Santorini Blue 328i Sport
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at774 said:
Subbed! Your car looks fantastic. thinking of doing the m3 diff swap too but I wanted to know if you had to replace the trailing arms, lower and upper arms with m3 ones when you did the swap or did you re-use the 328 suspension bits?
The 3.0 M3 diff is a medium case, so won't need the entire rear end changing. M3 Evo one does though, being a large-case diff.As above - the diff is almost a straight swap. The input shaft needs to be swapped to the 328 version as its a different bolt pattern. Luckily the one I bought already had the shaft swapped. I have read that the pre-load on the bearing needs to be set correctly or it eats itself quite quickly.
Rear discs and pads have been changed - I've got front pads to go on to shut the wear sensor up.
Speaking of rust, I Waxoyl'd the sills this afternoon and the next oil change is due which will probably get done tomorrow.
On the hunt for winter tyres for my 15's. I have never bought them before, if anyone has any suggestions then fire away.
Here it is as of today - needs a wash!
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Rear discs and pads have been changed - I've got front pads to go on to shut the wear sensor up.
Speaking of rust, I Waxoyl'd the sills this afternoon and the next oil change is due which will probably get done tomorrow.
On the hunt for winter tyres for my 15's. I have never bought them before, if anyone has any suggestions then fire away.
Here it is as of today - needs a wash!
Untitled by matt_13289, on Flickr
rare6499 said:
This is so nice. Where are you guys finding these for sale? I'm always looking and all I can find is old sheds. I wish I never sold mine all those years ago.Most have been turned into drift dogs now days
Trouble is now, if you have a really nice one, whats it worth, perhaps anywhere between 2-3.5k? Depending on condition etc, so overall not a lot of money. But if you sell it, you can almost be sure you will never find another one, so is it really ever worth selling....if you have an original sport, even better with the OE BBS, keep it. Don't do anything to it. Just keep it and maintain it. In years to come they will be very rare indeed.
Not got much done recently apart from a bit of progress with the spare wheel:
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Not finished by any means. I have a full set of 15's with winter tyres so I will start on the rest when I can be arsed to put these on. My neighbour knows someone with a blasting cabinet so hoping to get the powder coat off the centres soon as possible and start polishing the lips.
The last update was in Autumn, the car is currently minging from driving about 1000 miles over xmas and new year through some real grim weather. I have been quite childish with the diff too. The boot was full of water until I replaced the seal - it looks like its been leaking for a while though as there is some surface rust to sort in the wheel well.
Issues are always mounting up, but I like organising/prioritising things so its great for my OCD.
-Alarm/remote central locking needs sorting as opening with the key is getting boring. I am going to put in a toad Ai606 in, just need to find someone I trust to do it.
-It's loosing coolant. Either using it or leaking, I'm pretty confident that it's just leaking.
-Engine/gearbox mounts have been purchased and are ready to be fitted - just waiting on the use of a pit.
-Water pump, t/stat, alloy t/stat housing. viscous fan all ready to go on as the cooling on 36's are quite weak and no history of them being changed.
-Clips on the headlights that hold in the indicators in have broken so I've got replacements for both sides. Going to get hold of some ambers to see what I think.
-I need to underseal (bit late I know)
-Larger throttle body with the M50 manifold with a remap. I've been told the engines respond well to induction kits but I am unsure.
There we have it! It's a big list but I'll be keeping the car for a while yet.
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Not finished by any means. I have a full set of 15's with winter tyres so I will start on the rest when I can be arsed to put these on. My neighbour knows someone with a blasting cabinet so hoping to get the powder coat off the centres soon as possible and start polishing the lips.
The last update was in Autumn, the car is currently minging from driving about 1000 miles over xmas and new year through some real grim weather. I have been quite childish with the diff too. The boot was full of water until I replaced the seal - it looks like its been leaking for a while though as there is some surface rust to sort in the wheel well.
Issues are always mounting up, but I like organising/prioritising things so its great for my OCD.
-Alarm/remote central locking needs sorting as opening with the key is getting boring. I am going to put in a toad Ai606 in, just need to find someone I trust to do it.
-It's loosing coolant. Either using it or leaking, I'm pretty confident that it's just leaking.
-Engine/gearbox mounts have been purchased and are ready to be fitted - just waiting on the use of a pit.
-Water pump, t/stat, alloy t/stat housing. viscous fan all ready to go on as the cooling on 36's are quite weak and no history of them being changed.
-Clips on the headlights that hold in the indicators in have broken so I've got replacements for both sides. Going to get hold of some ambers to see what I think.
-I need to underseal (bit late I know)
-Larger throttle body with the M50 manifold with a remap. I've been told the engines respond well to induction kits but I am unsure.
There we have it! It's a big list but I'll be keeping the car for a while yet.
Bit of an ASW post.
Got a set of ambers (minus side repeaters - seem hard to find for facelifts!) and want some opinions. I'm really undecided on them, cleaned the car today to give them maximum potential.
Untitled by matt_13289, on Flickr
Untitled by matt_13289, on Flickr
Untitled by matt_13289, on Flickr
Untitled by matt_13289, on Flickr
Got a set of ambers (minus side repeaters - seem hard to find for facelifts!) and want some opinions. I'm really undecided on them, cleaned the car today to give them maximum potential.
Untitled by matt_13289, on Flickr
Untitled by matt_13289, on Flickr
Untitled by matt_13289, on Flickr
Untitled by matt_13289, on Flickr
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