Zacs E30 Touring - Respray ;)

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zactouring
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 2:52 pm

Just got this E30 Touring :)

320i with a M20B25 engine swap ;)

Mirror with map lights (rare item)

Lowered 60mm

Rear window tints

15" BMW bbs style wheels


Basically have wanted an E30 for quite sometime got offered this by a mate as a swap for my xsara vtr so went for it and its alot cheaper to insure to despite being bigger engined.


So pics you ask , well here they are .

As i got it (dirty)

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Quick Wash later

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Also couple other pics

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Plans are :

~ Put the passenger sideskirt piece back on
~ Sort wheelbearing out (though this isnt in urgent need)
~ Respray wheels black again
~ Possibly remove window tints
~ Keep Clean and Tidy
~ Be as sideways as possible :D
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 3:44 pm

Looks well mate :cool:
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 3:48 pm

Looks nicer clean :wink:
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 3:49 pm

Thanks Guys , much appreciated .
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 3:56 pm

Zac you may aswell pull the rest of the headlight wiper kit out and flog it on,fetch good money on the Bay winkeye
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 4:03 pm

Welcome to the zone Zac.

If your after some headlight washer arms to go with that headlight washer kit you got, gimme a pm. :D Failing that, like Eko said, get it sold on Ebay, they are going for stupid prices. :cool:
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 4:34 pm

I will prob remove it tbh . will have to see if they work though as im not sure if they do .

*alert , alert newbie stupid question number 1*

How do i use the headlight washers ?
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 4:37 pm

How do i use the headlight washers ?
Probably have to get them unseized first winkeye
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 4:39 pm

Hmmm... A Zac from plymouth who's traded their xsara in :wink: Its Doddys old touring isnt it?

Welcome btw :thumb:
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 4:57 pm

Yeh you got it Cook , plymouth rep for streetstylers ;)
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 5:05 pm

Hi Zac, Welcome to the zone.
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Post Tue May 24, 2011 1:16 pm

Well just given the touring a bloody good polish and is gleaming now , also went over the wheels with some more black paint as couple were starting to flake ,

So all looking good now and almost time to take it on the road :D
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Post Tue May 24, 2011 4:43 pm

zactouring wrote:...*alert , alert newbie stupid question number 1*

How do i use the headlight washers ?
I'm not 100% sure but do they not wash/wipe on their own every 5th time you use the windscreen wash? I know that's how they work on a lot of cars...
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Post Tue May 24, 2011 4:56 pm

Welcome to the Zone Zac, lovely touring, have a real soft spot for Royal Blue as my first E34 was Royal Blue. Enjoy your car!!
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 10:40 am

Nice looking motor,
Any more plans ?
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 10:54 am

Your touring sits very nicely indeed, just lowering springs all round? :?:
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 4:01 pm

kingludba wrote:Your touring sits very nicely indeed, just lowering springs all round? :?:
Cheers , yeh on 60mm springs and bilstein shocks .

Its not low enough for me though tbh normally my cars catch everything possible on the road lol
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 7:58 pm

Nice touring, whats the interior like?
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Post Thu May 26, 2011 1:06 am

Interior is mint although is nothing fancy tbh will grab a pic tomorrow
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Post Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:20 pm

First I'm going to apologise if i offend any of you on here for doing this .

The bodywork on my touring is all good but the paint wasnt really that good and as this is still potentially just my run around and car to mess about with doing some drifting (hopefully i wont get caught again lol)

I have matt blacked the car and painted my bmw bbs wheels bronze .

Rubbed it down and sprayed it with rattle cans on my DRIVEWAY , have done a few cars like this i personally love matt black although i know alot of haters out there.

So finished product !


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Im gonna touch a few bits up that im not 100% happy with namely roof,bonnet and rear bumper but need it to stop raining first .


Also added a couple of small things to it .
New sticker (1 each side on rear 1/4 windows)
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And Stickerbombed my fuel cap
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Anyone wanna buy it ;) ?
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Post Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:35 pm

Doesn't look too bad from the pics.
How many rattle cans did you end up going though?
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Post Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:39 pm

Thanks :)

I used 12cans to do the car but i have got an extra 3cans today so i can do extra coat on bits i mentioned .

15 cans at £2.39 cant really complain for a full respray lol , including doorshuts :)
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Post Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:41 pm

You should bring this to Santapod, would be nice to see it in the metal.
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Post Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:52 pm

When and what show is it ?
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Post Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:19 pm

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=188165


http://www.bmwshow.co.uk/
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