Ashley1995 Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) As some of you may know my E46 suffered death by subframe corrosion. Well today I went to look at a new motor, it's not an E46 but I love it. Sent using Tapatalk Edited October 20, 2015 by Ashley1995 325i Andy, TriggerFish, -Ad- and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wash Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Looks good! Front needs to come down a bit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Nice Ash So did you just look or did you buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley1995 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Nice Ash So did you just look or did you buy? Maybe should have made that more clear.. But looked then bought... She's 100% mine Sent using Tapatalk Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 This is cool! Apart from the way it looks like they've fitted tyres that are too small to accommodate lowering the car! Always had a soft spot for these - miss my old one Ashley1995 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Congratulations Ash, love these and yours looks to be a beautiful example Ashley1995 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S444M Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice Ashley1995 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlpearce Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Very nice looking car. First things first is to get it up on a ramp and see what (if any) welding needs doing Ashley1995 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Nice E30, what's your plans for it then? How about a set of BBS RC or BBS CH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ad- Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 No those schmidts looks great on it! Just needs to go down a touch at the front and bring them out a touch! I loved my 30 I'd have it back in a heartbeat Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Nice E30, what's your plans for it then? How about a set of BBS RC or BBS CH RCs look nice but CHs on an e30 look a little... chavtastic Nimraynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley1995 Posted June 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I do like the RC's there the style i would go for, but the Schmidts are goring on me now so they may stay for a while. Got a couple of small issues sorted out yesterday, The guy before me had wired in the stereo in badly so pulled this all out and started again. Gave her a clean, nothing special as i will do this closer to the weekend ready for DC14. Will get some more pictures at some point too. Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3NXN Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I was watching that on ebay, very nice Ashley1995 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley1995 Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) Had a good weekend and got a little bit of attention up at Silverstone for DC14. Friday i changed the candles for new HIDs and disabled the 'Dim-Dip' feature by removing the resistors. I've also had a new Heater Matrix turn up i bought from Euros, this means i need to tackle taking the dashboard out at some point soon. Also the electric ariel does not go up and down, Signal wise its fine, just will not raise and lower as it should... so have this to look into. Couple of pictures from this weekend.. Edited June 9, 2014 by Ashley1995 Cannockwolf, JasonK, M3NXN and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Here Ashley, have one of my famous but rare and special thumbs up Ashley1995 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley1995 Posted June 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Not a lot happening at the moment mostly just keeping it clean. Did have two new rears tyres yesterday, at £124 for two tyres/fitting/balancing it wasn't bad at all. I was paying more than that per tyre on the 46! Other than that I have bought a new power steering belt to stop the squeaking, and a couple of bits that are slowly disintegrating on mine like the air intake hose. Anyway here's a picture I found on E30 zone of mine at DC14 Sent using Tapatalk Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Very nice car! What engine is it? Are they genuine Schmidts? Those are the wheels you can curb the f*ck out of and won't get damaged IIRC? lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCi3WM0S95o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimp Choker Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 WTF. Eyes watering just watching that Nimraynn, Buzz and Cannockwolf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Yep! Can't fault the quality though! Not cheap IIRC too.. Cannockwolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley1995 Posted June 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) Very nice car! What engine is it? Are they genuine Schmidts? Those are the wheels you can curb the f*ck out of and won't get damaged IIRC? lol Cheers! It's a 2.5 And yes they are genuine Schmidt TH lines Sent using Tapatalk Edited June 29, 2014 by Ashley1995 momo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley1995 Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 And so it begins... I have started stripping out the interior ready for the weekend when i plan to: fit the new alarm, sort some wiring issues, wire in new speakers and a new amp, clean the carpets and replace the heater matrix. Pictures below, but first... i wondered why my headlight tilt wasn't working, well i found out why. Someone has cut the connections behind it, another thing to add to the list to sort. Any ideas? Also anyone know what this does, i found it disconnected behind the drivers side dash below the headlight switch Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Tilt system is meant to be terrible, so maybe removed to allow manual adjustment. Nothing like that connecter under my dash. I'd say aftermarket? Where does it run too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley1995 Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Tilt system is meant to be terrible, so maybe removed to allow manual adjustment. Nothing like that connecter under my dash. I'd say aftermarket? Where does it run too? Ah okay, maybe just leave that alone then. Hmm, not sure yet started to get dark before i had a proper look. seems to go up and then back, towards the front of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley1995 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 What an exhausting weekend. I wasn't expecting it to be a 5 minute job but a 3 whole days non stop and its still not all complete. On the plus side, i was expecting to find big old rust holes under the carpet but i was really surprised at how clean it was underneath. There were two holes which have clearly been cut and welded with new plates. but other than that nothing to see really. Everything came apart and out fairly easily, and after finally swapping the heater matrix it was fairly obvious the Heater Control Valve had died too. Luckily to change this its not as much work. I then found somebody had bypassed the heater matrix altogether so i have left it like this until i get a part sourced. Installing the alarm was hard work, routing the cable wasn't so hard, it was understanding the instructions that was tricky. although all installed and the alarm works, every time i lock the doors they unlock themselves again straight away, so something not quite right there. While the interior was out i ran new audio cables to the boot for my audio install when i get around to doing that. The passenger seat, glovebox, centre console and other bits are not back in yet but it is drivable. Pictures to follow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley1995 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Haven't got any pictures of how it looked once i had cleaned up in the corners and tidied the cabling, but you get the idea Edited July 7, 2014 by Ashley1995 Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
