Cooks m52 316i - going S54!

[B15NAC]

yea thats true!!! what wheels have you got or going to use?

[Cook318IS]

16" hartge, i was hoping to buy another one while i was away but i couldnt pay becuase i tend to get banned from my accounts when i access them abroad

[B15NAC]

nice looking forward to the meet next month, i think mats up for the rolling road day. im well pleased with my bbs wheels now they have been refurbed

[Cook318IS]

awesome, i'll put you guys down on the list. Get some pics up of your car then!!

[B15NAC]

i duno how to im thick!!! i wont to i want to change my picture to!

[Cook318IS]

take a photo with your camera/phone and get it onto your computer, then follow this. http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... &t=167475/

[Cook318IS]

As they say - a picture speaks a thousand words

[Jozi]

Nice one of my favourite (one piece) wheels!

[Cook318IS]

same here

I drove about a mile to my mates house tonight and lost a centre cap on the way luckily i found it and it is in one piece i noticed it was abit loose on the wheel but i have plenty of spares anyway.

[Alex]

Sweet rimz bruv

[DanThe]

Good choice

[spook]

[quote="DanThe"]

Absoulfuckinglutly

Mate, that looks the total dogs bollocks.

Henna Red?

[Cook318IS]

cheers guys

Shame its not a chromie eh dan?

[sweep]

Less its't more

[Cook318IS]

spook - its not henna red but its a coont to photograph. Forgive me if im being abit about photography here but no matter how red the car looks, it sometimes comes out looking like henna - especially depending on the white balance (in the first picture its abit off)

Its brilliant red btw.

[spook]

The first two pictures have that orangeness flavour, which like you say looks like Henna.

Henna/Red your car looks spot on, whats next to do?.

[Cook318IS]

fix the fooking wheel bearing becuase its driving me insane!!!

its booked for the vanos seals to be done next week, and hes going to look at the wheel bearings. I've then got my mot, so i need to sort the headlights out and it should be good to go.

Then m50 inlet, bilstein dampers, h&r springs and e90 drophats.

jobs a gooden (for about a week )

[bss325i]

Awesome! Reminds me of my old S50E30.

[Cook318IS]

Awesome! Reminds me of my old S50E30.

i thought the same, and tbh its abit of an inspiration for me really. That was a good specced car!

[glenn]

haven't had a look at this thread for a little while paul,
car looks stunning mate

[eko]

Looks perfect mate
My opinion...doesnt look like a 316i anymore so maybe lose the badge now?

[Cook318IS]

haven't had a look at this thread for a little while paul,
car looks stunning mate

cheers glenn, its certainly come along way!

Looks perfect mate
My opinion...doesnt look like a 316i anymore so maybe lose the badge now?

I dunno, i still quite like the badge on it. Although i still like the idea of a 316iS badge

(i'll be around 10:30-11ish tommorow btw)

[Blitz]

Looks great. Wish I had a 2 door.

[Dezzy]

Looks spot on mate. I really like this car for a facelift.

[Cook318IS]

Today was mot day today... Passed first time And last week i had the vanos seals changed and the engine feels even torquier - i couldnt believe the difference it made.

woop woop

[Dezzy]

Get it back on the rollers mate.

[eko]

Good new with the MOT mate but no surprise really after all thats gone into it.

[DanThe]

i had the vanos seals changed and the engine feels even torquier - i couldnt believe the difference it made.

woop woop

Quoting for the non believers

I did the seals on an E46 and the guy said it was like having a re-map, the difference is in the lower part of the rev range, especially on the twin vanos engines.

Well done Paul

[Cook318IS]

Get it back on the rollers mate.

the 2nd of october

I didnt think the vanos seals were too bad on this engine but i thought for the sake of a few hours labour from the bmw specialist its something worth doing - im glad i did

Thanks mr danthe for supplying me with the seals at cheaper than ebay prices

[Dezzy]

Your sig pic is really really

One of my favourite facelifts one here.

[Cook318IS]

thanks bud the photo was a last minute "i wonder how well this will come out..." sort of photo

[Cook318IS]

Had a few headaches with the car recently, and i still do. But its now sitting on new springs + dampers. Only crap pictures at the moment but im feeling abit ill so it'll have to wait, and its till needs to settle.







A big thanks to eko for all the effort hes put into my turd recently, absolute fooking star

[Dezzy]

Top facelift this one. Looks top's mate!!!

[eko]

Sits loads better mate and as you say im sure itll drop a few more mm over the next few days!
Bastard propshaft is a headaches though and has got me pickled

[Cook318IS]

Yeah this prop is doing my feckin nut in.

Basically (deep breath) Prop bearing was whining so we changed the bearing + carrier. The line on the two halves of the prop dont line up properly becuase its between the teeth (the orignal factory mark from bmw this is!). Lined it up, pre-loaded the bearing and im getting a vibration. Took it all out again today and went to the other side of the mark on the prop, again preloaded bearing and again - im getting vibration at about 20-30mph!

I never got it until last week when we changed the bearing