318iS .. lights tinted: page 3

[320iAN]

yeah mate, tech 1 skirt's fitted

[shedrool83]

Tell me that air horn is a dukes of hazzard one?

[320iAN]

Tell me that air horn is a dukes of hazzard one?

"why hell yeah!" Jake, they sure are
the full 13 note items
ive had them for yrs, it would have been a crime not to add them to the E30 lol .. only used them about twice over the past 2mths of fitting them

[shedrool83]

Class

[mattyb]

very nice dude, love the colour

[LondonTom]

Are those 'SE' side skirts?

thanks

[320iAN]

Are those 'SE' side skirts?

thanks

no mate, they are Tech-1 skirts

[LondonTom]

Are those 'SE' side skirts?

thanks

no mate, they are Tech-1 skirts

Thanks mate - great looking car

[320iAN]

small update & some more shameless picture whoring
as i like thing's to be clean i was getting fed up of how the front plastic grill set was looking more grey than black so i spray painted my spare set of grill's i had in gloss black & i painted and refitted the eye brows to




i also managed to get a few part's i'd been after that were either broken or missing ie: O/S shadow line gutter trim, interior light/door pin switch, a couple of engine compatment plastic's, air intake pipe & the all important "i-S" boot badge (not to sure if i'll ever fit it though??)

pics of the tweeters fitted (way back in June )





i also set about getting the "A" pillers as spotless as i could


couple more shameless pics



ive lost count off the amount of "are you selling the car mate" & the ££££ offers ive had for my iS

[320iAN]

finally got round to a wee job yesterday that i'd been meaning to do for a while

my car came with a fairly decent looking momo s/wheel but tbh i'd say it was fitted a few thousand miles ago and it's starting to show it's age, in truth it was looking far more worn than the rest of the 20yr old interior

momo wheel


once i removed the momo wheel i then had to drill new holes to the momo boss for my replacement "Personal" wheel, i also threaded the new holes so i could still fit the wheel to the boss as normal

Personal wheel in place

it has a nice carbon effect centre to it


i got the s/wheel from an Audi last year as i was going to fit it to my Golf VR6 but i never ever got round to getting a boss to fit it, it's slightly chunkier but is the same diameter as the removed momo

[polsta]

interesting, love the red and the condition and the cleaning- im a fan of cleaning and making your car look as best as it can !! although im not keen on eyebrows, how has the painted black grill holded up ?

have to admit...im not too keen on the rear lights/tech 1 skirts/fully colorcoded bumper look, looks a bit sort of "tech 2/modified" , think it look much nicer with black on the bumpers but thats just my view


what did you do on the inside of the pillars between door/car to get that clean and nice ? and on the top of the engine ?

keep up the good work

tip for ya.... see the pic of the door pillar/shut there, and the kick panels hanging down on the right side...take it down and reach in and bend the bracket up a bit that holds it at the back/right , and it will once again sit perfectly up top

[tonybtonyb]

Hi mate your car looks the nuts you have given it a very personnel touch i like it alot not many like this around.keep up the great work

[Ivorbign]

Hi pal, your car is looking pretty fresh. Just my opinion but I think the red needs to be broken up by something? A black stip?

Can you tell me the make of your exhaust? As I have a 318is with a tech 2 kit and i neet to fill up the twin exit hole! Haha also do you have any videos of how loud it is and some close up pics?

Will

[320iAN]

thanks for the comments guy's

the good thing with what has be modified from standard on my car is it can all be changed back to standard very easily & quickly, ive been going to change the strips back to the standard black item's a few times but when i take a step back and look at it i think it looks more up to date being colour coded, not to mention looking a bit slightly different from the rest, same for the rear light's but i also have a standard set just incase i feel like a change
Tech 1 skirts are staying i think they add just enough extra shape to the E30 boxy look as well as making the car look that little bit lower my wife recons they help compliment the size of the alloys as she thinks some E30's with 17" wheels look slighly dwarfed by the size of there wheels.

the exhaust is a custom built S/S item .. it's not too noisy but it does add a little grunt to the car's sound, sorry no video or sound recorded yet but i may do that this week

[Kemix]

thread revival! i do like your car alot, my HID's are also a bit tempremental when turning them on and i wired them up correctly and mounted the ballasts securely etc! Once theyre on theyre fine though. I would love some tech1 skirts, how have yours been fitted, bonded or clips/screws?

[320iAN]

what did you do on the inside of the pillars between door/car to get that clean and nice ? and on the top of the engine ?

keep up the good work

for cleaning the pillars i first sprayed all the metal/paint work with Comma hyper clean and rubbed it in with a brush, next i started to buff it all with liquid compound then i polished the area, then finished them of with some Auto Smart quick detailer

the air in take i cleaned that up by using a soft copper wire brush & the rocker cover was removed so i could use a copper wire brush attached to a drill, looking at buying a proper polishing set so next spring i can get the cover to a near mirror finish

this is a pic of the condition before i cleaned the rocker cover

[320iAN]

thread revival! i do like your car alot, my HID's are also a bit tempremental when turning them on and i wired them up correctly and mounted the ballasts securely etc! Once theyre on theyre fine though. I would love some tech1 skirts, how have yours been fitted, bonded or clips/screws?

mine are bonded on, when i first got the iS the skirts were held on with very strong double sided tape ... but i didn't feel to confident about them staying on, so i removed them and bonded them using tiger seal. they have the proper fstner/clips for the bottom edge for attaching to the cill, only holes that have been drilled are on the wheel arch lip's to hold the end's snug to the car

[polsta]

what did you do on the inside of the pillars between door/car to get that clean and nice ? and on the top of the engine ?

keep up the good work

for cleaning the pillars i first sprayed all the metal/paint work with Comma hyper clean and rubbed it in with a brush, next i started to buff it all with liquid compound then i polished the area, then finished them of with some Auto Smart quick detailer

the air in take i cleaned that up by using a soft copper wire brush & the rocker cover was removed so i could use a copper wire brush attached to a drill, looking at buying a proper polishing set so next spring i can get the cover to a near mirror finish

this is a pic of the condition before i cleaned the rocker cover

nice one mate, somethign i need to look in to on mine next n get the pillars nicer-not too fused about show sort of look but just nice and clean, and the rocker cover too, gave it a bit of a polish with autosol a while back but thats about it so far

[Kemix]

dont blame you, i wouldnt trust that foam tape stuff, only for number plates! I cant find a set of se or tech1 skirts anywhere in brilliant red. I am sick of naked sills if you were to replace the side strips back to black you would have to do the bumpers aswel IMO.

[polsta]

i just picked up some se skirts and front mud flaps last week for my is, currently debating what to do

[Kemix]

nice, get the skirts on but not the muddy flaps

[320iAN]

managed to fit the "fly-eye" tints today.. must admit, i'm very happy with the look, not to dark but just dark enough to blend in to the grill

http://flyeyeskit.co.uk/
kit & tools needed


before



after





very easy to work with, basicly fitted in min's

[Kemix]

Thats much better! Look very good mate, did u spray the rings black? I think i will go for the dark smoke though

Fancied some eyebrows did you!

[320iAN]

i'd sprayed the rings black a while back & i had refitted the eyebrows about a month ago

[Kemix]

Cool, how easy is it to get the rings off? Do you have to dismantle the light?

[320iAN]

no mate the ring's just pull off, they have one locating slot and 2 or 3 small holding clasps, when refitting them you place the locating slot in first then just press the ring's back on.

[Kemix]

Good stuff, cheers matey

[320iAN]

tinted my front indicator lenses now
BEFORE


AFTER



best pic i have of the light coming through the lenses (it's beteer than the pic look's


fog light's next??

[Kemix]

Nice one Ian, did you buy just one sheet of flyeyeskit?

[320iAN]

Nice one Ian, did you buy just one sheet of flyeyeskit?

yeah one sheet would do all 4 head light's, fog's, indicator lenses & the rear light's .. the sheet is 13.3" x 52.3" (inches)