Ocell's 318is

[Court M3]

Love those Ronal wheels. Car looks good overall.

[getouth]

Approved!

[kevvve]

loving the ronals a lot. id love to own a set.

[Blackout]

My fav 15" wheels. Jealous.

[meppadua]

Nice 318is!

[Ocell]

I just did a bit of interneting... it looks like the wheels are Ronal Turbo Phase 2's, so they are not the most recent (I think?) R10's.

I don't know much about street wheels, though, so I'm just working off of a quick image search and some forum listings.

I'll pop them off and look at the markings in the castings soon.

[word is bond]

Wow! Love the progress on the turbos...

[Ocell]

Hey AbsorbantNut! Good meeting you too. I wish it hadn't been so brief, but I'm glad I got to check out your car. I love it!

I did a little more work on the wheels today. I'm liking this whole "raw aluminum" thing.

[kts]

Nice car. I am drooling over those wheels. WANT!

[AbsorbantNut]

Looking good. It was nice meeting you last weekend. Those turbos cleaned up very nicely!

[Ocell]

Thanks guys.

I'm not sure if the Turbos are vintage. I know some had black painted branding and insides... these are raw all around. I'll pull one off and see if I can find markings that may show manufacture date or something.


One of the wheels had some super-baked-on brake dust and grime. Today I hit it with some Simple Green and Scotch Brite pads. I'm very happy with the results! I think I'll get these sanded/polished to a near mirror finish and then hit them with some fine sandpaper while spinning to get them a radially brushed finish.

[e30saam]

another e30 and yoter owner checking in.. this Thing is beautiful. Love the Ronal's. They look different than the regular turbos. Are they vintage ones?

[Bimmerista]

Nice 318is

Welcome

[tak7]

Nice score, I love the wheels!

[Ocell]

Hey everyone! I've been lurking for an e30 for a little while now. I'd always wanted one since hanging out in the Condor Shop years ago, and I got more serious about it in the past few months. I got SUPER serious about it when a drunk driver rear ended my 2001 Prelude and totaled it. The FWD was bugging me, anyway.

I kept my eyes out in Austin and the surrounding areas, but nothing really hit the sweet spot for me. Then Silence had a stroke or something that gave him a serious lack of judgement, and he decided to sell this 318is.

This past weekend I flew to South Florida, then drove the car to Sebring with the Condor and MAD Motorsports crew and hung out at the track for the weekend before driving the car back home to Austin.

The track day was a blast! I'd never done one before. It was certainly the best test drive, ever. Driving at Sebring was a bucket-list item for me, for sure.

I'll be using it as a daily driver, and hope to autocross it frequently. We have two clubs that meet in San Antonio, pretty close to me. The car is pretty set up already, but I'll be building on it over time, for sure.

My other vehicle is a 1988 Toyota 4Runner. I've built it up over the past year for fairly serious trail crawling. I've got a build thread here for anyone interested: http://www.yotatech.com/f199/ocells-...thread-255844/



What I know:
Ground Control coilovers
Eibach springs
Adjustable Koni Shocks
Condor bushings all around, subframe risers, power steering delete
Recaro GTI MKII seats
Momo steering wheel
15x7" Ronal Turbo wheels (drool)
Falken Azenis RT-615K
Some non-stock exhaust
A/C works



So far I've ordered a Red46 skid plate (http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=269486), odometer gears, some interior trim, a keyless entry kit, and I've got a set of Condor Speedshop motor and transmission mounts to install.



My new 318is by Ocell, on Flickr














And here's the truck for anyone curious: