$800, one week of work, and beyond... (e36 content)
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Car is for sale. Looking to get a bike.
$2500 for WIBimmer members.
PM or email.
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Forgot to mention, I am e30rott from e30tech.
Hopefully I can be useful here like I was there
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So after weeks on end of searching for a new project, since I sold off the old one. ('79 Scirocco)
I came across what seemed too good to be true of an ad for a 1996 318iS.
To make a long story short, the PO had the car for the past 6 or 7 years, and had extensive
services records from his time with the car, and even from the PO who took delivery of the car
from Germany to New Jersey in '96.
I drove 200 or so miles and basically bought it instantly.
Only issues, and his reason for selling, were that it ran cold (stuck T-stat) and the front driver's coil spring snapped.
So onto the flat bed it went.
Once home, the battle of the waterpump began.
Basically ended up removing the radiator, condensor, and one kidney in order to get a slide hammer in there.
About 50 whacks later, she broke free. (yes I tried the m6 bolts in the WP ears. They broke the ears right off.)
Cleaned up the corrosion around the WP, reinstalled that and the T-stat, and everything engine wise is good to go.
Then had the decision on whether to keep it extremely cheap, and just cut the springs and save up :or the coil overs.
Or buy another set of oem springs from the stealership.
As it was an 800 dollar car, and Concourse wanted ~250 for the springs; I went for cut springs for now.
So the day after she came home, she looked like this:
After some scouring I found some Style 23's on Craiglist, that a guy was running on an X5, leaving them
free of any curbage, and overall very nice wheels for the price.
Put those on, and a set of 5mm spacers and the final (for this week) product exactly a week later:
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Ryan... said:
Welcome to the forum
I went with Ryan... because its my name on Bimmerfest, R3V, E30tech, Ducati.ms, and a couple other forums. Figured it'd be easier to just stick with what I got lol
My bad!
I signed up without ever looking at the forums!
Had no clue there was a Ryan...
Like a said, I'm happy to change it out if you'd like?
alexw said:
LOL, I was a little confused, but I realized there was no ...
Welcome, and great progress!
Thank you, sir.
Never thought I'd own an e36, after my e30.
But this cheap was too hard to pass up.
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Two weeks of ownership
Total $$ spent: $1380.68
Went out to the local junkyard, and was completely floored to find a 1996 M3 in Cosmos at the lot. (with engine and drivetrain!)
Unfortunately someone got a hold of the front set of Vaders! Rear seats still there, just don't match my tan interior!
So I ended up pulling the power mirrors, clear tails, side skirts, and moldings off the car and purchased for $80 + tax.
Wish I had been able to get the trunk spoiler off the trunk, but someone prior to me stripped it out...
If anyone has a spare jack hole cover for the one side skirt, it was missing...
Spent a little while this afternoon to put my new toys on the car.
Here's the result, nothing special, but I do like the overall appearance much more now.
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If you can find any s50 cams I would absolutely love your face......
For real.
And I pay cash money!!!
My m50 needs to go faster! Have not even driven it yet, but it must be faster!
I get to drive the m50 swapped car today
I am making a new line for everything.
Kind of annoying.
I need a new sig, one with an m50 in the e30....
My build thread is lacking, I should fix that.
End of annoying line thing.
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someone said:
What did you use for drilling holes for the clips on the skirts? If you have a drilling jig id love to borrow it.
3M automotive double-sided adhesive.
Honestly, I'm absolutely amazed how rock solid it is on.
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Ryan... said:
^^ Good man, motorcycles are something that can potentially bring much more happiness than cars, especially if you aren't in love with the car.
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I can see it being a much more rewarding, fun process.
Reminds me of the old days taking apart, and fabbing things up for my BMX bikes.
Hoping to find, or build a bobber.
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