Show Me Your BMW!!!!!!!!!

[timetothink]

325ti Compact with MV1's. Grin factor back ;-)

[E65Ross]

LucasBestTurbo said:

Hi here I have my baby bmw 645ci MANUAL gearbox.
What do you think?







More detailed description on my blog http://allinoneblog.co.uk/bmw-645-ci-for-sell/imag...

Thx for attention

Looks lovely, I love these old cars. Same engine as in my 745i, lovely and smooth.

[JordanTurbo]

My 328 convertible bought a couple of months ago in rough condition for £575.90.





As she looks now after some much needed work

[Trailhead]

LucasBestTurbo said:

Hi here I have my baby bmw 645ci MANUAL gearbox.
What do you think?







More detailed description on my blog http://allinoneblog.co.uk/bmw-645-ci-for-sell/imag...

Thx for attention

Love these!

[chris5150]

M5 30 Jahre...really enjoying it, but need to get it run in so I can appreciate the full oomph!!

[Sardonicus]

JordanTurbo said:

My 328 convertible bought a couple of months ago in rough condition for £575.90.





As she looks now after some much needed work

Well done that man very nice.

[monthefish]

Sardonicus said:

JordanTurbo said:

My 328 convertible bought a couple of months ago in rough condition for £575.90.





As she looks now after some much needed work

Well done that man very nice.

Indeed. Great effort.

Can't believe the original car was £575!!!

[raceboy]

monthefish said:

Can't believe the original car was £575!!!

There's some bargain E36's out there, just sold my 98 Sport for £800, but the question is how much do you have in it now with the new bumpers and window?

[rsv696]

rsv696 said:

BMW AUC, Black leather, 40k miles, FBMWSH, absolute mint condition. Wheels may have to change to something a little more sporty though

With 18" CSL's :

Edited by rsv696 on Monday 6th October 18:52

[Fox-]

They don't look like CSL's, are the CSL's not concave?

[E65Ross]

Fox- said:

They don't look like CSL's, are the CSL's not concave?

Agreed, they don't quite look right, especially at the rear....?

[rsv696]

Not OE but a big improvement I think. 8.5J at the rear & 8J at the front.

Edited by rsv696 on Monday 6th October 18:53

[cerb4.5lee]

rsv696 said:

Not OE but a big improvement I think.

Agree they do look better but I always think the Coupe really suits 19`s but then you have ride issues I suppose, hope you are enjoying the silky six engine.

[JordanTurbo]

monthefish said:

Sardonicus said:

Well done that man very nice.

Indeed. Great effort.

Cheers guys. Full thread HERE

raceboy said:

monthefish said:

Can't believe the original car was £575!!!

There's some bargain E36's out there, just sold my 98 Sport for £800, but the question is how much do you have in it now with the new bumpers and window?

Roughly:

• Car - £575.90
• Brand new roof and window fitted - £600
• Full service (inc metal water pump and front brakes) - £200
• Suspension bush refresh - £150
• Sport bumper new nose cone and genuine M3 evo staggered wheels with decent tyres - £500

About £2000 including the original purchase price so some might say a lot money especially for a non sport.

But like I said in the first post of my diary above, I set out with a budget of £2500 but couldn't find anything in the right spec or condition. In my opinion I now have a much better car than any I had viewed previously, and I know that all of the work underneath is done to my own high standards with good quality parts which to me is worth 10x more than a receipt in a folder.

EDIT: see below

Edited by JordanTurbo on Monday 6th October 19:55

[E65Ross]

Is that a typo? How did you do a suspension refresh for £150? Surely shocks alone would be more than that, let alone with springs and any bushes etc

[JordanTurbo]

E65Ross said:

Is that a typo? How did you do a suspension refresh for £150? Surely shocks alone would be more than that, let alone with springs and any bushes etc

Just done bushes* so far, so not quite a "full" refresh yet. Post edited.

*Wishbones, drop links and lollipop bushes at the front. Trailing arm bushes, drop links and all 4 outer ball joints at the rear.

Have ordered some H&r springs which I will be mating to Bilstein shocks and M3 top mounts to finish off the job. Along with an alignment that'll probably take me to just over my original budget which is what my plan for this car was.

Edited by JordanTurbo on Monday 13th October 19:04

[pageda]

Have been a serial BMW owner, several E21 323i's, E38 728i sport, E36 of a few flavours, same for E30 a lovely E34 535 sport I wish I had kept, an E39 also, blimey it goes on! Current 2 here. My E32 project I have to now sadly sell and my new F10 520d which I really am impressed with.

[pageda]

Hmm not sure what happens to the other pic, try again:

[pageda]

Ok, no idea what happened there, I'll give up now!

[E65Ross]

Lovely E32 735i there. Those engines are magnificent aren't they. I've not driven an M30 engined car for over 3 years now but I do like them. Driven an E32 735i and an E34 535i (manual) which was superb. A real feeling of indestructibility.

How do you find the F10 520d compared to the 735i? I'm guessing everything superior in the F10 aside from engine refinement and build quality...??