Cheap and nasty E46 project for future silliness

[cozmcrae]

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I recently bought a rusty E46 325ti (the compact one) with the intention of having some fun with it in some future events and making a mini-series on Youtube. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59JNYEjQQXI&ab...

Its not the prettiest thing in the world but it runs (now) and drives in enough of a straight line that it is usable. I've already done some stupid stuff with it but I'm still editing the video together.

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[Court_S]

Just watched your video and subscribed to your channel for updates. Those lowering springs are bad; it looks broken it’s so low.

I had a 325ti of the same vintage albeit silver with black leather. I liked the car but it was a bit of a pain in the arse.

Good luck with it.

[cozmcrae]

Court_S said:

Just watched your video and subscribed to your channel for updates. Those lowering springs are bad; it looks broken it’s so low.

I had a 325ti of the same vintage albeit silver with black leather. I liked the car but it was a bit of a pain in the arse.

Good luck with it.

They were snapped and one of the control arms was bent. Even stty lowering springs aren't supposed to be that low haha

[cozmcrae]

Ok so the plan was to go racing and that involved getting the car up to standard on the cheap. I had forgotten how rusty cars from Scotland can be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3do8agHNu8

[Court_S]

That’s proper grotty underneath. Did you have to fight loads of crusty, seized bolts to add to the fun?

[cozmcrae]

Court_S said:

That’s proper grotty underneath. Did you have to fight loads of crusty, seized bolts to add to the fun?

It wasn't as bad as I'd thought. There were a few 16mm bolts that ended up with a 15mm hammered on to get them off but surprisingly, no snapped bolts. My biggest issue was being on my back under the car with rust raining down into every crevice.

[cozmcrae]

So we successfully completed the 4 Hours of Most Endurance race in the Czech Republic. Pretty impressed the old cooling system had no issues since that was the only thing I was worried about. Wasn't the fastest team on the track but still had a huge amount of fun.
https://youtu.be/lNVRNl0ZT_s