My 1979 BMW 320i

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My 1979 BMW 320i

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I will have owned my car for two years on January 6th.
I have replaced many small items and a few more involved items.
I have replaced/repaired:

All rebuilt/replaced brakes

Steering smimmy

New turbine wheels

All new exhaust

New 400 watt stereo

Reuphostered Recaro seats

All new front grill including ALL of the lights

IS front spioler

New emblems and some trim

New wiper arms and Tenzor blades

Crome door handles

Rear Kamie valence

Performance ignition

New BMW OEM shift knob

And a complete paint job

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'79 320i '83 320i '87 IROC '94 F-150 '08 CX-7

[img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a310/1979-bmw/paint1Sig2.jpg[/img]
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Post by Mat (of e30 fame) »

Looks good :D ! I love the interior. Great to see you have kept the car original; take care of her :wink:

Cheers
Mathew
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Post by MikeG »

The car is beautiful. Congatulations on a job well done.


Best, Mike
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Beautiful car, fantastic seats!
Regards/groeten, Jeroen
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Post by 1979BMW »

Thank you for the complements.
:D
'79 320i '83 320i '87 IROC '94 F-150 '08 CX-7

[img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a310/1979-bmw/paint1Sig2.jpg[/img]
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I love your interior! Your car looks in great condition.


And I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one on this site with the Federilizer bumpers. :)

All in all, great
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Post by 1979BMW »

SiNaGy wrote:

And I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one on this site with the Federilizer bumpers. :)
:lol:
'79 320i '83 320i '87 IROC '94 F-150 '08 CX-7

[img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a310/1979-bmw/paint1Sig2.jpg[/img]
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USA special... :wink:

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Post by american 320i »

hahaha i got the ugly bastard bumpers too :lol:
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Post by loentje »

there is now also such a american bimmer in the Netherlands, see my pictures:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v497/loentje/320i/

Is the switch to euro bumpers easy?


greetings loentje
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This is the second time is see that carpet thing on the dash.
Must be american style only :?:
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Post by skitzone »

australia have them to it's a uv resitant dashmat to either hide your already cracked dash or prevent your dash from getting cracked.

and do ken's bumper tuck lol.
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Not so sure about the steering wheel cover? :?
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Re: My 1979 BMW 320i

Post by 1979BMW »

Hey guys,

It's been an eternity since I have posted on these boards. In that eternity of six years I have managed to keep my beauty, which now has a freshly rebuilt engine and giveher a new sister as of this last Sunday.
Photoshoot after the rebuild.
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The engine was rebuilt using all OE German parts.
Linky for pix --->
Her new sister has not been started for three years, so hopefuly this weekend she will be running. She is not nearly as flashy without recaros, iS front dam, Kamie rear or an LSD.
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Enjoy!
'79 320i '83 320i '87 IROC '94 F-150 '08 CX-7

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Post by petroscf »

Nice!!both!!!
The sister arrived in order to become a new project or as a part giver?
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