New owner, BMW 325iX Touring

[D.Martijn]

such a beast. i love my IX in the snow. It's bittersweet though, because you don't want to rust it.

I know right! When I got home I rinsed the underside down as much as possible. I don't want any rust again soon..

[jeenyus]

such a beast. i love my IX in the snow. It's bittersweet though, because you don't want to rust it.

[D.Martijn]

Today we had the first snowfall in Belgium, great timing as it's a Sunday.
I texted my uncle and he was of course down to take the ix's out for a drive even though his VC is shot.


We first drove/ fooled around a bit in the industrial site not far away from my home. We then hit some of the small windy roads in the Flemish Ardennes. This thing is awesome in snow, even with summer tires! (I still need to get some new winter tires as the ones I got with the car hare getting worn down)

The most impressive thing is a small hill called 'Rampe'. It has a gradient of 15,8% and is fully cobblestone. The ix drove straight to the top, this thing is awesome :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3UiEQqq_48

[D.Martijn]

Re-greased my front drive shaft again this afternoon. I can't remember in what condition the splines were of the output shaft but they are getting pretty worn. I could definitely feel the difference in height/shape when running my finger up and down the spines.
I should check my spare transfercase and have a look on how the spines are on that one.



I also renewed the o-ring on the output shaft as previously I noticed there wasn't one fitted.


When you open up the picture and zoom in on the splines you can definitely see that they are worn down.

[D.Martijn]

Beautiful! That steering wheel looks FANTASTIC!

Thanks, Mike! It feels (and looks of course) so much better than that ugly airbag wheel :)

Nice updates, love the new tech-2

Thank you!

So clean and mint condition...i love station wagon E30's!!!

Congratulations!!! :bow:

Thanks man! Appreciate your comment!

[vasilis m3]

So clean and mint condition...i love station wagon E30's!!!

Congratulations!!! :bow:

[M-technik-3]

Nice updates, love the new tech-2

[mike.bmw]

Beautiful! That steering wheel looks FANTASTIC!

[D.Martijn]

Today I got my M-tech 2 steering wheel installed. I had bought non airbag switches before buying the M-tech wheel. So I first removed those.

After removing the knee panel trim and lower steering wheel cover I was able to remove the plugs for the blinker- and windscreen wiper switches.


I then removed the locking pin of the airbag wheel, just by gripping it with a plier and pulling on it.


New switches installed, I did notice one of the plugs was different. Both has male connections. Not wanting to fuck up my original wiring harness I cut the plug of the switch off and soldered new plugs on.




I didn't have small heatshrink so some electrical tape will have to do for now.


Everything installed, glad I got other switches as there is quite the difference between the airbag and non airbag ones. It's not too big of a hassle to switch these out


Finally installed :)

[D.Martijn]

That NOS wheel is so cool, what an awesome find :up:

Thanks man! Although it's not 100% NOS as it has been used before, it's still in like new condition. :)
Got an email from my local dealer and they received the spacer. I will get it tomorrow and might even start fitting the wheel.

just read entire thread, good work, love the sheet metal patches and welding.

if you need shift boots let me know


awesome stuff

Thanks Matt! It takes quite a bit of patience forming all of those pieces :p

I'll look into it, I was looking into getting an other shift boot anyway.

Great job, keep at it. Great progress, I love reading these threads.

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for reading!

[Echo30V]

Great job, keep at it. Great progress, I love reading these threads.

[Matt-B]

just read entire thread, good work, love the sheet metal patches and welding.

if you need shift boots let me know


awesome stuff

[CorvallisBMW]

That NOS wheel is so cool, what an awesome find :up:

[D.Martijn]

This week I received my M tech 2 steering wheel. I think it's so cool that it still has it's original packaging. I ordered the specific spacer to mount the steering wheel at the dealer. Hopefully it'll get there soon so I can finally fit the steering wheel :)


I also had to take the E30 to it's yearly inspection. The guys at the inspection facility just love these old cars, they were very friendly. They were impressed, especially when they saw it was a ix. The Touring passed the inspection with zero remaks.

I also got my new used fog lights mounted, after a little bit of fiddling to get the old screws removed I had them mounted with new hardware as the original ones were quite rusty. While being there, I removed and tested my horns and it turns out only one is working. That's why the horns sounds so dumb/weak.


Finally, no more cracked but working fog lights!

[robinsonalex760]

hi nice to meet you :)