My new IX - New Member

[saurey]

I made a big mistake when I first got this. I had a donor car my buddy bought for $500 available rusted as shit, with a working manual transmission, sport steering wheel, and 2 extra weaves. Who knows what else. I should have saved the 2 extra weaves (used 2 of them to fill my car) and the sport wheel.

Also swap was quoted 1500 for the manual transmission but who knows how good it was? I'll never find out. We took a few parts out of it but ultimately that whole care ended up junked..

Someone who might be on here has one just like mine, Auto, 4 door, same color. I said whats up on Pine St one day and he just got it new (to him).

Ghatid post up some pics Bro!

[ghatid]

That's pretty. I recently started on my 325ix project (bought it in SF, I live in South Bay). It's currently on jacks; changing out ball joints, repacking cv joints, replacing wheel bearings, etc. I hope I can get it running for winter. There are probably not many of us in the bay area, huh? Mine had a giant rusty hole that I fixed up with bondo, hehhh. Hope it lasts!

[downforce22]

r all 325ix 4 door,

Nope ---------v

[luckydog2]

r all 325ix 4 door, have an 88 convertible, found an ix but haven't seen it yet, friend of mine has one and lost his job, said he can't afford to put rack and pinion in it and I may get another project

[Nisse Järnet]

Cool, looks just like mine :)

[Hump]

Nice! Any pics of it?

If you ever decide to sell the basket weaves and move to a different wheel, let me know. I'm in Reno and I've been looking for a set to snag that's reasonably close.

[saurey]

Quick Update for anyone interested:

Drove back from Ohio no issues to speak of, saw Mt Rushmore, The Corn Palace, Wall's Drug, Yellowstone, and crossed 13 states (1 year ago).

Drove to Idaho 2x, 1 during Tahoe Blizzard, Idaho Blizzard, and night drive through one in the Nevada desert. CHAMPION.

Car is running great, driven by GF like an old lady daily, hauling friends and teammates around.

Work Done:
Wipers - Driver side 1" longer cause it fits.
Tune Up, Donor wheels so all 4 are IX weaves.
New Exhaust & Cat - Old one had holes, good flow and performance.
New Front Strut assemblies w/ Bilstein HD's & Stock Springs make for great handling. Best thing I put into him so far.
Fuel System cleaner made the engine run 200% better after it was running rich and rough about a months ago alot zippier now.

Future:
Looking into a paint job to make him shine like new and was quoted $3500 which doesn't sound too bad to me. Tried to see if detailing would make a difference and they turned me and my money away as they couldn't do much for it.
Thule rack on it for snow equipment - Should I go High Bars or Low for snowboard bindings btw?
New MTech or sport steering wheel.
Manual Swap (Fantasy!)
Wheel Restored - the Weaves are just such good looking wheels.

Turning in my 2012 Mercedes C350 Coupe (love it too but so expensive) lease and this will now be my personal DD. Excited to continue the journey and hopefully we'll get tons of snow up at Tahoe and "Henry" will be leading the charge.

Christmas 2013 Trip - Up from San Francisco to Portland to Seattle to Spokane and back the quick way. Hopefully see some good snow action, and ~4K mile trip.



Cheers and Danke Schoen

[saurey]

Thanks All - I'll put up some pics when it's all fixed up how I want it and I look forward to a nice long run on this forum. Cheers!

[Kershaw]

btw kershaw, saw your ix @ Bimmerfest. Looking good man!

lolol dude. i did not wash it and i still havent painted the hood. no idea what the PO did there... i've only had this one (RIP zinno) for 10 months now. still sorting out just mechanicals...

[future rs]

I don't know what the exact tread depth is but there's a tech document from BMW somewhere, I recall 1-2% as being the max difference the VC could absorb long term without damage.

Good to know. Thanks.

Congrats on the new car OP! I was so close to picking up an almost identical ix. Hope the drive back goes well.

[nando]

I don't know what the exact tread depth is but there's a tech document from BMW somewhere, I recall 1-2% as being the max difference the VC could absorb long term without damage.

[future rs]

only if they're different diameters. it's hard to tell in the pic, but that's a good point. hopefully the difference isn't greater than 1-2%.

After years of subaru's my personal opinion was never to have tires that differed by more than 2-3/32 in tread depth (as well has different sizes but that goes without saying.) Would this hold true for the IX models as well?

Sorry for the thread hijack.

[nando]

only if they're different diameters. it's hard to tell in the pic, but that's a good point. hopefully the difference isn't greater than 1-2%.

[future rs]

I was under the impression the IX's had issues running different size tires/wheels similar to a Subaru. Is there a reason in the picture the front wheels/tires don't match the rear? Wouldn't this cause issues with the differentials.

[audiquattrot]

nah, a 215 on a 7.5" wheel and ET38 is actually pretty conservative.

I have 225s on a 7.5" ET36 wheel, ET33 effectively (3mm spacers for brake clearance).

thats good to kno!