Hello everyone
I am Luke Fisher, AKA StereoInstaller1. I recently bought a 1987 325is...cheap. Poor thing was beat down hard, horribly maintained. A few hours with polishing compounds and wax have made a great improvement on the looks, but far more importantly, a new timing belt, tensioner, water pump, O2 sensor, cap, rotor and a thorough valve adjustment has made this 230,000 mile motor run pretty well. 4 new balljoints has made the car feel kind of safe, but new struts, springs, rotors, brake sensors and pads will help a bunch too. I will be replacing the missing door brakes too, finding a decent paintless dent removal guy (gal?) locally here. LOTS to do on this car!
Many of you here have been a big help already, I have read many posts looking for clues of what to do. Someone should tell the world about the stupid 126/127 tooth timing belt fiasco, to make certain aftermarket shops stop selling 126 tooth belts!
Obviously, my screenname speaks to my profession. I have been a car stereo installer since 1980. I love my work, hate my industry. Well, maybe not all of it, and maybe hate is too strong a word, but I am sure many of you will understand.
I am one of those guys who will not comporomise the quality of my work in customers cars. Regardless if it is a 1982 Reliant or a new Porsche, I do my best work (within the budget, of course) always. Always tight, always mechanically correct, always tidy wiring, always the correct wiring. Unfortunately, not for myself, so sometimes my own stuff can be a little slipshod. Always sounds good (it better, dammit!) just never finished in a pretty way. On my Bimmer, I am gonna go off...I will post someday in the ICE section what I am doing as a system plan. Just as a hint, all speakers will be in accoustically correct cabinets, no speakers hanging in a panel. No head unit either, but instead I am modifying a RF modulator to give me Sirius, CD, MD (2 changers) and feeding the output to a Audio Control Four.1 just to be different.
I am sure I have rambled on long enough, so thanks for reading!
Luke
I am Luke Fisher, AKA StereoInstaller1. I recently bought a 1987 325is...cheap. Poor thing was beat down hard, horribly maintained. A few hours with polishing compounds and wax have made a great improvement on the looks, but far more importantly, a new timing belt, tensioner, water pump, O2 sensor, cap, rotor and a thorough valve adjustment has made this 230,000 mile motor run pretty well. 4 new balljoints has made the car feel kind of safe, but new struts, springs, rotors, brake sensors and pads will help a bunch too. I will be replacing the missing door brakes too, finding a decent paintless dent removal guy (gal?) locally here. LOTS to do on this car!
Many of you here have been a big help already, I have read many posts looking for clues of what to do. Someone should tell the world about the stupid 126/127 tooth timing belt fiasco, to make certain aftermarket shops stop selling 126 tooth belts!
Obviously, my screenname speaks to my profession. I have been a car stereo installer since 1980. I love my work, hate my industry. Well, maybe not all of it, and maybe hate is too strong a word, but I am sure many of you will understand.
I am one of those guys who will not comporomise the quality of my work in customers cars. Regardless if it is a 1982 Reliant or a new Porsche, I do my best work (within the budget, of course) always. Always tight, always mechanically correct, always tidy wiring, always the correct wiring. Unfortunately, not for myself, so sometimes my own stuff can be a little slipshod. Always sounds good (it better, dammit!) just never finished in a pretty way. On my Bimmer, I am gonna go off...I will post someday in the ICE section what I am doing as a system plan. Just as a hint, all speakers will be in accoustically correct cabinets, no speakers hanging in a panel. No head unit either, but instead I am modifying a RF modulator to give me Sirius, CD, MD (2 changers) and feeding the output to a Audio Control Four.1 just to be different.
I am sure I have rambled on long enough, so thanks for reading!
Luke
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