My tech 2 325i Sport. 25 years old today 25.10.14

[gurbinder]

I could do with some 8 Din leads for my New york if anyone has some, I need them to be long as I am mounting the amp in the boot.

[jimbom30cab]

keen to hear your plans Barry

[bss325i]

I could do with some 8 Din leads for my New york if anyone has some, I need them to be long as I am mounting the amp in the boot.

You need a Alpine M bus cd changer cable which is 8 pin DIN.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Alpi ... 19d83fd66d

[bss325i]

keen to hear your plans Barry

Complete refurbishment underneath ie powder coated, replated, new parts etc and the two bits on the body i mentioned in the molested thread.

All the Alpina parts are going and the car is going back to standard sport spec.

Even the recaros are going!

The audio will receive some changes as well as i have collected some more Blaupunkt morsels.

[jimbom30cab]

The Recaros !! No way, still selling them should pay for all the other work

Looking forward to seeing the pics very much.

[The_Diddler]

Would frag well, put this sorry looking turd out of its misery........


Liked this alot with the alpina stuff, was done very well as usual by Barry.

In standard sport trim, would be hard to find many others in this kind of condition, in fact i bet you could count them on one hand and still have some fingers left.

[sunnyr83]

What are the plans with the Alpina front also the rear spoiler
Barry?

Selling or keeping?

[bss325i]

Selling both, £200 each.

[sunnyr83]

PM sent

[polsta]

whats the new plans for the solund system barry, what new morsels do you have ? anything for sale ?

not far off installing mine, managed to get an alpine buslead like above for the sqr88-amp (same blaupunkt amp you have)

also got a new stereo loom,still need to get speakers

[SHAKEELE30]

any updates

[SteSE]

Bazla is off to Germany this weekend to pic up an interior.

[SHAKEELE30]

no way! can you give a clue

[DuaineE30]

Where did you get your interior done? the cleanest E30 I have seen in a long time

[B7]

I've heard he's having Diamond stitched inserts in the new ones with Baseball stitched seams.

[pacerpete]

I've heard he's having Diamond stitched inserts in the new ones with Baseball stitched seams.

This and with GGRRRRRR! tastefully embroidered into each headrest !

[Andyboy]

I've heard he's having Diamond stitched inserts in the new ones with Baseball stitched seams.

This and with GGRRRRRR! tastefully embroidered into each headrest !

No, that's the recently fitted third brake light.

[bss325i]

Time for a bit of an update.

The rumours were right, i did go to Germany to collect my new interior to replace the nappa leather recaro LS's i sold to Kedge.

Pics of it to follow when i get a chance to take some decent snaps.

I've also had a change of direction with the car and all of the Alpina parts have been removed and replaced with standard M technic parts and a set of unrefurbished unused mint 15" BBS made up from spare wheels.





So looks like this now, (pics by Blitz @ Gaydon)





Quite different to how it looked last summer (pics on page 1)

I also sourced a set of these,



Which now look like this,

[magpie]

tart

stop teasing with the interior shots.

[TPS]

Thats a lovely Car

[Blitz]

15" BBS RS? Are you going staggered 205/55 front 225/50 rear?

[jimbom30cab]

Wow stunning, can't wait to see this at the next Surrey meet

[bss325i]

15" BBS RS? Are you going staggered 205/55 front 225/50 rear?

Hell yeah! Proper 80's chunky look, none of his stretched, poke and gape nonsense!

They are BBS RS001's no less, the correct 15x7 ET25 size for an E30!

The rears are going an inch wider and the fronts 1/2 inch so 15x7.5 and 15x8. The ET changes as well but can't remember of the top of my head what it is but works out fine.

Tyres will be 205/55 and 225/50. If you thought 205/55's were hard to find in a decent brand, 225/50's are 10 times worse!

From what I have found out only mk2 MR2's and Lamborghini countach front tyres used 225/50/15.

Will look something like this as the white car is running the wheel and tyre sizes I'm going for and is a similar height to mine.

[pony]

Presentation looks absolutely spot on with the M Technic bits.
Is it easy to tell the unused unrefurbed wheel from refurbed wheel ?
Is that Diamond Black ? Were there any other blacks for E30s ?

[bss325i]

To the trained eye yes.

A non metallic black called Schwartz/ black commonly known as "gloss black" was available Soni but not on 325i sports or 318iS's or M3's other than the M3 Sport Evo.

It was not as popular when new as diamond black which is what mine is.

[polsta]

i love schwartz, although its a nightmare to keep clean !! them bbs look sexual barry,car looks much better minus the alpina shizzle, good to see you back

[pony]

R

To the trained eye yes.

A non metallic black called Schwartz/ black commonly known as "gloss black" was available Soni but not on 325i sports or 318iS's or M3's other than the M3 Sport Evo.

It was not as popular when new as diamond black which is what mine is.

[pony]

R

To the trained eye yes.

A non metallic black called Schwartz/ black commonly known as "gloss black" was available Soni but not on 325i sports or 318iS's or M3's other than the M3 Sport Evo.

It was not as popular when new as diamond black which is what mine is.

My old man used to have a E30 320i 4 door B599YHV. Was black but I am not sure which one i think is was Diamond Black but not sure. Loved that colour. Was I think originally a Central London car hence last 2 letters are "HV" and I think was originally BMW Park Lane car as I remember used to have Park Lane rear window sticker. In the scrap heap now had a lovely smell inside with the chequered cloth interior RIP

[suchy]

Much needed work?? Doubt that very much by usual standards!!

[lyricalnut02]

wb barry, the sport is looking great

[bss325i]

Much needed work?? Doubt that very much by usual standards!!

Just a few maintenance items creeping up that need addressing.

A weep from the sump gasket, gearbox selector shaft seal starting to leak, and a cracked propshaft guibo, all things that have never been replace.

TBH, as winter is round the corner and the car coming off the road again i will tackle those jobs at the same time as a major underside refresh.

[suchy]

Much needed work?? Doubt that very much by usual standards!!

Just a few maintenance items creeping up that need addressing.

A weep from the sump gasket, gearbox selector shaft seal starting to leak, and a cracked propshaft guibo, all things that have never been replace.

TBH, as winter is round the corner and the car coming off the road again i will tackle those jobs at the same time as a major underside refresh.

Fair enough
Gotta keep it looking pretty...

[pukar]

Presentation looks absolutely spot on with the M Technic bits.
Is it easy to tell the unused unrefurbed wheel from refurbed wheel ?
Is that Diamond Black ? Were there any other blacks for E30s ?

sport looks lush!!!!

668 Schwartz II Black II Standard Black

the paintcode sticker says "glanschwarz" a non-metallic black for the sport evo

here's a pic...it's sexy!

http://www.pukardesigns.com/#!E30-M3-Sp ... /image22hq

[suchy]

I actually dug the Alpina Styling Pack'd look and the previous interior was divine, but I'm assuming you're reverting back to complete standard albeit fully spec'd up Sportmeister style? Don't get me wrong I do still like the look of a standard Sport

[bss325i]

Yes mate i liked the look very much and still do but felt it should go back to being a standard looking sport.