The E46 325ti Appreciation Thread

[s m]

eezeh said:

s m said:

eezeh said:

A very rare white 325ti has surfaced on ebay, sadly its being broken following a moderate front end collision.
There really can't be many left after 1 was crashed and 2 being broken, one from here

CSS’ car was broken wasn’t it? Was Glen’s car broken or repaired after the accident?
There’s at least one without a sunroof and 3 with

Yeah css broke his for parts, was glens car the one that was posted here before?

53 reg on smoked CSL rims and then E46 M3 style when sold - Cat D

[anonymous-user]

Looking to get tyres fitted and a hunter alignment in Hampshire, any recommendations?

[helix402]

Micheldever tyres have a good reputation.

[JakeT]

https://www.wheelalignmentcentresouthampton.co.uk/

Nick is really good. Reasonably priced too, and all he does is alignments. I drive a 100 mile round trip now for an alignment.

[anonymous-user]

JakeT said:

https://www.wheelalignmentcentresouthampton.co.uk/

Nick is really good. Reasonably priced too, and all he does is alignments. I drive a 100 mile round trip now for an alignment.

Great, what's the average price for an alignment from nick if you don't mind me asking?

[Mr Tidy]

Or depending on which part of Hampshire you are in you could consider TWG Automotive in Camberley.

Will Gibson (the WG) is ex-Sytner and used to race an E36 Compact so has done plenty of alignment!

[CX53]

Hi all,

Just checking in on the off chance someone has a well looked after 325ti for sale? Long shot I know

[JakeT]

Ezeeh - Usually around £40, he charges a flat rate.


Mine could be for sale, I always toy with the idea of selling...

[anonymous-user]

JakeT said:

Ezeeh - Usually around £40, he charges a flat rate.


Mine could be for sale, I always toy with the idea of selling...

Cheers, will give him a call during the week, does he have the alignment specs specific for the compact? i know a few places are a bit funny about having them being a fairly oddball car.

[JakeT]

I would believe so, before he was the alignment centre, Nick worked for SuperTracker manufacturing the alignment kit. He's also aligned some really nice kit. You'll see pictures of it all on the walls of his unit.

[iSore]

A mate is selling his 325Ti Sport, Imola red, either leather or Alcantara and I think she's an 04. Both front arches bubbling as per but it's on the road, mechanically good, had new discs etc etc.

Under a grand iirc.

Will update later.

[Max M4X WW]

eezeh said:

JakeT said:

Ezeeh - Usually around £40, he charges a flat rate.


Mine could be for sale, I always toy with the idea of selling...

Cheers, will give him a call during the week, does he have the alignment specs specific for the compact? I know a few places are a bit funny about having them being a fairly oddball car.

This is cheap, I think I paid £120 before at Guildford Tyres but that was to do the camber etc on coilovers also (but not corner weighting or anything). I will probably give them a go.

[anonymous-user]

Max M4X WW said:

eezeh said:

JakeT said:

Ezeeh - Usually around £40, he charges a flat rate.


Mine could be for sale, I always toy with the idea of selling...

Cheers, will give him a call during the week, does he have the alignment specs specific for the compact? I know a few places are a bit funny about having them being a fairly oddball car.

This is cheap, I think I paid £120 before at Guildford Tyres but that was to do the camber etc on coilovers also (but not corner weighting or anything). I will probably give them a go.

Even protyre would do an alignment for less than that!
Yeah sounds like a good deal, im booked in for saturday morning for both tyres and the alignment later. Said it varies between 40 and 60 quid but it'd be about £45.

[CX53]

JakeT said:

Ezeeh - Usually around £40, he charges a flat rate.


Mine could be for sale, I always toy with the idea of selling...

You have a PM

[CX53]

iSore said:

A mate is selling his 325Ti Sport, Imola red, either leather or Alcantara and I think she's an 04. Both front arches bubbling as per but it's on the road, mechanically good, had new discs etc etc.

Under a grand iirc.

Will update later.

Interesting I do like imola red!

[anonymous-user]

i have been offered springs all around from a z4m, does anyone know if these fit and would be a worthwhile upgrade?
im a bit dubious since the balance of the cars are different

[helix402]

I’m not sure they’d be a wise swop.

[anonymous-user]

helix402 said:

I’m not sure they’d be a wise swop.

That'll do me, cheers.

[anonymous-user]

took my ti down to nick at the wheel alignment centre in southampton, what a nice guy, didn't end up getting an alignment although it needs one badly as the front wishbone bushes either side are properly utterly fked. he was able to move both wheels back and forth in the arches quite a considerable amount with a small prybar
Not something i ever noticed with st tyres. Downside to using a friendly mot tester i suppose..

These ones:


He suggested replacing the shagged ones with polybushes, has anyone else done this and is it a wise move over replacing with standard?
Cheers.

[JakeT]

I've had both rubber and Poly on both my 325ti and 328ci, and I am not totally sold on the poly bushes. Both in my case, were Powerflex purple series. I liked the slightly more direct steering, but they do make the car tramline more. I found when removing them too to replace control arms, one set had a significant amount of play on the arm. and another had play, and had split, in spite of the Aluminium heat-shield protecting it from exhaust heat. A good set of Lemforder can be had for not massive money from Euros, already in housings. That, with some red rubber grease makes sure they slide on pretty easily.

In short, I'd go with OE style ones. BMW chassis engineers aren't that daft (or more, weren't at the time), so knew rubber was a good choice in terms of overall choice for the bush material.