318is thread *Update 13/12/09 pg5*

[Alex]

My mate wanted me to show him some half decent places to take some pics, and decided to take a few with my N95, quality aint too bad but wish i had taken my camera

found some more rust the other day in the front drivers inner arch hiding about the size of a £2 coin so its probably 5 times as big

excuse the taped up rear valance at least its rust free

[Ollie_bwoii]

Looking really good Alex! Needs fog lights though!

[Rav335uk]

That is some brilliant photography there, the photos really show the details of the trees,grass,bushes etc.. and those garages, wow the colours are so vibrant




































































Oh and of course, your car

[Alex]

thanks

i dont want fogs, you use then 2-3 times a year unless you live in brum, i like it without

[no1_jazz]

looks like mine but just better lol

[ImysE30]

Looking good Alex, needs fogs IMO

Is the Scooby your mates?

[Alex]

Looking good Alex, needs fogs IMO

Is the Scooby your mates?

yep, he is an idiot he pays £3500 for insurance

[ImysE30]

Looking good Alex, needs fogs IMO

Is the Scooby your mates?

yep, he is an idiot he pays £3500 for insurance

Got any pics>?

Looks nice from what i can see

That's cheap, assuming he's under 21?

[Andy325i]

Great pictures, just need to shop the telegraph pole out of the top of the car

And you deffo need fogs!

Andy

[Joe-318i]

looking good alex, looks nice and clean

[Alex]

Looking good Alex, needs fogs IMO

Is the Scooby your mates?

yep, he is an idiot he pays £3500 for insurance

Got any pics>?

Looks nice from what i can see

That's cheap, assuming he's under 21?

well my mate recons its more that he says but he said £3500

he paid £4000 for the scooby too mind you its got £1000 worth of brakes

[ImysE30]

yep, he is an idiot he pays £3500 for insurance

Got any pics>?

Looks nice from what i can see

That's cheap, assuming he's under 21?

well my mate recons its more that he says but he said £3500

he paid £4000 for the scooby too mind you its got £1000 worth of brakes

How old is he?

Pictures Alex pictures

[Alex]

Got any pics>?

Looks nice from what i can see

That's cheap, assuming he's under 21?

well my mate recons its more that he says but he said £3500

he paid £4000 for the scooby too mind you its got £1000 worth of brakes

How old is he?

Pictures Alex pictures

i dont have any pictures, i think its just like any other jap shit, and thats shit

he is 18 he spends all his earnings from work on his insurance and car (living at home when he is 30 with a nice car you watch )

[sweep]

Fog lights alex ..come on.

[ImysE30]

I bet he beats you in 3rd gear though

How did he get insured? I'm 21 and half the companies don't wanna know until your at least 25

I want a Evo 6 but struggling with insurance

[Alex]

I bet he beats you in 3rd gear though

How did he get insured? I'm 21 and half the companies don't wanna know until your at least 25

I want a Evo 6 but struggling with insurance

it was probably more £4500 but he wont admit it

and he has 3 points

[ImysE30]

I bet he beats you in 3rd gear though

How did he get insured? I'm 21 and half the companies don't wanna know until your at least 25

I want a Evo 6 but struggling with insurance

it was probably more £4500 but he wont admit it

and he has 3 points

I'm still suprised he's got insured, insurer's hate these car's ££££££

I doubt it's less than 4k IMO

I got quoted £3k for my cabby

[Alex]

looking good alex, looks nice and clean

cheers

always looks that clean tbh becuase i'am always washing it

[Alex]

I bet he beats you in 3rd gear though

How did he get insured? I'm 21 and half the companies don't wanna know until your at least 25

I want a Evo 6 but struggling with insurance

it was probably more £4500 but he wont admit it

and he has 3 points

I'm still suprised he's got insured, insurer's hate these car's ££££££

I doubt it's less than 4k IMO

I got quoted £3k for my cabby

i'am 99% sure it is 4.5k not 3.5k

like i said my other mate said to me its not 3.5 its 4.5

[ImysE30]

it was probably more £4500 but he wont admit it

and he has 3 points

I'm still suprised he's got insured, insurer's hate these car's ££££££

I doubt it's less than 4k IMO

I got quoted £3k for my cabby

i'am 99% sure it is 4.5k not 3.5k

like i said my other mate said to me its not 3.5 its 4.5

That's alot of money to be paying

I bet it's quick though

[Alex]

its quick, its had stupid amounts of money spent on it upped boost etc, a grands worth of brakes, expensive exhaust, and suspension

although i would rather spend
£1000 on a 325i
£1700 on insurance for a year and the remaining on the 325i

[ImysE30]

Only around £800 for me now

You'd have loads left over too

[Alex]

Well i may aswell turn this into a bit of a resto thread, as it does need work as i plan on keeping it.

here are a load of links to do with it, if anyone is interested

newest first oldest last

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when i first bought it

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will keep everything all together now mods, sorry



some new bits and pieces came yesterday

bought some new clips etc for front grills as mine are all rusty etc and some screws etc for the light that i managed to loose when i had them out



also got a new door handle as drivers door had a big scratch down it, and some new wiper arms, also cleaned all the scuttle etc out

old wiper arms





nice new ones





clean scuttle



old door handle







new one



also sorting the rust out in my rear valance



found this the other day when putting a new track control arm on inside the drivers side front wheel arch



also my sunroof tray hopefully it wont be a new roof ratch jobby





as you can see when i bought the car i filled it with crust and touchup pen and all sorts

[On_a_Roll]

Come on Alex - get the headlining off and put yourself out of your misery.

Doesn't look bad at all from above.

[Alex]

never got round to doing it, maby tomorrow, had the front section off the other day to fit my map light mirror

hopefully i will get away with a small plate putting in or if its small enough prehaps just some filler?

[ImysE30]

Looking good Alex

Keep the shell mint

[Alex]

Had a closer look at the roof and somehow ended up with a repaired roof

ok, a weld would have been better but this should slow the rust process down a bit, and cost nothing, allready had alpine white paint, primer, body filler and what not

looked like this



in a moment of madness i pushed a screwdriver into it and smashed as much rust as i could out untill it was nice clean metal again, the hole was a lot smaller than i imagined, i though it would be quite big once i started to dig

cleaned some of the rust out



from underneith, painted plenty of krust on both sides



rubbed the top bit down to clean metal and painted that with krust



next i filled it with filler, making sure there were no holes, probably used too much (is the first time ive used filler)



Rubbed the filler down when it was dry and gave two coats of primer, then 3 coats of alpine white II



excuse the overspray

cleaned the sunroof tray out too

if i did it again i would deffinitly shape the filler a bit better and use high build primer, or possibly get the welder out and do it properly

[Ollie_bwoii]

WOH! Alex using filler, I never thought I would see the day!

In all seriousness, Looks much better! And a pretty good job!

[Alex]

i will never be 100% happy with it but it certainly looks better and should stop the rust or slow it down at least, will be using filler for the rear valance too probably to blend the new metal in

might give it another coat of paint to try and blend it in better

[bmwsport]

Bit of advice fella, those stainless steel sunroof runner plates you were working around in the tray are only held in with gobbo/putty shite, literally pull them up and take them out. They also go back quite a bit into the tray too so you can inspect the panel properly. With these out the repair process will be alot easier and a better finish will be attained. Also i hate to break it but as you can see you had quite a bit of bubbling coming from under them so there is most likely more rust lurking beneath.

[sweep]

Cut the grot out,or get a body shop too.

[Alex]

Cut the grot out,or get a body shop too.

smashed the grot out till it was clean metal

the grot was alot smaller that i thought it would be

[Alex]

At last the rear valance gets finnished (ish)



got this done tonight





The metal even has a grove in it where the valance groves, between the white and black bit, and the little lip on the bottom

there is still a gap underneith so it will get another plate in there, still needs grinding smooth, then it will get a light layer of filler and then seam sealer on the inside

Car is no longer a virgin to the welder

[Alex]

After filler, primer then stonechip



From inside, Needs a small plate putting in



Got more that i thought done tonight, Plan was only to get a light coat on but carried on and managed to keep my good cloths clean

paint





got carried away



Almost finished, just needs the black bit painting and the small plate putting in the bootwell floor









Really pleased, its ready for the POD too

[MillwallSE14]

great work looks much better. car looks nice