Good evening

[Pikey]

Just thought I'd say hello. I picked up a 325i Touring on Sunday which I won on eBay for £376, and Ive already found £1.42 under the drivers seat

It's a bit of a shed at the moment, but I'm going to fix it up and hopefully get it looking and going well over the next few months

Already browsed the shop and mentally spent about two grand, lol

There'll be a PikeyM3 along later this evening too, that will be my brother who owns a white M3

Jeff

[Rosc0PColtrane]

Welcome to the zone mate!!

Everyone is excited as it's been broke all week. We have a weeks worth of posting to catch up on!!!

Post some pics mate

[Pikey]

I dont have any yet - so far I've only seen the car in the dark!!

[eko]

Welcome to the zone mate!

so what are your plans for it?
Where you from?

[Pikey]

I'm from Cheltenham

This is the photo of it from the eBay ad:



Can anyone tell me what colour that is?

It needs an MoT first of all, and its going to fail on about two dozen things, literally! Then I'm going to fix everything else that doesnt work (front fogs, trip computer, glove box, central locking), fit a stereo cos it doesnt have one, service it (all belts, oil, air filter, spark plugs etc), THEN I can start on modding it a little bit. Im not going OTT - just needs lowering a bit, clear indicators and side repeaters, leather seats and an Mtech steering wheel, electric front windows, decent exhaust system, maybe a cam. Stuff like that

[zaust]

Welcome to the zone fella,

[Pal318is]

Welcome to the Zone bud....Keep the pic's coming...

Pal

[Barnz]

Nice looking car for the money mate, and welcome to the site..... back up and running after a boring Zone-less week!!!

[bazman]

welcome mucker nice looking motor..

[paulj]

welcome fella
hope you enjoy it here you'll find everything to satasify you e30 needs all under 1 roof here

[thebigone]

hi fella, have a nice stay

[jcjdavis1]

Hi and welcome to theee zone

[e30bmlover]

welcome....enjoy.

[Jesus325iTouring]

Welcome to the Zone Pikey,good choice of E30.

PS for your information,should the need arise 325i Tourings tow caravans very well

Not that I would ever do such a thing

[Richy325iTouring]

Welcome to the Zone Pikey,good choice of E30.

PS for your information,should the need arise 325i Tourings tow caravans very well

Not that I would ever do such a thing

and other touring and various other breakers on the back of a dolly

[tomtomiS]

my mates take the piss cos i got a touring ( or estate as they call it) and its an auto. doh. i should get a towbar to complete it for them

[Jesus325iTouring]

Welcome to the Zone Pikey,good choice of E30.

PS for your information,should the need arise 325i Tourings tow caravans very well

Not that I would ever do such a thing

and other touring and various other breakers on the back of a dolly

Don't forget wedged in somewhere would be a heap of conifers ready to be fly tipped!

[Jesus325iTouring]

my mates take the **** cos i got a touring ( or estate as they call it) and its an auto. doh. i should get a towbar to complete it for them

Better than that,buy a shotgun to sort them out

[Davenotouring]

Looks like an OK chariot!

Get an LSD on there, cut the springs and have some cheap fun!

Looks like Lachs Silver.......not 100% though.

[Pikey]

I dont think it's Lachs silver, its more sort of blue than that, although I might be wrong

re: towbar, that was a key feature in my choice of purchase, because my other ride is this S13 200SX drift car:



Which I built from a bog standard shed of a car, bought for £425

At the moment it's road-legal, but in the future I can see it becoming a track-only weapon, hence the need to tow it behind something, and carry a load of tyres and spares in the boot.

I'll get an LSD if I can find one cheap, and I'm going to fit some lowering springs (Eibach?) if the shocks are all good, or a full suspension kit if they're found to be duff.

[SPADGE]

I was bidding on that and tried to buy it out of ebay when it 1st appeared as you do lol!
Looks like Lachs silver to me and should say on the suspension turrett.
If you need any bits for it give me a shout as i have more 'estates' (i know i know 'tourers' ) than an undertakers lol

[Pikey]

If you need any bits for it give me a shout

Drivers door central locking solenoid is all I can think of at the moment

[SPADGE]

If you need any bits for it give me a shout

Drivers door central locking solenoid is all I can think of at the moment

Should have a few mate get a part number and i'll dig one out for you

[Richy325iTouring]

Welcome to the Zone Pikey,good choice of E30.

PS for your information,should the need arise 325i Tourings tow caravans very well

Not that I would ever do such a thing

and other touring and various other breakers on the back of a dolly

Don't forget wedged in somewhere would be a heap of conifers ready to be fly tipped!

and they are great fun on the sailsbury plains

[andyp]

Hi and welcome to the site dude

[Pikey]

If you need any bits for it give me a shout

Drivers door central locking solenoid is all I can think of at the moment

Should have a few mate get a part number and i'll dig one out for you

Will do.

I also need a headlining, as mine is missing but only from the sunroof back bizarrely!

[Pikey]

Car failed MoT on 22 items

Most of which I was expecting, from driving it and from the eBay description, so its actually quite a lot better than I thought it would be!

Rear tyres, rear wheel bearings, handbrake, headlights need adjusting, left washer jet, backbox hanger broken and frontpipe gasket leaking. Was expecting all of those.

The ones I wasnt expecting: both brakelights remain on after you release the brake pedal, bizarrely! There's a power steering leak, a steering rack gaitor split, and both front ball joints have excessive play. Front brake lines corroded. And both front ARB drop links are knackered.

Most of those are easy and cheap to fix, shame Ive got a leak and some wiring to deal with as those are the two things I hate more than anything else, lol, but yeah its not too bad

[bangerack]

Hello Chap, My guess on the colour is dolphin grey ??

[Pikey]

That's an M3 colour isnt it? There's an M3 in that colour round my way, I see it every now and again and I'm sure its much darker than mine is. I think it maybe is Lachs Silver after all, seeing it under the lights in the workshop.

[dobbie82]

The ones I wasnt expecting: both brakelights remain on after you release the brake pedal, bizarrely!

could be just the little switch behind the pedal sticking slightly, easy fix if it is!

[Richy325iTouring]

power steering leak from a slpit gator will mean its new rack time

[fugazi33]

I emailed the guy about the colour when it was on the bay and he said it was Lachs silver, I had a bid as well!