jimihendrix
MacRetro Rider
Re:
Swapped the Citroen XM i bought earlier in the year for a BMW E34 a few months ago, the Citroen was a lovely old thing but truith be told i didn't really bond with it, this BMW came up for sale, i offered the guy the Citroen and he accepted, he was from Bolton but we met in the Lake District to do the deal.
All went well, motor drives superb, it's a 525i Manual, everything works except the air con which i'll try getting re-charged in the spring, underside is 100% rust free which is nice.
Me being me i could'nt leave it alone, this era of BMW sits high at the front (or appears to due to the large arches) so i bought some 30mm lower springs and fitted those. Had a set of 18" Style 32 wheels off the 750 i had last year, bought new tyres for them and bunged those on, they were needing refurbished really so i sanded them down and rattle canned them black for now, then found out i could have got them re-done for only £180 :roll: , will get them done light grey in the spring.
Here's how it sits at the moment, i've still to find bright kidney trims for the grill and centre caps for the wheels so should look less drastic when that's done (and the black wheels are only temporary anyway)
Interior has all been retrimmed in cream leather, looks ok and is a decent job, not outstanding, a few areas to tidy up and time will tell how hard wearing the leather is (dont thing it's anywhere near BMW leather)
Also lifted the Discovery another 2", did this using spring spacers with the existing 2" springs, had to fit lowered shock towers at the front and longer shocks on the rear with pin top mounts, also fitted an adjustable Panhard rod to the front as the front axle moves sideways when lifted over 2"
Drives ace though the steering doesn't self centre too well, may need to buy an RTC Steering damper.
Passed the MOT last month with no advisories
Swapped the Citroen XM i bought earlier in the year for a BMW E34 a few months ago, the Citroen was a lovely old thing but truith be told i didn't really bond with it, this BMW came up for sale, i offered the guy the Citroen and he accepted, he was from Bolton but we met in the Lake District to do the deal.
All went well, motor drives superb, it's a 525i Manual, everything works except the air con which i'll try getting re-charged in the spring, underside is 100% rust free which is nice.
Me being me i could'nt leave it alone, this era of BMW sits high at the front (or appears to due to the large arches) so i bought some 30mm lower springs and fitted those. Had a set of 18" Style 32 wheels off the 750 i had last year, bought new tyres for them and bunged those on, they were needing refurbished really so i sanded them down and rattle canned them black for now, then found out i could have got them re-done for only £180 :roll: , will get them done light grey in the spring.
Here's how it sits at the moment, i've still to find bright kidney trims for the grill and centre caps for the wheels so should look less drastic when that's done (and the black wheels are only temporary anyway)
Interior has all been retrimmed in cream leather, looks ok and is a decent job, not outstanding, a few areas to tidy up and time will tell how hard wearing the leather is (dont thing it's anywhere near BMW leather)
Also lifted the Discovery another 2", did this using spring spacers with the existing 2" springs, had to fit lowered shock towers at the front and longer shocks on the rear with pin top mounts, also fitted an adjustable Panhard rod to the front as the front axle moves sideways when lifted over 2"
Drives ace though the steering doesn't self centre too well, may need to buy an RTC Steering damper.
Passed the MOT last month with no advisories