Toms BMW 328i Project Journal

[Tom_vRS]

I'll keep quiet that one of my customers has a few in stock then.

Why not PM me some details . Has to be a 328i Sport LSD though (i.e. the car won't have ASR), not interested in an M3 et al diff.

[Johnny50]

On it's way in a sec.

[Baker21]

Don't worry mate!

Basically the headlight is built up of bulb holders, then reflectors, then lenses, then the glass. By removing the lense (de-lense) it makes the headlight look nice and crisp and modern.

:eek:

[Tom_vRS]

:eek:

Yeah, I've changed my mind too!!

[mdk1]

Just back from 2 weeks away, and yep Tom's got a new motor

looks very nice

[Babs]

Just back from 2 weeks away, and yep Tom's got a new motor

looks very nice

It's broke already though!

[faboka vrs]

[Tom_vRS]

:(

[Babs]

It's ok Tom - it'll be fixed!

And I suppose cars are more fun when you gotta tinker

[faboka vrs]

:(

Look at it this way tom. Its a story you can tell the kids. Plus when its all fixed and you hae it running the way you want you've got RWD

[Tom_vRS]

Bit of an update.

A few things in THIS thread...

Some pics of the damage to my bonnet where it flew open on the motorway :(

The lovely Apline X100 head unit with iPOD below the OBC.

A couple of new interior shots

Love the funky centre arm rest with movable cup holders etc!!

Love the dish on the wheels

And a couple of other random shots...

And look what arrived! Dear God its going to be fun building this...

Thanks for looking

[Tom_vRS]

Just a mini-update.

Fitted a replacement ignition barrel today as the old one was spinning round occasionally. Piece of cake, took 15mins.

[Damo]

Jesus!

You had a Mondeo when I moved house

Not had real internet access until today, and now I see that the Mondeo's gone and you have a beemer now :eek:

You dont hang about fella.

Anyway not seen all the pics/thread, but the first page pics are great

Looks a very nice example does that, so try and keep this one eh?

Cheers

Damian

[Tom_vRS]

Cheers Damian!

Yeah, its a nice car, very pleased indeed. Possibly a keeper!!

[VRSPhil]

Is that pence per mile, or pence per minute owned? :P

[Lady Elanore]

Cheers Damian!

Yeah, its a nice car, very pleased indeed. Possibly a keeper!!

Yer…… right:rofl:

[Tom_vRS]

Ah well, off to Cornwall now, away for 10 days so will do around 1200 miles in the old gal, lets hope she behaves herself!!!

[VRS195]

Another motor............:eek:

You really do need to find someone ...........

...

[Lady Elanore]

Tom’s just going out………………he may be some time….

Farewell brave Tom, we knew him well….

[apd007]

Why is it every time I see this thread has been updated I expect to see the car for sale? :P

[yashicamat]

. . . . Possibly a keeper!!

:rofl:

[Wardy]

At least he's not making any promises

[Tom_vRS]

Well, I just got back from 1400 miles of motoring bliss.

Yet to work out mpg, but don't care. The car didn't miss a beat, was soooo smooth, went very well especially when 5 up with a boot full of luggage, and was an absolute joy to drive on the lovely twisty A roads through Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. Approach a corner, ease off the gas, hint at the steering, then increase throttle input and steering input to balance the car perfectly to bring body roll down to tiny amounts, harder on the power once the bend opens up. Sheer motoring bliss. It enabled me to cover ground really VERY quickly with passengers who would normally be ill at being thrown round bends, or scream at the thought of such high cornering speeds. I love it completely!!! I've never had a car thats put such a smile on my face.

Its safe to say I don't have any reason to think I'll not be keeping this one!!!

[Johnwg]

Approach a corner, ease off the gas, hint at the steering, then increase throttle input and steering input to balance the car perfectly to bring body roll down to tiny amounts, harder on the power once the bend opens up. Sheer motoring bliss. It enabled me to cover ground really VERY quickly with passengers who would normally be ill at being thrown round bends, or scream at the thought of such high cornering speeds. I love it completely!!! I've never had a car thats put such a smile on my face.

Tom you crack me up mate, I knew the above statement rang a bell and low and behold back in April after driving your Octy VRS back from a meet you stated (is having a smile on your face better than being in heaven BTW?);

brake quite late, keep it on the threshold of ABS cutting in, blip the throttle by heel and toeing on the down changes, flick left and balance the throttle while flicking right, a hint of wheelspin and back right off the gas to kick the back end out a touch and back into line, feed the power in nice and smoothly and unleash the beast... oh I was in heaven!!!

Glad your enjoying the car

(can't wait to hear about your next one in a few weeks time)

[Tom_vRS]

Well I've done 2500 miles in the 328i, and I love it. Extremely pleased with the average fuel consumption too, which was my only real concern when I bought it! Can't complain at nearly 30mpg from an old skool 2.8!!

Mini update (boring lol).

• Going to collect the replacement bonnet on Saturday, so looking forward to fitting that.
  
• I spent all day Saturday working on the car, stripping down the door to fit a new lock barrel. Real PITA job, but not as bad as people made out it would be. However, after tumbling the new lock etc, it turns out its the door handle itself that is faulty. I sourced a second hand one, and it works, but its very stiff so I'll be looking to source a whole set of handles to respray in satin black, and a new set of seals too just to tidy things up.
  
• Fitted the 18 button OBC best I could, but not hooked up the EWS connection, or the dials, and the check control all works as it should, but I think the small clock display is broken as the display says "insert date" but nothing comes up on the small display at all. Gutted, so thats something else to sort.
  

Next on the list is to get the bodywork dings removed, and replace the poorly BMW alarm with something a bit better quality.