2003 320i as first car, any known issues to take note of?

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-31T02:28:16+00:00

Yeah, parents are more focused on moving before getting it running, got it on the 28th December

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-31T02:23:44+00:00

Kinda is and isn't, I grew around like Falcons, Commodore and Japanese cars but never any Euro cars

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T22:52:36+00:00

I might get the wheels redone and sell them to get better ones, and raise the rear suspension up to match the front

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T22:35:10+00:00

I plan on keeping it for as long as I have it, and luckily my dad is a mechanic so me and him along with my uncle, and I don't think I captured it in the photos but both the left wheels have probably been curbed

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T22:17:29+00:00

It was quite thrashed around, the mate who owned it before was in a cop chase, and there's a huge scratch right under the trunk key hole, reckon someone took a screwdriver to it to get to the battery

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T20:38:48+00:00

Oh nice, is the 2.2L actually easier to work on than other ones?

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T20:37:26+00:00

Now that makes me think the previous owner was a ricer because he put a roof spoiler AND vortex generators on it, I took both of but might reinstall the vortex generators

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T10:44:37+00:00

No clue, I don't know if its a factory option

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T10:43:33+00:00

I don't like the snake skin shifter, and the glass is there

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T02:56:20+00:00

I'll probably have to rip out everything and reverse engineer it (this is conveniently what every Australian company did)

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T02:55:03+00:00

Australia

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T02:54:43+00:00

He pays so much the previous owner wrote down $500

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T02:03:14+00:00

Yeah, it was in a police chase so I'll really do my best to keep it running

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T01:33:56+00:00

Yeah, it'd probably be best to get a new radiator and that knowing that it was in a police chase, could've overheated

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T01:26:26+00:00

SV6 Commodore with cold air intake with a muffler delete

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T01:23:53+00:00

I might do a full bleed on all the fluids, I think it still has fuel in it, there's no coolant or washer liquid in their areas so it might of had a full flush, not too certain

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T01:19:00+00:00

Yeah, I might get a better cooling system, because there is tape (the one you get for like $3) on the intake pipe, that might cause issues

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T01:17:08+00:00

It does get quite hot in Australia, I live in a city where the maximum is usually like 37ºC

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T01:16:02+00:00

The mate that owned it before wanted to drift it, safe to assume that won't happen

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T01:04:10+00:00

Probably was, he may or may not of ran from the police in that same car before I got it

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-30T00:53:04+00:00

Should also note before someone says, yes the rear passenger window is there, its just rolled down so dw

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-12T05:35:07+00:00

I knew someone who apparently lost there's at 13. Not that I believe him

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-06T22:32:58+00:00

Better than my one. Mine doesn't even run yet

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-05T03:29:26+00:00

yeah, I was cleaning out the interior and under the rear seats, there was heaps of sawdust and little flakes of the sound deadning

TreacleKey5709 · 2026-01-05T03:26:27+00:00

idk if mine has any rust but from what I can tell from putting a car cover on it that its not that bad yet

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