jhaurimn's 1989 325i - progress thread (now 24v)

[jhaurimn]

Well, something else came in the mail today. Two 370mm mtech 2s that were briefly up for sale on the forums. Thanks Amit. Plan is to have the worn one redone.

[1owNslo]

nice man... you should consider flocking the dash and the rear parcel shelf... maybe the mtech 2 wheel (minus the horn area) sweet car none the less

[jhaurimn]

I've been getting some nice things in the mail, but this might take the cake.

The plan is to hopefully redo my sport seats+m3 seats with this and make shift boots with what ever is left.

[jhaurimn]

Did a few little things yesterday. First thing I did was replace the pass door seal as the fuzzy part has been seperated and hanging since I got the car. I broke the the door sill in the process, so that's nice. Not the best clips BMW had ever used -___- Then I got robertks Motorsport handles in the mail !
Everytime I looked to the right I saw this hanging down...glad its fixed now.


boom

[jhaurimn]

So I figured Id post a little update since its been awhile. Also I went through some posts and updated pictures with whatever I happened to upload on flickr. My photobucket stuff should be back up on the 17th but I wont be using that as of now anymore.

I managed to find a new center console (currently backordered everywhere) on ebay from bmwmercedes so I jumped on it. Any guess which one is the old one?

I decided to put the leather mtech 2 horn button on. Not sure why I didn't prefer it at first. For some reason this picture makes me want to convert to black interior.

I bought a trunk light w/ led bulbs. Couldnt get the other side working for some reason but really one side with an led makes quite the difference. I tried taking a before shot but the light was so dim it was just black! lol

And a picture from a bubble tea trip. 8)

[jhaurimn]

Well I got some stuff this weekend.

E82/88 rubber floor mats. This seriously fit perfectly. I prefer them over weather tech because of how low my clutch engages...


They are a little thinner than the weather tech mats, so they fold around the dead pedal area better. My clutch pedal would catch on the weather tech mat



I got this coin tray that goes in your door pocket. Kinda cool I guess lol



Finally installed the knee panel that I've had since I bought the car. Is there another screw/rivet other than the top three screws? Thought I was missing that so I never put it in.


Probably going to plastidip this to refresh it.


Then I replaced the hood insulation. The actually insulation scrapped off easy, but the glue was on there good. I think it will be fine.

[jhaurimn]

Now that I have a working odometer, I can kee track of miles between oil changes!

Oil change today with 5w30 at 205,270 miles.

[jhaurimn]

Some updates...

-M3 is in storage, so e30 now has a garage spot :)
-Still havent bought snow tires for e30
-Im currently sourcing black interior parts, all im missing are front seats. Got cards, and speaker covers on the way. Have an m3 rear seat already (most likely will be reupholstered)


-Sold the mtech 2 wheel I was using in my car, replaced with 4 spoke wheel for the winter so I can use dirty gloves on it. Keeping the new mtech 2 with the leather horn stored away for now


-I bought an e30 locking gas cap


-my euroweaves are still waiting patiently for tires. cant wait to finally throw these on


-I fitted the euro plate filler.


And here she is, out and about

[jhaurimn]

Got some good stuff in the mail yesterday. I recieved my boots from josh, an alpina shift knob, and black kick panels (not pictured).

Alpina knob


The boots, with the mtech 2. They match very well.




I bought a leather e brake handle almost a year ago. Finally get to use it.

[fresh_TD]

I think a wooden e brake handle to match shift knob would look much better, but then your steering wheel would look off..go everything wood :-)

Sent from my GS4 Active

[jhaurimn]

I think a wooden e brake handle to match shift knob would look much better, but then your steering wheel would look off..go everything wood :-)

Sent from my GS4 Active

Yeah I know it kinda looks out of place. I was hoping it would be a little darker. When I get a short shifter ill get a zhp knob, that will match a little better. The alpina knob will probably sit in my cool part collection unless I sell it :p

[jhaurimn]

This is a pathetic update, with no pictures, but want to still keep track of some things that happened.

So on 1/9/14, I woke up to a flat front pass tire. Its been slowly leaking since I can remember, so I threw the spare on and tried to go to work. Well, my spare was flat too. So I had to find a ride. I ended up getting two new tires which I put on the rear, then moved my other wheels around. After doing so, I know have 4 good tires on the car and a good spare, so things worked out okay there.

Another positive that came from that was I realized what gave me the crazy shakes on the freeway. The right wheel was way out of balance! Because with the new tires, the car drives nice and straight.

I also switched out the bmw 5w-30 for castrol 0w-30. (206,140mi.) Never EVER using bmw 5w30 again. Crappiest oil period.

[jhaurimn]

Well things are a little different now.

The car currently has a e30 m3 interior in.




Also got a set of 14" weaves for it


Ive replaced a few little things here and there since my last update, but just recently I made a not so little change.


Huge thanks to Erik as this wouldn't have happened without him.


Empty, and dirty. I cleaned up everything real nice afterwards.


And suddenly...M52. :)


I didn't take a lot of pictures, but heres some main points of the swap:
-M42 Radiator
-Reused G260 (trans brace from garagistic)
-Discovered recently replaced reman. driveshaft (~$900 value)
-Replaced the csb as it was SHOT. Guibo was perfect
-New shifter components, z3 lever



Still have some tidying left to do in the engine bay, but its a clean looking swap with the m42 radiator setup.


First start video
https://www.flickr.com/photos/103594...posted-public/

First drive

http://tinypic.com/r/2pskk0w/8

Hoping to get exhaust installed early this week so I can get back to driving this thing everyday, as I have been daily driving the m3 in the mean time

[ThatOneEuroE30]

I was just up in your neck of the wood yesterday. Should of stopped and said hi but didn't even think of it! Great progress I bet you really like the 24v swap

[2mAn]

you'll love the M52. OBD1 conversion also? I didnt read anything. I just looked at pics :D