Second time's a charm? M-Tech II Touring

[crash n' burn]

Nothing too exciting, but I feel like an asshole for not updating this in a while. I've done a laundry's list worth of maintainence and have almost finished putting together a full brake refresh/upgrade as well as a coolant & timing service with a new, larger radiator(still has the 320i rad). mmmmm new stuff.



and of course, the best thing I've done to her was last weekend when I finally got my hands on a set of nagaros. new centercaps and roundels are enroute.

[Kershaw]

I hated red e30s until I owned one. Now I love them. Your touring looks great. Nice buy.

[Jordan]

Thats a great looking Touring. I have a customer with a red RHD 325i Touring I'm trying to get him to MT2 it. I'm going to show him this car!

[crash n' burn]

I've had this discussion with a few people. It all depends on what you'd like to do with the car. I personally feel like the MT2 kit is meant for a smooth street car with set of classy, fitted wheels; which is what I'm shooting for with this one.

My friend has a wagon with all of the IS stuff and some really aggressive wheels and raked stance; it completely changes the attitude of the car. I doubt I'd be able to copy that look and retain the MT2 kit, think it would make for a really conflicting look. Its all about preference. I'm still searching for a set of Keskin KT1's to slap on there once spring rolls around.

[M-technik-3]

So I'm making an assumption that's Weisbaden AAF? Facilities there are much nicer than Illisheim AAF had.

Nice car.

[wark]

Wow, looks like a great start.

[bmwandhonda]

Looks great man.

[crash n' burn]

So I'm making an assumption that's Weisbaden AAF? Facilities there are much nicer than Illisheim AAF had.

Nice car.

Close; same garrison, KAAF

[MC Hammered]

You have the nicest red wagon I have seen

[Der Ruffian]

My my, this thing sure is a lovely one :-)
Not much of a ''red car'' fan either but this one looks so good, and I love tourings :-)
(Look at my sig, you'll see how much)

[faujijatt]

Very nice car. It's perfect in that color combo

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[crash n' burn]

So it's been a while, some stuff happened, now I had to fix it. Not a huge deal since I wasn't driving it because of the winter weather anyways.

Driving one night, the heater core/ valve let loose on me so I ordered both and all the gaskets to boot since they were just as old.





Culprit.



Such a pain in the ass
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New stuff!

[Kershaw]

Hah, what a pain in the ass. I've only ever pulled a dash once, I'll avoid it as long as possible if I ever have to do it again.

[crash n' burn]

Wow, I suck at updating this. I had a ridiculously busy summer with missions throughout the Baltics. I only put 2200ishKM on the car this year and its my DD.

Bought some stuff that I was missing and wanted to upgrade the sound system.




Did a valve adjustment, and some other maintenance. Replaced this terrible looking fuel filter and realized my fuel line had a nasty pin hole in it





Then I put on some S-drives that i really like..get a little too greasy for my tastes when driven really hard, but feel great for a DD Summer tire



Next I started prepping to ship it back to the states and changed out the drive line fluid. I'd been noticing a little rear end wine at low speeds and some mild bucking(apart from the shitty sub-frame bushings). Turns out the gear oil was fucking toast in the rear end. Much smoother engagement now with the LSD.Trans Fluid looked like it had been replaced fairly recently..buuuut its not going to hurt anything.




Then I placed a final order for all the touring specific seals/clips/cargo area stuff and packed it up in my goods shipment. Everything else I can get my hands on easily in the states since the part numbers cross over with sedans. The wife was not happy seeing the invoice :D



I cleaned it up and dropped it off at vehicle processing yesterday. I guess you could say things are getting serious now. I should be able to pick the car up just after Christmas..I'm pretty damn excited to get it home to really dive into the car.





Hopefully it arrives safe and the next update will be road tripping it back from port.

[dude8383]

Damn that is a beautiful touring.