Diamond Gezzer 318is the latest

[polsta]

After some new paint and a good clean, took some new pics today and thought id share them

had the front valance and is lip painted

tech 1 rear spoiler painted inc the rubber color coded

picked up a z3 gear shift kit today to be fitted the weekend, and also various clips form bmw, like the front grill ones and stuff...ive replaced a lotm of clips n fitttings on the car, for penuts really i ove putting new gen bmw clips on the car and knowing theyl be good for years to come,little details like that i find really make a car nice,and a feel good factor, cars nearing how im really happy with it, the flakey is lip been a to job since i got it, and im very pleased with how its looking now

not a lot to go now, shadow line trim next to be painted,need 1 or 2 little bits , and then its on to the engine bay

it sits on bilsteins shocks and ebach springs

hope you enjoy..not bad for a 20 year old car eh ?

[polsta]

i love how its looking from the front now, makes the car look like the minter it is, rather than a flakey is lip, and having the whole valance done-superb

[German-Whips]

Looking nice!

Has it been lowered and if so, how much by?

[polsta]

[polsta]

[polsta]

[polsta]

always been meaning to take some pics like this

[polsta]

[polsta]

Looking nice!

Has it been lowered and if so, how much by?

thanks mate, im pleased with how its looking now, and recently done a lot of maintence and its now looking and driving the best it has since i got it

the springs shocks/ride height is how i bought the car, so never fiddled with it, not sure if/how much its been lowered or anything or how to check ? i like the stance of the car tho

[spook]

Nice

[Kemix]

Thats mint. Love it mate, nice work

[German-Whips]

You're right she sits nicely.

Looks in much better condition than my iS!

I always promise myself to start work on it, but never get round to ever doing anything!

[polsta]

cheers lads

spook, you about this weekend mate ? or was it next ??? having the quick shift fitted sat, but if your about this weekend you can do it if you want

thanks kermix...the cars nice, just a cple of tiny dents my mates gotta push out, hardly noticable from pics tho, and replace the rear bumper plastic trim, re paint the shadow line trim, a new center cap, and thats pretty much it for the outside ,im happy with it

also, where the mudflaps were on the front, bottom of wings a bit ropey, but i have a brand new set of mud flaps from the stealers to put on,cost me £100 ,will cover that up nicely, but im also on the lookout for a new set of front wings when the right ones turn up, to make it mint mint

also treated myself to one of these for £15 from bmw, looks nice on the keys




also im pondering "M" grill badge, what do you think ? £22 new they are

its comming along

[spook]

Ive got at least 3 more weekends finishing that house. then im free, but Barratts want 28 roofs and 1st fixes doing before xmas.

[gooner1]

Very .
Re measuring the drop, is,nt it a case of measuring from bottom
of the arch to the centre of the wheel

[cro320]

dear god...I looked all the pics twice and asked myself: who has taken my car pics??
and then I noticed you have a 4 pot

superb fella, nice, clean and black!

[polsta]

Very .
Re measuring the drop, is,nt it a case of measuring from bottom
of the arch to the centre of the wheel

is that all it is ? il measure it tomorrow

just put the latest reciepts in the folder, had a sum up with the calculator and its £900 of reciepts in the year ive had it ,then thers all the non reciept parts ive bought from people like adit, which must be about £500 , and then the sound system and stuff like the paint work today, talking £2000 ive spent on it in a year , and im still a few hundred from where i want it to be

[polsta]

also ...i have a spare set of 15" bbs sat in the garage that need a refurb,and want them different to the set on the car, and maybe something "a little diferent"

any ideas ??

[oomz1975]

just put the latest reciepts in the folder, had a sum up with the calculator and its £900 of reciepts in the year ive had it ,then thers all the non reciept parts ive bought from people like adit, which must be about £500 , and then the sound system and stuff like the paint work today, talking £2000 ive spent on it in a year , and im still a few hundred from where i want it to be

One of the many joys of owning an E30 & keeping it maintained well.
Really nice car, you can see alot of love has gone into it.

[polsta]

thanks mate, i love the car and loved every minute of ownership, its nice to look at the folder of history-and the part form my time of ownership its nice to see and have put in all the official bmw reciepts, spent a lot of hours on the car doing stuff myself aswell, and its nice to know a lot of the fittings,clips,screws have been renewed and the cars good to go for many more years

also...its amazing to think of the car has this week drove its 190,000th genuine mile, i see it as a real testement to the quality of the car and its loving owners, and its a pleasure to carry it on in the same way

[Kemix]

also ...i have a spare set of 15" bbs sat in the garage that need a refurb,and want them different to the set on the car, and maybe something "a little diferent"

any ideas ??

Get them refurbed with the centers painted to match your car, but leave the rims silver or get them polished

[oomz1975]

thanks mate, i love the car and loved every minute of ownership, its nice to look at the folder of history-and the part form my time of ownership its nice to see and have put in all the official bmw reciepts, spent a lot of hours on the car doing stuff myself aswell, and its nice to know a lot of the fittings,clips,screws have been renewed and the cars good to go for many more years

also...its amazing to think of the car has this week drove its 190,000th genuine mile, i see it as a real testement to the quality of the car and its loving owners, and its a pleasure to carry it on in the same way

I know exactly how you feel, I'm currently in the middle of a dash swap, including tidying & renewing all the old cables, wires, fixings etc etc etc.
I will be doing a thread soon with my progress.

[polsta]

also ...i have a spare set of 15" bbs sat in the garage that need a refurb,and want them different to the set on the car, and maybe something "a little diferent"

any ideas ??

Get them refurbed with the centers painted to match your car, but leave the rims silver or get them polished

have thought that-a mate runs a local metal place, and can do the polished lip , the wheels have a polished lip anyway but a bit corroded but not too far gone, and he does power coating but only black , i could gte him to do them and a nice mates price too

but im thinking maybe something a little different ? whats the thoughts on completley gold ? or gold with polished lip ?

not sure what other options there are really ?

[Kemix]

sounds good to me! Yes.. gold would suit your car, polished lip, gold centers and stretched tyres ....ok maybe not the tyres part.

[polsta]

are there any pics about of bbs done like that ? id like to see, or gold bbs ona black e30 ? (not the deep dish fandango types, but normal bbs cross spokes ?

il get a price from my mate on black/polished, and then dig about for gold/polished, although if that route id just get a mate to hand/spray them gold maybe, and get the other mate to just refurb the lips and polish them, he can also dip the wheels to remove all the paint etc

[capri_rob]

really like this car.

Only thing I would change at the front is to get an Oil Cooler insert for the valance rather than the blanking plate. Even if you don't fit an oil cooler IMO they look better than having it blanked off.

Apart from that don't change a thing

[polsta]

really like this car.

Only thing I would change at the front is to get an Oil Cooler insert for the valance rather than the blanking plate. Even if you don't fit an oil cooler IMO they look better than having it blanked off.

Apart from that don't change a thing

cheers mate...didnt know there was such a thing ? got any pics of one and part number/price ? or how much shud expect to pay for one used ?

also...is it worthwhile to get one rigged up and working to cool the oil ? if so what else is needed and price etc ?

cheers mate

just having a morning cuppa, gonna do a little engine bay clean up today, just de grease it ,clean any crap off, and maybe t cut the painted areas and back to plack the plastics

[Felix79]

The car was really nice when you got it mate and I am impressed you made it even better! I'll have to come down to some Pomey meets in the near future and take a closer look buddy!

[polsta]

yesm mate defo, be nice to see you ,hows the pina going ? got it back after that work ?

just having lunch then off to see what i can do to the bay , having a z3 quick shift fitted tomorrow,cant wait for that

[capri_rob]

really like this car.

Only thing I would change at the front is to get an Oil Cooler insert for the valance rather than the blanking plate. Even if you don't fit an oil cooler IMO they look better than having it blanked off.

Apart from that don't change a thing

cheers mate...didnt know there was such a thing ? got any pics of one and part number/price ? or how much shud expect to pay for one used ?

also...is it worthwhile to get one rigged up and working to cool the oil ? if so what else is needed and price etc ?

cheers mate

just having a morning cuppa, gonna do a little engine bay clean up today, just de grease it ,clean any crap off, and maybe t cut the painted areas and back to plack the plastics

Here ya go :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-325I-FRON ... 4153c0d030

Just needs respraying in Black with rattle cans and it will look the biz

[Speedtouch]

Is the 318is badge on crooked, or is it just my warped imagination?

[gooner1]

No need for the oil cooler itself mate, not for everyday use.
Motor oil has moved on a lot since the E30,s were made.

Don,t know what happened there.

[polsta]

Here ya go :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-325I-FRON ... 4153c0d030

Just needs respraying in Black with rattle cans and it will look the biz

cheers mate nice one, il get one and see how it looks , why not for that kind of money

[polsta]

Is the 318is badge on crooked, or is it just my warped imagination?

no its straight, camera angle or something


just cleaned the engine bay up, came up a treat

then just polished and waxed the car again and its looking so shiny,wouldn think the paint was 20 year old, just popped round my mates and another mate pulled up in a cabby m3 he just bought, black,not sure what year it was, nice car mind for £1600

he took 1 look at my car and said f**king hell that puts the bodywork on this to shame, what a lovely car...and was more interested in mine that the one hed just bought

quite proud of how the car is right at this moment, the painted front valance and tech 1 really finish it off nicely, its nice to look at it and see it really nice and not think well it needs this and that done to it

[Bakedbean100]

That is a really nice car you have, puts my is to shame! im hoping to go for the tech 1 and is lip combo aswell... I'll have to get to a pompey meet soon as im in Southampton alot. All next week in fact if anything is on?