Project - 320 TSi

Jacko · Post by **Jacko** » Tue May 04, 2010 10:02 pm

Cool wheels

Can you not get them professionally polished no? TBH dishes need to be polished for maximum effect.

340i · Post by **340i** » Thu May 06, 2010 9:50 am

waaay too much dish on the front imo

rears will look sick when polished though!

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Fri May 07, 2010 12:28 pm

Unfortunatly big dish is all I got to fill the arch, have polished the rear lips but can't polish the anodized fronts, have got lots o pics which will upload when I'm back from spa

M15KYY · Post by **M15KYY** » Sun May 09, 2010 4:20 pm

i know an awesome polisher who did my style 17's on my e36. charged me 30 quid a rim, top job! the dish on those rims is all win tom.

these are the wheels i had polished up on my e36, not the best picture but you get the idea.

Jazziat · Post by **Jazziat** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:12 am

I wish i would have been living in UK .... i have been reading the full project you are doing to you E-21, actually i`m impressed .... if we have had the chance in Egypt to find spare parts like those you are using .... we would have made a rocket E-21 i guess.

Well done and keep updating us with all the progress

petroscf · Post by **petroscf** » Mon May 10, 2010 10:29 am

Jazziat, surf a little bit in these forums...As the web is your only chance with E21s, you'll find lots of sites where you can order almost anything!!!Here you can find threads opened especially to give addresses!!!!

arshad76 · Post by **arshad76** » Mon May 10, 2010 12:25 pm

M15KYY wrote:i know an awesome polisher who did my style 17's on my e36. charged me 30 quid a rim, top job! the dish on those rims is all win tom.

these are the wheels i had polished up on my e36, not the best picture but you get the idea

So nice, do you have a contact for this person?

Thanks

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Mon May 10, 2010 8:43 pm

well i have made a decision. only just got back from racing today and being as i have to change an engine in 2 weeks time for polishing will have to wait. i have enough spare barrels to create a set of painted dishs which i can run on at the momment and then polish another set when the time comes gonna spray the whole center and dish gloss black as this will keep the race car feel and will add a bit or red rim tape aswell. should look good and will get on that when im back at home

M15KYY · Post by **M15KYY** » Mon May 10, 2010 11:39 pm

arshad76 wrote:
M15KYY wrote:i know an awesome polisher who did my style 17's on my e36. charged me 30 quid a rim, top job! the dish on those rims is all win tom.

these are the wheels i had polished up on my e36, not the best picture but you get the idea
So nice, do you have a contact for this person?

Thanks

http://www.huxleymotorsport.co.uk/

arshad76 · Post by **arshad76** » Tue May 11, 2010 9:56 am

Ta MI55KY

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue May 11, 2010 11:47 am

its a good website, just had a look

M15KYY · Post by **M15KYY** » Tue May 11, 2010 10:13 pm

yeah one of our mates put it together for hux. good eh?

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Wed May 12, 2010 11:13 am

well i have given my 2 anodized wheels to the valeter at work and let him loose on them but i have however found 2 more non anodized rims so i will polish them i think. have sanded down 4 anodeized rims anyway ready for paint aswell so i have a choice.

engine change is happening on sunday afternoon and continuing through monday so with a bit of luck will have a bimmer runnin again by the end of next week, ready for RTTS and hopefully best non VW trophy at the show

oh and its not the nice TSI engine its just an e30 M10 but should give me a bit more poke with the larger valves on the webbers and a head gasket that doesnt leak everywhere

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Wed May 12, 2010 11:41 am

oh i forgot to post some pics of the rims on car during trial fit and after my cleaning up session

will take some pics of the 2 polished wheels later on today and hopefully can get on polishing the other lips aswell

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Thu May 13, 2010 12:15 pm

sanded down the centers with hannahs help last night, ready for gloss black paint. also managed to undo the slightly rounded manifold to downpipe bolt on the head so got the head of my existing engine and ben sorted out all the rest of the electrickery. next stage for me is to remove all the gearbox bolts, undo the engine mounts and get the rad out the way as its a little bit attached still. then its switcharo the engine parts across onto the new engine and look about getting them in and out.