325i touring PYF, a new little pic i found!

[Simon13]

Finally got the chance to get some pic's up of my new turd

325i touring
manual no auto wrongness
aircon! which works

milege is "around" 220,000 from what i can work out from the history. Clocks read 182,000 lol

It used to have sports black leathers in it 2 but they have gone in the midst of time.............

i want to get a LSD for it too at some point

I've serviced the engine back up to life, belts,coolant, thermostat,tappets,rocker gasket,spray bar,rotor,sparks etc

Runs very nicely now and pulls very well for 2.5, especially 200k plus one!
It's still on the original head too, old style 6 sided head bolts on it








i've lowered it a touch from stock also

it's on 45mm spec inverted bilsteins with H&R cupkit saloon springs!
It handles sweet if u ask me aswell, even though the springs are not proper!

Here are a few from our last ring trip too



C2 2.7 on track



Dave in his Civic



Some tagging of a bridge, the ring goes over the top of this. Yours trulys work



And very pissed tagging the track too hence the mistake!

[maxfield]

photos of twiggys article.

tourer looks sweet but friggin low

[Pal318is]

It does look sweet and the low'ness...well it looks spanking to me

pal

[Jimbob]

Love it!

Wherever Simon goes, so does the Alpinas!!

[Chris-W]

Bargain!

[Mahmood]

Very nice Simon but a touch too low. My next E30 will deffo be a Touring.

[Simon13]

Cheers not bad for a £350 Tax&Tested turd

U can never be too low Mahmood!

[billgatese30]

are those BK rims

looks good though, although it could do with a wash, go on, treat her, it is christmas after all

[Gortour]

Looks lovely Si.
Bloody cheap too, is it's condition as good as it looks?
My 318 touring on an L cost me over £750 - don't feel I got such a bargain any more...

[Weezie]

Ahh... so this is it then? Very nice Simon judging from the pics, looking forward to seeing it at aces.

and your right, you can never be to low.

[e36boy]

Very nice indeed, Looks really low....Which is a good thing !!!

[Theo]

How many intact exhaust studs does it have? Looks nice with the alpinas and council spec drop.

C2.27 I never even noticed that at the time - much like my chrome turbs tag... lol

[fuzzy]

nice looking touring mate i thought all 325 tourings came with an lsd though? i suppose with over 200000 miles under its belt it could have been changed or its more likely that im wrong i suppose

[Simon13]

um it has 4 snapped exhaust studs but it's not blowing with it's new bmw gaskets! how i don't know

Ah condition! it's by no means mint or excellent. Sills, rear arches,scuttle are all 100% very good car. Both front jacking points have been welded and not a bad job either as it's not coming back! Front wings are both shot and full of filler and rusty at the bottom and really let the car down. I'm hoping to sort the wings out sometime soon. To be fair it's very good for a 200k E30 and i've seen alot worse with alot less milege

I'm getting M-tech kit thoughts and want to make it like my old sport as it was the same colour with the same wheels and leathers. I never wanted to sell that car but i had to to buy the alpina, but it's not worth it as i should put the money into the alpina

fuzzy not all tourings had slippers! it did come in a good spec though all electrics,OBC, sports leathers,15 bbs

Tourings are great because all 325's had 3.91 diffs(like the sports) in them so they are real get up and go in all the gears. Shite economy and high rpms on the m-way but who cares!

[Theo]

4 and it's not blowing? Impressive, I've been stressing out about sorting two snapped studs, one out one to go - but my drills are all blunt now...

If you can source a tech 2 kit fairly cheaply then go for it - they look great with it. Probably too late to ask Santa for it though?

[Simon13]

tech 2 with pina front spoiler? kit is for good money but i'd just need a front bumper spoiler, but i don't need the spoiler as i have an alpina one spare............

but whats the point it's an old smoker to go to work in and hoon the arse out of it round the ring now and then

I don't know i'm getting tight and too logical in my mind these days

[Gouki]

seen this one at Guildford meet, looks better in the daylight

[Richy325iTouring]

looks quite tidy si

as low as nemo was as well repect

[S38B38]

thats a low one .....i like touring

[gazm3]

Looks good, that Si for that amount of dosh.

Whats your interior like?.

Thats convinced me to put my 16inch Alpina replicas on.

Cheers Gareth.

[Splondike]

Looking good with the pinas on mate

The tourings do seem to wear the miles better for some reason...

[AndyS3]

Are they smoked headlights mate?

Could you give me a list of the things you use on a service? where do you get your parts from?

Looks v nice always wanted a tourer just need to sort me sport first

[lukescott]

Great thread until the scrot comes out in the author and he shows us his graffiti work. Fuckwits carrying paint cans should be chemically castrated. I just dont understand the need for this carry on. I hope someone catches you at it and sprays you ! I got a young guy at it here and sprayed his face yellow . Funny how his parents never came back to complain.

[Simon13]

if u ever drive round the nurburgring u will see that most of the track has been sprayed up by thousands of people. I'm not saying it's right and i've never done it anywhere else but u can't please everyone.

Our forum is known now to everyone who drives under the bridge and can gain publicity from it! lighten up mate

The headlights are proper smoked ones no DIY bodging here! with xenon headlamps from an audi TT

my service parts?

Cambelt+tensioner+spring - BMW only!
waterpump - BMW or GSF depends what car it is for me to where i'd get this!
dizzy,rotor - BMW or GSF both are very good imo
airfilter - BMW about £8
spark plugs - NGK's from GSF for a chrombumper 325i, will run mega smooth BPR6ES is the part no.
hot/cold temp sensors- BMW only
thermostat - again like the water pump but GSF ones work fine for me
alternator/PAS renew these while your there

Tappets adjusted, new rocker gasket and spraybar - bmw, cheap enough around £12 all in. by changing the water pump u have to renew the coolant which is a good thing!

It's a good days work mincing around but with an Oil change and filter thrown in your engine should be running how it was designed too! it will cost around £250 in parts but it's worth it imo. MPG,acceleration, emissions should all improve and u know on the next service it's just an oil change!

Thats what i have done on the last 2 £300 325's i've bought it's cheaper in the long run, i know u thing whats the point but all that should insure it's a good engine for u for the next 30,000 miles or so and all u need to do is oil and airfilters and sparkplugs

[gazza]

si what happened in the end with the old car that was about to be written off what did you get in the end for it

[Simon13]

i'm still waiting for the assesor for the other guys insurance to come out and value it!

[dark_sounds]

sweet tourer man, yours seems a better deal then mine!

im breaking mine soon ;) slipper cough ;)

[mattG]

sweet tourer man, yours seems a better deal then mine!

im breaking mine soon ;) slipper cough ;)

year but for how long

[dark_sounds]

indeed,,, all will be revealed soon,,, just im not using this tourer as a base for the project though lol hence breaking!

you need anything matt?

[spook]

all that sevicing done in a day, mate your a bloody genius

[zaust]

Nice one simon, Looks sweet. And your wright never to low.

[Simon13]

i'll come and remove the slipper if that knocks the price down! U know i want the rear load cover too!

[Nelly]

Si, she's looking good mate - big up on the Touring massive lol.

Ring slag for it then?? - i might have to join you in the new year for an outing if things work out.

Btw - we all know that you'll end up throwing everything at this turd so, don't kid yourself anymore - get out there and find them parts my man - i've got a tailgate, passenger door + both rear doors in that colour - all doors have electric as well lol.

Neil.

[Gortour]

i'll come and remove the slipper if that knocks the price down! U know i want the rear load cover too!

I've got a tatty load cover if it's any use till you get a decent one. It's come a bit unstuck as they often do at the boot end and slightly chipped on the ends at the seat end. It works OK, but needs a good clean and the 'pins' at the boot end have been replaced with 6mm studding. In grey.

[dark_sounds]

si we can sort something out at the next guidlford hopefully, or aces,

we will talk about the diff ;)