Black Betty - E30 318is on Chrome 16"s! - Build thread

Post Sat Dec 12, 2015 11:48 pm

Hey guys, here is my "black betty"

Mods so far:
- Vogtland Springs
- Skid plate
- Smoked front turn signals
- Magnaflow muffler #11365
- Magnaflow double tips

Cheers

Post Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:34 am

Very nice !!

Hope to make mine look like that one day

Post Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:55 pm

jimbom30cab wrote:Very nice !!

Hope to make mine look like that one day

thank you!

Post Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:46 pm

very nice looking IS!

Reminds me of my First E30

Good luck with it!

Post Mon Dec 14, 2015 5:36 pm

Very nice. The iS - the nicest e30!

No center caps though? By choice?

Post Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:38 pm

Split_S wrote:Very nice. The iS - the nicest e30!

No center caps though? By choice?

Stolen

Post Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:15 am

Gorgeous IS, sorry to hear about the centre caps though ... Happened to my Dad twice when he had his back in the early. 90s, can still recall walking up to the car with him as a wee lad after we'd been ten pin bowling to see the missing centres... We were gutted and were at the dealer for the parts dept opening the next day , was a really common thing

Post Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:27 pm

Mr-Lachs wrote:Gorgeous IS, sorry to hear about the centre caps though ... Happened to my Dad twice when he had his back in the early. 90s, can still recall walking up to the car with him as a wee lad after we'd been ten pin bowling to see the missing centres... We were gutted and were at the dealer for the parts dept opening the next day , was a really common thing

Thank you!
If the dealer didn't want 50 euros for each of the center i would consider it, but since im getting new wheels sometime soon, it just isn't worth it...

The car is having some problems, which are delaying some of the mods i want to do...

It's consuming way to much fuel, 10-11l/100 (26-28 uk mpg if i'm not mistaken). I already changed the temp sensor, but it isn't better. Still a lot of things to check.

In the meanwhile i bought an is spoiler though! Can't wait to put it on

Post Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:31 pm

Absolutely, I agree if you are changing wheels son

I think they were cheaper back in the day in the early - mid 90-s when it happened twice to Dads car as it was really commonplace! Dad was so vain he didn't want anyone seeing it like that so was there at 8am the next day haha.

Sounds like you have good plans for the car - the IS will look ace

Not sure about the MPG as I'm not mechanically minded I'm afraid, a good service and tune up may help if you haven't lately

Post Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:40 pm

Yeah the car was serviced and tuned recently. I'm gonna try and check common things, like tire pressure, if the wheels are spinning freely, diff, o2 sensor, etc... Let's see if i can fix this

Post Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:57 pm

Sounds like a good plan mate, keep us posted

Post Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:07 pm

Mr-Lachs wrote:Sounds like a good plan mate, keep us posted

Absolutely!

Post Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:14 pm

Cheers

Post Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:44 pm

Another mod, is spoiler

... And the scars

i really need to paint the car

Post Thu Dec 24, 2015 10:33 am

Looks superb and makes such a difference

Always will be my fav spoiler.

Post Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:11 pm

Mr-Lachs wrote:Looks superb and makes such a difference Always will be my fav spoiler.

true! it even looks better when you paint it the same color as the trunk! I chose not to at this moment, because i am planning to paint the whole car soon. Spoiler alert

Post Thu Dec 24, 2015 1:12 pm

Excellent, it will look fantastic!!

Post Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:03 am

Post Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:06 am

Looking sharp!!

Post Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:36 pm

Regarding the mpg problem i talked about:

"Hey guys, so the car is finally back from the mechanic today. It was currently doing 12.2l/100 (before mechanic). Things that were done:
-New control arms
-New bushings
-New wheel bearing for front left wheel
-Lambda sensor got cleaned up and fixed, wasn't working properly
-other sensors all around were "touched up" and overall priming of car

Things he noticed that will need fixing:
Somewhat urgent: front right shock, almost gone
Not so urgent : the catalyzer is getting a bit obstructed, not much right now but still

Also right now the alignment is fucked up, given the work he did.

So... Let's hope the fuel consumption drops! Filled a tank today, will report when I have results!"

Mr-Lachs wrote:Looking sharp!!

thanks!!

Post Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:43 pm

Your car looks really nice. Much better than any of the newer models. Manual trannies are the bomb, too. Its really hard to find auto body work that can be done at reasonable prices any more. Do it yourself!

Post Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:00 am

Thank you! I would do the work myself if i could, but i don't have a garage at the moment... When i change apartments i hope to start doing some of it. Not that the prices are much expensive here in Portugal, and i have a "friend" mechanic, who does me nice deals

Post Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:05 pm

So the cat is out, and a resonator is now in its place. Much better!

Also...

New wheels!

16x9 et 20 back
16x8 et 25 front, 3mm spacers
Khumo Ku39 205/45/16
Full chrome

No wheel centers at this moment cause on of them got lost in the shipping. Will have them in 1/2 weeks

Post Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:32 pm

coming along nicely

Post Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:51 am

Really nice that mate. How come you swapped the Tech 2 spoiler?

Post Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:53 pm

It wasn't a Tech 2 spoiler, it was made by a Portuguese company

i didn't like it very much
i'm actually selling it atm

Post Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:02 pm

Now with the 4 wheel centers finally...

Ashley1995 wrote:Really nice that mate. How come you swapped the Tech 2 spoiler?

It wasn't a tech 2 spoiler

and i really didn't like it

Post Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:03 am

some more pics

Post Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:06 pm

Also, i changed the white plates to black license plates that old cars can use in my country

Post Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:07 pm

Parts that arrived today...

also, chip is on the way!

Post Mon Mar 14, 2016 12:02 pm

pics incoming!

Post Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:33 pm

Koni sport shocks are installed. What a difference!
My performance chip is kind of lost in shipping, still haven't got it

Some more pics from a event i was at, taken from photographers that were there: