Resurrection of my coupe

[woodisgood]

Hey, I have seen this car and I remember that CL ad, this is gonna be nice.

[White325is]

I hear ya, Im on the same coast as you. :)

When I bought my 318 in my sig last year this month it was just suppose to be my DD.
I was like well I will do the brakes and call it a day. Well I started ordering brakes and got a box of this stuff 3 days later.



The box that came a week later for the rear wasnt any better.
Now look at the damn thing in my sig. haha. I know exactly how it all goes down.

[evilnickwong]

Where did you get new center caps for the wheels? I have the same ones and one is broken. :) Nice looking build going along there.

[F34R]

Nice start off! And I love the tread, my favorite tire hands down. The look of the tread is second to none IMO.

[N2MYE30]

Where did you get new center caps for the wheels? I have the same ones and one is broken. :) Nice looking build going along there.

Well, when I bought the 2 better ones, he had three caps so I had to search for the 4th. The only thing that I could find close enough to work was a zender car. It was a touch to big to snap in but the outter diameter was good. Not really a problem with a bit of sanding of the tabs. I got the extra cap from ZMbluedevil. Thanks!

Nice start off! And I love the tread, my favorite tire hands down. The look of the tread is second to none IMO.

Thanks. I really wanted to be real detailed on this thread but its getting tougher to do that with time as a premium. The good news is that all of the above parts are going in tomorrow.

[N2MYE30]

Updates! Well like most projects it took a bit more work (monnies) that originally planned but thats ok because it was well worth it in the end...i think anyway.

I went to my buddies new place/garage (e30rapidic) to get some assistance. I wanted to get this done as soon as possible so many steps are left out here is a few.

Here is the front end about out. In the end I wound up replacing the outer tie rods and the front sway links. I needed them anyway and I was there anyway...its just money. :)

We didnt want to fak around with the m3 bushings install so I just dropped it off a a local machine shop. Removal of CAB and reinstall new CAB with control arms. One of the gland nuts holding on the Bilstein HDs wanted to be a PITA so we had the shop do that too. The best $45 spent that day!

Rears in.

Waiting to be run...HARD!

A rare pic of his cabrio.

Its coming together...

During this time I just needed to get things done so no pix of all said installed but it looked so nice seeing all new hardware. I think there is nothing better topping off a nice buildup than a new Roundel


Unsettled and painfully dirty. Its just dayum cold to do anything outside.

The stance is exactly where I wanted it. The wheels are dead on and the few miles I put on it is nice and tight. I will get better pix when I can wash the car without the bucket freezing over!

Cheers!

[evandael]

Dang.. that looks great! OEM+ as I've ever seen.

[Luis325]

Looks really nice!
Love the wheels!!
And that red vert ohhhhh sexy

[e30rapidic]

looks and handles great!

[N2MYE30]

looks and handles great!

Yes sir, it does!

I put some pix on the members rides section but I wanted to add to this thread. At least they are different angles. Now that the suspension has settled down, I think its right on...for me anyways.





Next is to give some attention to the paint. I did try a small area on the truck with some wetsanding (1k, 1.5, and 2k) then polished. I was amazed on how well this worked. I get some pix of this soon.

[bataangpinoy]

i like your wheel fitment, thats literally spot on. aggressive enough to look, but not so ridiculous that it hurts performance.

[GDA]

Perfect stance. Wheel gap, rake, tire sidewall to rim size are a total homerun.

I'll bet it looks even 10x better in a rolling shot.... again, very well done.

[BoxDriver86]

I would kill for my coupe to be that clean! I literally got online today looking to see an update, Sunday was nice enough to wash cars so I figured you would be on it! Too bad it hasn't stopped raining since then.

Epic work bro, looking fantastic as always! Let me know if you need paint assistance!

[N2MYE30]

I would kill for my coupe to be that clean! I literally got online today looking to see an update, Sunday was nice enough to wash cars so I figured you would be on it! Too bad it hasn't stopped raining since then.

Epic work bro, looking fantastic as always! Let me know if you need paint assistance!

Thanks! I still want to do a respray but I think the paint still has some life in it. Once it gets even better outside, I can see how far I can get to paint to come back without the spray bottle freezing up. Stop on by when you get in town on biz. :up:

[RecycledTeen]

Very nice - I'm a fan! Shoot, you have too many nice rides. You should sell me one of them! ;)