my iS

[320iAN]

been a while since i posted any pic's of "thee ole motor"

ive been getting it ready for a show N shine this sunday so i thought i'd take a few pic's & do some shameless "picture whoring!"











15" mim 1900 being collected tomorrow
induction filter being returned back to stock air box with K,N panel filter
& the colour coded part's are staying.. for now

[oomz1975]

Very clean...

[adamski80]

Looks nice.... Apart from rear lights! Sorry but they ruin it big time, make it look cheap when it's a very tidy car.

[Ranchero]

Post some pics when you have the MIM's on. Oh and kidney grill back to chrome please, if you don't mind .

[320iAN]

thanks for the comment's
ive got standard rear light's.. one day i might fit them afraid the grill is staying black ive owned a few E30's and some thing about the grill blacked out make's them look clean

i'm also considering changing the skirt's to SE item's once i have the mim's fitted?

[adit]

very nice iS.
and yes, SE skirts FTW

[rix313]

Body work looks in awesome condition on this!

[pac1982]

looks mint, i really miss my E30

[320iAN]

apart from a scuff on each front wheel arch (due to last owner lowering it 80mm!) i can honestly say there is not a blemish on it

[kev76]

could you post a picture with the mims and the m-tech 1 skirts.im thinking of getting some of them skirts. thanks kev

[320iAN]

could you post a picture with the mims and the m-tech 1 skirts.im thinking of getting some of them skirts. thanks kev

will do, mim's will not have tyres for a couple of weeks but i'll be bolting them on to see how things look as soon as ive got them

[chewy320]

Love the red bumpers looks awesome. Are they new units or where they just sprayed?

[320iAN]

Love the red bumpers looks awesome. Are they new units or where they just sprayed?

the strips were all painted off the car

just about to leave and go collect my mim wheels

[320iAN]

collected my mim's ... going to wrap them in 205/50/15 after i have refurbed them to my liking



before


after


got 3 of the rim's looking "pretty-good" for now but they will be much cleaner once i have more time to scrub them proper!


the fourth is going to be a task!


worst mark on all 4 rim's


i was concerned that i may have to remove my side skirt's.. as i thought the wheels might have sat under the arches to much .. but .. they sit spot on



sometimes size does matter


on this occasion "smaller is better"

[oomz1975]

Mims are ace, I think 205/55s will fill the arches better & give you a nicer ride.

[320iAN]

Mims are ace, I think 205/55s will fill the arches better & give you a nicer ride.

i'm still unsure ..either 50 or 55??

i'd like it to feel firm on country twisty road's.. it's firm on the 17'z but terrible on tight twist's with them.

[kev76]

looks good.its given me something to think about (sideskirts)

[320iAN]

tonight i fitted a set of standard rear lights (for now)

half way fitted



both fitted



doing this also gave me a chance to clean another couple of areas

[shedrool83]

Much better with the oem lights Ian.Red tint the indicator and they will look awesome on your car imo.

[320iAN]

cheers Jake, i'm quite happy with the oem look to, i did like the after markets but the more i look at the standards fitted the more i'm preferring them

[oomz1975]

So much better with the original tails.

[Duke137]

That car has just tripled in value with those new wheels and standard lights, nice job

[320iAN]

thank's guy's.. be a few weeks before i have the mim's sorted out.. still trying to make up my mind about what finish i want the mim's to have? & if i go 50 or 55 series tyre's... decisions, decision's!

[320iAN]

small picture update
finaly got round to taking some decent pic's since fitting the standard rear light's & my new MiM wheels






and newly fitted strut brace

[zaust]

That's much better Ian.

[tonybtonyb]

Looking lovely mate

[320iAN]

thanks for the comments guy's

[redcar]

how come the rear valence is red rather than black?

[asmith88]

jealousys a terrible thing,

[320iAN]

how come the rear valence is red rather than black?

as my car has had full bare metal respray and all colour coded

[320iAN]

jealousys a terrible thing,

what's to be jealous off?

[mercdriver]

how come the rear valence is red rather than black?

as my car has had full bare metal respray and all colour coded

I want to do the same, but people pick up on it... obviously! Makes it look a little more Mtech2 without dipping in your sky rocket

It looks loads better now too!

[320iAN]

tbh.. i think it add's more to a cleaner look, it wasn't me who had the car painted it was done by the previous owner, he had it fully colour coded. when i got the car at first i was going to change/return the black areas & part's back but the longer i left them on the more i grew to like them painted

one day i may return the rubbing strip's back to black

[mercdriver]

I think that they might look a bit better back to black now you come to mention it could be on the cards

[redcar]

i like everything red, just i feel the rear valence bit should be black.
Keeping it black makes the back of the car look more skinny from a side view, and it looks good !

Like what you've done with the rest of the red though, looks smart.