Tuna's 1991 316i

[tuna]

Here is my little 316i that i've had for nearly a year now. The car is currently standard except for a bit of ICE. For anyone interested, I will be making some subtle modifications to the car over time, here is what i hope to be doing;

Done
Weitec Ultra GT shocks and spings
Dare DR-B 16x8 / 16x9 staggered wheels.
Black leather sports seats, front and rear
Black leather / cloth door cards (after full black leather door cards - PM me!)
HID Kit 35w 6000k
IS Splitter
Front Strut Brace
After market 110dB horn
Smoked side repeaters
Smoked front repeaters
All red rear lights
Black kidney Grill
Streamline window wiper things
Sony MEX-BT3600U Headunit
Theloudest.com 6x9's TL-1692
Theloudest.com 1000w 2-Channel Amplifier
2x unknown branded 500w 10" subs

Things to be done... for now
New exhaust system
New airflow system
HID Kit 55w 4300k
Dye black rear shelf
Black roof headlining
Black carpets?
Engine swap!!
Turbo!?<3

Once insurance becomes a tad more reasonable i will look into getting an engine swap, aswell fitting new brakes all round and new suspension. If i can save up enough pennies i will get a respray to. Besides, i probably wont be able to afford this for quite some while ;)


Heres a few pictures of her in the drive





Some pictures on the downs







Thats it for now, more soon to come!

[MooZ]

what a beauty! very shiney!

[tuna]

thanks

[oomz1975]

I remember, back in the day, the first e30 I ever drove was a black 316i 2-door.
Fell in love with e30s there & then.
Nice car....

[leeparkes]

I plan on getting some standard e30 bbs multispokes and lowering the car by 60/40.

This is all this chariot needs imo.

Black E30 = Win

[tuna]

@oomz i think im in the same situation, have had a 106, then a rover 25 (money was tight at times!) then i got my e30. After having the other 2 cars for a year each i was eagar to move onto the next car, but i've had my e30 for a year now and theres no way in hell im getting rid of it!

and leeparkes i totaly respect that and i realy like having a totaly standard e30 but my bottlecaps are a bit corroded and dont clean out to well so a clean set of multispokes would help tidy the car up alot.

Also thinking about getting some of the original black coloured door cards and either replacing or dying my carpet to match the dash and door cards. Any ideas on how difficult it is to take the carpet out, and put it back in?

[tuna]

Since the last post i've fitted some new bits:) - Weitec Ultra GT Shocks + Springs, 15" Multispoke BBS, and some 30watt 6000k HID kit (regretting not getting 50-55watt now and maybe 4.3k next time)

Anyway heres a few pics if anyones interested.





Will get some better pics if its nice tommorow.

[rix313]

Coulda cleaned it for the photo's, psssh That is shiney as fook weldone Looks awesome.

[tuna]

at first i thaught you where being serious and was gonna say something! i spent bloody hours cleaning it! But thanks

[capri_rob]

Looks so much better with the drop and BBS - very nice looking car

[Duke137]

Nice chariot this, would benefit from some centre caps though!

[ah]

Very nice tidy car and looking a lot better on the the new BBS wheels.Only one thing were you going to fit caps to the wheels or are you going for the track look.Personally I think it would finish it off with caps.Anyway nice car mate,well done,

[mercdriver]

Nice chariot this, would benefit from some centre caps though!

+1

[rix313]

at first i thaught you where being serious and was gonna say something! i spent bloody hours cleaning it! But thanks

LOL! Yes I was joking Wanting to get my red'un's polish like this.

[tuna]

Yeah i do plan on getting some caps when i find a set that arnt outragiously expensive, i check ebay every day but always going for £30 for a single cap or about £100 for a set. Is this a resonable price and me just being tight?

[Jhonno]

Wheels and a drop make such a difference.. Nice work! Lovely little thing

[tuna]

thankyou

[cee]

Massive improvement. iS Splitter and Spoiler would do that wonders ;)

[ah]

Why not have a look a look on "For sale-E30 parts"on this forum for your caps.

[tuna]

Massive improvement. iS Splitter and Spoiler would do that wonders ;)

Those two would make a nice addition however i think im gonna stick to the im a 316 look.

Why not have a look a look on "For sale-E30 parts"on this forum for your caps.

I did have a quick look but couldent realy find any caps being sold seperately, although to be honest my ability to use the search function in these forums isnt to good

[mani]

Mint

[tuna]

Ok so 60mm Apex springs arived today and ofcourse i went straight outside, into the grizzly weather and swapped over the rear springs. One hour later and the world has one much happier person on it

Here are a couple of pictures of how it stands now, much better stance in my opinion. Couple of things have changed aswell, I bought a second pair of kidney grilles and sprayed them black, this may be temporary, not quite sure if i like it. ALSO! I now own one single wheel center cap! woohoo! And because im sad git i've even put it on!

[Jhonno]

Standard dampers?

[capri_rob]

It was all going so well and then you fitted black kidney grilles

Car still looks great but chrome grilles FTW

[tuna]

Standard dampers?

No, Weitec ultra gt's

It was all going so well and then you fitted black kidney grilles

Bah, well im sorry to disapoint you! Besides like i said im not sure if i like them, gonna keep them on for a week or so and see what i think

[Jhonno]

Does look better with chrome kidneys..

[capri_rob]

It was all going so well and then you fitted black kidney grilles

Bah, well im sorry to disapoint you! Besides like i said im not sure if i like them, gonna keep them on for a week or so and see what i think

No offence meant

[parkin10]

looks like it`s sitting better now

[oomz1975]

Looking good, drop & BBS make a huge difference.
Chrome grill>black grill...

[Rtaylor2208]

New springs make all the difference after seeing the pics from the old ones looks alot lower now.

[tuna]

Spent many hours cleaning the car today in hope of some nice pictures but due to typical british weather it was getting dark by about 3pm therefor the pictures dident come out as well as i hoped. Anyway here's a few, not alot has changed since last post other than new springs in the rear. Got some new door cards on the way aswell as a set of all red lights and front smoked indicators, so looking forward to gettin them bits on.

[tuna]

Well its been a while, not alot has changed over the months, other than the car producing minor rust spots in a few places. Oh and some all red rears that i got of a zoner i few weeks back. That also reminds me. new door cards fitted to... well semi fitted. Once i get some new chairs ill sort the interior out properly. And oh yeah someone nicked my centercaps from my bbs on new years eve, so that was a nice new year pressi. Anyway,heres some shoddy quality iphone pics of the all reds, and hopefully those rust spots will be fixed soon!

[Jhonno]

Chrome kidneys back on yet...?

[tuna]

yes, well for the time being! They are on and off constantly, being swapped for the blacks! I think though once i've got my ghetto wallet out and got myself some chrome lipped bbs rs rep's then the chromie kidneys will be on for good as the car will represent more of a chromey look.

[ah]

Chrome kidneys back on yet...?

2nd that,other than that looks great!