I've always wanted to do one of these threads. Now that I'm making progress on my engine swap, I think now is the perfect time. This is my 318is. It's my first car that I've been driving since Junior year of high school in 2010. My father bought the car in the fall of 2005. We've had this thing for nearly 12 years altogether!
He bought the car in North Carolina from a guy that was OCD about this thing. My father said that when he bought it, the guy had just finished cleaning and polishing the inside of the wheels!! Anyway, the only things done at the time were: H&R sport springs, Bilstein sport struts and shocks, E30 M3 aluminum control arms and bushings, Ronal LS wheels, Euro plate filler, and basic maintenance. In the 5 years my dad owned the car, he did quite a few minor upgrades to the car such as Suspension Techniques sway bars, rear strut brace, 4.10 LSD, Mark D chip, "Mess under the intake" hose delete with Mustang injectors, Z3 short shifter, Momo steering wheel, Euro grilles, Bosch Smileys, front splitter, tweeters, and a Blaupunk headunit. There are a few other things but those were the big items.
I started driving it back and forth to high school in 2010. Honestly, I didn't know much about the car before I got my license. All I saw was a cool, old, faded BMW. Shortly before I got it, I started browsing r3vlimited and realized the car was basically a blank canvas for any and all of my automotive dreams.
Just to get this thread going, I'm posting the pictures of Spring 2011 before I did anything. I took it to the Mitty at Road Atlanta and parked it next to a beautiful E30 M3. There were quite a few e30s there that year, including Ryan Sermonet's gorgeous Calypsorot car (still one of my favorites). The only things done to it in 2011 was a cooling system overhaul, window tint, and I had the A/C recharged. In 2012, I got started in Autocross.
Stay tuned for more history of the car and future goals (think paint and a “special” 24v swap)!
He bought the car in North Carolina from a guy that was OCD about this thing. My father said that when he bought it, the guy had just finished cleaning and polishing the inside of the wheels!! Anyway, the only things done at the time were: H&R sport springs, Bilstein sport struts and shocks, E30 M3 aluminum control arms and bushings, Ronal LS wheels, Euro plate filler, and basic maintenance. In the 5 years my dad owned the car, he did quite a few minor upgrades to the car such as Suspension Techniques sway bars, rear strut brace, 4.10 LSD, Mark D chip, "Mess under the intake" hose delete with Mustang injectors, Z3 short shifter, Momo steering wheel, Euro grilles, Bosch Smileys, front splitter, tweeters, and a Blaupunk headunit. There are a few other things but those were the big items.
I started driving it back and forth to high school in 2010. Honestly, I didn't know much about the car before I got my license. All I saw was a cool, old, faded BMW. Shortly before I got it, I started browsing r3vlimited and realized the car was basically a blank canvas for any and all of my automotive dreams.
Just to get this thread going, I'm posting the pictures of Spring 2011 before I did anything. I took it to the Mitty at Road Atlanta and parked it next to a beautiful E30 M3. There were quite a few e30s there that year, including Ryan Sermonet's gorgeous Calypsorot car (still one of my favorites). The only things done to it in 2011 was a cooling system overhaul, window tint, and I had the A/C recharged. In 2012, I got started in Autocross.
Stay tuned for more history of the car and future goals (think paint and a “special” 24v swap)!
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