After a year of searching, an Alpineweiß story

[Oldemar Gutierrez]

I have always wanted to do a e36 window switch conversion.

A friend of mine told me about that, I wanna do that to my car. It is a 1991 325i USSpec 4dr... I might open a post when I get it "more presentable"

[freeride53]

Comeback!
Hey, but how the fack do you get such good mileage?
I get 17 mpg in my m42, and i don't drive like an ass.

[archie]

Alex, congrats dude! Car looks amazing! :shock: So stoked for you.
Keep it on all 4 wheels this time.;):D

A

[BeirBrennerE30]

I dont know how I misses this thread. Great build up. Almost makes me wish I bought an Alpine 325is instead of schwarz

[Mfever]

exact same thing has happened to me as far as the accident goes... same spot except no damage to the core support. My car was matching vins car too and that ticked me off but i went with brand new hood and fender from the dealer and its going for a complete respray now. Love what you've done with the car keep it up!

[Jean]

Nice progress man!

[iwantspeed]

well it has been a little over a year that i have owned the car.

I had to get it registered for the month of Feb, and had to have her smogged and I am quite pleased with the results.
smog place in Costa Mesa 50 bucks not bad


last year in January's smog


this year's in February smog



quite an improvement
o2 sensor
fuel injectors been rebuilt
coolant sensors
spark plugs
oil change oil filter
valve adjustment
air filter
fuel filter
coolant flush
various vacuum hoses.
a new used 173 dme, old one was shorting out.
(THANKS PEERLESS,ROBERT, FOR HOOKING IT WITH A FREE DME)


the car runs so much better then when i bought and this smog results prove it.

Since I purchased the car Dec of 2009 I have always purchased Chevron premium 91 octance fuel for every single fill up just for personal preference and the Jim Conforti chip.

My last tank cost 3.98 and currently its at 4.10 for a tank of Chevron Premium.


The first tank of gas after getting the car running.
the car was bone dry, empty light on.
the most i have ever filled up was 12 gallons, I was surprised to say the least when i looked and it was at 14 gallons :shock:



I'm getting an avg of 22-23 in 40% city driving 60% highway driving conservatively with a stripped out trunk and no passenger seat. :)

[iwantspeed]

A friend of mine told me about that, I wanna do that to my car. It is a 1991 325i USSpec 4dr... I might open a post when I get it "more presentable"

nice ya check this thread out if you need any help

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=52278&highlight=e36

http://www.strictlyeta.net/technical/e36switches.html

Comeback!
Hey, but how the fack do you get such good mileage?
I get 17 mpg in my m42, and i don't drive like an ass.

ya comeback
drive like there is an egg between your shoe and the gas pedal
don't crush it.
then drive it like you stole it every once in a while.

Alex, congrats dude! Car looks amazing! :shock: So stoked for you.
Keep it on all 4 wheels this time.;):D

A

thanks archie

I dont know how I misses this thread. Great build up. Almost makes me wish I bought an Alpine 325is instead of schwarz

well maybe you can add one to the collection some day.

exact same thing has happened to me as far as the accident goes... same spot except no damage to the core support. My car was matching vins car too and that ticked me off but i went with brand new hood and fender from the dealer and its going for a complete respray now. Love what you've done with the car keep it up!

I would love to buy a new hood and fender some time in the near future.
that would be ideal.

Nice progress man!

thanks jean

[iwantspeed]

small things that i changed over the weekend.

shitty emblem i got with the hood

old


new


my gas was really hard to remove when i went to fill up.

old


old vs new

new
I have filled up twice so it looks like the gas cap was the problem.


my glovebox handle broke and this will do for now, what i really want is a no lock euro handle.

broken

old vs new


much better, can't lock it but not that big of a deal.


I don't smoke and no one is allowed to smoke in the car, or ash in the car.
So i took the partitions out of the ash tray to give it more room for randomness.

stock




modified



I wanted to try out skateboard grip tape on the pedals to see if I like it.
stock


small upgrade possibly.


I ordered more goodies, they should be here soon.
U.S. smiley ellipsoids
e36 window switch
laminX
topgaitors shift boot and custom length ebrake boot
mtech stripe trim for the steering wheel
light bulbs for the hvac backlighting.
euro grills
m/// oil cap

[iwantspeed]

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[zxert]

Hows that grip tape working out?

What brand did you use? Jessup?

[iwantspeed]

Hows that grip tape working out?

What brand did you use? Jessup?

My friend works at a skate shop and got it for me.
works ok i guess.

[freeride53]

I'm about to grip-tape my pedals this weekend

[GunMetalGrey]

From my years of skateboarding I would recommend MOB griptape

[Hick]

i hid (put) my HID ballasts in the same spot.

lookn nice