Steelblue E36 Build Thread
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I’ve washed my car 3(?) times in 4 years. You’re fine
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I’ve washed my car 3(?) times in 4 years. You’re fine
I can top that, I haven’t washed my daily in at least two years, although I did hose off the underbody once. Part of the problem is that it’s 18 feet long though, not worth the effort.
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First local Cars & Coffee is April 14th. That means I need to bust ass to do a bunch of things. Spring break starts week after next so nothing will be happening then. Going to be ordering a BUNCH of parts later today.
To do list.
Get midpipe
Get m3-fogdeletes painted
Sandblast/refinish/get tires mounted on style 32s
Do shifter bushings
Mount dinan exhaust + midpipe
Mishimoto rad + expansion tank
Mount m3 bumper on car
+Minor things like polish out my corner tails and sides. Mount new clips on m3 bumper.All going to be done within 4 weeks hopefully. Sadly the dinan exhaust will be on the bottom of the list due to me doing it with the shifter bushings. Bahhhhhhhhhh
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Hahahaha. Big coolant puddle under my car.... Cant get the expansion tank open for the life of me. Im lucky I didn't overheat today because my radiator is officially FUCKED. Good thing I am leaving EARLY on Saturday for spring break. I have a rad on order so ill have a bunch of parts when I get back.
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Whats in the smaller mishimoto box, that overflow tank? Or an intake boot?
I have the mishimoto intake boot. It sounds so good sitting in my driveway doing nothingHaha that box is for the expantion tank. It's huge for the size of it.
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Coolant level sensor seems to be melted. Bought a new one. My rad looks fucked tho. Surprised I never overheated. Going to be buying a new guibo to install while I put on my exhaust/shifter bushings. Should I go OEM or get an upgraded one? I want to auto-X this summer if that makes a difference.
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No, dont get an upgraded gIUbo (named for its creator Giunti Boschi, not gUibo like guidos).
The engine produces power in pulses. The giubo is one of the components that helps smooth these pulses out. The urethane/solid alum. giubos seem like a good idea only for drift/drag where you are kicking the clutch and have other driveline upgrades. Get a stock rubber one. Genuine BMW isnt even a requirement IMO. Im not sure what brand I bought 6 years ago but it has held up fine to some launches and hard driving at ~double the stock power.
I had a chance to replace it yet again during my engine swap but it still looked new so in it went. -
No, dont get an upgraded gIUbo (named for its creator Giunti Boschi, not gUibo like guidos).
The engine produces power in pulses. The giubo is one of the components that helps smooth these pulses out. The urethane/solid alum. giubos seem like a good idea only for drift/drag where you are kicking the clutch and have other driveline upgrades. Get a stock rubber one. Genuine BMW isnt even a requirement IMO. Im not sure what brand I bought 6 years ago but it has held up fine to some launches and hard driving at ~double the stock power.
I had a chance to replace it yet again during my engine swap but it still looked new so in it went.Good deal! Ill be ordering a URO guibo!
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Never seen that color on e36s before, looks good.
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Never seen that color on e36s before, looks good.
VERY DIRTY :///////
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Starting to think about what color I am going to be painting/powder coating my style 32s.
Right now this is what I am thinking
White
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Black
Here is a pic of a steelblue E36 with white wheels. I'd like everyone's opinion.
In addition I plan on installing lowering springs this summer.
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I personally am not a fan of the white wheels but you would probably want to replace all your brake pads with a compound that doesn't dust severely
I'd be very interested to see how a darker metallic blue would look for the wheels, giving the car a two-tone color scheme.
perhaps a color like this
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No, dont get an upgraded gIUbo (named for its creator Giunti Boschi, not gUibo like guidos).
Gumbo
As for wheel color, If it were my car I would do an oem style silver. Partly because I'm boring, but also because its a great/clean look when paired with a reasonable ride height and some meaty tires:
A really metallic graphite color could look pretty good too, for a more aggressive style than plain silver
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Gumbo
As for wheel color, If it were my car I would do an oem style silver. Partly because I'm boring, but also because its a great/clean look when paired with a reasonable ride height and some meaty tires:
A really metallic graphite color could look pretty good too, for a more aggressive style than plain silver
So like a gunmetal grey? I like that.
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I vote OEM silver as well, I've always felt that style 32's in particular look kinda ricey in gold/bronze/white. The silver looks so clean and gives the car an OEM+ kinda feel. Not too tame, but not crazy either.
Gunmetal wouldn't be bad, I really like this two-tone look:
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