E30 Zone

while i was banned, as well as restoring my e24

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 94&start=0

i moved to the e36 world

a 318tds, and it has a decent spec, air con, leather and the M3 kit and door mouldings all came with it which was nice but it had f*!K all history apart form a few parts invoices and an MOT. however it drove well sounded fine so on gut instinct i bought it. i traced what history i could, but in all honesty it doesnt bother me too much on a car this age and for the sort of money they go for. in the time i spent looking at it, it didnt over heat or kick out stupid levels of smoke. its had some paint but no signs of accident damage. another thing i like is the lack of roof rails, gives the car a cleaner look


as with all car i buy, i have a plan and the plan for this were to slam it and run low very low offset wheels

so..........

1st up the important stuff, servicing and maintenance. changed anything that looked perished or worn, did the belts and pullies then the fun begins

gave the car a complete valet/detail

the proces was long and hard work, but the results are pretty good, piss poor pics from the mobiles camera but i'll get better pics asap



door mouldings off so the machine buffer doesnt catch them. badges ant other removable bits were takn off,i might add the car was masked up so no compound and polish gets on trims rubbers etc

the car was washed and de greased, the machine with G10 finishing compound, then weashed again and clayed, washed and then polished by mashine with AG super resin polish and washed again and wiped down with a 50.50 mix of ziano Z8 and water

then the next day, i've washed the car down ( get rid of any dust and tree sap) polished it by hand with AG super resin polish, then given a coat of Chemical Guys glaze and wiped down again with the 50.50 ziano mix. next time round it will get waxed lol

all trims re fitted and given a protective coating with 303 aerospace protectant.

engine bay has bee steam cleaned as well, also the car was jacked up, and cleaned under the arches, i should have got some pics realy but i just didnt have time, but to put it simply the are now white, not covered in black mud and dirt

some pics



the shuts






and even areas you dont see got some treatment





















and some interior pics

all cleaned up, and protected






engine bay was done as well

a tidy motor, although the m3 mirrors

What sort of MPG do you get out of it?

now the the rims on the car before decking it.







Close ups of the arch work, big up to Dips for the work here
front ,before and after

exhaust system is a custom S/S system



and DIY tinted rear lights, i didnt £200 on smoked rear lenses, and m3 style ones are hard to find these days, but i did find a set in the end



also smoked front indicators were fitted

had the windows tinted , itsa light smoke, and they are legal but the pics make them look very dark

front grill had been changed for DIY satin black one and numberplate blacking strip fitted on the front

Looks awsome in them pics

and some pics from PBMW magazine











there was some audio in the car as well

2 JL audo apms a 1000/1v2 for the 2 10" JL 10w3 subs in JL box
and 300/2 for the components

it was more than enough and hit 135ish DB

I was admiring this in PBMW a couple of months back.

Nice work.

the carbon badges were ditch for OE bmw ones, as i'd gone off carbon by that stage plus i was unable to source a rear one to match

the wheels are borbet c's 8.5 j et 13
jamex coilovers wound right down. the car was silly stupid low
engine was totaly stock apart from the exhaust system

bought built run insured T&T for under £4000

now sold.......


some other random pics






it even survived the ring trip

hmmm

Looks great. Love the tower block pics.

Blitz wrote:Looks great. Love the tower block pics.

pure council !

I think I want an E36 touring now

That's one stunning looking E36, great job done

Is it legal to have no front number plate?

armanib wrote:Is it legal to have no front number plate?

Says the jailbird.

Nice one Mr Kos, gotta love a clean detailed white car

that Wilson with you on the ring dude ?

GrindCulture wrote:I think I want an E36 touring now

you know i makes sence

ImysE30 wrote:That's one stunning looking E36, great job done

thanks

i did have couple of people on the e36 coupe forums say its the best e36 touring they have seen

it needed to have a better lump for that claim, but i think it made some moves in the bmw styling world. it certainly got attention at some of the Dub meets

armanib wrote:Is it legal to have no front number plate?

nope but i never had any aggro

Ant wrote:Nice one Mr Kos, gotta love a clean detailed white car

that Wilson with you on the ring dude ?

cheers Ant, as you know i've had thing for white cars for a while now

no, not wilson with me.

Love that mate! feckin lovely tourer.

Stunning Kos just stunning.

Thought I recognised it from the ring pics that were posted on here a few weeks ago.

I'd like the Mtech Front & Rear bumpers for mine but every time I see them up for sale they are silly money

how f**king low that looks the dogs

^^
stupid low, coilovers were just about wound down as far as they could go so at least 10cm deck

nice dirty six kos.. although a bit too low for my liking.. as around here the speed bumps are a killer... so when are you getting a proper engine in there

e30bmlover wrote:nice dirty six kos.. although a bit too low for my liking.. as around here the speed bumps are a killer... so when are you getting a proper engine in there

london is even worse for speed bumps, my road is covered in them

i did toy with the idea of putting a proper lump in there but sold the car now, and i have compact !

i'll get some pics of that up soon