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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:26 pm

Hi, heres my 318is which I managed to find for £495. What does everyone think of it?

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Bellow is my car pictured with my friends recently acquired Golf GTI.

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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:28 pm

Looks good, cool to see it side by side with its main rival too.
Not in E30s any more :(
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:28 pm

80's at it's best. :cool: :cool:

Welcome mate.
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:30 pm

Very nice :cool:
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:34 pm

nice find matey. Get that grill painted black :D
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:36 pm

GrindCulture wrote:Looks good, cool to see it side by side with its main rival too.
Yeah, my friend got a Golf GTI just to compete with me, its his first car as well so he's gone all out on his insurance just to keep up. The character of my 20 year old car clearly inspired him too.
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:42 pm

one word- AWESOME!
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:43 pm

Get some 'smiley' headlights fitted, looks funny without them! 8O

Nice looking car though - doesn't look like it's been molested!
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:43 pm

Very pretty car
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:47 pm

aj_mckay wrote:Get some 'smiley' headlights fitted, looks funny without them! 8O

Nice looking car though - doesn't look like it's been molested!
Only things that have been done to it (done before I bought it) are its had a Sebring backbox fitted and some kind of tacky door lock pins.
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:18 am

£495?!!....okay, I'm not totally jealous or anything... :cry:
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:09 am

Lovelly :cool:

One question - for £495 whats missing????? :D
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:24 am

ParksOfBathgate wrote:
GrindCulture wrote:Looks good, cool to see it side by side with its main rival too.
Yeah, my friend got a Golf GTI just to compete with me, its his first car as well so he's gone all out on his insurance just to keep up. The character of my 20 year old car clearly inspired him too.
And?? Whats the performance like comparison to each other?? winkeye
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:56 pm

bargin fella looks a really clean car...... :mad: ......and still looks better than a golf
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:57 pm

nice is :) cant beat a nice, cheap, black, is :D
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:58 pm

Daf318is wrote:Lovelly :cool:

One question - for £495 whats missing????? :D
A proper engine? :D
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Did they make is's in black

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Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:40 pm

Jon_Bmw wrote:
Daf318is wrote:Lovelly :cool:

One question - for £495 whats missing????? :D
A proper engine? :D
Lol - doesn't take long driving an is before you realise there are a couple of cylinders missing winkeye
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:38 pm

e21Jason wrote:Did they make is's in black

Jason

Yes in diamond black, but I think I get what you mean, it does look a bit like flat black. It comes up as an iS on AskMid etc.

Is it metalic black ParksofBathgate?
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:38 pm

Where do people find them for these prices? oh and car looks very nice
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:43 pm

why so cheap?? :x
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Any plans?
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:09 pm

I found my IS for £300, but it had a couple scabs and was well molested! Good purchase.
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mine was 800 and i thought i got a bargain^^ :roll:
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:28 pm

Good looking car - especially for £495 ! Looks low - especially at the back - suspension kit ?
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:05 pm

looks cool mate, i would say a definate bargain!!! :D
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:24 pm

Jon_Bmw wrote:
e21Jason wrote:Did they make is's in black

Jason

Yes in diamond black, but I think I get what you mean, it does look a bit like flat black. It comes up as an iS on AskMid etc.

Is it metalic black ParksofBathgate?
Yes its metallic, the service booklet says Diamond/anthracite
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capri_rob wrote:Good looking car - especially for £495 ! Looks low - especially at the back - suspension kit ?
Well the is is 5mm lower than the 318i as standard I believe, other than that I think its just a bit old and saggy.
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Daf318is wrote:Lovelly :cool:

One question - for £495 whats missing????? :D
175k miles and the fact that it was sold by someone who probably thought it was the same thing as a 318i made it so cheap.
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:33 pm

I don't know if any of you guys have this problem... but every time I go somewhere, someone tries to buy the car off me.

I thought I got a parking ticket the other day but it was a note left under my wiper saying "am interested in your car"

A couple of days before that someone in another e30 stopped the flow of traffic though Lincoln city center to get out and come and ask me if I was selling it.

Also the day I took my mate to get his golf the man working in the petrol station tried to buy them both off us.
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:45 pm

ParksOfBathgate wrote:
capri_rob wrote:Good looking car - especially for £495 ! Looks low - especially at the back - suspension kit ?
Well the is is 5mm lower than the 318i as standard I believe, other than that I think its just a bit old and saggy.
15mm lower due to MTech suspension, which is probably a bit saggy if it's on original springs.
Not in E30s any more :(
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:54 pm

ParksOfBathgate wrote:
Jon_Bmw wrote:
e21Jason wrote:Did they make is's in black

Jason

Yes in diamond black, but I think I get what you mean, it does look a bit like flat black. It comes up as an iS on AskMid etc.

Is it metalic black ParksofBathgate?
Yes its metallic, the service booklet says Diamond/anthracite
It was difficult to see whether it was metallic from the pictures, it does come across as a flat paint when pictured.

Some lad was driving infront of me in a 106 gti and I could see him looking in the mirrors, I was expecting him to want a race or something(lucky he didn't really, I would have got smoked! :) ). Got to a small rounderabout and he stopped, took off his belt and half got out of the window! 8O Shouted something, so I drew up alongside and he asked if I wanted to sell. If I hadn't have just fitted the LPG kit I would have considered it.

Unmolested clean examples will always have people interested, shit, rusty council turds have no appeal for real or genuine buyers..
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GrindCulture wrote:
ParksOfBathgate wrote:
capri_rob wrote:Good looking car - especially for £495 ! Looks low - especially at the back - suspension kit ?
Well the is is 5mm lower than the 318i as standard I believe, other than that I think its just a bit old and saggy.
15mm lower due to MTech suspension, which is probably a bit saggy if it's on original springs.
Ah right, I thought it was 5mm because when I had a look at lowering springs the 318i has 40mm lowering springs and the 318is has 35mm lowering springs.

Clearly my basic mathematical skills that I'm so proud off weren't applicable this time.
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Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:43 am

Just fitted some Jamex lowered, stiffened suspension that I got cheap off ebay.

Also just fitted some drilled, grooved brake discs which I also got from ebay

Will take some pictures once I get my calipers cleaned up and painted. - Any suggestions for caliper colour? I was thinking just black to keep it subtle, seeing as though there are no other colours on the car.
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Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:48 am

^^ Black all the way mate if anything...
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