2 door project for the wife (pic heavy)

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shedrool83
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Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:40 pm

I bought a 2 door 318is shell a few months ago as i wanted to use up spares i had in the garage.

Told the wife she can have it for a weekend toy when it's finished .


Shell was really tidy with just a few bits of rust here and there.


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few repairs


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Basically that was the rust taken care of.

The underside and arches were than given a coat of m3 underbody seal and new brake lines and fuel lines were fitted.

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Next a re-furbed front and rear beam and struts went on.

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Engine and box ready to go in

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Picked up an i.s seat off a mate

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And doorcards off of here

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That was the interior finished for now .Will be buying a new gearknob and gaitor but no hurry for that atm.

Boot carpet set came off ebay.

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Boot liner

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New bonnet insulation

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Scorpion Le-mans back box

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i.s lip spoiler and smoked headlights

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Few other bits and pieces have be fitted like HID's ,wishbones bearings,bushes etc

How it's sitting now waiting to go for mot.

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Things i still have to do

Paint and fit tech 1 boot spoiler when it arrives
Paint se sideskirts
And would like to stick a slipper on it
Also have a high comp engine to go in once it's had new seals/timing belt etc.
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Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:46 pm

Nice looking motor.
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Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:51 pm

wow, you've been busy and getting right stuck in there. I hope your Mrs gives you plenty of appreciation :wink:
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Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:55 pm

I like way you don't mess around, looking forward to seeing the end product.
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Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:55 pm

I think she will appreciate it.
The first car we bought together was a tech 2 325 se and she loved that.
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H759 FKN, My 325i Touring is H747 FKN, small world.
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Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:04 pm

Good work Jake :cool:
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Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:07 pm

i like!!! :cool:
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Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:27 am

Very nice! Looks like a tidy shell which must be nice.
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Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:23 pm

Thanks for the comments.

Yeah the shell is one of the cleanest i have seen.
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Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:55 pm

Looking sweet. Is that bonnet insulation genuine BMW?
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Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:48 pm

Craggy73 wrote:Looking sweet. Is that bonnet insulation genuine BMW?
I got it of a bmw parts supplier on ebay but it is the same as you would get for an i.s from bmw as far as i know.
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Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:36 pm

Great work so far!Keep it up :cool:
They don't make bm's like this anymore!..They should.
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Sat Mar 09, 2013 8:38 am

Actually really nice in white too, very tidy!
My other half has her sights set on an E21..
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Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:20 pm

Fitted a tech 1 boot spoiler

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Also fitted white gaitors to tie the steering wheel into the interior .
Bit in your face for me but i know the fork and knife will like it.

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Hoping to get booked in for an mot tomorrow and the journey to the mot station will be the first run its had since beginning put together, so fingers crossed.
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Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:29 pm

Good luck with the MOT, I'm sure it will pass.
Make sure you get some more pics.
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Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:33 pm

Looks like a quick turnaround on that one, very nice
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Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:45 pm

Now has a 12 month ticket and had a 20 mile shake down and all good .

will upload more pics soon when i get the chance when out and about in it. :D
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Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:45 pm

Another 20 mile shake down tonight went well.
It has a straight through middle section is making the exhaust to loud to the point its annoying.
The engine is holding temp and the viscous is working when it should so thats good.

Stopped to get a couple of pics of it out on the road as all the others have been of it in the garage.


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Will get it back into the garage at the weekend to fit the new short shift and bush and fit a new throttle cable as the one i had lying around is sticking abit.

Will also double check all the bolts and nuts, and fluid levels now its had a few miles put on it since the build.
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Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:36 am

looks solid does that. im loving it :cool:
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Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:29 pm

Looks nice.

Any details on the underseal used?
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Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:44 pm

Andeep wrote:Looks nice.

Any details on the underseal used?
Used 3m stuff from machinemart.
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