M52 b30 stroker rebuild back on the road

[Duke137]

and clean up the front o/s brake caliper as it's sticking on a bit.

You need a set of Keri's WMS brakes to finish it off mate, your car is turning out to be one of the better ones on the zone....

WMS brakes, with all that frag your selling you know it makes sense

[magpie]

some parts arrived fro bm today along with some more ice white fog and headlight bulbs, i fitted some parts straight on.

in de bags are an 80-88 degree fan switch [fitted], temp stay's under 3/4 mark all the time now

some corner sticky pads for the tech1 boot spoiler and a bag of 10 white valance lower clips for the spoiler that is now in primer and awaiting some paint.



while changing the fog bulbs i changed the whole units with some fresher ones out of the stock pile.





some 100w high beam bulbs .



fitted an se twin horn loom and horns i had stashed away .



found these while digging around



soon to be fitted ^

this came with the parts thanks to the nice chap @ bmw parts dpt.



that list is canny big now^

just bought some 325i mtech springs to lift the front up.the sump is too low for my likening.

also have a rather nice set of hid's to fit and a working p/s pump.

it's never over

[town325i]

Its looking the part now and its got the poke to go with it. Good to see the IS owners are turning to the dark side

[spook]

I see you have put your order in for a retrim on your seats

[e30topless]

I see you have put your order in for a retrim on your seats

[magpie]

I see you have put your order in for a retrim on your seats

heated of course

[adit]

Id keep the 318is badge for traffic light fun with the saxo bruvs.

Looking good btw

have you seen how old Mick is?

yep, looking good mate

[magpie]

after moving house i found some time today to change the 3.64 lsd which has a whine for another 3.64 lsd that i hope is good with no problems.

some Diffin action !

out ya come.


ooh a £500 note


new diff .


need some spade connectors for the speedo plug ^unless [silly thought ?] a 4.10 is the same ??

nearly home, the nice courier man broke a cooling fin


job jobbed and easier than last time .never drove the car to test it yet.[starting doing other smaller jobs]


no rot insight anywhere


Some council activity !
new air intake.need to cut a hole out of the headlight backing cover for it to sit nicely .



there's still some mtech 6-pot springs to go on the front as it's too low and put the strut brace back on.


i bloody well hope that's the diff swapping finished now!

bring santa pod

[Sjoerd320i]

Looking good mate!!

Do you happen to have the part number for the 80-88 temp switch?

[magpie]

cheers ^

here ya go

part# b61.31.8.361.787 it was £18 from bmw with £2 discount off .

[E30BeemerLad]

[magpie]

^^^


i found out what happened to the power steering



another job sorted and the Diff is good and quiet


it's starting to behave itself @ last!

[MurphyE30]

Good stuff Mick

[Rav335uk]

Ha ha, that's if the M5x cars don't keep breaking down

[rancido64]

Nice work dude

[rix313]

This car hasn't half come a long way since I very first saw it a couple of years ago. Good work mate!!

[magpie]

after the pod shenanigans the only way forward i feel is the full arse end rebuild and replace.

i don't want this again



the shame of it




and the doner victim ! av it



off to mr topless for some guidance in the near future.

resistance ist futile

[e30topless]

Mick did you have to tow the turd out of the Pod to get recovery?

[DanThe]

Looks like its just outside the gates?

[E30BeemerLad]

Car looked good on the run down the the the pod mate, except the missing front lip from the earlier drama

[Dezzy]

It was a nice trip down the road Mick. The car is a credit to you. Get it put back together for some more hooligan antics.

[magpie]

cheers lads my mojo is back,spanner rash FTW .

i have a new bone to chaw

i asked to be dragged out Steve

[magpie]

[youtube][/youtube]


find me one day

[magpie]

removed the entire arse end from the donor victim today which wasn't too bad but the end parts snapped off still even though they had been replaced not that long ago



new discs,one new back plate and a pair of new h/brake cables that came out as they should .
the main part i wanted [good beam bushes] evaded capture though









looks like new bushes all round now then.



any recommendations for something that's not going to be too harsh and offer a bit of comfort , i've been looking at power flex ?? seems to be yellow or purple ones available what's the difference in these

[craigieeb]

Awesome, about time you pulled yer finger oot

I dont think there is much difference between the yellow and the purple bushes,
I "think" the yellows are a little bit softer.....?

[Barx325i]

damn it!

[Dezzy]

You don't want any of that junk on your car Mick.

The reason they broke off is you lowered it down in one go. The weight off the trailing arms and diff snap them off.

[magpie]

more hast less speed

ecp discount here we come

[MurphyE30]

good too see you cracking on Mick

[Barx325i]

will have the beam from my iS for sale - pre fitted with poly's, but won't be for a few weeks..

[magpie]

cheers for the offer Barx but i'm going for lemforder with void fillers

[Barx325i]

it's good to fill a void

[magpie]

bush removal time

watching the metal insert pop out like a turd was a pleasant surprise,i thought it would take longer than it did after 5 mins of burning .





the trailing arms weren't as dramatic,but there out now



dropped the beam off for blasting and primer and collect it around 4.30pm tomorrow all for £10 i love the north east me

[Ali786]

nice work mate your car looks awsome from the front are you gonna get another is lip?

[no1_jazz]

Top Marks Mick well done keep up the hard work and sure she will be more then fine