my 325i pics, what you think

[noney82]

heres some pics of my 325i thought id stick them on see what you all think of her up to now, the pics start off as before pics then to after pics.
e30 325i not sure if its se or ie?
125k on the clock
Had 15" bbs now got 17" OZ's
Mtech steering wheel
Twin scorpion dtm exhust
Cone air filter
Mtech 2 kit soon to mtech 2 kit just need to spray it
Just put black dimond breaks on front
Rewired the sound system cos the origanal way was a joke
Took them silly wipers off the lights, why they there i'll never know
Put eyebrows on
Front clear indicators. got side reperts to put in just not done yet
Got new springs to put on back, but need to sort out camber problem iv got first http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=46031

future plans:
Bought a bumper off ebay but its not come yet and if it does turn up i will have a mtech 2 front apron for sale, heres link for bumper i bought
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1
Need to respray whole car at some point as we have pink paint work in some places cos of the sun.
Want a leather interior black or cream i think
Angel eyes


before

black kiddney grill and smashed front end(fog light area)

crome kiddney grill and smashed front end(fog light area)

front end repaired and spot light added

here is how she looks now




thought id add a night shot too

[noney82]

35 views and not one reply is this everyones way of says your cars shit

[orangecurry]

of course your car's not poo

red cars are cool - there are very few around, modern cars/buyers don't seem to go for them

but the 'zone elite won't get excited over a 4 door, and they won't like the 17s

and I personally can't stand people who have front fog-lights on when it's not foggy - very inconsiderate

[noney82]

lol like the fog light bit, i only put them on for the pics, why dont ppl like 17s? this my first decent car before this i had novas (yes laugh i do now too lol)

[orangecurry]

I didn't say '17s', I said 'the 17s'

there's a thread around somewhere which sparked some comments - called 'council mods' or something; I would imagine your particular 17s would fall into the 'council' category

I personally don't think 17s are a good idea on an E30; screws the handling; the best wheels are probably the ones you took off light and strong, 15" BMW BBS with a 55 or 50 profile tyre will rock on the UKs poor road surfaces

but you might not care about handling - just enjoy your E30, German engineering icon

[noney82]

how can you tell what model it is ie is or se and wat they mean

[orangecurry]

se = special equipment
just means it had a package of the available-to-anyone factory extras

ie? never heard of it 'fraid

[orangecurry]

iS was only ever used on the 318 with the 16v engine

some people call a 325 Sport a 325iS, but I don't think BMW ever did

If you have a sport, it'll say on the V5, but they tend to be the 2-door coupe rather than the 4-doors; difference is M-tech suspension (15mm lower), LSD and close-ratio gearbox (and some bodykit perhaps)

[strongbowgeorge]

Lovely looking motor mate .

[ed325i]

Looking good

[d6dph]

Looks nice and tidy, Quite like the wheels too (but i'm one of the odd ones )

[noney82]

cheers guys feedback is always good, is there different types of engines too im mean i know mines a 2.5i but iv heard of like m20 is it and stuff like that

[d6dph]

The engine in your should be an M20B25

The m20 is the engine type, and the other number is the capacity 2.5l (320's are M20B20, eta lumps are M20B27 iirc)

[noney82]

aqhhhhhh makes sense now thank you d6dph.
you well up on cars? e30?

[d6dph]

umm know a little that i have picked up on here, what do you need to know?

[noney82]

iv been told about toe and camber on the back end being out how do i check this? well it could be this cos im getting bald tyres on inner edge on back

[d6dph]

Take it to a good tyre and exhaust centre that has a four wheel allignment system, its the only way to really tell whats going on, unless one wheel is obviously sitting on the p1ss.

[noney82]

im going to stick some new springs in too incase springs are lazy, cheers mate i'll go find good tyre place tommorow i'll post findings up

[essexboy]

orange curry what bout the 320is? has a 2 litre s14 lump in them i read about them in total bmw some time back

noney82 motor is lookin good, if ya an e30 newbie this is the place to be you will learn lots and your list of future plans will never stop lol


Lee

[kunjani]

hay bro your cab looks spot,

yo orangecurry wats up! i have noticed that the 325 in
the uk were produced as sports as apossed to an IS but this is not the case world round,
in a country right at the bottom of africa home to the kruger park and biltong 325is were sold although it'd be hard to get your hands on a clean one No 1 theft car in the country,

also produced there was an out the box 333 producing 187kw only pre 88 models (pretty RARE)
any body got the know how to arrange some pics (i'll sure as hell try)

PHONE BRITANNY SPEARS!

but never recieved M3

[jmc330i]

With a decent drop those 17s will look good - Ive always liked white (or black) wheels on a Red car.


The 325iS from South Africa is totally different to our UK 325i Sports. They had 2.7 engine, ally panels and some had the 5 stud setup - its what our Sports should of been to set them aside from the rest of the 325i range IMO.

how can you tell what model it is ie is or se and wat they mean

Take the reg or vin number to the dealers - they will be able to tell you what spec your car is.

[kunjani]

that a boy jmc330i

at least someone dosn't think im mad or bull chit ing

you know any thing about the 333

[jmc330i]

you know any thing about the 333

Not really, I only know a little bit about the 325iS because I thought about importing one from SA but couldnt find one with decent history.

[orangecurry]

sorry guys I was keeping it simple and UK-only for Noney82

I thought it was obvious he just wanted the UK info

the 320iS was produced in Europe in LHD only but only where they have heavy taxes on any engine over 2litres so it was an M3 alternative - ish - similar M3 power from a similar 4-pot, but ordinary E30 steering and chassis so nowhere near as good as an M3 to drive; there's been one for sale in Italy on Ebay for a few weeks now.

there's also the iX...

if anyone has a 333 I'd love to see the pics - South Africa only wasn't it?

[orangecurry]

http://www.autopower.se/ovanligabmw/top10_333.asp

does Babel fish do an Afrikaan translation?

hang on - is this swedish? help!

[kunjani]

orangecurry YOURE my HERO. Seen one doing ballet on a skidpan (absoulutley wild)



Ok first wat is babel fish?



i can try translate it if you guys are keen?

[kunjani]

oh sorry i might add translate a little
and no its not swedish its still german

[orangecurry]

german?

Nein, meine liebchen

http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

[kunjani]

not?
try dutch

and check out the 350 powered by 750il v12

thats mad

[jmc330i]

Swedish I believe....
This should work, so click here

[orangecurry]

naaaah not Dutch either - well not according to Babelfish

you can guess what it says - using the engine from a 733, and that they only made 204? Now that's an expensive run for any manufacturer

[orangecurry]

excellent translator - except 'Charcoal Impediment' for black

ooooh Kevlar bonnet; now that's attractive

[kunjani]

a drink owed to orangecurry a jmc330i (i promise) thats precious

did you check out that 350 on the same sight

oh and what are your thoughts on our 333 friend

[kunjani]

exuse the ignorance kevlar?

[maxfield]

what they use fro bullet proof vests. Very strong and very light.