My 325i Cab Project (Updated 3/6/2008)

[raf]

HI.

Im New here, so please dont bash

Just bought a J Reg 325i Cab with 52K miles on the clock from ebay, The car was stolen recovered. Unfortunatley the interior along with various other bits were missing. end up paying £600 for the car.





















So i did a bit of searching for some leather seats. first place i looked was Ebay. and came across these. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... otohosting

The seats looked very clean so i bid for them, everything was looking good up until the last minute, where i was outbid by £20!!! i was furious. The very next day i got a second chance offer from the seller saying, the winner couldnt make the payment so could take them if i was still interested. I said YES! straight away. He also mentioned that he had another set in beige. Personally i prefered the beige so told him ill go for them.

Couple of days later i made a the trip to bournmouth. picked up the interior including the door cards along with a brand new manual cab roof, hood cover, carpet. rear light , electric window motors and verious other bits and pieces for £850 I new a got an absolute bargain! so i got out of there as quick as i could












The seats have now been cleaned with auto glym leather cleaner and conditioner. I will post some new updated pics up soon.


By the way here is my old car. Which will be for sale soon.





The cars at the garage now, for a service and a tune up.

I will be updating this thread with pictures and info soon

Im looking for a Genuine Mtec 2 kit, so if anyone has one let me know. THANKS.


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[hammoj28]

Cool project. Should look good when done. Liking the seats. Your old cab looks ace btw.

[stevetigger]

Keep this thread updated, Looks like a great project

[cliffybabe]

like the leather mate

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

looking good mate,intrested in your cab which will be up 4 sale soon,please pm me your contact number.

[stuartgallafant]

liking the black one! looks phat fella!

keep up the good work with the white one

[dark_sounds]

hmm that black one looks wicked.

i do like my black ones.... e30s that is

[stuartgallafant]

hmm that black one looks wicked.

i do like my black ones.... e30s that is

im not saying anything! nothing at all! just stumm!

i'll leave this to cliffy!!!

[Gouki]

god luck with it i hope those seats came with door cards becuase you only had the seats in?

[raf]

Thanks for the nice replies, I got the door cards and the matching carpet. I was just trying them in to see how they will look.

I love Black E30`s too but keeping them clean is hard. I want to go for something different. but i know ill end up with black.

[Tinnie]

PM the spec, pics and price of the Black cab.

[cliffybabe]

hmm that black one looks wicked.

i do like my black ones.... e30s that is

im not saying anything! nothing at all! just stumm!

i'll leave this to cliffy!!!

Were do i begin???????

Ali ur a special boy, u like MILF's u see alot of them and u like a package deal, i shall leave it at that mate

[E30BeemerLad]

dazleeds has a full mtec2 kit, but it is a saloon one, so you have to stretch the side skirts down a little, but it is original tech 2, in lachs silver, no damage but will need a spray.

Assuming he hasn't sold it!

[dazleeds]

very nice mate
good price and excellent milleage too
gotta say tho the black one mmmm

cheers lee

yes i do have a tech 2 kit But

someone has given me a deposit on the full car so until middle of next
week all sales from betty are on hold

theres a strong chance the joker will turn up with too little cash and try haggeling me tho
in which case he will be thrown off my property and lose his deposit and things may be back up for sale

so if ya dnt get sorted gimme a shout if interested

cheers

Daz

[fowler]

hello mate just broken a cab my have some bits if you are interested
was white as well
drop me a line fella

[stuartgallafant]

neil, you are rude!!!


but funny too

[ad318i]

looks v good and you found yourself a great bargain!!


keep this post updated!

[raf]

very nice mate
good price and excellent milleage too
gotta say tho the black one mmmm

cheers lee

yes i do have a tech 2 kit But

someone has given me a deposit on the full car so until middle of next
week all sales from betty are on hold

theres a strong chance the joker will turn up with too little cash and try haggeling me tho
in which case he will be thrown off my property and lose his deposit and things may be back up for sale.

so if ya dnt get sorted gimme a shout if interested

cheers

Daz

Im very interested in the Tech 2 kit, If the joker doesnt buy it. How much do you want for it?

The black one is on a 325i D plate with 100k plus miles, full M-Tech 2 kit. The interior is in bad condition. So it will need a retrim.
The guy i bought it from just had resprayed in Diamond Black.
17" Alpinas (replicas)
Brand new EBC brake discs and Green stuff pads.
Mechanically its excellent.


The Interior lets the car down, Other than that its a Great car.
Ill take more pictures of the black one on sunday and post them up.

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

raf im intrested in the black cab you have,whats your price?

[jagtech2002]

looks like a sweet project mate! keep us all informed

[dilo_attax]

the balck BM looks mint...... the seats are diff colour tho??? n e reason?

[pimpmobil]

Bargen. It will be nice to see it when it is finished. Keep us all informed.

[raf]

Bargen. It will be nice to see it when it is finished. Keep us all informed.

Talk about bringing a post back from the dead Since i bought the car, back in july. I havent really got round to doing anything major. but i do come on here almost daily. At present im gathering bits and pieces together, and hopefully some day ill get off my lazy arse and put them on.

I did manage to get my self another set of seats, this time in Black. however i noticed a 4 pin plug underneath the front seats. Anyone know what this is? I haven`t got a clue.

Here are the seats

[Jamese30]

Heated seats I would guess.

Great project by the way!! Keep going, although not great weather now unless you have a garage.

[M-technik3]

A J reg would be a car manufactered in 1990? Just curious as it has plastic bumpers and yet still has early tails. We did not get this style. When we finally got plastic bumpers for our verts was 91 and they had large taillights finally.

I own a late 92.

Mine before paint.

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[low325icab]

Bargen. It will be nice to see it when it is finished. Keep us all informed.

Talk about bringing a post back from the dead Since i bought the car, back in july. I havent really got round to doing anything major. but i do come on here almost daily. At present im gathering bits and pieces together, and hopefully some day ill get off my lazy arse and put them on.

I did manage to get my self another set of seats, this time in Black. however i noticed a 4 pin plug underneath the front seats. Anyone know what this is? I haven`t got a clue.

Here are the seats

hi mate are you planning on puttint the black leathers in the cab then? if so whats your plans with the beige leathers you have then? fancy selling?
cheers, ryan.

[raf]

After a year or more of being parked up, I am now ready to restart and hopefully finish my little project.

Managed to find a tech 2 kit for it. and sent it to the body shop for painting. I was supprised as to how clean the body was. Hardly any rust except the battery tray, which was totaly shagged, So had to replace that. other than that im very pleased with the car.

Here are some updated pictures. Im still deciding on what colour i should get it painted. Im stuck between Calypso Red and Black. Maybe you guys can help me out.



















Had to replace the battery tray due to rust.

[cliffybabe]

y did u cut out te hole section??

Some serious work going on there though

[MAJ-POWER]

calypso red mate, go for the darkest shade in it, more of a browny touch in the shade. blacks tooooooooooo common. but ur choice

[motorsport325i]

nice project you got there fella. Cant wait to see the outcome!
Where abouts in East london u from???
And oh yh ur black cab looks sweet...

[raf]

I picked up the battery tray section you see in the picture from the scrappers. The rust goes all the way back to the bulkhead, so he's going to strip out what he needs and weld it on. No way would i cut out a chunk like that out of my car.

To Motorsport325i Im from Leyton. The car should be done in the next few weeks. I just hope the weather gets better.


Most of the people i asked told me to go with calypso red too. Looks like i might have to go with that since i already had a black one. Thanks for comments.

[motorsport325i]

Leyton E10!! - i used to live in walthamstow now i live near ilford. Im in walthamstow and leyton all the time. I am going to come personally and see how ur project is going!

[raf]

No problem mate. Anytime. The cars not done yet. Should be in a few weeks:D I go round Ilford often, Cant really say iv seen you around.

Looks like you got a nice Motorsport. What colour is it? My brother has a Mauritius Blue Motorsport Which recently got painted. You can come and have a look at that.

[motorsport325i]

Sure definatley. You must have seen my brothers old laguna green cab, with the borbet b's..
Yup the motorsport is also my brothers, it is a nagaro silver 1. Currently in the body shop getting some work done, took a little knock on the front. But when its done well have our mini Walthamstow meet.

and btw where abouts in leyton?

[ozzy2006]

hi there mate those seats you got for you white j reg were they e30 seats as they looked similar to the e36 ones or maybe they looked in such good condition i couldnt tell.

just curious though, would love to see what it looks like when finished, i have been trying to get a set of seats in such condition for ages i mean ages. anyway

good luck