I saw this....and had to have it

[dragracer440wed]

A couple of weeks ago I sold my 1999 E39 540iT and was perusing Craigslist and came across this 1995 E34 525iT Orientblau Metallic .
The PO had done the 5sp conversion, z3 shifter, racing dynamics front springs, style 32 8x17 with new Continental Extreme Contact DWS tires. And a bunch of parts!!
So a friend and I went to see it ............ and it followed me home :rolleyes .

The PO has a youtube of it after he did the conversion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLWWHJbSWoM


Here are some pictures My new steering wheel just came in :

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Michael (AquilaBMW) say's I'm like him.... I told him I must have the Bimmer flu

[Trasportador]

A couple of weeks ago I sold my 1999 E39 540iT and was perusing Craigslist and came across this 1995 E34 525iT Orientblau Metallic .
The PO had done the 5sp conversion, z3 shifter, racing dynamics front springs, style 32 8x17 with new Continental Extreme Contact DWS tires. And a bunch of parts!!
So a friend and I went to see it ............ and it followed me home :rolleyes .

The PO has a youtube of it after he did the conversion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLWWHJbSWoM


Here are some pictures

<img src="http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=509558"/><img src="http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=509559"/><img src="http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=509560"/><img src="http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=509561"/>
Michael (AquilaBMW) say's I'm like him.... I told him I must have the Bimmer flu

Oh wow. Took your last thread as a dud started by some crazy person. Now, I be envy. Nice pickup. Stop hanging around with known bmw scum terrorists like AquilaBMW. ;) lol. Welcome to the madness.

[Frank@AchillesMotorsports]

Nice, e34's are such classy designed on their own. The Touring's are just that much better lol!

[spanish pants]

Congrats, looks really nice.

[T444E]

AngryPancake.

[cookboy]

Nice find, that's a beauty!

[chuddism]

Wow where did that steering wheel come from?

Nice car, interested in seeing what you do with it.

[gilby]

Nice find buddy...looking forward to seeing the newly acquired touring.

[dragracer440wed]

@ chuddism I got the steering wheel on ebay its a refurbished euro sports wheel with the ///M stitching they said its from a '96 E36 323Ci

@ gilby Thank's Yes I hope there is another Bay Area Bimmer run here again, get some Tourings together

[HE53]

AngryPancake.

wut?



Nice car OP, looks CLEAN!

[gilby]

yeah we should meet up sometime.. by the way i have an extra pair of aero bars for the touring with keys if your interested..

[dragracer440wed]

Update: 1) I replaced the ebay muffler.... fiberglass mat was coming out.....went to picknpull and got exhaust system.
2) Installed the euro sports steering wheel
3) Installed a euro style CA front license plate

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[sea6speed]

I'm jealous CA has euro style plates. Sexy car BTW.

[dragracer440wed]

I'm jealous CA has euro style plates. Sexy car BTW.

The front plate is an aftermarket piece from urbanplatesusa.com

[dragracer440wed]

UPDATE: Replaced the front and rear sway bars with Racing Dynamics bars. Fronts were 25mm now there 27mm rears were 15mm now there 19mm. I'm going to have fun going to work in the morning carving up the hill to the shop. ;)
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before front............... after .........before rear............after

[Boom n Zoom]

Nice Touring!

RD bars, very nice .. I have mine currently set to full hard front and rear ... dam thing is like a kart to drive.
Also it will save you on brake material as you don't have to slow entering roundabouts or any corners really it's a giggle.

[dragracer440wed]

Nice Touring!

RD bars, very nice .. I have mine currently set to full hard front and rear ... dam thing is like a kart to drive.
Also it will save you on brake material as you don't have to slow entering roundabouts or any corners really it's a giggle.


Hi Boom n Zoom Thanks! I got the RD bars used. What are the adjustments on the front bars..the 3 mounting holes..how do they affect the stiffness? I currently have the end link on the inside hole, and on the rear the 2 mounting holes also on the inside hole. So when you look at the links they are straight up and down.

[Boom n Zoom]

OK of the three mounting holes on the front, the closer to the end of the bar the softer so I have mine on the closest hole to the bar Front and the same for the Rear.

This keeps the overall balance in check it will neither understeer or oversteer.

I might mention that I run 2 degrees -ve camber all round as well with the ability to go -ve 4.5 in the front (for track days) and I am about to get lifter blocks for the rear (about 1" or 25mm for the rear to reduce the negative camber for daily use) 'cause it's really scrubbing out the inner edges of the rears. This will have to do until I get Coilovers, but it will work fine and will just add to the track prep I need to do.


Going to find a pic from the last trackday that shows what (my oversite with not changing the front bar to full hard) was like ... body roll city!



EDIT: Found it

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/280x200q90/856/runninghardoutofhungary.jpg (http://imageshack.com/f/nsrunninghardoutofhungaryj)


So this is with the rear full hard (Mounting point closest to the bar) and the Front full soft (mounting point furthest away from the bar) = Body Roll!
Mind you in my defense, this is an off camber uphill exit and I was going through at 120km/h indicated




and the result of this body roll on the R Comps

Righthand Front:http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/280x200q90/546/img0765s.jpg (http://imageshack.com/f/f6img0765sj)



Lefthand Front:http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/280x200q90/189/img0764r.jpg (http://imageshack.com/f/59img0764rj)


This track runs Clockwise and has one Lefthand turn (as in image) and two lefthand 'kinks.

[93FIM5]

OP it's simple leverage, the closer you set things the stiffer things are and the further apart the softer things are. Looks like you're making good progress!

-Greg

[stoney85]

Seeing all these clean examples of the wagons really is making me consider one.

[moto]

Very nice. S52 conversion in the future :D

[GazM3]

Orsome.
Love the light silver interior. Much better Thant grey/grey one. I'll dye mine in the OEM silver when the summer comes.

[dragracer440wed]

Thanks Boom n Zoom That's how I had mounted the end links on the front and rear bars....and yes it was a giggle going into work this morning!!
Now I hope that I don't ignore my other E34 a '92 525i 5sp sedan :shifty

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'92 525i 5sp my 1st Bimmer!

[Boom n Zoom]

np dragracer, enjoy!

[Grim Reaper]

Nice score. Always like to see a well modded E34 touring

[dragracer440wed]

Update: I replaced the brakes with 540i calipers and rotors. The 540i front rotors are thicker and the rear rotors are the vented type.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=514874&stc=1 http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=514875&stc=1

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Update: I replaced the brakes with 540i calipers and rotors. The 540i front rotors are thicker and the rear rotors are the vented type.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=514874&stc=1 http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=514875&stc=1

[Elekta]

Looking good

[sbeckman7]

Loving the look, makes me want a touring ;)

[cddallara]

:wave
Nice score! Coming to Peter Pan on the 10th?
Love the color, wish I could have kept mine Orient.

[M I C H A E L]

Wow nice snag op! That thing is clean!!

[Lzamora]

Who's the seller of the steering wheel on ebay??? Would like to check what other stuff he has around....

Thanks!!!

[dragracer440wed]

:wave
Nice score! Coming to Peter Pan on the 10th?
Love the color, wish I could have kept mine Orient.

​Yes I plan on being there!

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Who's the seller of the steering wheel on ebay??? Would like to check what other stuff he has around....

Thanks!!!

The ebay seller is bmw_speed he is in Croatia

[dragracer440wed]

Update: replaced rear diff 3.23 with a 3.23 LSD


http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=521236&stc=1 old diff http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=521237&stc=1"new" LSD diff from PNP http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=521238&stc=1 installed :D

[gilby]

Now the more i won't be able to cope up with your car on the twisty hills Ezra

[dragracer440wed]

Gilbert, Were going to have to do a 5sp conversion on yours.....next month I plan on getting a E.A.T. Ultrachip :alrightbmw

[dragracer440wed]

Today I installed a drivers side glove box assembly. Thank you Sriufke !!

http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=532312&stc=1 Before http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=532313&stc=1 After :alrightbmw

[cddallara]

Looking good! We gotta do another NorCal Meet n Greet soon.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q4/cddallara/touring/IMAG0007.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/cddallara/media/touring/IMAG0007.jpg.html)

[dragracer440wed]

Thank's Cory! There's a Bmwcca Cars and coffee meet at the Starbucks in Moraga May 30th 10AM-12N

[Kinghorn]

*There's also bimmerfest on may 23rd :) great excuse for a e34 touring meet!

[dragracer440wed]

I installed smoked fender turn indicator lamps

http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=534493&stc=1 before http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=534494&stc=1 http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=534495&stc=1 after