Alpina C2 2.7 touring. At the paint shop

[e30topless]

Looking good Si , would look better on my driveway

[tomson]

Lovely looking motor this one

[Simon13]

i make no sense, a Z3 rack is what i mean't

[spook]

Lpina looking good mate

[The_Diddler]

Suberb arch bufftyness there Simon, no doubt you'll be signing up to detailing world soon and buying two buckets

[Bump]

flaps are the way forward. will be fitting my new set soon to my touring.

[Speedtouch]

Did that pesky ratty Herbie ram those poor trees?

[B7]

Herbie tramps on quite well as it happens. It may look scruffy but it goes well.

[town325i]

Any updates on this one or is the 2 door taking all your time

[Blitz]

Just spent 2 hours reading the thread from start to finish.

[Simon13]

No fraid not its not been driven for months

[Simon13]

Had a minor incident with a dead Badger at 70mph last night on the way home from the guildford meet. Bang bang as it went under nothing fell off so i kept driving until i got home and looked! It was a fresh kill, but i didn't twig what it was until it was a bit too late. Not paying enough attention!




Great thats not been painted long, that will be the first bang i guess. Is it ironic that we were talking about why we don't run the alpina front spoiler unless its a show anymore. Exactly for this kind of reason! Badger would of mullered it!







That i'll be bang number two then. Bollocks. I was driving on the A31 hogs back, not the type of road to stop and check late at night. What is it with this car and road kill? I hit a suicidal fox not long after we bought it which f**ked the front wing, valance and destroyed a fog lamp.

Running like a clock apart from this, poor badger had his revenge on me!

[gaszman]

nice re touring si where did she go

[Simon13]

To a nice chap called Charlie. He's on here its still going strong

[Blitz]

Can I pick up the badger and fox for my dinner?

[B7]

Thats a bummer Si. Can the iS lip be repaired?

Rear valance looks like it's a fairly easy job to push back.

[Simon13]

iS lip just clipped on, but its worn a flat spot where it was sagging on the road the whole way home!

Bloody rear valance looked similar to know when we bought it all wavey

[e30topless]

poor badger

I hope you reversed over the coont for damaging Kitty ?

[Simon13]

Following on from the badger incident it appeared that after the last ring trip and 30 odd laps round there that the once happy and healthy rear subframe bushes we're indeed totally f**ked. No knocking but a a rather un nerving rear steer action when pressing on.

So while i still had Barrys tool and the success of doing the same job on the auto 2dr we had a crack at this. 2 hours both sides done. Jobbed sorted.


Old one doesn't look bad but huge movement by hand! 2001 stamped on them



Nice, snapped off mush.



Genuine bushes now £70 the pair from BMW DanThes bush void fillers, some new big washers i found randomly and a plate with some shiney bolts in stock along with a spare plate


Thats as far as i got with it and the camera, but its all done and what an improvement! Also raised the rear end up a good 10mm. I'm thinking now its time to get the Alpina springs re powder coated up and re fitted!


Also sorted out the brake pad light system, lol. Had the clocks repaired as they had the dry solder joint. So now we have NO warning lights, fully working check control. Makes a nice difference i feel.

Had a drivers door painted up so need to collect that and get it fitted up. A powelly buffty session ready for some stripe action. Dips is repairing the spoiler.


Now all will be explained in another thread, but a decision needs to be made on this car. As another E30 has arrived at the stable which means, the wagon has to be sold OR i buy out the brother in law and take on sole ownership of it. Tough one.

[bss325i]

Sell!

[Simon13]

Shut it.

[bss325i]

lol! Where is the other thread?

[RustyRuss]

This is GORGEOUS

[Simon13]

I haven't uploaded the pictures yet, will do soon!

[B7]

You cannot sell this Si. It's irreplacable and you've said yourself, there is no classic more practical!!! I can see this with a baby seat strpped in and a pram in the back. Start the kids cutting their teeth on something cool.

All the yummy mummies down the nursery will be putty in your hands at the sound of a 200+ brake M20 with RD 6 branch and scorpion on full chat leaving the gaff!

[beemerbird]

All the yummy mummies down the nursery will be putty in your hands at the sound of a 200+ brake M20 with RD 6 branch and scorpion on full chat leaving the gaff!

Were you a woman in a previous life, Trevor? You understand us so well

[B7]

All the yummy mummies down the nursery will be putty in your hands at the sound of a 200+ brake M20 with RD 6 branch and scorpion on full chat leaving the gaff!

Were you a woman in a previous life, Trevor? You understand us so well

Who could not resist that sound.

[beemerbird]

I've always found the sound of a V8 more of a knicker - dropper, but shall bow to your obvious greater knowledge about these things

[Simon13]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... mon13&aq=f[/youtube]

check it out for soundz, has a very close v8 rumble at times.

if this doesnt work how do you you tube link peeps?

[bss325i]

Put your link between [youtube][/youtube]

[Simon13]

[youtube][/youtube]

[beemerbird]

check it out for soundz, has a very close v8 rumble at times.

Yep - that's a twitcher

[Simon13]

So here is a rather higher rear end now, not the best but its up









A sight no often seen, bar the service lights! couldn't fit the check control in lol

[SteSE]

Looking good Si.

[Simon13]

Well more molesting



Swapped my 2 doors Alpina shocks out of the touring and replaced with some B6 rears.

All i can say is it rides harder, much harder. Crashy which is annoying as its more skitty which is the last word in handling. Although when the tarmac smooths out it all comes together with the new subframe bushes.




I must thank Oz for washing it with powellys bufty gear. New executive ride height




i've binned the mudflaps. it looks strangely naked now to me. But i don't think it was doing the economy good on a m-way run!





Just the rears look ok i thought though.




"Stance" keep thinking of re fitting the OE Alpina touring springs but remembered the rather high rear end like this



Mighty clean and nearly ready for the big road trip on Saturday, off to the Switzerland or Nandez in the swiss Alps. With a stop in France for an night along the way. So another notch to its road trip bed post i hope with no dramas, and i hope some good pictures and driving roads along the way! treating her to a fresh oil change to keep the mill happy as we'll being doing a fair amount of milege




/\ This is all Barry saw last night on the way home from the Ace That old sport is always chomping at the bit!

I also tried bending the badger ding out of the valance with limited joy. It looks rather gay from behind there