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

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Sun Jan 26, 2014 6:42 pm

Bloody love this car and those wheels!
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Sun Jan 26, 2014 6:46 pm

That's a great job there Barry, well looking forward to seeing these on the sport

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Sun Jan 26, 2014 6:52 pm

Just a little bit, slightly jealous of those wheels barry! Cant wait to see them on! They will look pukka!
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Sun Jan 26, 2014 8:19 pm

Thanks chaps! The warden made me clean the oven after. :(
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Sun Jan 26, 2014 8:20 pm

we want pics of Barry in rubber gloves (oven cleaning) :wink:
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Sun Jan 26, 2014 8:21 pm

Reading and re-reading through this thread never bores me :cool:

I always enjoy the updates Barry, great work :wink:
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Sun Jan 26, 2014 8:30 pm

Lol jim!

And thanks 87mtech27 (sorry dont know your name.)
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Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:46 am

Wheels look amazing Barry! :cool:
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Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:17 pm

Before you assemble them seal them with wolfs. Barrels centres and lips
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Sun Feb 16, 2014 1:32 pm

When are we going to see this sport rolling on the RS's? :D
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Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:39 pm

I have VERY little spare time and it's been that way for a few years now. :(

That's why progress with my car is slow now. There is also a list of other jobs i keep going on about that need to get done! :(
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Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:25 pm

think its time to get rid of it... winkeye

its just going to sit there, get neglected and start to rust...
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Ha, never neglected!

I actually went out for a drive in it today! :)
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Beautiful car, a rare gem.
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I thought I was spesh .... Alloy wheels in the oven why did you do that :-) ?
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Wed May 21, 2014 11:46 pm

bss325i wrote:I have VERY little spare time and it's been that way for a few years now. :(

That's why progress with my car is slow now. There is also a list of other jobs i keep going on about that need to get done! :(

Well you know what you have to do....


The BM or the better half will have to go. winkeye

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Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:57 pm

Just read through this, thoroughly impressed with the work, stunning car.
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Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:03 pm

Thanks very much! :)

Still not built up the wheels! :roll:
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Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:09 pm

bss325i wrote:Thanks very much! :)

Still not built up the wheels! :roll:
LOL, allow yourself a good day to build them up Barry.
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I wish i had a spare day! :(
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Spare Night.... :D
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Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:26 pm

I've got to make the time at some point.

I've got a week off work before Gaydon. Maybe then.
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Make sure they're sealed properly
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Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:29 pm

Yep, got all the correct sealant and locktite and some Wolfs rim sealant.
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Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:34 pm

Normal high temp sealant would have done the job, and good job on the Loctite.
Bolts need to be torqued to 22-24 ft/lbs in a criss/cross pattern for RS's
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Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:35 pm

bss, come restore my car :D
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Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:53 pm

Yes Rav its just some high temp sealant, the wolfs stuff is what Kos recommended as a LSP for the wheels and to apply it before building up.

Maxtek, which car do you have?
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Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:58 pm

Recently purchased a Tech-2 325i Sport, it's in pretty good condition and I could definitely get away with leaving it as is, but I'd much rather have a prime example of a car and after going through this thread its really 'inspired' me to get it sorted.
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I would use the LSP after building the wheels up.
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Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:35 pm

Fack!

Been too long since ive updated this but have just been using every day. Still not finished building up the RS's :o:

Thought i'd post today though as my car is exactly 25 years old today.

Build date 20.10.89! :cool:
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Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:40 pm

Happy Birthday Barry's Sport :D
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Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:01 pm

Finally finished re-reading this entire thread over the past week and a half. Interesting to see the evolution of this car.

Shame photobucket removed most of the pictures but at least the heated mirror pictures were still there as I bought a set a couple of months ago having read about them on some American forum so now need to check if mine are real or I whether I've been had :o
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Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:02 pm

Only just seen your post!

The pics were uploaded with image shack back in the day. If I had the time I would go through the thread and edit and update it accordingly replacing pics but spare time is rare for me!
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Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:43 pm

Well well.

Nearly 5 years since an update!

Had a look back through this thread and so much of it has been decimated by the downfall of imageshack and photobucket,

Not a great deal has changed on the car. The BBS RS's were sold on before they made it to the car and little else has been done other than routine maintenance.

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A rare set of 16x7.5 ET25 Ronal ACT turned up a year or so ago so they went on wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport 3 tyres but they have since been sold on recently to be replaced with something else, More of that next week.
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Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:58 am

Looks magnificent still !
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