First E30 Brillantrot 318i sedan (OEM Spray Paint???)

[Czur1991]

Hey fellas

Just picked up this 1991 318i Brillantrot Sedan about a month ago and I am super excited to modify and enjoy this whip for a long time coming. . .

So I live in SoCal and I was shopping around on CL for a E30 and I spotted this red four door in the Sacramento classifieds and I hit up the dude through text and we made a deal and I wired $500 for a down payment! Soon after that I made my girlfriend and a couple of friends accompany meself on the pilgrimiage up north From Fontana , CA to Sacramento, CA which is a 7 hour drive one way!!! Xo

Once I got there we made small talk and went for a test drive and next thing I know. . .Bam! I'm driving off in a sweet E30!!!

Now the car has it's flaws ;l. . .but overall it's a solid 7/10

Here are some pics of when I drove off and some pics of it at my house. . .





This is at my house and and after a good wash and next to my friends 86' 325E







Well so far I plan doing small cosmetics like

-painting the trim molding black because it's pretty faded
-new tires because the stock ones rub like crazy!
-paint the underbelly "side skirts" red
-paint the lip and valances red again because they are faded

As far as performance and such. . .

I would really love to build this M42 to full turbo spec, I think it has potential and is super cool because many people opt for the M20 or 24v swap. . .

However a mean 4 banger would be dope!

I really want this car to stand out and to be more "go" than just "show". . .

Some things I plan on doing for starters. . .

-catback exhaust probably magnaflow
-new plugs NGK
-chip for 7,000 rpm!
-coolant flush and oil change
-need suspension overhaul!!!!!

more to come as I buy stuff and gather things. . .

any comments or suggestions are welcomed

[Matt341]

Looks like a great start love the color! Welcome to the E30 club.

[straight6pwr]

damn you CA and your clean cars. 7/10? Thats more like a 9.9/10 in Wisconsin.

[richardb]

Welcome to the club. The car looks great!

[AusScare]

What tyres are they? Perhaps rolling the guards would cure the rubbing?

[Ether-D]

I want so bad a late 318i-4(door)-5(speed). It looks great. Great score. Now put the center caps back on please.

[bubbalyland77]

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[rcsoundn1]

Nice car. Put the caps back on

[Czur1991]

Thank for the welcome dudes!

And as for the center caps ey, well the prob is the treads are a pain in the bootay to screw back on. . .I'm experimenting with refinishing the centers first. . .

Anyone know where I can get some bigger lips for a sweet deal??

These are BBS RS 601 btw. . .

[Czur1991]

What tyres are they? Perhaps rolling the guards would cure the rubbing?

I am going to roll the fenders, however I already got some used tires because i think the others were like 245s. . .just too wide for me. I don't like when the rim is all sunk into the tire. . .

:up:

[Czur1991]

Update

UPDATE here are some parts I've already got for the car. . .nothing too crazy just small stuff. . .

Condor CABS offset and a shift knob





Fuel filter and some gauge rings for the cluster, short antenna and a cool CAtuned plate trim



Oil filter and spark plugs




Also got some suspension goods. . .Lemförder control arms and tie rod assembly



Got a cupholder thanks to e30head.com and my friend who bought it for me



And also had purchased this E36 interior but decided to sell instead. . .

[CRBR30]

Great start and super clean!

[Czur1991]

Changing fluids and Spray Paint

Great start and super clean!

Thanks man!

UPDATE:

I was able to change the oil and radiator fluids successfully although I had some trouble bleeding the radiator. But good thing this is a DIY for everything forum and I got the problem resolved.

Spark plugs have been installed as well and when I installed the fuel filter I realized this car was running the OEM fuel filter :l 24 years!. . .

Now for the real interesting part!
I decided to give my car a nice facelift. The paint on the front valance was really dull and had a lot of smudges. So I decided to repaint the valance and the lip since it was black. I think the colored lip gives the car a better front facia.

What is interesting is that I stumbled upon some Duplicolor spray paint "Bright Red" and thought eh my car is Brillantrot (Bright Red) so I bought a can and sprayed a flyer to see how the color matched up and to my surprise it looks almost identical! so I decided to definitely do the front facelift.

* I know the car was resprayed at some point so I hope the PO got the correct Brillantrot color code.

Here are some pics. . .














Well it looks pretty good IMO. Anybody else out there who has Brillantrot can maybe verify if the color matches with theirs??

I plan on doing the rear valance and also the "side skirts" the part that is black. . .

More to come

[Ether-D]

Oh I just love some rattle can improvement. Looks effing awesome.

[Czur1991]

Oh I just love some rattle can improvement. Looks effing awesome.

Yes sir! It's cool what a lil can of spray paint can do

Thanks!