. It's happy in 5th at 40mph

[Dezzy]

We could try a 205,50x16 mate. Same rolling dia as 205,55x15. If there's enough room they will improve comfort

[DanThe]

We could try a 205,50x16

This

[E30BeemerLad]

I was just looking at some 205/50/16's on the H23 at Steve's tonight and I think they could well be the kiddy.

Dez, do you think there may be time on Sunday to fit some? I'll sell the 40's to some VW bummers for their stretched tyre wrongness on 9" BBS RS

[Dezzy]

Yeh I think I can spare you ten minutes mate.

[E30BeemerLad]

Yeh I think I can spare you ten minutes mate.

Just make sure the credit card machine is working lol

Some pics on the way to you in a sec by PM mate, they're naughty

[Dezzy]

[e30topless]

We could try a 205,50x16

This

205 50's innit

[E30BeemerLad]

yeah bwoii

Steve, those pics I took came out gash

[e30topless]

you need a disposable Boots one click like I have mate !

bollox to all this SLRX triple lense click shot zoomy snapper thing

[Rav335uk]

you need a disposable Boots one click like I have mate !

bollox to all this SLRX triple lense click shot zoomy snapper thing

Too complicated for you then Steve

[e30topless]

camera's are shite,anything more than 1 button and I fook it up !

[E30BeemerLad]

Strangely drawn to this







Check out the audio

[e30topless]

that pic looks ace !



so much scrap,

I would love to know what's up with that dirty 4

[E30BeemerLad]

That was a comedy moment towing that E34 around the yard with the fork lift, trying to bump start it and the tow strap snapped, I was sure it was going to take out a headlight

[e30topless]

it was the first time that 518 has ever gone sideways

fork lifts are ace,
I think we should have saved ourselves the hassle and thrown the E34 in the scrap skip !

[robbo86]

Dammit Lee, I'm better with Avatars than user names. Confuses the hell outa me when the regulars change there's! Everytime I see yours now I think "oh RoscoPColtrane is back" I know it's not his Avatar but it's close!

[E30BeemerLad]

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[E30BeemerLad]

Some new Toyos await the turd tomorrow. Hopefully we can do something with the exhaust as it is driving me mad, at least Dezzy has a lift to work on, driveway mechanics are lame.

[Dezzy]

Take your pick of ramps mate. You can't have the bottom scissor ramp though, that's mine.

[DanThe]

it was the first time that 518 has ever gone sideways

fork lifts are ace,
I think we should have saved ourselves the hassle and thrown the E34 in the scrap skip !

Best place for an E34

[leeparkes]

Another one for you

[E30BeemerLad]

Well a wee bit of fettling done today with some good & bad news.

Dezzy sorted me out with 4 205/50/16 Toyo T1-R's and they feel a better ride and help soak up the bumps better than the 40 profile rubber bands. One snag and that is under any sort of acceleration they rub on the rear arch lips, so some fettling to do there.

Exhaust sorted and mounted better, resulting in me riding over some speed humps with no catching at all, result.

Hit a snag on the way home, managed to twat the passenger rear wheel into a pot hole on a roundabout and it immediately killed the rear top mount, so 50 miles home with the rear top mount proper flapping and rattling about.

Had a productive day though getting Dezzy's lump in the bay and started, some tweaks and minor fault finding and it'll be running lovely.

Thanks to Dezzy for sorting the tyres and the exhaust fettling.

[DanThe]

You could swap the spacers round for a trial, although they do look to be at the right offset to my eyes. Chromie arches are a shite for tyre clearance, an easy fix is to trim the top of the arch back

[E30BeemerLad]

Some arch trimming maybe, but I think I'm gonna change the springs, time for some eibach action I reckon and some new rear dampers. I'm not 100% the Konis are doing what they are supposed to.

[e30topless]

I have quite a few different springs/ dampers Lee, your welcome to drop by so we can try out a few and try get it to sit right ?

[E30BeemerLad]

Got a deal sorted on some Eibach springs, so just need to get some B4 rear dampers.

Replaced the foiked left rear top mount this afternoon and also gave the rear arches some manipulation with a hammer, it's all good and the car weighs less now than when I started

[E30BeemerLad]

Thought I would whore up some pics I put up on the runboard forum on Sunday

Got stuck in today in the lovely dry weather.

These came off, absolutely no damping left in them at all


And these went on


Rides a hell of a lot better. So threw a bucket of water over it and went out as the sun was disappearing and took a few (a lot) of shots at a couple of local haunts

[daimlerman]

Like your driveway gates,Lee!

Car looks good now as well,my cabbie rides better on Toyo's.