16i Coupe From Portugal

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tiagozone
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Location: Braga, Portugal

Mon May 21, 2018 2:16 pm

Hi. Let me introduce my e30.
First. I´m from Portugal and my name is Tiago Teixeira.
I´m from Braga, north of Portugal.

My personal ig: tiagoteixeirak for more photos and updates.

This was when i first brought it.
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How it´s now.
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In this thread, i´m gonna share what i did to the car.

Thanks in advance and much appreciated.
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tiagozone
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Mon May 21, 2018 2:21 pm

First cleaning.
Then bought a original mtech2 spoiler. This thing is heavy af.
Bought also a front bumper, because it was missing one.

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More parts and some maintenance.
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How it sits after just 1 week of ownership.

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tiagozone
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Mon May 21, 2018 2:23 pm

Then came the biggest change ever. Time for some professional bodywork.
Also bought some style 15 and had them professional redrilled to 4x100.


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More photos of the paint process.

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First photos after the new paint.
Rocking no front fog lights and lip, because last owner removed them.

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tiagozone
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Mon May 21, 2018 2:29 pm

Then it came the time to do the first installs.

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The coilovers are from Jom. I know. They ride like crap, but for 250€ it cant get better then this.

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Very first photo after the coilover install
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After all this random mods and restorations came the front lip.
Rieger lip.
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tiagozone
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Mon May 21, 2018 2:35 pm

The exterior is almost done, for now.
The interior was needing some attention.

Original silver carpet and the new black one.

Original:
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New:
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Original black confort lether seats.
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And the like new, 318is uberkaro confort seats.
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Got myself a new steering wheel and shift knob.

Atiwe steering wheel and a custom made Wood copy of Rennstall shift Knob.
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First show i attended.
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And installed the original euro late model lip, because i dont want anyone to steel my rieger one.
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martauto
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Mon May 21, 2018 2:37 pm

Lovin them wheels mate, they really suit it well, and very glad it rains over there as well.lol.

Mart.
Only the E46 cab left now.
Just got too old.
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tiagozone
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Mon May 21, 2018 3:29 pm

martauto wrote:Lovin them wheels mate, they really suit it well, and very glad it rains over there as well.lol.

Mart.
Thanks. In Portugal we only get rain from February to April.
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