My 89' 325i Koko

[koko]

Bought this gorgeous thing last summer (2012). Im a couple months behind on documenting this build but here it goes.

First tank of gas


new emblems made a HUGE difference


new shift boot. big upgrade from the last ones



had to pick up this little guy because the stock shift knob had a big crack on the backside. everytime id shift into second it would just come completely off. frikin most annoying thing...


new control arms and bushings which to this day i have still neglected to put on lol


new air filter


had to modify how the afm was mounted so that it would point down so the filter would clear a coolant hose



old fuse box cover was faded and the clip that holds it on was broken. got a new cover and all new led smart fuses


decided to black out my kidneys





bought a tow hook


FLIP KEY!!!



Got some tweeter pods off CL for $15!


my valve cover was looking pretty sorry so i gave her a new lick of paint
before


after cleaning


primed and 2 coats of vht wrinkle



let the scrapping begin


it took several hours and annoyingly tedious precision with and exacto knife but i think it came out nice. not perfect but I'm satisfied


cleared. new felpro gasket and back on. intake manny is next!

[E30Jigzaw]

good looking car !! but i could only see the first picture...

[koko]

yeah put in the wrong codes. just fixed it. check again! Thanks!

[E30Jigzaw]

looks great and i see the grill and kidneys are DISH WASHER FRIENDLY HAHAHAHA

[koko]

right? haha makes paint prep way easier

[koko]

new dizzy and rotor. old ones were shot

[e30m20TurbO7]

Okay qeustion one where did you get the key , and qeustion number 2
Does that filter give you more power than the stock airbox

[mr.vang]

Does that filter give you more power than the stock airbox

no

[kamotors]

looks nice

[koko]

I got the key off eBay. There's only one e30 flip Key on eBay so it should be easy to find. And about the air filter. I won't know if there's any power gain because someone how already ripped out the air box when I bought it. But Mryang is right. If its a true cai (which mine is not) you will gain "some" power but you won't be able to notice it. You can hear it tho!

[koko]

Thanksgiving weekend project. I'm learning to take advantage of long periods of time where I DON'T have to work or drive any where. So... I painted my intake mannifold. Started with this ugly dirty thing


After a couple hours of a wire wheel and drill and lots of acetone I had polished it up to this.






I think I turned out great. I picked a color that was different, something not many people use, but something that still looks good.

[illest318i]

Its looking good. The blue intake manifold turned out awesome imo.

[koko]

thanks!

[Coyote_ar]

looking good, where did you get that flipping key? more info on that plz.

[acolella76]

That intake manifold does look good, and I'm not even one for obscure colors like that. Keep up the good work