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dale
Joined: 22 Aug 1999 Posts: 3087 Location: Seattle, WA USA
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject: 92 325ic, new cabrio |
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As most of you know my black 325ic was stolen on May 11th.
I haven't had any luck with recovery of the car, and didn't really
expect to, so I started shopping for another one soon after it was stolen.
I bought a '92 325ic, white with blue interior.
5speed, heated seats, totally stock inside and out,
all original sheetmetal, only 87k miles on it.
I had found a few others that were maybe a little nicer in
CA, but this was only 30 miles away so decided to go for it.
Work so far:
- timing belt, no evidence of when it was done last, so did this asap
- water pump
- plugs, cap, rotor
- coolant flush
- A/C R134a conversion
- came with bottle caps and older rubber with plenty of tread but hard as a rock
- new kopi wheels/tires on order, hope to have them on by the weekend
- after I get the wheels on I'll take some pics and get them online
Work to-do:
- install new top
- front suspension maint, July 4th project
- all the ball-joints, tie rods are tight, but the boots are cracked on
all of them, so they won't last.
- upgrading suspension and will replace control arms/tie-rods at the same time.
This car doesn't need nearly as much work as the black one did when I
got it, but almost any 16 year old car will require some work when
you buy it.
06/27/08
Dale _________________ http://www.unofficialbmw.com
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sold in 2016
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killerbeem
Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Posts: 496 Location: Detroit, MI
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Nice car Dale. I look forward to hearing about your progress.
MK _________________ Currently looking for a good e30 to rebuild
1994 318i - Jeni (sold)
1991 325i - Lynn (Sold)
1984 325e - Rachel (Sold)
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brettholomew21
Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 58 Location: Colorado
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cmcon98
Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 1844 Location: Boston
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:53 am Post subject: |
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Looks great! When I bought my car, I wasn't wild about the blue interior, but I bought it anyway because the interior was in such mint shape. Since then, it has really grown on me. It's much cooler than black on a hot day, and it doesn't show every little speck of dirt like tan. _________________ Cirrusblau '88 325iC 5-speed
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85-325e
Joined: 30 Jun 2002 Posts: 4712 Location: Southampton, NY
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: |
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I love the car Dale, and because I have Pacific Blue interior, I'm partial to your interior too!
It's lovely. Congrats bud! _________________ Cosmo - 1985 BMW 325e, Single Owner, 265,000+ ORIGINAL miles and still going strong! But now on the East Coast and the salt air corrosion is eating my beautiful car alive...
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beejay
Joined: 18 Nov 2002 Posts: 1158 Location: Eastern, Pa
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:29 am Post subject: |
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It's my twin sister, sweet.
If you need any blue leather I have extra from having the rear seat repaired. _________________ Bob
92 325ic gone
14 BRZ ltd
05 Tundra SR5 TRD
01 VFR800fi - 03 DR650S - 83 CB1100F - 82 CB900F - 69 CB750 |
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LarrygP
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 846 Location: West Chester, Pa
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Pretty car, good luck with this one, damn shame about t'other. _________________
Larry
'89 325i Cabrio (Sabrina)
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buckolaci
Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful car man, good luck with it. Maybe invest into an alarm...?
Post some more pics, let's see the inside too
welcome back to the BMW nation |
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idanity
Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 3097 Location: N.W.U.S.A.
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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buckolaci wrote: |
Post some more pics, let's see the inside too
welcome back to the BMW nation |
yeah, welcome back Dale. (did you buy that ix at the picnic?) _________________ .......... |
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dale
Joined: 22 Aug 1999 Posts: 3087 Location: Seattle, WA USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:46 am Post subject: |
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Daniel: no I didn't buy the iX at the picnic, that was a $3k car that he wanted $5.5k for, and I don't need yet another e30 right now.
Guys, thanks, I'm glad to have a cabrio again, and I really like this
white/blue and that it has a 5speed.
Still working on the insurance claim, mainly me spending the time
to document the work done to the car that is slowing down the claim.
The A/C is working great, now gotta do a few more things to make
it the ultimate weekend driver, commuter mobile.
Wife and I drove up to Chuck-a-nut drive in Bellingham this weekend,
beautiful weather, just cruised, got 27.5mpg! Pretty happy with that.
Dale _________________ http://www.unofficialbmw.com
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wazzu70
Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 838 Location: Issaquah, WA
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:59 am Post subject: |
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That car is going to turn out super clean Dale.
I dig the blue too, you dont see it every day. _________________ -Nick
1984 BMW 325e
1991 BMW 325i
1976 Honda CB400F Super Sport
"The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten" |
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greenie
Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 420 Location: los angeles
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice! Chain this one to the garage floor at night...
Steve |
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cmcon98
Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 1844 Location: Boston
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:59 am Post subject: |
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If you're super worried about theft (and if I were you, I would be) either garage the car or, if you have no garage, pull the coil wire at night and take it with you. Takes a second and makes the car theft proof unless the thief happens to carry a coil wire with him. _________________ Cirrusblau '88 325iC 5-speed
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dale
Joined: 22 Aug 1999 Posts: 3087 Location: Seattle, WA USA
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dale
Joined: 22 Aug 1999 Posts: 3087 Location: Seattle, WA USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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Some pics, just playing around at this point, none that good yet:
http://www.unofficialbmw.com/92_325ic/
This shows the stock ride height with the new 15" Kopi/Alpina wheels
I'm going to try out some E30 M3 springs and see what that does to the
ride height.
I think this is a nice pic, but the angle makes that front gap look huge!
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