1994 BMW 525i Touring, refresh

All new fuel and brake lines





All ready for collection, then the power steering pump turned out to be leaking, so got one
Off the donor and posted it to them. Hopefully collect it this week or next, no idea of the bill for all this work

This is all coming together nicely, very jealous.

Good looking motor that, I always liked the touring in that colour blue.

Looking forward to seeing the final product

The car from Copart is a category N, not structural repair, but I’m guessing the guy who assessed the car was called stevie wonder

Overall everything on the car works, most panels have rust, the rear arb has snapped the little dog bone like things in the bump.

I’ve stuck a bumper on it now, and will get it put in for an MOT and see what happens, as if it needs much more it will be for the chop aswell.

Use it as a run around until it’s too far gone.









The boot floor has buckled in a few places and the rear quarter panel has moved a bit as the door gap has closed up, will put a winch on it and give it a pull to maybe pull it out a bit. But as a cheap run about will do the job

The green touring I planned to use as my main car turned out to be worse than I thought, so will break it instead.

So as I still need a new but fairly cheap daily driver, as I haven’t learnt my lesson on Copart, I’ve bought something else from there, although a bit newer, good thing with slightly damaged cars, you don’t worry about scratching them, my son usually climbs all over inside with dirty shoes, the dog can jump in, you don’t need to worry about the service book, just service it yourself, don’t worry where you park it, and by me in country lanes your always having to pull half way into the bushes to let other cars past which you don’t worry about

Nice save on the X3.

Seems like you've done ok using Copart - all I ever read about is loads of unnecessary underfloor damage from them using forks to lift them regardless of their drivability etc.

Mot tester failed because the rear lower wish ones are bent up from the car being lifted up 

I sorted that, but turns out the engine has some issues, misfires and cuts out while driving all the time, I’ve replaceded a few bits but getting to the point I’ll stick it back in copart and buy something older will less hassle. 

having sold the wheels that came with the car and the current temporary wheels having tyres that were old and cracked. 

I made a start on the splitting the new wheels. I’m going to paint the centres myself. I’ve got two in primer so far two more to do. 

I had the wheels powdercoated and new tyres fitted. 

Will tax it from may 1st. The x3 I bought is still broken, I need to decide what to do with it.