1994 318i Touring - Time to Sell :(

[bss325i]

Which leather seats have you got?

[adit]

good work Alex, looking really nice and clean, but are you sure a certain magpie didn't do this? :

[Kedge]

What an improvement that is...........i need one of those wet Vax's

[Sanchez]

I took the boot trim out and did it in the bath
Its defo worth it looks amazing. 20 years of grime.

[Ollie_bwoii]

I really do wish the saloons had a plush boot trim. There impossible to keep from getting clogged with cr4p.

Looking nice though alex. That wing is a perfect example of genuine vs. pattern. Glad its being replaced.

All round.

[Blitz]

Very nice. I've got the same Vax as you. How did you get the straight lines?

Ollie even my E34 has the low grade boot trim.

[bss325i]

I have the same Vax as well.

[Jozi]

That looks really good! Them door cards look brand new again! I'll have to rent one of these for doing my own carpets! Does it stay wet for long after your done?

[Alex]

Barry - there just comfort seats at the moment.

ollie- to be fair the wing has been slightly bent here and there by myself trying to get it spot on ive probably made it fit like it does, got a new one in the garage.

blitz - just the way i dried it off afterwards, up and down pushing the piles up then down

jozi - to be fair its a one owner car, never had pets or been smoked it, most 20 year old door cards are stained from smoke and the odd filthy oily owner you turn the water pump thingy off and just use it as a "hoover" to dry it off although they never dry fully, 24 hours should see them dry

need to find a product for the front two seats, now they have some staining on the leather from jeans, need some sort of good leather polish. Any ideas?????


i would recommend anyone who wants a mint interior to invest in one of them vax's no foaming shitty 6.99 carpet cleaner can match it. i used airel that you would use in your washing machine however i suggest you use it at your own risk, although smells lovely and cleans better than anything else

[Ollie_bwoii]

Try an imperial leather soap block with hot water, before investing in loads of products.

I've used it on light grey leather in a 540i, and beige leather in a z4 2.2i and it brought them up fantastically.

[Alex]

As in a bar of soap ?

[Ollie_bwoii]

Yeh. Get it nice and soapy, and give it a scrub.

I put some protective leather cream on afterwards too.

[Alex]

if it works, although i want like a polish to scrub staining out the leather, if such product exsists, i would try gliptone but i dont want to dye the stitching

[Ollie_bwoii]

Try the soap thing first.

We did have a thing of genuine BMW leather cleaner, that was quite old, but that was fantastic stuff. Maybe you can still get that?

[Alex]

Will give it a bash

[csl]

Touring looking nice after the interior clean,a credit to you.

[Alex]

This arrived during the week, nice Taiwanese 6 branch more for show than anything.



I was also going to fit a 320i single pipe exhaust system however i dont think its going to work see below pic.

assuming thats how it goes on



also got a few other bits and pieces.

320i gearbox and linkage, also got a good clutch not pictured, however i'am debating wether or not to get a brand new one along with new clutch master and slave cyliners.




Prop will be painting this black with some hammerite i think



Pedal box, new rubbers and some paint me thinks



I decided to tidy the garage today something ive been meaning to do for a while, much better now as i can get stuck in with bits and bobs. Decided to paint a few parts of my old sport engine.







its all in primer, think i'am going to stick with plain silver with this one, so it looks oem

[BEERBOY123]

That's superb, like a Guinness or a Polo mint!

[Alex]

Not a lover of polo's now softmints on the other hand

[e30topless]

Barry - there just comfort seats at the moment.

I have some lovely 4 door grey sports leatherz for this turd Alex

[Alex]

Barry - there just comfort seats at the moment.

I have some lovely 4 door grey sports leatherz for this turd Alex

seen them in your thread, Too many notes for me

[Green]

I had the same problem with the exhaust when fitting my m52 cause dan's exhaust match up to the 325i system and the 320i's got different lengths there as you've found out the same way I did!

If you want to keep it single on the back you could perhaps use a Y piece from a 2 pipe'd midbox to fit your original backbox although it might be a bit constricting.

[Alex]

Will be going for a 2.5 system, no choice but to cut the valance, oh well.

Need to get a new angle grinder since that went up in a puff of smoke last week

Will try and get a perfect template from a zoner

exhaust wise i'am thinking a scorpion centre and a oem rear, if it will mate up ok, anyone tried this before ?

Does anyone happen to know the part number for a rear bmw backbox for a 2.5 3 piece system, real oem will only throw up 2 piece systems

[bss325i]

Why don't you just cut off the twin tail pipes of a 325i rear box and have a single on welded on?

3 piece systems are up to sept '87.

Rear box PN 18301707051

[Alex]

Cheers Barry

that will explain why i couldnt find it on real oem, going to price up a new one at the dealers

[bss325i]

What year car is the 2.5 donk from?

[Alex]

That part number shows me a single pipe backbox ?

[Alex]

What year car is the 2.5 donk from?

1990

[bss325i]

That part number shows me a single pipe backbox ?

That is for diagramatic purposes only, ignore the single pipe picture.

You will need to be able to prove the year of manufacture of the engine for MOT purposes unless you want to fit a cat.

[Alex]

Seriously

Whys that then ? Because its after 1993 ?

[Alex]

Can bmw provide anything at all?

[bss325i]

Because its an L reg so there for registered after 31st july 1992 it will need a cat test unless you can prove the date of manufacture of the M20 B25 engine.

If you have the chassis number of the donor car then a spec check sheet from BMW using the ASAP system NOT View data system will have the build date and engine number.

[Alex]

Are you able to get me one of them sheets as i know your in the know Barry, if its not too much trouble?

[pacerpete]

Am iIright in saying that declared engine changes now entail lots of BS, engineers reports etc or is that law change still pending ?

[toby]

Oh that would be nasty! Keeping my fingers crossed on that one for you Alex!