Thought I would throw together a build thread seeing as this car is taking on alot more work than I imagined it would (bought as a daily to do nothing to 
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Bought the car in July 2011 and then drove it 1000km (600 Miles) home in 12hrs.
As I bought it:
1990 325i (originally automatic)
1990 M50B25 Non-Vanos
Getrag 250 gearbox
3.91 LSD
Bilstein HD w/ Eibach Pro Kit
Shitty Wheels with oversize tires
iS lip and Mtech1 rear spoiler
iS Interior
What I didnt realise until i hit the highway heading home (about 15km into my 1000km journey), was that a 3.91:1 diff and a 1:1 5th gear = ~3700rpm @ 100km/h (62mph)....
This was the first thing changed - pulled a 3.15:1 Crownwheel/Pinion from a 325e and threw it into the LSD I had. Much nicer to drive every day :)
Threw on some Bottlecaps while i looked around for some wheels
Picked up some ESM 008 Staggered for about the value of the brand new tires on them:
Wasnt really a fan of these and they were replaced rather quickly by a set of 15x8 +10 Schmidt Modern Lines:
Then this happened:
(as you can probably tell by now, im a bit of a wheel whore...)
Got some IE stg3 Springs and new Billy Sports before I put the wheels on (16x9/7.5 Staggered Borbet A):
I wanted to get the front of the car a bit lower than it was, so I ended up buying a set of GE Coils from Nigel along with a pair of IE camber plates.
Combined these with 2inch sectioned front struts and IX Bilsteins and I was loving it:
Now I had spotted some cheap sets of BBS RS in Japan just asking for a refurb, so I purchased a set of RS101 15x7 +38:
Which turned into this:
15x8.5 +18 with 2" Lips and 15x9 +12 with 2.5" Lips.
Finished product with 205/50R15:
)Bought the car in July 2011 and then drove it 1000km (600 Miles) home in 12hrs.
As I bought it:
1990 325i (originally automatic)
1990 M50B25 Non-Vanos
Getrag 250 gearbox
3.91 LSD
Bilstein HD w/ Eibach Pro Kit
Shitty Wheels with oversize tires
iS lip and Mtech1 rear spoiler
iS Interior
What I didnt realise until i hit the highway heading home (about 15km into my 1000km journey), was that a 3.91:1 diff and a 1:1 5th gear = ~3700rpm @ 100km/h (62mph)....
This was the first thing changed - pulled a 3.15:1 Crownwheel/Pinion from a 325e and threw it into the LSD I had. Much nicer to drive every day :)
Threw on some Bottlecaps while i looked around for some wheels
Picked up some ESM 008 Staggered for about the value of the brand new tires on them:
Wasnt really a fan of these and they were replaced rather quickly by a set of 15x8 +10 Schmidt Modern Lines:
Then this happened:
(as you can probably tell by now, im a bit of a wheel whore...)
Got some IE stg3 Springs and new Billy Sports before I put the wheels on (16x9/7.5 Staggered Borbet A):
I wanted to get the front of the car a bit lower than it was, so I ended up buying a set of GE Coils from Nigel along with a pair of IE camber plates.
Combined these with 2inch sectioned front struts and IX Bilsteins and I was loving it:
Now I had spotted some cheap sets of BBS RS in Japan just asking for a refurb, so I purchased a set of RS101 15x7 +38:
Which turned into this:
15x8.5 +18 with 2" Lips and 15x9 +12 with 2.5" Lips.
Finished product with 205/50R15:
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