New daily 320d
Discussion
SpunkyGlory said:
MDMA . said:
That looks great.
How does one go about cleaning the engine bay? My old Discovery could do with a spruce up but I'm always nervous about doing more damage than good so have never given it a go.
Ben Lowden said:
Look forward to following this, your Legacy was on my shortlist for a not-so-sensible family car, and this is higher up for being more sensible. Any good resources for understanding reliability with these engines vs say a LCI 330d?
Haven’t read too deep into them. I know there’s talk of the chain being a weak spot, but longlife oil/long service intervals seem to be the killer of the chains. Maybe a fix was done on the later ones? Who knows? This has been serviced early/regularly and there’s no noise from cold at all. Worst case, it’s a new chain if it gets noisy. I wasn’t too fussed about the 6cyl model. It’s only a daily so not doing mega miles or need the speed. It’s plenty quick enough as it is, quieter than my petrol Legacy and I’d say it handles better too.
Once I finish the jobs I need to do on it, it will be getting remapped anyway. Already spoken to Motorsport Developments and it’s going there mid December. Says a reliable 225bhp and 450nm of torque transforms them. That puts the power close to a standard 330d but over 100kg lighter and less weight over the front end.
I always service my cars twice a year anyway. I might even do the oil on this more often. It’s less than £50 for good quality oil and genuine filters.
Just ordered some new sill plates from BMW. The ones on are getting a little tired and the ally inserts are going milky in places. I might PPF the ally on the new ones 
3 will arrive tomorrow, 1 is on back order from Germany. Not cheap, but a lot better to look at when you open the doors.
3 will arrive tomorrow, 1 is on back order from Germany. Not cheap, but a lot better to look at when you open the doors. Ben Lowden said:
MDMA . said:
Haven’t read too deep into them. I know there’s talk of the chain being a weak spot, but longlife oil/long service intervals seem to be the killer of the chains. Maybe a fix was done on the later ones? Who knows? This has been serviced early/regularly and there’s no noise from cold at all. Worst case, it’s a new chain if it gets noisy.
I wasn’t too fussed about the 6cyl model. It’s only a daily so not doing mega miles or need the speed. It’s plenty quick enough as it is, quieter than my petrol Legacy and I’d say it handles better too.
Once I finish the jobs I need to do on it, it will be getting remapped anyway. Already spoken to Motorsport Developments and it’s going there mid December. Says a reliable 225bhp and 450nm of torque transforms them. That puts the power close to a standard 330d but over 100kg lighter and less weight over the front end.
I always service my cars twice a year anyway. I might even do the oil on this more often. It’s less than £50 for good quality oil and genuine filters.
Good to know thanks, look forward to more updates!I wasn’t too fussed about the 6cyl model. It’s only a daily so not doing mega miles or need the speed. It’s plenty quick enough as it is, quieter than my petrol Legacy and I’d say it handles better too.
Once I finish the jobs I need to do on it, it will be getting remapped anyway. Already spoken to Motorsport Developments and it’s going there mid December. Says a reliable 225bhp and 450nm of torque transforms them. That puts the power close to a standard 330d but over 100kg lighter and less weight over the front end.
I always service my cars twice a year anyway. I might even do the oil on this more often. It’s less than £50 for good quality oil and genuine filters.
Just fitted. Old ones removed, cleaned and polished the metal behind them. I’ll keep the factory blue film on for now until I get some really thin PPF film for the centres.
I also noticed the drivers door seal has gone in the middle. Will order a new one next week.
Also need to decide on a wheel colour. I might do them shadow chrome. Always like the E39 M5 wheel colour. Looking online, there’s also American chrome. Gives them a look of being ball burnished.
I also noticed the drivers door seal has gone in the middle. Will order a new one next week.
Also need to decide on a wheel colour. I might do them shadow chrome. Always like the E39 M5 wheel colour. Looking online, there’s also American chrome. Gives them a look of being ball burnished.
nebpor said:
d_a_n1979 said:
I reckon Ferric Grey would work best...
Shadow Chrome works well on darker cars; but it's quite shiny and not sure that'll work well with white...
Agree - ferric is the OEM sport plus colour isn't it? I had to have ours refurbed as they kept losing air and they came back much darker than I expected, sadly ...Shadow Chrome works well on darker cars; but it's quite shiny and not sure that'll work well with white...
Ben Lowden said:
You're not hanging around, this will surely be one of the best 320d's in the country by the time you're finished with it!
The offending item. 
The plan it is have it looking like new again. Anything worn or damaged will be replaced.
Doubt now I’ll get the front end painted in December. Will have to be the New Year. Looking forward to the exhaust/wheels/remap now.
Edited by MDMA . on Thursday 24th November 19:07
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