Sina's BMW 318i: Project Re-Shell & Beyond! (Starting Page 46)

[freeride53]

Your car looks great. You have my favorite sedan on the boards. Good job.

Thank you, that really means a lot.
Stay tuned for the ride over the next couple of years with this car - it's a never-ending progression of improvement.

[e30saam]

Your car looks great. You have my favorite sedan on the boards. Good job.

[freeride53]

Washed the car today, and since I was painting a bunch of pieces for the Peugeot,
I decided to sand down the iS lip which has been scuffed several times now, and hit it with few coats of black.
Lol drove to Ikea in the afternoon and it was lookin sooooo good parked :D

[lambo]

^ I don't blame you. I miss being able to toss mine around and not worry about possibly bending my wheels or something... I plan on raising mine back up in a few weeks or so.

[freeride53]

Yeah I really don't mind the gap in the front at all.
Some of you guys may be used to driving long distances with low, but I just don't enjoy it.
I put a lot of miles on this car everyday, and hate having to drive like a kook around cracks in the road.
I'm thinking I'll have to get some Bilstein sports for the rear to solve my rubbing issues.

[lambo]

get low... get low get low get lowwww



Edit: in all honesty all iut needs is to be evened out front to rear imo. I like them style 5's though!

[freeride53]

Looks pretty good. I have mixed feelings about the wheel gap though.

thanks. im cool with the gap though, i have other priorities at the moment.

someone's steppin up their e30 game!
looks clean bromo
is the front gonna come down at all?

thx brothaman. we gonna have to meet up next week.

i think that eventually, yes.. but for now, there are plenty of things on the car (ie: working headlights/interior/parking lights/etc) that need to be addressed.

[RUFFLZ]

someone's steppin up their e30 game!
looks clean bromo
is the front gonna come down at all?

[mbonanni]

Looks pretty good. I have mixed feelings about the wheel gap though.

[freeride53]

the fitment is all done. however the rear suspension is going to need to be firmed up a bit.

[freeride53]

Now that the wheels/tires are all done, it's time to focus on lingering issues

1. Need to RE-re-key the doors after someone who didn't know what they were doing rekeyed them to an ignition lock that i've since switched, though worse than before
2. install new ignition cylinder, matched to original VIN
3. fully roll up the rear fenders (fronts are done)
4. fix steering wheel squeek (wasn't reinstalled properly by same person who poorly rekeyed locks)
5. get OBC chime working again
6. respray iS lip for millionth time
7. get low-beams working and fuse #23 to STOP blowing
8. replace front speakers
9. get an allignment
10. stiffen rear suspension (shocks or springs?)

[freeride53]

Wheels are all tidied-up and together.

Couldn't have been possible without the help of kronus (Dmitry). Thanks a million man.

[freeride53]

^ gonna have to do it then. :D this car is no longer my "hoon on/smash around in all day" car. Cruiser status now.

[hfabricius]

I'd say go for it with the mudflaps. I always loved the way ak's car looked with the style 5s a oem mudflaps. It's a great combo.

[freeride53]

Oh yes. Style 5's are the light and way the way.

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Looks like I am right on time for the style 5 party, I will be putting mine on in a few days too.

yee, we out chea d0e.

haha headed over the the BMW parts store to pick up my new ignition lock cylinder in a few minutes.

what do you guys think about putting my OEM mudflaps back on to go with the style 5's poked out the way that they are sitting flush?