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Hey guys....my 316i coupe

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:00 pm
by E30GAV
hi guys, im gav, im 18 and this is my pride and joy...

Ive recently bought this e30, when i bought it, it was a standard black 316i coupe, and ive been a lil busy with mods....

First thing i did, is get her lowered with a 40mm kit, which made a difference, driving style felt completely different.

Then i got a full powerflow stainless steel exhaust system, which sounds like the dogs bol**x.

Then my interior felt lonely, so.....i got hold of a full black leather recaro interior, new steering wheel and crazy sound system!!!

Then it was time for the respray!!! i decided to get the factory spoiler removed and both front and rear badges flushed. With the respray i went all out, got a full respray inside out, with all new trimmings, including a mean aggressive eyebrow!!!

While she was getting resprayed, i saw some angel eyes and had to get them!!! This made me change all the lights on the car, and i changed the rear ones with crystal clear/red ones, and i got new fogs and e36 side repeaters specially fitted.

My spending continued and i bought some 17s deep dish rims. I personally think they set the car right off!!!

car
http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/8712/gav316i0pr.jpg


rear
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/8273/gavrear1ho.png


eyez
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/3609/gaveyez2of.png


Interior
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6895/gav35gl.jpg


Sadly, she was involved in a accident, where someone smashed into the side of her, and she went flying into the kerb....

the alloys completely cracked,
the wishbone was completely fcuked and steering rack,
One of the doors was completely fcuked
the angel got smashed with the impact

Luckily i insured all the mods :D
And she is coming back...better than ever, with all new mods!!!
Once the work has been done, i will post pictures...

Please let me know what you think of the car?
any suggestions? mods? styling?

cheers lads

gav

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:18 pm
by delboye30
looking good mate, i personally would recommend a set of Azev A's, like on my sport, proper old skool look.

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:50 pm
by pete320i
looks good mate, i like the colour. :D

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:21 pm
by fuzzy
welcome mate,looking good but your lucky the insurance didnt write it of after the crash.whats your plans for the engine side of things? any conversions on the cards?

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:54 pm
by Gouki
i've seen this car before, was at an Ace meet last year, i remember it because of the distintive colour. U buy it recently then?

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:15 pm
by E30GAV
Gouki wrote:i've seen this car before, was at an Ace meet last year, i remember it because of the distintive colour. U buy it recently then?
ye i think i saw you there aswel, i bought the car before i started drivin as standard black e30 . ixd it up quite quick.

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:35 pm
by Sanchez
fuzzy wrote:welcome mate,looking good but your lucky the insurance didnt write it of after the crash.whats your plans for the engine side of things? any conversions on the cards?
what fuzzy said.

why dont you take the cash, must have valued it high if its not written off with that damage, ive sean less damage write offs, what catergory was it?
atleast your keeping her going and if the body work is not so rusty keep the shell for engine conversion, when your insurance premium goes down.

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:50 pm
by E30GAV
ye basically 1 of my dads m8 got a garage n dus insurance work, so he sorted it all out. body work is absolutely fine, no rust wot so ever.
she gona go on 4 a while.

if i was to go for a conversion, whats the best way to go about it. is it better to buy another car (325i for example) and just swap evrything over, or are some of the parts the same.

sorry its just that i havnt gon into engine conversions much, stil know the cars but i wna know what to do bout an engine upgrade.

let me know guys. cheers
Gav

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:02 pm
by indy
lovely car mate...ive seen this before somewhere :cool: lol...i swear it was outside ma yard the other day...lovely car...comfortable n gets a lot of luks...very scary wen bhind you..

j

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:54 pm
by panesar_e30
nice car, good paint job. seen this at the ace :D

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:58 pm
by cliffybabe
nice motor mate, welcome to the zone

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:01 pm
by Jhonno
some good work there dude, like it

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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:29 am
by indy
any updates gav?

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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:27 pm
by Sanchez
indy wrote:any updates gav?
you doug this one out from the archives.

Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:31 pm
by BMracing
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