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Jaziba

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Location: Netherlands
Occupation: Mr. Ultralow
Age: 31
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#89623   2016-01-22 17:08          
After selling my Corsa 2.0 16v I wanted something more... uhm reliable and RWD and 6 cylinder so after some searching I found myself a good deal finding a 1995 BMW 320i Touring (engine M52B20, 150HP) for just shy off 1100euro. I bought it in april 2015 with 244.xxx KM and I am currently at 258.xxx KM.

When I bought it:





It had some slight problems, but that's the reason it wasen't expensive. It needed new brake pads on all four corners, cracked windshield, bald tires, slight rust on the trunk and left rear quarterpanel (known E36 problem), some dings and dents on the front left quarterpanel, bonnet and grill. Those were the bad things.

Good things are: power windows, sport seats, AC, central door locking, alarm, not towing hook! and no roof rails! (rare to find a touring without those) full booklets and a BMW Z3 short throw shifter with aluminium OEM knob.

Before bimmerfest 2015 I did the brake pads with uprated ATE pads to find out the front brakes weren't stock but drilled 325i rotors!


Brake pads were shot...


Then after driving it for a while I got myself some OEM BMW Style 160 17 inch wheels (made by Ronal), and yes those are winter tires in mid summer...




Ran those for a few months before going to my going very bald stock wheels and tires up until I had my MOT this month.
Got some E46 steelies with almost new tires for a steal (140euro).


For the MOT I had to replace my cracked windshield, got a good deal on that too (265euro for the windshield and placement) and my rear shocks were shot... So then came the decision to upgrade the entire suspension, because to replace the shocks with OEM replica it would've cost me 160euro...

So after reading and getting some advice I ordered a Bilstein/Eibach B12 Sportline suspension kit! Because if I'm going to replace it I better upgrade it too! (specs are B8 dampers on all corners with 30mm front and 45mm rear lowering)


Getting things mounted!






Fronts done!





Rear done!

And an overview!




And to finish things up, passed the MOT clean!


Xtreme Budget Build Setup
- ASUS P8H61-I
- Intel Core i5 3570
- Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3
- MSI GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8GB
- Silverstone SG13 mini-ITX w/ Corsair CS450M PSU
- Samsung 750 EVO 250GB SSD
- Samsung 1TB

If you support my mods, you can always buy me a beer to keep motivated!

Jaziba: "Lancia Stratos, not just a car. But history."