318iS .. lights tinted: page 3

[320iAN]

1990 "G" 2-door
1.8 16v 136BHP
Brilliant red
seen as i've always been a massive fan of all E30 BM's it was only a matter of time until i got hold of another one, got this one on the 7th May 2010 and in a word it is a "belter" but like most car's on the road it ain't perfect (yet)



on the way home from collecting the car i heard a knocking noise from the N/S front strut so i stripped of the strut to find that the insert had not been screwed down so was moving in & out the strut case with every movement of the spring .. all the inserts & springs are spanking new, while it was stripped i noticed that the upper spring plate needed changed (one was like a T-bag! & should never have been refitted when the suspension was fitted ) so i stripped the other side down as i'd rather renew each side ;)

only real annoying areas are that the front wings got replaced when it got it's respray & the front was lowered to much and both front tyres have rubbed the lip on each wing & bent them a little (not 2 bad but there's not realy anything else wrong)

[320iAN]

got up nice and early today (saturday) to sort out the suspension upper spring plates, phoned euro car parts to be told "sorry mate, dealer supply only" so i called my local BMW dealer to be told there will be a 4wk waiting period .. i hung-up on him
so after a wee search on the E30 zone i was told that a E34 uses the same part's so went to my local breakers and stripped down a E34 for the part's got home and blitz my car, i also didn't want to refit the -60mm springs i had a near new set from my old convertible lying about so armed with a grinder i cut 2 coils off them and fitted them (for now, i'll be ordering new springs for it) it's sitting slightly higher up front than the rear but it's not realy to bad looking today i done loads of wee job's (mostly just checking over stuff) and got a start on cleaning the engine bay, not to grubby under the bonnet but still, a wee clean will do it no harm

i also took some pics of it as it sit's now (with the chopped springs fitted)





and some other pic's










this is the file of receipts and service history that came with it


interior



quite a rare item this .. apparently?



think thats all for now folks

[Alpina99]

That's a very nice looking car,
Excellent condition and the colour is perfect,

[smithysmith]

I like the wheels a bit like BBS LMs

[smithysmith]

I like the wheels a bit like BBS LMs

[tez180]

Really nice mate, not sure on the pedals myself, but suits the look.

[320iAN]

thanks guy's, the car came to basicly "as is" there are a couple of add-ons that personnaly i'd not have fitted but these are all easily swapped back to standard but for now i'll leave it as it is

[pac1982]

Looks really nice, never really like red E30's as i think it makes em look a bit cheap but really works well on yours, defo lose the eye brows though they look terrible!

[tomti]

bloody lovely mate. personally i'd lose the eyebrows then leave it as is

[320iAN]

thanks for the comments guy's, i'm thinking about doing the eye brows black? and also tonight i found that the centre material part on the AC Shnitzer steering wheel was hiding some thing far better looking



think i'll be keeping the centre cover off

[tonybtonyb]

Very nice

[320iAN]

collected these tonight from the last owner


either going to get them refurbed and switch between wheels every now an then or just give them a clean & a fresh coat of spray paint and use them for the winter??

[suchy]

Looks good! Looks rather agressive
Not a fan of the rear lights but that's just a personal thing.

[320iAN]

started building up a collection of standard "iS" parts for when i decide to return the car to standard (ish)
got
3 x 14" BBS (been told where to get a 4 rth)
most of the black side strip's & black bumper strips
Black front valance insert
collecting rear light's & orange front lenses on sunday

it'll probably stay much as it is for now
also spent over 4hrs cleaning & polishing the paint work today

all going well tomorrow i'll set about the dirty engine bay
as it is just now




better interior pics
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http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h32/j ... 0_1465.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h32/j ... 0_1464.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h32/j ... 0_1466.jpg


sorry for all the picture whoring

[peterrigby123]

I saw this on pistonheads a few weeks ago and was desperate to buy it, just haven't quite managed to save up enough yet. Looks great though mate!

[kingludba]

Looks really good, I love red bmw`s!!!!!!! What is your fuel economy like, just out of interest? Planning a m42 swap into my touring, going to be my daily driver.

Oh did I say... red bmw`s rock!!

[320iAN]

compared to my last car the 318iS is amazing on fuel i had a golf VR6 before the E30 .. sorry i never look at fuel use as MPG, when i get a car at first i judge my fuel use by the amount of miles i get for £15
in my VR6 i got about 50 miles so far in the E30 i've covered about 80 miles and i'm still a bit to go before the fuel light comes back on

[SLIMADI]

Looks really nice so far,yeah do the brows black and get some Dubmeister metal plates,would look nice to with some camber out back

[brent007]

love it mate, ive one with the red and black theme with mine, most hate it, many love it, and i wouldent change it, heres mine mate

[320iAN]

Hi Brent, your E30 looks good
ive seen your car on SWAPZ" .. you also sent me a message about my Golf VR6 via swapz a few weeks ago

[brent007]

lol, did i, yeah, i love my e30 to bits, but ive got a right bee in my bonnet about golfs at the moment mate

[320iAN]

., did i, yeah, i love my e30 to bits, but ive got a right bee in my bonnet about golfs at the moment mate

this was my VR6 ..

[brent007]

yeah, very nice, ive been offered a yellow wolfsberg edition with the yellow and black leather, im really liking that, but every time i look at my e30 i full in love again, lol

[tez180]

You would soon fall out of love with a Mk3 golf, my GF had corrados, built to last about 30 mins.

[320iAN]

You would soon fall out of love with a Mk3 golf, my GF had corrados, built to last about 30 mins.

nop, i'd have another Golf VR6 in the future, totaly under estimated toy's

[320iAN]

the eye brows have been shaved off
and another coat of polish has been added

[bigredbmw]

mine is also the red on black or should i say calypsored lol

[Duke137]

Nice car 320iAN I really like it

[320iAN]

small upgrade
tonight i sorted my fog lights, i rewired them as the original pins in the rear of the light/housing had rotten away and i fitted a black insert in to the front vent bellow the bumper




just need to get bulbs in the foggies so that they match more with the HID lighting in my head light's

[320iAN]

small update .... spent many hours on the engine bay today, in prep for the scottish modified show tomorrow





chassis legs

[320iAN]

and "the new stance" ive lifted it, -60mm springs are gone, -35mm now fitted

[320iAN]

if you've not noticed yet i'm a bit of a "picture whore"i was just about to post a pic of my car with it's suspension settled down now & now wearing 215/40 rubber.. then i decided to fart about on photobucket so i blurred out the back ground


i must admit it is a far nicer drive on 215/40/17 than it was with the 205/40/17

this is a pic of a tyre that was on the rear of my car

looks like the last owner had driven on it flat as it had a nasty deep grove right round the inside tyre wall as well as the very dangerous 7" rip on the outside wall, all 4 tyres had at least 6mm of tread on them but in the wet they were shocking!

[Kemix]

I like it mate, looks good without the eyebrows, I think the 60mm springs looked better :p I to have the dilemma whether or not to paint the eyebrows black, hmm! Did you fit the HID lights yourself? If so, what is involved? Is it just bulbs?

If your planning on putting the front indicator lenses back to standard, I will have the clear ones off you, say your price £

[320iAN]

cheers Kemix .. the HID kit's were already in place when i got the E30, think they are 6K ones but i might replace them? they can be a bit temperamental at turning one
i'll keep you in mind as & when i get round to changing it back to standard-ish looking
i agree that when it was -60mm it look excellent but with it running 17" wheels they were buffing the front arches, and had bent them slightly to & with us going a wee tour of Northumberland last month on holiday & with the E30 being my daily runner i thought it better in the long run to raise it

[Kemix]

Ahh, cool Ive just read the e30 wiki about HID's now i'm all clued up! Northumberland ay! thats where I am from, I was up there last weekend, and the roads are absolutly terrible, especially round the little villages etc! are they tech1 side skirts by the way?