My Sterling Sex Puppet

[Digitalwave]

Hah, sorry Jordan. Lame attempt at humor.

I know there has been some interest in seeing updated pics of my car since the 5 speed conversion. Well I finally got to finishing up a lot of tiny issues (and some big ones) and a chance to detail the car.

The pics came out sub-par, since a lot of noise showed up on the camera and the location didn't lend itself to showing the depth of my paint, but oh well, here they are anyways.

Compliments & flames gladly accepted.





The new Eclipse headunit, with no built in amplification, and three sets of 8v pre-outs:


About the only picture that shows the paint depth:

[Digitalwave]

Mod List:

Exterior:::
'iS' front lip
Custom made front splitters
All red tail lights
Blacked-out 325i badge
Blacked-out kidney grill
Blacked-out headlight rings
Smoked sidemarkers all around
Smoked front turn signals
BMP front bumper filler
Hella H4 low beams
Hella 80/100 watt bulbs (clear)
Factory fog lights
Apex Engineering rear plate frame
Euro rear license plate filler
Euro front grills
refinished rocker panels

Tires/Rims:::
Yokohama AVS ES100's (205/50-R16)
16x7.5" AKT E34 M5 replica rims (ET18)
Bridgestone Potenza RE950's (195/65-R14)
14x6" OEM Bottlecaps (black centers/aluminum lip) (ET35)

Interior:::
3 spoke Sport Leather steering wheel
Suede e-brake boot & shift boot
Black leather seats

Stereo:::
Eclipse 5404 HU w/ 8v preouts
Infinity Kappa 5 1/4" Components
Infinity Kappa 5x7" 2-way Coaxials
Hifonics Zeus ZX4400 440 watt 4-channel amp
16g double insulated Monster Cable
DEI RCA cables
custom install

Suspension:::
AP Sporttuning 60mm front/40mm rear drop springs
AC Schnitzer-revalved Bilstein Sport front shocks
Bilstein Sport rear shocks
RTRS Offset urethane control arm bushings
RTRS Urethane rear subframe bushings
E36 cabrio rear shock mounts
brand new factory front strut mounts
removed spring pads all around
LUKAS rear strut bar
Sparco front strut bar (refinished blue)
BMP urethane tie rod & control arm dust boots

Brakes:::
Brembo brake rotors
Mintex Red box pads
Ireland Engineer Stainless Steel brake lines
ATE Super Blue Racing fluid
Rebuilt and painted calipers

Drivetrain:::
Auto-to-manual conversion
Z4 3.0L short shift kit with rebuilt linkage
Lightened single-mass flywheel
Sachs Clutch Kit
Deleted harmonic balancer
All new seals
All wear parts replaced
Redline MTL
4.10 Limited Slip Differential
Redline 70W90

Engine:::
Active Autowerke chip
K&N Panel filter
vented airbox
Apex Engineering blue ignition wires
aesthetic: black painted valve cover and intake manifold

[Rob]

how could you know post the most important pics?

we all know your car is pretty :P

[EtaSport]

but you left out the most important picture... the new shift lever!!! looks very nice. Is that near a dealership, or just a nice large bmw meet? What is it about site admins, and their silver e30s? they all just look so good.

[Rob]

mine doesnt

[UNHCLL]

You got rust on your fender.
And orange peel in that paint too....

better buy a new car.

BTW, whose ass print is that on the pass. rear window? ;) bow chicka bow wow..

[rwh11385]

Rob's is dirty, but he doesn't give a shit.

Yeah, how could you NOT show off the shifter, nor the 3rd pedal? We've seen your ride before, like a bagillion times.

;)

[EtaSport]

mine doesnt

you are a mod.. but now that i think of it, we've got you, and nando with sliver cars.. oh well, yours is still awesome.. all purpose track.

and yes, i was just about to ask for a mod list

[Digitalwave]

Chris, I bet I have less orange peel than you :oops: :P

It was night time so all the pics of the shifter came out like poo. Plus right now all I have is a torn stock vinyl shift boot and stock vinyl shift knob with no roundel insert :) I will try and take some interior digs tomorrow.

No ass prints, I just didn't get a chance to wash the windows, so they are filthy from leaning on the windows with wax and polish on my hands.

[UNHCLL]

Chris, I bet I have less orange peel than you :oops: :P

No ass prints, I just didn't get a chance to wash the windows, so they are filthy from leaning on the windows with wax and polish on my hands.

Orange peel = t3h Bernoulli effect: aka... faster on track. :P or so i tell myself...

Ass prints... so are and you know it. piiimp.

Looks sharp, whatever happened with the planned install for the new amp with the false floor?

[OldUser1]

First TJ-posted photoshoot thread with no automatic jokes...
Oh well I hope your enjoying shifting ;)

-Kenyon

[318driver]

but you left out the most important picture... the new shift lever!!!

I think hes lying to us. still no pics of the Shift lever and new pedal sham sham

[James Crivellone]

First TJ-posted photoshoot thread with no automatic jokes...
Oh well I hope your enjoying shifting ;)

-Kenyon

Shifting is fun, plus I think its awesome how we basically did our swaps at the same time, and did similar work.

its nice to see that both projects completed well :)


kickass job T.J

[nameisbradgreen]

Re: My Sterling Sex Puppet

Hand prints all of the rear windows...

hmmm what was going on in the back seat?

[trent]

Re: My Sterling Sex Puppet

Hand prints all of the rear windows...

hmmm what was going on in the back seat?

The license plate frame is more pimp. Thanks TJ :up: