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great news, Paul!  

you might bring this one to Ngawi?

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9 hours ago, Olaf said:

great news, Paul!  

you might bring this one to Ngawi?

I may, still a few bits and pieces to do to get a wof but we'll see.

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Fitted new cupholders and a coin tray to the 320d.

It used to have a small cubby with the sliding/retracting lid, but it was getting difficult to clean, and the lid had broken. The cupholders might be useful one day (I very rarely have a drink in the car) and my wallet and phone will fit in them just as easily as in the tray. :)

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9 hours ago, gjm said:

Fitted new cupholders and a coin tray to the 320d.

It used to have a small cubby with the sliding/retracting lid, but it was getting difficult to clean, and the lid had broken. The cupholders might be useful one day (I very rarely have a drink in the car) and my wallet and phone will fit in them just as easily as in the tray. :)

what was the outcome of the 320d no go....i must have missed it??

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A little update in the e28 m535i
Swapped the wheels over
New tyres fitted to sleightly refurbished 17" bbs
Also fitted a little extra that the e28's never came with ,
but comes from the Bmw part catalogue.(guess the car its from )

 

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Finally fitted some nicer wheels to my e39, looks a bit too high now even though it's MSport suspension...might give autolign a call...

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16 hours ago, BM WORLD said:

A little update in the e28 m535i
Swapped the wheels over
New tyres fitted to sleightly refurbished 17" bbs
Also fitted a little extra that the e28's never came with ,
but comes from the Bmw part catalogue.(guess the car its from )

 

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Brent, looks like a Mini arm rest ??? 

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Ordered a set of XYZ topsport coilovers for the Ti..... Should be here in time to fit them up this weekend!!! Much excite!

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Put a msport front bumper on the e36, got a silver one, to match the drivers door! ;)

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Changed out the intake filter, intake boot, valve cover to TB hose and rubber shifter boot. More to come this weekend

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Took the alternators off the race car S14B20 and the convertible M20B25 to compare the weights...

S14B20 - 6.7kgs, M20B20 spare engine - 6.7kgs, M20B25 - 5.9kgs

So will be swapping the B25 alternator into the race car, weighs .8kgs less and is solid mounted, no rubber bushes which the S14B20 one has, so that is also a bonus.

You know you are getting serious about weight reduction when you are weighing alternators to find the lightest one...LOL.

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2 hours ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

Took the alternators off the race car S14B20 and the convertible M20B25 to compare the weights...

S14B20 - 6.7kgs, M20B20 spare engine - 6.7kgs, M20B25 - 5.9kgs

So will be swapping the B25 alternator into the race car, weighs .8kgs less and is solid mounted, no rubber bushes which the S14B20 one has, so that is also a bonus.

You know you are getting serious about weight reduction when you are weighing alternators to find the lightest one...LOL.

I jumped the fence and fitted a suzuki alternator to my M10B20 for my e21, was nearly half the weight, also fitted a honda starter motor, saved somewhere around 4Kg doing both!!

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Replaced the engine cooling fan on the 500SE. The old one had been over-tightened by some ham-fisted spanner monkey and had cracked the land the blades mount to. I doubt it would have gone anywhere, but it wasn't spinning true (which won't help the water pump) and besides, I like things to be right.

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2 hours ago, aja540i said:

I jumped the fence and fitted a suzuki alternator to my M10B20 for my e21, was nearly half the weight, also fitted a honda starter motor, saved somewhere around 4Kg doing both!!

That's worth saving for most people, let alone racers.

Do you have any details of which parts you used...?

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1 hour ago, gjm said:

Do you have any details of which parts you used...?

Pick-A-Parts??? :D

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56 minutes ago, Allanw said:

Pick-A-Parts??? :D

<sigh...>

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Sold the E39, does that count as doing something??

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23 minutes ago, MattA said:

Sold the E39, does that count as doing something??

Sold quick, did love that colour :(

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3 hours ago, gjm said:

That's worth saving for most people, let alone racers.

Do you have any details of which parts you used...?

The alternator was from a wagon R or something similar, starter was from a civic, not sure what model, and I had to cut and weld the housing. 

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Sold the e34 v8wagon 

off to its new owner down south 

will miss the soundtrack 

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Looks like such a nice car, Brent. I almost considered it myself.

My 5 lug kit for my E30 project just arrived from Lithuania. 
Also purchased some nice 5 lug 16" wheels.

Excited to see how it will look.

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2 hours ago, Breaker said:

Sold quick, did love that colour :(

Best colour next to black. 

Off to a home where it will be well appreciated and cared for.

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14 hours ago, Kobra said:


My 5 lug kit for my E30 project just arrived from Lithuania. 
Also purchased some nice 5 lug 16" wheels.

What parts are in the kit you are using? Any pics of the wheels? 

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