1999 BMW 328 Touring...Like a BAWS

[tigran]

Hey guys, thought i'd lob some pictures and a thread up about this thing. Its not amazing and not particularly intense build but it takes up some of my time and looks kinda cool in my eyes.

Library picture of what a same year e46 looks like as I never actually got any pictures of the car when I got it - was meant to be just a daily smoker...



But then I got bored, so I took the wheels I had on my e28 off and gave them some priming and painting action (shout out to 205turbo on here for that). Funny thing about the paint, I had about 300 different browns to choose from in the paint shop, I happened to pick the only Lada brown hue they had. Must be in my blood ;D





Then I was bored one evening and decided to 'change' the standard exhaust, which now looks like this

I'll blame it on weight saving or something, honestly the standard backbox weighs a bloody tonne!





And this is what it likes doing to my parking sensors and rear bumper



Then though i'd better stick some coilovers on it in time for retro rides, otherwise i'd be too embarassed to rock it,





Thats it for now, will get better pictures at some point, nothing amazing will be happening to it anyway as i'm resisting any further temptation as I have to start getting the e28 all awesome for next year's gathering.

[nutter81]

hey mate did you manage to get home with out too much scraping good to see you again

Brian

[mattfletcher]

yep, that looks hard as nails. What size are the wheels? Needs clear indicators IMO.

[tigran]

Yeah managed it not too bad. Well not too much scraping. Wheels are 17's 8 inches up front and 9.5 on the rear. Gonna get that rear a teensy weensy bit lower, then just give the vanos a rebuild, stick a couple of polybushes on, couple of mechanicky bits and then its staying like that.

Really not a fan of clear indicators i'm afraid, so they're staying orange.

[mattfletcher]

this has got me on the bay looking for a diesel edition

[l33dwc]

Nice car. Got a diesel edition as a daily and now trying to work out if coil overs are a good thing on Devons roads.

[tigran]

Couple more general pics

[tigran]

Quick couple of pics with the new updated rear ride height. Bit better. Still not quite right but there's a plan for that :wink:

[luckygti]

Liking that a lot, sits perfectly

[g164rge]

Nice but not exactly retro imo.

[poshpaws]

Are they 5 series sport rims?
If so , did you need to fit spacers?

[tigran]

Oct 10, 2011 11:12:31 GMT g164rge said:

Nice but not exactly retro imo.

Meh, sue me.

Poshpaws no i didn't, they used to rub with too low an offset before the coilovers stiffened everything up. And yeah they are the standard 5-Series sport wheels (style 66). However they have liquorice tyres compared to the usually fitted balloons so that helps.

[g164rge]

Awww

I'll post some pics of my V8 Beemer later on when I get home

I do like the colour of the wheels though.

[tigran]

Managed to finally get the Hamann's fitted properly. This wasn't as simple as it sounds. E46 tourings were never meant to have rear wheels this wide with a low ish offset of ET20. Anyhoo on with the pics. Much more big plans for this car but more on that when it happens.

Needless to say it really needs some bodywork attention but I'll get to that:







The rears almost fit in the arch as well so should keep tha law happy(ish).



This one washed out a bit but I like it.



Getting some camber on the back which i'm not a huge fan of. Will need to figure out a permanent arch solution so i can get the rear geometry adjusted.

[mclellanmac]

Good grief i like that! Not normally an E46 Fany, but they are too cheep to ignore now i think!

[speedy88]

Awesome dude, glad you got them on in the end.

[tigran]

I'll add a couple of picachurs that Bruce kindly took when the tyres and wheels were mocked up but not on properly back in January. Hope you don't mind me sticking these up in here dude!

[LAndy]

Feb 27, 2012 17:18:00 GMT tigran said:

WIN.

[tigran]

Did a couple of bits n pieces to the car (full service -YAAAAWN) and put some new tyres on the fronts. Small change but I prefer it. Previous tyres were 205/45/17, these are 205/40/17. Which I prefer the look of. Moody shots during a poker night down the workshop. I really really really need a decent DSLR I've got so many cool photo ideas in my head but only the crappy camera on my iPhone.