E30 Zone

bought a 318IS last month as it was too good a price to refuse, car was standard except for 17" wolfrace alloys which i got rid of, was also missing the chin spoiler, it was ment to be a run anout but its a cracking little car and looks good next to the m3 so i'm keeping it for a bit and doing a few mods!!

as i said she was standard when i got her(except the 17" wheels), but here is a full spec and the changes i've done

16" AC schnitzer alloys, with falken 205/45 and 225/40 tyres
sparco twin tube front strut brace
se sides kirts, tech one rear spoiler, colour coded door handles, repainted wing mirrors (covered in stone chips and scratches)
real carbon bmw badge front and rear AC badges on boot and grill
smoked front indicators, side repeters and tail lights
standard is interior with AC steering wheel, gear nob, h/brake and peddals

soon to be added will be AC pin stripes to finish of the outside
H&R cup suspension/eibach anti roll bars/full polly bush kit rear s/brace
stainless/s exhaust with AC tail pipe,LSD, b&m short shift, re-map air filter, possibly half cage and maybe nitrous
oh and some ice

Looks good white/black wheels combo

When you come to sell it, I will have some parts off it for myself....Cheers

Mate that looks wicked.

Did you fit the skirts yourself?
Any advice/fitting tips/template you can give me to fit mine.

stevetigger wrote:When you come to sell it, I will have some parts off it for myself....Cheers

i'm sure you will!!

only got the wheels back a few hours ago, they look much better under proper light and in real!! proper refurbr, inside and out, just need to get the centre caps back on

eko wrote:Mate that looks wicked.

Did you fit the skirts yourself?
Any advice/fitting tips/template you can give me to fit mine.

yep, dips painted the bits for me, fairly simple to fit, mind you mine almost fell off till i did them properly!!

the clips you get from bmw's Ԛ£5 for a pack of ten, they clam them on to the underside of the sills and hold the skirt on, you are supposed to drill in to the sills and use top clips but i bonded them on with ............................ no nails !!!! perfect for the job and no chance of rust
hold them in place for an hour or so with a pair of mole grips at each end and done!

cheers mate.
I got the clips waiting and the skirts painted,just got to get them on the car now.
Just dont want to drill all the holes and find out they are all crooked when they go on.

Ill bare your tip in mind though!

a mate to help out is always good, but i manage on my own
dont worry about the no nails silicon/bonding, it works perfectly
was going to use the stuff they bond winscreens in with but dips ran out!!

Nice 318is. Liking the wheels. Always had a soft spot for white ones.

has that been round the nurburgring as im sure that decal on the rear quarterglass is the ring itself?

absolutely lovin it dude wouldnt mind some wheels along the same lines wat are they without sounding daft?

Gouki wrote:has that been round the nurburgring as im sure that decal on the rear quarterglass is the ring itself?

ist been aroung my "local" ring LoL, not the real one yet, this april/may hopefully. i just added them for the fuck of it, i think they are a nice touch to any german car, gets people curious!!

bellgtti wrote:absolutely lovin it dude wouldnt mind some wheels along the same lines wat are they without sounding daft?

thankyou

wheels are AC schnitzers 16" very very rare

cry cry at the rariety ah well shall spray the centres up on the bbs and lower it and leave it alone cheaper for tyres i spose

bellgtti wrote:cry cry at the rariety ah well shall spray the centres up on the bbs and lower it and leave it alone cheaper for tyres i spose

i always buy the rare things, keep em for a bit then sell them. just sold a set of 16" racing dynamics wheels

shows i should have been on the site earlier ah well plnty more kos bargains at some poiunt i hope

Kos wrote:

Gouki wrote:has that been round the nurburgring as im sure that decal on the rear quarterglass is the ring itself?

ist been aroung my "local" ring LoL, not the real one yet, this april/may hopefully. i just added them for the fuck of it, i think they are a nice touch to any german car, gets people curious!!

yeah they are a nice touch, wouldnt mind one to put on the boot lid.

Gouki wrote:

Kos wrote:

Gouki wrote:has that been round the nurburgring as im sure that decal on the rear quarterglass is the ring itself?

ist been aroung my "local" ring LoL, not the real one yet, this april/may hopefully. i just added them for the fuck of it, i think they are a nice touch to any german car, gets people curious!!

yeah they are a nice touch, wouldnt mind one to put on the boot lid.

i may have a few with me at ace on monday, for a small fee this could be arranged!! i'll have a few colours available too!!

Kos wrote:

Gouki wrote:

Kos wrote: ist been aroung my "local" ring LoL, not the real one yet, this april/may hopefully. i just added them for the fuck of it, i think they are a nice touch to any german car, gets people curious!!

yeah they are a nice touch, wouldnt mind one to put on the boot lid.

i may have a few with me at ace on monday, for a small fee this could be arranged!! i'll have a few colours available too!!

i'll think about that! got a few bits and bobs to purchase off fellow zoner Zayyan so if I have enough cash to lol! Be better having that then that M// badge and Motorsport badge I got on my bootlid! See you at the Ace with your ride!

Gouki wrote:
i'll think about that! got a few bits and bobs to purchase off fellow zoner Zayyan so if I have enough cash to lol! Be better having that then that M// badge and Motorsport badge I got on my bootlid! See you at the Ace with your ride!

will do buddy

kos shouldnt you be spending your hard earned cash on your m3 to make it one of the best

eun wrote:kos shouldnt you be spending your hard earned cash on your m3 to make it one of the best

i know, but the is will get sold if needed to fund the M3!!

got bored at work earlier so sneeked into the new car park and took these






spec at top has been changed, but basically i've just added smoked side repeters and tail lights and changed the strut brace for a sparco twin tube item, next i'll paint the rear valance all white and either a S/S exhaust with AC tail pipe or suspension. its got bilstein sprints all round which seem fine so i may just lower her a touch (60/40 ) and add the ARB's for the time being, but who knows what i'll do next but its getting expensive playing with 2 cars at the mo!!

but its worth it, if i cant enjoy my money now when will i??

shes fucking mint mate!

318-is wrote:shes fucking mint mate!

thank you
she's not been washed for a week or polished/waxed since i got her!!

lookin fu@king awsome Kos.
top work there, paint looks really good and lovin the wheels/dechromed on white, good work fella

that is a loverly motor! How much didi you get her for? She looks in fantastic condition with absolutly NO rust on it and the sils look like new! and those wheels look fa tastic in black with polished rims! hehe

i got a good deal on her, look at the top for more details, that all i'll say

the sills are spot on with no rust, i just added skirts to her. you normaly have to dril in and fit clips but i chose to bond them on and use clips on the bottom/under side only!!
there are one or two spots but nothing worth worrying about as its surface only developing from a scratch, its an honest clean car that why i bought it !! not rust on the arches or jacking points where they normally go, however there were front mud flaps which are notorious for attracting "growth" or the dreded red stuff, i removed them but all seems good there as well !! the only thing tht bugs me on the car is the usual e30's prob of scuttle rust (i have in on the 316i lux and M3) but in good time it will get sorted.

thanks for the positive feed back !!

just needs the drop.

panesar_e30 wrote:just needs the drop.

tell me about it

Told you before but I'll say it again. Looks very smart mate. I'd be proud to have that as my main project let alone my baby project.

Chat soon mate.

cheers nix

thanks all of ya for your feed back on the car. glad to see you like it

got an other mod ready for tomorrow!!

very very nice! im doing the same paint sceme to my AC 16" hopefully should come up like yours. they are very rear here in newzealand as well. i would say there is only one other set of them in nz

drifty325i wrote:very very nice! im doing the same paint sceme to my AC 16" hopefully should come up like yours. they are very rear here in newzealand as well. i would say there is only one other set of them in nz

thank you,
not many sets here either, i've seen 2 others at shows over the last 6 years or so. there is a guy here on the zone in barhain with a set like mine

the more im thinking how i dont like white,, i look at yours and im trying it hard to not like white !

nice one ! love car park pics