Project e34 525i touring

[FireFight]

Alright time for an update, I'm horrible at taking pics and keeping up on these threads but here is what I have done recently


First with a bit of help Luke I built a harness adapter to rid the factory stereo but keep the stock amp and speakers(and all the wiring). Works great was a bit of a bitch to tuck the harness in the dash, but sounds great.
next I fixed a rear wheel issue, they where tucked to far in, so with some 20mm ECs spacers they sit a bit more flush



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[goarmy]

See if you can keep a log of how much your are spending and post at the end as a completed project for reference to others like myself : D

[FireFight]

Damn you sold that e21?

Yeah😭 it was a sad day, we have had that car for a long time, and it was the best handling car I have owned, and was a blast to drive, but this wagon has become my favorite car, so much that I don't enjoy drivingy e30 much anymore

[Blake B]

Damn you sold that e21?

[FireFight]

Sick EMPI hat, dude.

thanks dude! Vw guy all the way:dot:(never again)

[FireFight]

Well that was a pain to do in the dark but it's done.


so personally i like a bit of rake, and with the rear arches lower then the fronts, even though its level(the rockers) it looks alittle to low in the rear compared to the front.
With that being said, the touring rides night and day compared to how it did, it shifts smoother, and it can finally lay some tire marks. After reading all the bad reviews on JOMs from other e34 guys, i was a bit scared that i wasted my money, but they couldn't be more wrong! i have sedan coil-overs in and the rear is pretty firm. it corners nicely now and I would recommend this to any guy in a touring, specially if you still have SLS. i don't bottom out, even at this low in the rear.

[e30austin]

Sick EMPI hat, dude.

[FireFight]

Project e34 525i touring

Well my plan was to install the rear Coilovers sunday, but after I got the fronts dialed in I decided to go shooting instead. So my buddy, his wife, my girlfriend and I piled in the touring a drove it about 80miles up in the sticks.
(not my garage, we cleaned up after our selfs)
The touring did great and no issues until I turned down my road......
As we turned down my road, by buddy asks if anyone else sees smoke. I didn't until I started to go in reverse in to my spot and I saw a giant cloud of smoke behind my car. Turns out on the back country road, with all the people in her she blew the rear suspension hose.

So lesson I learned, don't put things off


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[FireFight]

curious to hear if the JOM's ride is any good.

I got the fronts in, I took out billi sports and lowtec 40mm drop springs, to be honest, it feels about the same. I'm get more "spring pop" on turning, so i bought new mounts and spring pads to see if that solves the problem. I didnt lower it crazy, i think lowtech 60mm drop springs would put it lower if not the same and you wouldn't have spring pop and you could keep billis.

the main reason i bought the kit, besides it was cheap was to rid the shitty sagging SLS, which i will be starting tonight.

the front sleeve i imagine can be bored to run the billis, which is my plan if and when the JOM struts blow.

I cant say i like the e34 for its handling, id rather have a 3 if i wanted a fun corner slaughtering ride, but for a nice daily the set up seems to be perfect.

alot of people talk shit about JOM but talking to Austin! he was saying even on his ground control set up he has spring pop, so i think its always gonna be a slight issue with coilovers.

[straight6pwr]

curious to hear if the JOM's ride is any good.

[FireFight]

I'm not good when it comes to taking pics as I go but here is what we did last weekend

So yeah 5 speed swap in 12hrs. Every went smooth besides the ducking pedal cluster took for ever. I kept the 4.10 in there for now but it's a bit ridiculous so I'm on the hunt for a lsd in a low gear range.

Also

A lot of people talk shit about JOMs but not building a track car, I know this will never handle like my e21, but to have it be low and look good.
More this weekend


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[e30austin]

Moar updates. Kthx

[slammin.e28]

I always forget you have a touring......

[ltflint]

Looks nice! Lots of potential. I 5 speed swapped mine about 5 years ago and swapped in an S50 2 years later. Lots of fun.

Good luck with the coolant level sensor. My last one lasted less than a week!

[FireFight]

Alright, I haven't updated in awhile because I am in the middle of a lot of things with the wagon and I don't want to talk about redoing the headliner or the 5 speed swap until it's totally finished. But I have been doing some random stuff


Picked up a mtech2 wheel (e36 fitment) that was in need of some help as well as random bits to try to smooth the idle and rid some error codes

I tossed on a "Wheel Skin" to clean up the look a bit. Not factory, but good and I like the smaller diameter compared and the sporty look. Also no airbag is nice


Finally got around to swapping out the level sender, it threw a code randomly and the coolant was always fine.

The CPS was a bitch!

I found the bolt to be totally rounded and the only way I could get it to finally come out is to beat the hell of it till I could cram a Allen in there and finally get it off, by the time I was done the CPS was destroyed.


Swapped out the fuel filter, that took like 10mins and was disappointed to find with that and the CPS my idle still is a bit wonky.

Next the temp sender and then coils


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