My 88' e30 325i Touring build thread, wiretucked, ITB'd M20, Bagged.

[bmwandhonda]

Thanks heaps guys :)

[MT325is]

Damn!!! this is one of my favorite tourings!! Love it!

[bmwandhonda]

Damn!!! this is one of my favorite tourings!! Love it!

Thanks mate :) Appreciate it.

[bmwandhonda]

New wheels arrived today from the UK. Alpina 16x7's. Will be putting them on the daily for now, but might suss them out on the wagon later on at some point.





So far have only managed to get one center cap off due to the locks being so damn hard to open... Only have one key so am going to get another few cut. Pretty keen to do away with the whole locking system completely to be honest, if they are always going to be this hard, would rather just have something else...

Is there any aftermarket replacements or any other locks that people have retrofitted to do away with the alpina locks. Not keen to spend $300+ on new locks from Alpina...

[bmwandhonda]

Put the car into a car show over the weekend. Was a great day out. This is my favourite shot to surface so far :)

[bmwandhonda]

Another one on the trip to the show

[bmwandhonda]

Just ordered an M42 radiator (with built in expansion tank) for the Touring. As much as I love the look of the all Alloy Mishimoto e36 radiator, I hate the look of the ugly expansion tank more.

[Rajvosa]

Hey man car is looking great.

Not sure if its possible on the M20 engine but the S50 I just put in my M3 has the Power steering reservor attached to the engine arm (stock set up on e36 M3's) so its hidden
Under the manifold and intake boot/filter. If possible to do on yours it might give you cleaner look in that section. You will probably need to trim hose that goes under reservoir. Just an idea :)

[e30saam]

Nice. Keep up the great work man

[bmwandhonda]

Hey man car is looking great.

Not sure if its possible on the M20 engine but the S50 I just put in my M3 has the Power steering reservor attached to the engine arm (stock set up on e36 M3's) so its hidden
Under the manifold and intake boot/filter. If possible to do on yours it might give you cleaner look in that section. You will probably need to trim hose that goes under reservoir. Just an idea :)

Hey thanks for the info mate. I am planning on chopping the hoses and mounting it as far down into the bay as I can. There is a nice spot for it down near the engine mount. Just need to cut a small hole for a mounting point and should be sweet.

Also looking into deleting the ABS system too to get rid of the ugly abs module and hard lines. Still plenty of work to do.

[bmwandhonda]

Nice. Keep up the great work man

Thanks mate

[cbouchez]

The Alpina steering wheels is pretty bad ass!

The wheel setup is pretty sweet!

[oliver.r]

that is so damn ballleerrrr

[nugentnsb]

Love this car!

[bmwandhonda]

The Alpina steering wheels is pretty bad ass!

The wheel setup is pretty sweet!

that is so damn ballleerrrr

Love this car!

Thanks guys :)