Joined the e36 crew (7/12/13)

Post Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:42 pm

Bought a tidy 318i touring from simon13

Post Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:06 pm

Let the peadoing commence

Post Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:22 pm

Looks clean, what's the plans?

Post Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:18 am

M43 powered shooting brake!

Saw this on the 5'er forum - looks a nice one.

Post Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:09 am

looks like you have water ingress or are a seriously heavy breather.

Post Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:36 am

pnd wrote:looks like you have water ingress or are a seriously heavy breather.

The latter, there was a late big hub MTech wheel that needed sniffing / licking !

Post Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:42 pm

is that frost on the side of the car or a bad rattle-can job ?

Post Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:30 pm

ImysE30 wrote:Looks clean, what's the plans?

Sort out any bits of rust creeping, waxoyl all the areas, paedo the car up and fit my winter tyres.

Post Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:24 pm

Whats happening with the E34?

Post Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:33 pm

Sold it two weeks ago.

Post Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:54 am

its dry inside, just its been sat for a 2 weeks and not moved till Mo came. The A/C soon cleared the mist up. All ok with her? MPGness on way home?

I'll wager its never seen a spray gun since the factory

Post Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:19 pm

No misting up now. Drives fine and I imagine Im getting good MPGs doing 60MPH with cruise control on.

Gave it a clean.

Post Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:10 pm

It needs some better wheels.

Those E46 16" and 17" 7 spokes are so bland imo.

Style 32's FTW!

Post Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:08 pm

Looks a good runner but like Barry say's, needs better wheels

Post Mon Nov 11, 2013 12:14 am

i agree but they do suit the car well when u see it driving down the road. thats the cleanest its been for a long time. Looks like it comes up a treat Mo

Sorry i missed you call i was playing hockey this eve

Post Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:04 pm

Ordered Meyle HD rear shock mounts with gaskets. £13.50 for the pair. Much better then paying £54 from the dealer.

Along with rear bump stops for £13.75. New wheels will going on which are smaller.

Post Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:10 pm

Decided to swap my winter wheels on. In the process and whipped out the arch liners out for a clean.

The void between the sill and wing was full of dirt.

Nice and clean. Will spray wax in this cavity later.

Dunlop SP Wintersport 4D tyres with Style 46 15" wheels. These were common on early 4 pot E46s and I used to think they were horrible. Its grown on me now and they are one of the few BMW alloys which are forged which means they only weigh 6.12 KG each. I've saved 17.52 KG of un-sprung weight all together.

Post Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:44 pm

Those and the early fine weave 15in bbs are my favourite e36 wheels, would like a set of either for the compact.

The ones you have were an e46 wheel really, but some very late e36s came on them too.

Post Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:07 pm

There was a very similar wheel on E36s common on the continent called style 34 which were a 7J width.

Post Sat Dec 07, 2013 11:47 pm

Time to replace the rear shocks. Old ones were toast and were the original Boge items from new.

Mounts old vs new. Old ones were cracked around the hole

Meyle HDs look noticeably stronger then the BMW originals

New shock all assembled with new bump stops, dust covers and mounts.

Post Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:54 am

Nice e36, quick tip though. Buy/borrow a dehumidifier and leaving it in there for a day or so and have a look how much water collects.

You'd be surprised at how much moisture builds up inside over the years, especially with older cars with door/window seals that are past their best.