New owner, BMW 325iX Touring

[D.Martijn]

Omg my ix is on 249700 km right now! hahaha


Hey, those wheels are 15" ix wheels or just normal et24 ones?


Love your wagon.

The wheels are the regular ET24 E30 wheels, this makes the car sit a bit wider :)
I do have the original 15" ix basket weaves though.

And thank you!

[notanawdix80]

When driving to work today, I noticed that the iX was getting close to the 250 000km mark.
I got a picture just before and one after :)

Omg my ix is on 249700 km right now! hahaha


Hey, those wheels are 15" ix wheels or just normal et24 ones?


Love your wagon.

[D.Martijn]

A little while back, I had a small fender bender. luckily it was only the fender that got most of the damage, my lights, grills and bumper were still good.

Here's a picture I took when mounting my uncle's IS lip, where you can see the small dent. (still in search of a clean black one)


I got some Motip 54568 paint. Turns out they have 3 different numbers for lazurblau..
I started with tapping the dent out and metal finish the fender to get the remaining smaller dents out. I got it pretty close but still had to a little bit of filler.
After that some primer and some spray putty as there were some still small uneven spots.
After going over it with wet 600grit paper, I started spraying color. I tried to bend it in some more by spraying it a bit lighter on the edges of the repair section.
I then wet sanded it some more and went over it with some clear coat. I give it a couple of coats and again sprayed some beyond the repair section so I can wet sand it again and finally give it a polish.

I already mounted everything back on the car while the paint was dry to the touch but it still needs to harden some more

It's definitely not perfect but it'll do for now. I still might try and get a clean used fender


There is a bit of color variation but it's not too bad.

[jeenyus]

I've wanted to replace the seal around my sunroof for a while now. Not a priority... yet, so i guess I will just wait a little.

[D.Martijn]

When driving the iX hard, after a while the brakes ten to squeak. I already figured out that it was coming from the rear. I decided to remove the rear calipers and carriers and gave them a good clean. There was some heavier rust pitting/build up on the surfaces where the pads slide on, I decided to grind them slightly with a fine roloc disc on the angle die grinder. Hopefully that'll solve the squeaking.

I also removed my sunroof to install the two new seals I got a while ago. My old ones were getting very worn at the ends. It's actually quite easy to remove the panel itself.
Turned out great although I don't have any pictures. I might try and readjust the rear of the panel some more since it's sitting a bit lower than before.

While fiddling with the sunroof I also swapped the aftermarket handle with one I made from two old original handles. On the aftermarket one, the handle has a tendency to droop down because the aluminium housing gets too wide when cranking the handle.

[D.Martijn]

nice! I think a black IS lip would look pretty great, although color matched might be better as your side skirts sit at almost the same height.

Thanks! Yeah still not sure what I'll do

[wworm]

nice! I think a black IS lip would look pretty great, although color matched might be better as your side skirts sit at almost the same height.

[D.Martijn]

When driving to work today, I noticed that the iX was getting close to the 250 000km mark.
I got a picture just before and one after :)

[D.Martijn]

Too bad you're in Belgium... I would be happy to take your old stock IX lip. Biggest mistake I made was getting rid of mine.

Well, I would keep my original lip anyway.

I think the IS lip looks amazing on wagons. Especially IX wagons with the fender flares! Both look great though, you can't go wrong with either.

Thanks! I'm leaning towards a black IS lip though.
Although the seller doesn't respond to my messages..

[mike.bmw]

I think the IS lip looks amazing on wagons. Especially IX wagons with the fender flares! Both look great though, you can't go wrong with either.

[jeenyus]

Too bad you're in Belgium... I would be happy to take your old stock IX lip. Biggest mistake I made was getting rid of mine.

[D.Martijn]

So... I've been thinking of getting an IS lip for my touring to just give the front end some more oomph :p
While my uncles Baur was sitting in my workshop, I decided to pop his off and put it on my Touring. His Baur is also Lazur blue.

Before shot with the regular (black lip)




And with the IS lip I took from my uncles E30 Baur.




So, what do you guy think? Should I get one? I already found an original one in black (plastic not paint). Or should I get one in Lazur?

[D.Martijn]

were those little plugs the ones located on the end of the cylinder head? kind of by the cam seal? I suspect mine are leaking too, or the cam seal is leaking... i cleaned it last night to figure out where it's coming from today.

Yes, that it correct. However they weren't leaking as far as I can tell but they turned very soft. Again, these were Febi plugs. You are better off getting them from BMW.

[jeenyus]

were those little plugs the ones located on the end of the cylinder head? kind of by the cam seal? I suspect mine are leaking too, or the cam seal is leaking... i cleaned it last night to figure out where it's coming from today.

[D.Martijn]

Today I also got my valves readjusted as some of them were getting rather loud.
While removing the old valve cover gasket I noticed the plugs I installed a while back got all swollen up. I guess that's an other part that is best bought from BMW. (These were Febi's) Luckily I had some genuine BMW plugs on hand.


As it was pretty hot outside, I opened up the doors of the workshop, it's nice having a light breeze when working on the E30 :)
Behind the E30 sits our 2002 Touring, me and my brother are restoring.