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My e36

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  • JeffJ
    JeffJ
    Jeff
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    This is my e36 I've had it for a total of 4 years now it had 176xxx miles when I got it it now has 186xxx miles. I have just about completely overhauled it. A lot of blood sweat and tears went into making this car mine and still work to be done. When I got the car it was a pile of crap but I needed a car bad at the time found this one for $1000 it ran and drove that's all I needed it to do,so I bought it and started looking at things on it. It needed rear shock mounts,clutch,thermostat,driveshaft they drove it with a Guibo that had barely anything left to it, carrier bearing, tie rods,battery, iacv, the list goes on and on you name it it was probly bad. I had a parts 318is that after I got it I swapped out a lot of parts that I could use to make it more reliable. Since I've had the car I have done:new shock, tierods, bushings in front, h&r springs, painted it, complete rebuild of the motor, took the trans apart and cleaned/inspected it, turbocharged it, there is so much. The picture below is the car what it looks like right now aside from being lowered I have a ton of pictures of it, I just have to load them to photo bucket so I can post them it may take a while to do so keep checking back I'll put captions on the pictures when posted.

    Let me know what you think!

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    1976 530i e12
    1990 325ix e30
    1992 325i e36
    1995 740il e38
    2001 330xi e46
    ^More to come :)

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    • JeffJ
      JeffJ
      Jeff
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o544/ljx124/my%20e36/9a59c5de.jpg

      1976 530i e12
      1990 325ix e30
      1992 325i e36
      1995 740il e38
      2001 330xi e46
      ^More to come :)

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      • JeffJ
        JeffJ
        Jeff
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        I'll post the pictures up when I can get on the Internet with my computer it won't let me post them up unless there tiny

        All I can do is put them on photo bucket

        1976 530i e12
        1990 325ix e30
        1992 325i e36
        1995 740il e38
        2001 330xi e46
        ^More to come :)

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        • wasnt m3W
          wasnt m3W
          wasnt m3
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          #4

          Explains all the street racing talk... What kind of power is this thing making?

          Why'd you paint the B pillars?? Looks goofy.

          m3sig-1.jpg

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          • JeffJ
            JeffJ
            Jeff
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            B pillars getting painted was my fault not paying attention I'm going to make thEm black again but don't rember if they whee flat black or gloss black

            For power not sure never took it to a dyno yet

            1976 530i e12
            1990 325ix e30
            1992 325i e36
            1995 740il e38
            2001 330xi e46
            ^More to come :)

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            • EarlE
              EarlE
              Earl
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              I believe B pillars are matte/satin black.

              museum sig 2earl.jpg

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              • JeffJ
                JeffJ
                Jeff
                wrote on last edited by
                #7

                Alright thank you

                1976 530i e12
                1990 325ix e30
                1992 325i e36
                1995 740il e38
                2001 330xi e46
                ^More to come :)

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                • JeffJ
                  JeffJ
                  Jeff
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                  #8

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                  we diyed the carpert black was tan

                  1976 530i e12
                  1990 325ix e30
                  1992 325i e36
                  1995 740il e38
                  2001 330xi e46
                  ^More to come :)

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                  • B
                    B
                    B C
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                    #9

                    I am considering doing the same to my carpet. I'd like to know how it holds up and if it rubs off at all.

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                    • JeffJ
                      JeffJ
                      Jeff
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                      #10

                      we reupholstered the seats at home well my wife did i just got her the leather colors i wanted

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                      post-819-136211549616thumb.jpg

                      1976 530i e12
                      1990 325ix e30
                      1992 325i e36
                      1995 740il e38
                      2001 330xi e46
                      ^More to come :)

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                      • JeffJ
                        JeffJ
                        Jeff
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                        #11

                        Snap Understeer said:

                        I am considering doing the same to my carpet. I'd like to know how it holds up and if it rubs off at all.

                        it shouldn't rub off your changing the color the the fabric with the dye but put floor mats where feet would be just in case. as of right now it still looks the same as when we did it just took for ever couldnt find a bin to soak it in so we did it with brushes and spray bottles in the driveway.

                        1976 530i e12
                        1990 325ix e30
                        1992 325i e36
                        1995 740il e38
                        2001 330xi e46
                        ^More to come :)

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                        • JeffJ
                          JeffJ
                          Jeff
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #12

                          This was my e36 the day i bought it. costed $1,000 

                          carwhenifirstgotit.jpg

                          carafteripaintedthevalvecover.jpg

                          1976 530i e12
                          1990 325ix e30
                          1992 325i e36
                          1995 740il e38
                          2001 330xi e46
                          ^More to come :)

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                          • JeffJ
                            JeffJ
                            Jeff
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #13

                            the car got painted yellow at a point before this picture i didn't  keep track of the car well. paint job was not good looked horrible but thats what i get for letting a friend do it.

                            1976 530i e12
                            1990 325ix e30
                            1992 325i e36
                            1995 740il e38
                            2001 330xi e46
                            ^More to come :)

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                            • JeffJ
                              JeffJ
                              Jeff
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #14

                              this is what i opened the shop doors too after he said it was done. i palmed myself in the face

                              aftersprayingtheyellow.jpg

                              1976 530i e12
                              1990 325ix e30
                              1992 325i e36
                              1995 740il e38
                              2001 330xi e46
                              ^More to come :)

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                              • EarlE
                                EarlE
                                Earl
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                                Oh lord....

                                museum sig 2earl.jpg

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                                • JeffJ
                                  JeffJ
                                  Jeff
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                                  Earl said:

                                  Oh lord....

                                  i asked for his help but nothing happened

                                  1976 530i e12
                                  1990 325ix e30
                                  1992 325i e36
                                  1995 740il e38
                                  2001 330xi e46
                                  ^More to come :)

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                                  • straight6pwrS
                                    straight6pwrS
                                    straight6pwr
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                                    #17

                                    LOL left the license plate holder on

                                    and are the windshield wipers yellow too?>

                                    Dan
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                                    • damnboy037D
                                      damnboy037D
                                      damnboy037
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                                      #18

                                      Nice

                                      99 M3 320rwhp @ 6psi

                                      95 M3 s50b32

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                                      • EarlE
                                        EarlE
                                        Earl
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #19

                                        straight6pwr said:

                                        LOL left the license plate holder on

                                        and are the windshield wipers yellow too?>

                                        Absolutely everything is yellow. Are your wheels yellow too now? You're going to need a lot of paint stripper.

                                        museum sig 2earl.jpg

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                                        • JeffJ
                                          JeffJ
                                          Jeff
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #20

                                          Yes the whole car was yellow the rims where over sprayed yellow. It was horrible. I did strip the car down to bare metal took a gallon of stripper, a razor blade, a wire wheel, and too many hours to get it all off.nim trying to find the picture of the car silver

                                          1976 530i e12
                                          1990 325ix e30
                                          1992 325i e36
                                          1995 740il e38
                                          2001 330xi e46
                                          ^More to come :)

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