Lets See Those Tourings

[D.Martijn]

My 325iX which I got last month :)

[Shftr8]

Almost done. Still have some wiring and custom hoses to make


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[cory58]

Finally - some small progress

Life continues to get in the way of the major refurb of my Touring, but I made some small progress recently. Since there is no "What have you done to your Touring today" thread, I'll post here. Not sure I'll ever get around to starting a real build thread.

Driver seat was trashed and didn't match the rest of the interior. Here is a picture of the nasty cushions after I took them out.



Thanks to great members here on r3v, I was able to source really nice cushions (all the way from Canada!). Jeffnhiscars (aka Shock King) provided the new seat shocks for the mechanical refresh. Here's the finished product.



Sourced an MTech 1 wheel from the UK. Leather was trashed, so Stitched Wheels (search the r3v classifieds) recovered it. I added a new M color piece and now it looks great. Here it is on the car.



Cory

All I want for Christmas is a rust free Touring......

[KSanchez]

Now to just swap the dash for the crack free one

[Porthos]

1990 318i 2nd owner. I have an Mtech 2 spoiler, a new hat, a new fender, a new radio deck, headliner is going to be redone, left side rear wheel bearing, and brakes. All done before The Vintage.

[roguetoaster]

Looks good, how do you feel about the M40?

[1SIKWGN]

rear wiper assembly and grey/black cargo cover

Anybody have leads / source to get these parts? thx.

[Porthos]

Looks good, how do you feel about the M40?

It's alright, I am swapping an M42 into it though.

[roguetoaster]

Anybody have leads / source to get these parts? thx.

ebay.co.uk or Ivo Christov, or the WTB section here. While I have several cargo covers that I will sell I'd encourage you to check the first two sources before asking the third/fourth.

It's alright, I am swapping an M42 into it though.

Cool, that should be a nice fit for the touring. Plan to keep the 4.27 (which should be your current differential ratio), go 4.1 or maybe 4.44?

Oh, fueling pictures? How about the green nozzle? I miss my 324td.

[1SIKWGN]

Roguetoaster, thank u for the tips!

[cory58]

ebay.co.uk or Ivo Christov, or the WTB section here. While I have several cargo covers that I will sell I'd encourage you to check the first two sources before asking the third/fourth.

I have had good luck with a uk based breaker that advertises here as Sskoda. His web site is willswheels.co.uk. In addition to specific items listed on ebay.co.uk, I've also had good luck contacting breakers that will list a car that they are breaking. Also bought some parts from a breaker that I found on e30owners.com.

I have also found that parts listed as NLA on realOEM, at US dealers and Miximillian are sometimes still available in Europe. My favorite source for new BMW parts from Europe is Schmeidmann. I just copy the part # from realOEM and paste it in the parts search field at Schmeidmann's site. If it lists the part in the search results, they can get it new.

Cory

[Porthos]

Cool, that should be a nice fit for the touring. Plan to keep the 4.27 (which should be your current differential ratio), go 4.1 or maybe 4.44? Oh, fueling pictures? How about the green nozzle? I miss my 324td.

I am a 318i so no diesel for me. The m42 is going to be easy and cheap for me. I am going to 4.10. Better highway gearing. 4.27 is stupid low and almost impracticable. I am not building a race car so 4.44 is out of the question.

[Shftr8]

I am a 318i so no diesel for me. The m42 is going to be easy and cheap for me. I am going to 4.10. Better highway gearing. 4.27 is stupid low and almost impracticable. I am not building a race car so 4.44 is out of the question.

I have a S4.10 if you dont have one all ready

[1SIKWGN]

I have had good luck with a uk based breaker that advertises here as Sskoda. His web site is willswheels.co.uk. In addition to specific items listed on ebay.co.uk, I've also had good luck contacting breakers that will list a car that they are breaking. Also bought some parts from a breaker that I found on e30owners.com.

I have also found that parts listed as NLA on realOEM, at US dealers and Miximillian are sometimes still available in Europe. My favorite source for new BMW parts from Europe is Schmeidmann. I just copy the part # from realOEM and paste it in the parts search field at Schmeidmann's site. If it lists the part in the search results, they can get it new.

Cory

Thank you Cory58!

[808e30325i]

Don't worry rouge she's well taken care of!

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