history of my car

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just a history of what i have done to the car whilst i have had it

been looking for 9 months for the right car

then i seen this on auto trader website



3 owners, first one was bmw as it was they demo car

66k fsh, m3 kit, tints and m3 reps

fitted a few mods over the 2 year i have had the car

first was m gear knob, bmw motorsport kick plates, door moulding badges and glove box badge






had a problem

car was leaking water all over the place

turned out it was the timing profile gasket

common problem on car built before september 93

mine was built in feb 93

so out came half the engine to change a part which cost £1.60




the problem


setting the cam timing



when it was out, i thought i would clean up some of the metel parts


after a day cleaning all the bits, it now looks like this


how it looks before



next the noise i had when i got it got worse

so i had to fit a new manifold



also the rear box was getting noisy, so changed that for a new one



rear wheel bearing was getting worse so a new one was fitted



also rear trailing arm bush was knocking, so changed this too




seen everyone was fitting this so got a set from teddy

ccfl gen 2 angel eyes




also fitted some hids

really good, cant believe how bad the old lights was



did not like the wheels which came with it
so got a set of 15" to run on while i was trying to sell the reps



could not sell the reps, so used themfor the track


then got a set of mint 328i sport bbs alloys

had these on for a while







then got these






sold the reps and now going to use the bbs wheels for the track

got some leather bits made up

centre console in black nappa leather





also some gaitors with the stiching done in the m colours



also got hold of a leather handbrake lever
got it from a 7 series in a scrap yard

got a black leather interior for £340

and a arm rest


found on the etk a cup holder so got one of thses too



decided to overhaul my suspension



eibach springs
eibach roll bars
koni adjustable shocks
x brace
e46 m3 rear top mounts
front top mounts
ball joints with arms
wishbone arm bush
reinforcement plates front and rear
springs pads
bump stops


x brace fitted




m3 gt corner splitters




took the car out on the track

castle combe





track wheels

out on the aston martin test track



at rockingham
waiting to go out on track




changed the twin slates in the front bumper to the mesh, which is found on the m3s

before


after



seen everyone was getting the german plates surrounds

when i was on holiday in italy, i seen that the bmws had these



so after talking to the parts chap got one for free


got a m tech 2 steering wheel from fab direct




also fitted this


very handy


got in one day and had no clucth

checked the fluid and it was low

turned out to be the slave cylinder





changed the rear lights to m3 clear/red

much better looking




like the car looking clean

heard great things about zymol, so use they vintage glaze










a list of what i use

zymol clear wash
zymol hd cleanse
zymol titanium estate glaze
zymol destiny estate glaze
zymol atlantique estate glaze
zymol vintage estate glaze
zymol detail wax
zymol detail spray
zymol vinyl conditioner
zymol leather cleaner
zymol leather conditioner
zymol microwipes
zymol pre wax applicators
zymol buffing towels
zymol detail brush
zymol sponge
zymol chamios

meguiars quikdetailer and clay bar

auto glym fast glass
auto glym tyre dressing

bmw wheel brush set

dad saw this on a a6, so ordered a set for the car

stops the shopping going everywhere






a few of us from e36coupe forum went to a rolling road




got 154.3 bhp the first time 134bhp the second

nothing flash but it does me

pioneer headunit
u2 ipod
kenwood 10" sub
kenwood 2 channel amp
kenwood 5.1/2" 2 way rear speakers





fitted some new discs and pads and was going to fit the braided brake hoses but was sent the wrong ones


spotted that the front arb drop links was gone so fitted new ones too

picked up a black headlining for £40 so fitted that in too



track pics

castle combe april 06









my bbs track wheels



got some plates from the most prestige bmw dealership in the country







thats it for now, i will updated as and where new things happen
 
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#8
i would have to agree the most prestige looking 318is in the world excellant job oh and daaang how did you get those engine components so clean?
 
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thanks everyone

still gots lots to do

to clean the engine componants i used a wire bruch attament in a drill

then went over the whole engine with a product called cd2
 
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new amp





also my dad fitted not long after i got the car
auto dimming rear view mirror, which i got for £10
and map reading lights



and i fitted another netting to the drivers sde


 
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#13
hehehe! awesome stuff.

just noticed you forgot to shop out your liscence plate in that last shot! Or you trust us some more :D:D

edit. but i just noticed you didnt do it i nthe racing pics either heheh.
 

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#15
Yeah nice write up and very nice 318IS....love the colors....LOL...I think you can see why! I dont know what the big deal is with Pshopping your plate anyway...if someone wanted the numbers all they would have to do is stand an intersection and just write the numbers on the cars that stop at the lights anyway......
 
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#17
That was sweet! Your post and your car. I realized that at the end of the post that I was about 12" from the screen with my jaw dropped. Nice work all round... I enjoyed the pics of the profile gasket replacement, which I've heard so much about but never seen any pics of before. I've hit 222,XXXkms, so I'm pretty sure mine has been done. I'm sorry you had to do yours though. I like the shift boot... I had my grandmother make me one... she got the leather for free, and used my old cracked and faded one as a template, and made me a beautiful new shift boot!! Anyways, sweet ride, Mike!
 
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#19
nice job and nice car... just to give u a hard time, u might's well change the 318i emblem on the back to an m3, since it's pretty clear that that's really the car that u wanted. <LOL>
 


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