JackBenny's 1991 318is Project

[tak7]

Incredible work, car is beautiful!

[TrentW]

If I were to do it again, powder-coating would be ideal. But since the back windows already had SEM on them, I had to use SEM on everything else so it would match...because I really didn't want to take those windows out again!

Oh yeah--forgot the 318is had fixed windows!

[pilotskillse30]

i just read this entire thread in 1hr...very awesome work, truly inspirational.

[schtozo]

Ive been reading this thread since yesterday, on my iphone was fun to read through.
Congrats Josh! You really made my day, nice project good luck with it and congrats on your new born. Keep us posted

[sandlock]

do you think the valence is warped or are some of the lip clips busted? Those things break surprisingly easily. thanks for the update, good stuff.

[Motorsports]

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Where can i get a set of these stickers. Love em.

[dannyyisntt]

Where can i get a set of these stickers. Love em.

http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=188146

Car looks great man!

[jackbenny]

do you think the valence is warped or are some of the lip clips busted? Those things break surprisingly easily. thanks for the update, good stuff.

The valance had suffered an impact and I reshaped it. The passenger corner sticks out a bit further than the is lip so that makes the end of the is lip roll inwards. I thought we had it under control during the body work but we didn't attach the is lip completely. Clips are all brand new too,

[dude8383]

Josh,

I'm referring to this:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=AF93&mospid=47305&btnr=51_0384&hg=51&fg=10

P/N # 1 - 51321904781

I'm getting a bunch of wind noise at highway speeds from my left door and slowly starting to drive me nuts.

[bernzpeed]

I just saw how my E30 is going to look like. I was going to get those wheels in the same color and I have an 89 325i in Alpineweiss II as well. That license plate filler is exactly what i have as well.

Although your seats look better. I just have the comfort seats but the leather on it is in great shape. No cracks or rips.

Your car looks nice and clean. Exactly how I like mine. Just thinking of smoke ellipsoids, smoke turn signal lights so I can continue the whole black and white theme outside.

The canvas:









The first thing that needed to be done (other than fixing the passenger side seat belt so I could annoy my wife) was fix that oil leak. The car dripped from under the steering rack but I would later find that the oil simply pooled up from its various sources. Many gaskets were replaced at the front of the engine. Each time one leak was fixed, I would find another one somewhere else on the front of the engine. This was disheartening and not the pleasant experience I was hoping for. The car was drivable and even a joy to drive but what wasn't fun was the pool of oil it would leave in my garage. Luckily, Christmas was around the corner and my wife got me something to cheer me up.



Yep, they're Rota RB's. It seems that these are hated almost as much as SportsMaxx. But I like them. I think they look good in the E30 Racecar Thread and part of me still misses the Datsun 510 that could have been. Specs on the wheels are 16x8 ET20 and the good folks at 18racing.com were very helpful with my wife when she called to order them. For tires, we went with Hankook RS-2's in a 245 section width. Yes, I know this is completely unnecessary with an M42 but I like the beefy tire look and I hoped I would have more power someday. The fenders out back were rolled flat and the front fenderwell was massaged a bit to get the wheels mounted:

[bernzpeed]

Forget what i said, I just read all of the thread and my does not come close to this at all. LOL. Yours is an inspiration.

[jackbenny]

Josh,

I'm referring to this:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=AF93&mospid=47305&btnr=51_0384&hg=51&fg=10

P/N # 1 - 51321904781

I'm getting a bunch of wind noise at highway speeds from my left door and slowly starting to drive me nuts.

Ah. To be honest, I did not remove the seal completely so I don't know about the attachments at the base of the window but it was pretty easy to remove the rest. I plan on replacing them eventually so I guess I'll find out just how difficult it is.

[jackbenny]

I just saw how my E30 is going to look like. I was going to get those wheels in the same color and I have an 89 325i in Alpineweiss II as well. That license plate filler is exactly what i have as well.

Although your seats look better. I just have the comfort seats but the leather on it is in great shape. No cracks or rips.

Your car looks nice and clean. Exactly how I like mine. Just thinking of smoke ellipsoids, smoke turn signal lights so I can continue the whole black and white theme outside.

<sigh> I miss my S4 avant :(

Thanks for the compliments!

[ahriley91]

Updates? I gotta know. haha

[Simon S]

Note to self: Children hinder car projects.