Hey all happy PCA people!
I bought this 320i last Thursday (19th Dec). Checked it out, went down in price and drove it home after about one hour.
The car has a very good interior but I don't like the super old Pioneer stereo, maybe gonna change if I find a cheap one.
On the exterior there quite a lot surface rust, also on some strange spots like on the middle of the trunk. Otherwise it's quite nice in the paint (Montrealblau), just needs a bit of polish
Plans at the moment:
Rims - Check
Cheap Coils -
Stereo -
Rust fixing -
Polish -
Front indicators, side indicators and taillights -
Leather seats if there's some cheap ones -
Muffler with two endings -
19th Dec - Some crappy photos just after we got home.
24th Dec - Bought some nice Alpina wheels as a Christmas gift for myself
Need proper lowering so he look good!
I'm not going to update that often unfortunately because I'm only a student (poor) and I'm out of the country 27th Dec to 5th Jan.
/Wille
I hate these, good luck!
Lol nah they're cool, a little finnicky though
Haha
Thx but what's finnicky?
Sick man, not a huge fan on some bimmers but this is sweet, needs some low and more track width but sick man
Thx mate
With track width you mean less offset/ET? More poke?
Naah what it really needs is a shower
More low is coming
You can see the list of stuff I'm going to do
Front fitment is nearly spot on already lol
rear fitment not so much, needs spacers or somthing
We'll see how it gets when it's lowered Then I'll fix the last bits with spacers
raw raspy straight pipe
if you want to go lower for little to no cost I would cut a coil out of the springs. Wouldnt go any more than that though. It should drop you about an inch. Did this to my cobalt until I get coilovers. Granted I cut 3 out haha
It depends on if it was taken care of I guess. My friend's has random weird little issues a lot usually with oil, electrical, and lots of suspension problems. Replace all the bushings in the suspension if you ever have the chance Only use OEM or OEM replicas though unless you're planning on upgrading.
dont cut your springs thats stupid
Yeah cutting springs is stupid, I'm going for some cheap coilovers I found
Thanks for the comments
Nice car, pretty good condition. Alpina front lip would look good on it. Dunno, does it fit or not. Rust fixing must be first at to-do list.
About coilovers. Cheapest i've seen is TA-Technik. Box says "Made in Germany" but it's really made in China, so i read few bad reviews and few positive feedbacks. Look for XYZ, it's made in Taiwan, imo it's best money/quality offer. Or made coilevers youself, its not difficult.
Problem is that I want the real s**t and not fake, so about the Alpina lip... Naah Too expensive and I'm probably going to snowdrift etc. But yeah it would look good
I found some very cheap coilovers which should be better quality than TA etc. for £185 / $303
Update!
Cleaned the exterior of the car for the first time today and changed the windscreen wipers
Also cleaned a little in the engine bay, not much to say
Tower -.-
Even bigger tower -.-
That's all for today, cheers
How you cleaned engine bay? Mine is dirty as hell
I just sprayed the hell on it with Turtle Wax engine bay cleaning, waited 2 minutes and then washed everything off with water
Worked really good
Need to do the same. Washed bay 1 time for all 5 year lol
2.2 i6?
Do you see any snow in the pictures?
Really fast PS on how i want him to sit
MOAAAARRRRR LLLLOOOWWWW
this. or atleast the spoiler
Bmw engines look so sexy holy s**t
id say what you psed is a pretty good height
They sure do
Thanks I'll maybe order some coilovers tomorrow
Awesome car!
If I was you, I wouldn't lower it too much, I think it's perfect how you PS'd it. You could maybe put on the OEM M-Package, then it will be perfect!
But again, very nice car!
Thanks
I want to lower the front, rear is quite good. I'm thinking of the M-Package but the real one is too expensive for me :/
yes it is a coupe. but you shall sdo this and be happy. The only thing i shall let you skip is the ls swap. got it? good.
Woo, another BMW guy. I really envy those Alpinas hah... They'd probably sit perfectly on mine, as they're also 5x120.
The bimmer is looking clean tho
BTW what's the fuel economy on that. I have M50B25 and it's like between 8 and 12... I wonder how much more economic that M50B20 is
Yeah single Vanos I don't want to remove rear seats, carpets etc. I want it to be a fully normal car except for the ''stance''. When I moved the car an hour ago i noticed that the front wheels roll against the inner wheel wells Me so happy!
What about racelands?
Racelands?
Car looks very nice its better one than ours lol
Sorry for being inactive, I'm in France at the moment on holidays.
I'll be home at 5th Jan and will buy white indicators for front and sides
If you're putting white indicators on front you must get rid of the amber on the rear too. Which I think it's a mistake, looks damn good like that
I think that the orange lights look alright but the white will give the car a much newer look, almost a tiny facelift. I've found very cheap indicators for front and sides and will try those first. If it looks good I'll go for some other tail lights.
And then boso pipes
Naah I'm thinking of this muffler later on
nooo, don't put this muffler on it, it's ugly
besides, every second E36 owner has it
just get an M exhaust
Well I'm low on cash and this muffler looks nice. Plus it's cheap.
How's this?
yeah, that one looks good
also, if you are low on cash, don't rush on buying a muffler, it's better to wait until you can afford some of better quality
yeah that is better, upswept exhausts look retarded anyway
I agree Kubason
I wont buy the muffler now but I will later, even if it isn't the best quality.
However, I just ordered the front and side indicators
Double post FTW!
These:
Or these:
I think I'm going for the black tinted instead of white. Why? It's a dark color car and I'm going to spray the grill black.
yeah go for the dark ones
buy some with less "altezza" look on it. I mean, without the smooth lens. Those are really riced up
more like this
less like this
I don't like the stock look :/ Looks dirty :/
And the second ones you linked are much uglier than the ones I want
well then try to find some dark front and side indicators as well, so they match together
Yeah I was also thinking that
But since normal white ones were MUCH cheaper I'm going for smoke film
You gonna ruin the car with those smoke whatever stuff
It's just a film which is removable later on if I don't like it
God I love Ebay. Found really nice headlights (angel eyes) incl. indicators + really nice taillights in Sweden, $430. Found the exact same stuff (same brands and everything) on Ebay.de for $231...
awesome doe, a find like that is cool, now lets hope the actually work
The lights are brand new from good german shops So yes, they should work. I read a review on one of the shops (http://www.ad-tuning.de) and everyone said that it was great service, a lot of products (which is very true), everything was working and it was good quality.
Unfortunately I wont buy these now. I have to wait a little because of the money -.-
But my birthday is soon (March 16th), so I'll hopefully get the lights then
Got my clear indicators yesterday and started installing them today, but of course the rain stopped me from installing the front indicators. But the side indicators is installed and works properly. No, we don't have a garage big enough to even open the doors inside of it, if it isn't a Mini
Aaaaand because of the rain there's no pics...
Went out today and started the change of indicators. First indicator (left) went superb. Took of the indicator house very easy, took off the lamp, tried to install the new orange lamp which of course didn't fit... The guy at my local car store said that it would fit, but nope. Installed the original clear lamp and the new clear house for now. White indicators FTW!
When I took of the house and started installing the white house the lamp wont fit because of burrs in the plastic. Now walk into the workshop (like ''What up?! I got a big c**k!''), start the dremel, perfect. Starting to install the house but of course, it doesn't snap to place. It doesn't fit to 100% either, but what the hell, it's China s**t -.-
Plus in the future I'm going to buy the angeleyes I talked about in some of the posts before.
dont rice it out too much lol
I have a suggestion, I like my cars how I like them, no person can tell me other wise, if you like the modifications you're going to make to your car then be happy, it's your car build it how you want to build it. If it makes you happy, then do what you'd like. You can put it on 28" billet wheels, I might not like it but if you're happy, then that's all that matters
Thanks Cub
+1 Cub
ok dont dont rice it out
or dont dont dont rice it out
I'm not going to rice it I'm just giving it a more modern look with angeleyes etc.
Sorry for being so inactive with my project, but when you're a student without job this is the result
I've cleaned the engine bay, again. Much better this time. I've also removed the ugly, dirty and scabby bonnet mat
I turn 18 in 16 days and I'm hoping to get some cheap ass coils or new lights around the car. When I get my driving license I'll get a job and therefor more updates
cleeaaaaaan as fuuuuck
How it's supposed to be
Checked my front brakes today
Not done that much, just checked how the brake disks and brake pads are feeling
Btw, the disks are rusty because I don't drive the car atm, no driving license = no driving
Brushed the wheelhub
I'm thinking of painting the calipers black or montrealblau like the car
The bolts to the calipers, before after
Greased the bolts
Greased the whatever it's called in english, the brake pads should slide smooth now
I've got the final writing and driving test on the 18th, I hope I'll get my license
You should sometimes drive it at least at your backyard.
jesus all dat rust
Myca:
Well I do sometimes, not that often tho
BTD:
It has done 186400 miles, ofc there's some
yeah thats the downside of living in snowy weather
Yeah, well the problem isn't the snow, it's the salt on the roads when it's snow and ice on them :/ Wouldn't be a problem if they removed the salt :/
Fast Update
Ordered new number plates two days ago and they found their new home today, best and cheapest facelift you can buy
That euro stars must be rich congrats on purchasing plates
Yeah I guess you saw on the first post how the old ones looked, weeeeell it's better now
I took off the rear muffler today and is super happy with the new exhaust sound Crappy video but I'll upload something better later on
http://youtu.be/ykcN8uVdM20
Jump to 1:00 to hear the Vanos
Wow it's sound cool now do some burnout vid lol
Haha not with an open diff
But I'll make some more vids with warm engine so I can rev some more And not where the max speed is 30kmh
Damn that sounds awesome, great car!
Thanks mate
Yes, today is my day. 18 years of pure awesomeness! Update on what I got when I woke up this morning!
And yes, I'm happy!
Happy birthday bud! Nice birthday gift you've got. Congrats.
Happy birthday dude! Enjoy the gift ))
Shiny :3
Thanks guys, I'll enjoy the gift everyday
All day every day mate Congrats on your bday gift enjoy it
Oh yes, I'll try mount the front ones tomorrow : )
Happy birthday, nice car
Thanks mate
If you start driving it, remember to make some long and hard brakes, after a few of those, they should be decent again. But yeah, not driving makes things worse. I'd suggest lending it to your parents or relatives to drive, while you get your licenses.
On another tone, the goodies seem nice
I did clean them, you should've seen before
I'm getting my chance on the license on tuesday and I've already done some long brakes
I get mine sandblasted at work, gives them a clean almost new look.
Yeah I guess I could do that
Coilover Update!
Yesterday and today I mounted my new shiny coilovers Not much to say, just some pics
Wheel off and disassemble the bolts holding the shock absorber
I need to fix the rust
Gone!
Old s**t!
New s**t!
Mounted the coil
Really quick and bad pic but what the hell!
How it sits atm, here's also a pic of the white indicators and new numberplates
Next step is the ass!
Looking nice. The Alpinas without the center caps look like Style 32 haha. Anyways I like where this is heading. Wish I had such free money to toss around on coilovers and Alpinas
those wheels look better with out the center caps haha
Thanks guys
I'm going to mount the rear shocks and springs tonight, first car meet tomorrow
Also, I ordered new tires yesterday, 205/35 instead of 235/40
nice, the front sits nice
Sorry for being unactive the last days :/
I've lowered the ass and I'm quite happy, my tires havn't arrived yet so it doesn't sit like I want to.
I'll take all the pics in order, I've taken all the pics with my phone so it's quite crappy quality
But first this:
Yup, this china s**t flew away doing 195km/h / 120 mp/h (on a closed road ofc...) with a bang and left a small dent on the wheel well. The bang was so big so I got super scared and thought it was the coilover
Back with the orange ones...
Not much to say, you get the idea. Don't look at the rust...
Ebay
Master at parking, 1cm to go
Lowered rear, left side took about 10 mins with a friend helping
Right side took about 1.5 hours because old rubber s**t -.-
It sits quite good now but it'll be lower
DON'T LOOK AT THE RUST!
Found this on FB from the meet
The black stuff hanging under the car is ''mudflaps'' which will be destroyed
Me in the front, looks good from a distance
Then this!!!
The old rubber on the left side this time gave up after 17 years of hard work.
So I went to the local shop and bought some new ones from Sachs
Old rubber all smashed up
New rubber sits nice
And last
Everyone with a lowered car should show it on their tires, not much but it's something
Not much to say, just some photos and small details
All phone pics
New tires, 215/35 R18
Max lowered both front and rear
Dirty as f**k!
Swedens biggest car show, Bilsport Custom Motor Show
Scraping the curb
Bought some steelies for some drift time
15 minutes later...
Back on the Alpinas
Me and my friends Volvo BM
That's all for now
wow its coming along very nice, maybe you should consider getting an M3 front bumper or something, it still looks a bit plain now imo.
Thank you very much
I'm thinking of both M3 front and rear bumpers
IMO the M3 bumpers seem so generic and boring. A better alternative IMO would be an AC Schnitzer replica/stock bumper like this:
Also an Alpina lip would suit your rims quite nicely
Also a nice comparison. For me the stock bumper with an added lip seems more classy
Wow, I've never seen that AC Schnitzer bumper before
Looks really cool!
It has been raining all day long, so what to do?
You mount your steelies with 185 tires and 3bar/43.5psi and drive
Went really good until this happend...
Luckily the car is just like before and no one got hurt, so after beeing pulled out of the mud I continued drifting
I'll upload a video of how it went after the offroad driving
You should really learn more in parking lots and on closed roads or race tracks before. These things won't usually end nicely...
Yea, I wanna see this car progress further, not wrapped around a pole.
I have experience of driving and controling the car, this ''crash'' happend because I had a tiny bit too much speed into the corner and that can happen to anyone. I have practiced quite a lot on parking lots and with gocart in wet (I know it's not really the same, it's actually harder but the same basics) on track. I were supposed to get the video from my friend today but I didn't, I'll link it here as soon it's up on Youtube
sweet coilovers, I dont know the name but these are pretty cool cause you can adjust the height I think
The video is up on Youtube and you can see it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keRdr1GbHi0
This bad boy joined my life today
It's a E30 325i från 1990 which weights 900KG!!! Got R-tires and rollcage for trackdays
nice man, I like E30's
Thanks mate, yeah they are lovely
daaaammmmm, looks good but wheels wloud make it 2000% more cooler.
It's real BBS Style 5 on the R-tires. 10 tires, 8 BBS's
you know that stye 5 are on 5 screws, right. my brother right now making ones on 4, but thats other story.And by rims l thoght anything with more offset,
And what the f**k is wrong with bbs's.
Or another alpinas
Well it's those classic BBS's that looks like Style 5's
Style 5's come in 4x100 aswell. Style 5 was offered 4x100 r15 also 5x120 r15,r16,r17...
I've owned a few 15 inch ones, they are just perfect...
Anyways congrats on the E30. I've just sold my E34 and looking for a decent e30 shell myself
Yeah these ones are R15x7, one set alloy and one set black
Trackday saturday and sunday so I'll upload some pics when it's on the BBS's
you still can add spacers from 4x100 to 5x114 for example
But I lose grip if I mount spacers and it's a track car, not a show car
watanabes would look cool
Nice purchase! On the topic of wheels, some Hayashi Street rims in 14 inch size would look awesome on an E30.
Thanks Nikola
Yeah both Watanabes and Hayashi Street would look cool but the money is going for other stuff atm and the BBS's are LOVELY!
We've never met each other
Vincent, you're being a f**king tool. Kindly stfu until you have something constructive to say.
no
first for banning vicent
First for banning andres for s**tposting as always
at least Vicent is funny
Sorry for being very unactive, not much time since I've got a summerjob and girlfriend...
But now I'm free for 20 minutes so I'll upload two trackday pics on the E30, I'll start an E30 topic when the E30 project really starts
Credits - Vanja Hellberg
Credits - http://www.bilbilder.se/
I'm behind the Porsches etc. because of a long straight but I'm much faster in the corners, believe it or not
The father of e36 lol nice car mate now buy an e36 so you can have a whole family hehe if you don't mind to tell the price here are 1k €
what? he already owns an E36
Ah shi must be drunk I mean e46 man the newer one
My dad owns an E46 330ci which I'll probably buy next year and my mom owns an E46 330i Touring. Yeah, my family love BMW
Well to answer your comment, I will buy an E46 as soon as possible, hopefully next year
E30 looks mint for track use. I love the white-black combo on it
Your e30 looks just amazing, I'm not a fan of BMW, but i really like your.
Wow wow, long time no see
Not much done to the E36 lately, but new plans for it.
Since I made a street pole fly 5 meters with my E36 and my diff didn't like the burnouts/drifts I'll make this some sort of euro driftmissile. Why missile?
It got loads of rust (i hate sweden for this!).
Couple of weeks ago I drifted into a street pole, nothing big on the car tbh.
My diff said boom last week... I tried to weld it but the boom were to big :/
Well.. I got a new diff (318i diff for more revs), welded it and continued drifting
Some time later the left driveshaft said boom
I just found some E36 323i driveshafts at the junkyard (323i have the same shafts as the 328i which has the same length and width as the M3) which I'll order tomorrow. Hopefully these wont bang boom
After the winter I'll throw out all the interior and change som interior stuff like steeringwheel etc.
Bad phone pics alert!
New shifter
Zippies
After the diff said BOOM!
Forgot my jap pipe
Sorry for double post
needs twin jap pipes
https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1512675_683457925059604_6485164371668200335_n.jpg?oh=ad953031cc37510b348a4af24ad2f5ac&oe=551D50B1
need this graphic dudeeee would look rad, part of the Superstyle garage here in the UK
but looks rad with that pipe, I like what youre doing, any future ideas for fitment/wheels/kit though?
No future ideas on the fitment side, all ''money'' is first going to the MOT and then engine and drift prep. If there's money left there'll be some fitment changes
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