1997 328ic (Build thread)

[Jeff]

holy awesome! interior pic's?

[AvusHatesCones]

I'm looking forward to see what you do with this one! And +1 on getting style 42's, I had them on my first E36 and loved them!

[Blaine0002]

autotragic.. and no plans for a swap??

                 

[rampelsauce]

I'll get some interior shots up tonight.  It has a couple of blemishes (leather is a bit hard, bubbles in drivers side door cards) but overall it looks good.  Eventually the interior will be swapped out or re-covered.  Also, vaders if I can find a set worth the money.

[REKIII]

Automatc convertible?  It's like your a 16 year old girl with a convertable v-6 mustang!

All kidding aside, very cool.  And I vote for a manual swap and heavy modifications.

[rampelsauce]

If I do swap it, I wont be trying to make power simply because it is a convertible, and therefore is only for swag and/or yolo.  I have my clear corners coming in the mail tomorrow, woo.  I am looking for a C43 or a CD43 head unit for this car asap.  Also, a set of good speakers.  If anyone has a lead on this, let me know.  More pictures soon after I saddle soap the entire interior.

[Earl]

I have some good news for you. I just ordered my front struts;) That means the coils will be coming out shortly.

[e92boost]

Congrats!! This thing will look mean when finished.

[KaiserRolls]

rampelsauce said:

If I do swap it, I wont be trying to make power simply because it is a convertible, and therefore is only for swag and/or yolo.  I have my clear corners coming in the mail tomorrow, woo.  I am looking for a C43 or a CD43 head unit for this car asap.  Also, a set of good speakers.  If anyone has a lead on this, let me know.  More pictures soon after I saddle soap the entire interior.

[Rowleym]

Buy that black hard top from Craigslist!

[Earl]

^I second that (don't mind the fitment, he is building them now)

[StewCrew]

You have probably seen this already, but theres a pair of vader seats along with an m-bumper on Milwaukee Craigslist right now.  Also a supercharger kit.  Get on dat.

[rampelsauce]

Soooo... updates that are old to me but new to you.

First purchased my clear signals and repeaters off of the interwebs.  $55 shipped from fleabay (it even came with stealth bulbs!)

Wow!  Then I put it in.  Oh yes.

Also (sorry for the dirty car),

[rampelsauce]

Then, Justin (one of the detailers at BMW) wetsanded and buffed my clapped out shit US market plastic headlights.  

The comparison shot:

And one closeup for all yall.

[rampelsauce]

So it's slowly coming along.  It's still riding high on 16" contour reps.  Early has some suspension for me, and TJ has some 42's for me.  This should all be coming together soon.  Im also looking into replacing the top.  Additionally, rumor around town is the good Mr. Morgan has vaders and a M-Bumper in primer.  I should be talking dollars with him soon.  

As you can see Im slowly picking at it.  I'll leave you with this campfire shot, looking straight monster truck status, taken on one of the last few nights out at the 415(RIP).

[KaiserRolls]

wow, huge different in the headlights. lookin' good

[rampelsauce]

Well, I have a set of M Parallel reps laying around so I decided to slap them on the car for the hell of it.  Here's how that turned out:

Also, one of my glass lenses inside of my passengers side headlight assembly came loose.  It's now leaning against the plastic inside the headlight.  Im pretty sick of this car.  Someone should buy it.

[B C]

that looks really nice

[Earl]

Those wheels are definitely too big for an e36. The stock height may also make them appear bigger. Your car still looks very clean however=) Get some 17's on and some lows and you'll be money=D

[rampelsauce]

I have 17's, I just need suspension and rubber.  It will look nice when it goes on the market offically in the next couple months.