318i the saga begins

[mc_hawkings24]

3bags of hardcore in the back could say its a skip on wheels, looks kinda low though


i bought it for £250quid off driftworks took alot of work to get it as straight as it is now.





results of the jet wash

[mc_hawkings24]

[mc_hawkings24]

[tonybtonyb]

Great! nice to see someone putting there car back together..

[bigredbmw]

lookin good m8

[DaveyB]

wikiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid!!!!!!!!

[mc_hawkings24]

Haha cheers

it was few hours a night at work with all the grinding and welding, didnt guarantee on finding rust where the fuel pipe filler was plus ive found some new rust around the arch lip area.

I put a new front panel on aswell as the previous owner drifting it into a few curbs

Just abit more welding then i can paint it

ive got this reiger splitter in the loft to go on

[mc_hawkings24]

[Alex]

Now thats how to repair towing eye rust

was that a genuine bmw Panel or Pattern part?

[mc_hawkings24]

Lol Well what has to be done has to be done.....proper job! its just your run of the mill pattern part from SVA panels.

Just need suspension and paint now

[mc_hawkings24]

new shocks and lowered 40mm and a smooth boot all welded up. I dont know why didnt do it sooner now the tech1's up for sale

[mc_hawkings24]

M42 when i got it in its e36 setup little did i know what a can of worms i'd opened up for myself




All new gaskets, front cover, sump, rocker cover all inlet gaskets, waterpump, exhaust studs and even front and back oil seals and new clutch
all in all a lot of dosh



Done on the day england got outed by ze germans from the world cup






I used the e36 dipstick and auxillery setup not sure if anyones done this caused abit of hassle had to weld a bracket for the dipstick
anyway i wire it up tomorrow and start it hopefully

[Alex]

Looking great

[mc_hawkings24]

Its working woohoo but dam loud with just a manifold i need the downpipe now which is hopefully coming tomorrow. I'm trying an e36 downpipe as it looks the same as the e30 version is discontinued.

[mc_hawkings24]

Update time but i never seem to take any pics

ive finally got everything working and running properly but i think its leaking from the chain cover again dam that crappy hermitite silicone. Anyway I have an m42 exhaust system that took ages to track down in good condition. Ive put on eccentric m3 bushes which makes it handle nicer.






Ive bought these bbs, a nice mint set with metal twisty caps and good tires certainly better than the 14" steels i had on previously! you can see them on the red e30 in the back ground which i did the swap from. It was ver mint and very nice, cheers jonnie.

Oh ive got full IS interior aswell

I also bought some paint, skoda race blue

[mc_hawkings24]

Not the best pic but ive welded the repeator holes up to give a cleaner look. Its illegal until i get the american bumper trim panels but then who's going to notice on an old bmw??

I had to do some more work to the rear inner arches, i wish i took pics there was a alot of welding. I made lower arch lips and spotted and patched the passenger rear arch up.

Ive welded up the hole for electric aerial thats fitted to the rear and my replacement aerial is a roof mounted touring aerial that i just bought

Found more rust the other day when i ripped off the rust trap Square plates on the front corners still i knew they'd be alittle rusty but meh. Ill get more pics up when i do the other side next week.

[magpie]

you have been busy

[mc_hawkings24]

I know production! Thats what happens when you give the mrs the wave and goodbye

[Kemix]

looking good mate!

[mc_hawkings24]

Decided to rip these off they are real rust traps after all even if they look fine



before





after

and some more rust but now it was the bulkhead sound deadening nut that was the offender

[mc_hawkings24]

Theres me thinking there was no more rust till i ripped those plates off

I think thats it on the welding front just the other wing repeater to weld up then paint prepping time.

If it gets done before christmas i might wrap it up tie a bow round it and push under the christmas tree ready to be opened on crimbo.....




next challenge is to fit the aerial

[cee]

Updates? I wanna see this Skoda'd up!