I have been meaning to sign up for ages but not had the time to do so, I think this is a fanstatic site with penlty on knowlegable members in the know.
OK I am currently a proud owner of an Original 1987 Larchs Silver ///M325i Sport, which is my current project for resoration. As you all know with any car of the age it does have some pit falls, but you will not be able to help yourself try to perfect everything once you have started. These are great cars to run and modify and still turn heads when you're driving it ( The un-missable note of the 6 POT)
The car I have is a 4 owner vehicle with 146K on the clock.
Its on original Sport version with cloth recaro trim with factory rear head rest and arm rests and full electic pack (no OBC).
This is also the light weight version as it has non power steering.
Still has the original and un-used Steel spare wheel with Goodyear NCT 65 tyre (Unused)
The last ower did spend a fare amount of money at it with an original BMW full exsurst system with stick still attached and original BMW brakes which are about 2000 miles old.
But the body work had gone to pot. as you can well immagine the rear was rooten so some welling was needed.
but here is a run down of the jobs which I have undertaken myself
The start of the restoration:
1 Complete strip down of the car (including TECH 1 kit and glass)
2 Cut and repair rooten sections under two rear wheel arches.
3 cut and repair rear boot trays, joining rear inner arches.
4 remove sunroof panel and treat rust.
5 Repair rust creeping in at top edge of the sills (Where the botton the the front door meet the rear panel)
6 Repair hole by the front passenger side.
7 complete rub down of body work and removing any inperfections that have appeared over the years parking dings shopping trolly dings.
8 recondition wiper motor
9 recondition heat blower (non reister version)
10 repair Central looking system (2x red and black wires had corridid from were the driver door loom meets the main harness.
11 replaced Ni-cad batteries on the SI board.
12 re-set tappets 0.25
13 replace rear bumper and skirt (MTEC 1)
14 repaint cam cover in black and "DA" the BMW sign an polish)
As you all now most of the horrors lerk behind the body kit.the top of the scuttle panel is like new still, suppisingly no rust what so ever.
I am looking at painting the car over the weekend, as I'm gonna use the rest of the week to wax oil the entire car.
I am looking at painting it with the original Larchs silver with 4 coat of laquer so that I can cut back one coat with 1200 & 1500 wet sand paper to give it that bright shine.
Additional things to do once finished:
1 repaint 15" BBS rims with brite silver edges with Negaro gray centers.
2 I.C.E install, Pioneer KEH-M800 Componet head unit, Pioneer CDX-M50, Pioneer GM 41a to power JBl front componets set. 2x Pioneer GM2200 amps one for rear shelf 8" pioneers and one to drive 12" Subs unit and the most important to balance it all off a Pioneer EQ-6000. (Keeping it Old Skool)
For those of you that know about Stereo's all of this was original BMW optional extra's apart from the JBL speakers.
3 Original BMW sunroof Wind defector.
4 To top it off a good valet and service
I will keep you all posted as to the progress and I will take some pictures and post them soon.
If its "NOT" German, Forget it...
Current Collection: in order of importance...
BMW E30 (An original ///M325i Sport) 1987 Larchs Silver
BMW E36 Convert (///M328i Sport) 1999
Cosmos Black + H-Top
BMW E36 Compact (318TI M-Tec Sport) 1997 Hellrot red
VW Jetta GT (GTi Engineering Special)1987 White with Gray Strip
full Zender body kit. 1 of 50 ever made.
Made in Germany * Refined in Britain
Regards Jay-T
Big hello to Tim how I met today at behams BMW in Stockport.
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