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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
