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Author BMW e36 323i coupe - more shit 23/06/11
sand-eel
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5th Dec 08 at 16:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well since everyone else has non-corsa threads i thought i would too

Here it is on pistonheads



It has:-
2.5l straight 6
18 button OBC
half leather sport seats
electric rear fold out windows (rare option)
mtech wheels
mtech bodykit
m3 lower mesh
light up mtech gear knob
electric sunroof
black kidney grill
+loads, well spec'd.
nearly full BMWSH


Went and travelled 260miles about 10mins after i saw the advert, gave a deposit and got a car transport company to bring it back up here a week later.




The seats look dirty there but it was just the pic quality.

First thing i did was try to fix the steamed up headlights problems a lot of them have..

took them apart and cut the old bmw sealer off


then cleaned inside them everywhere with glass cleaner, (they were filthy inside) put them back together with orange sealer, now there is a slight orange tinge when you look at the headlights, like a eagles eye

I was sitting parked and then the back left spring suddenly snapped, i checked the other side and it had snapped maybe weeks before, so....


gave me an excuse to lower the lot with eibach pro-kit springs -35mm at the front and -30mm at the back.

Then MOT time, needed front disks and pads, 4 brake lines and the springs fitted, the pads and disks were under £100 (not bad for 286mm).

Then got some Z3 rear top mount reinforcers

these are laser cut stainless steel ones and are thicker than the bmw ones, the bmw ones are also mild steel i think.
these are to stop the thin metal from cracking were the shocks bolt on to.

To do:-
m3 rear lights
clear indicators
bmc cda
scorpion cat-back with STW tailpipe
prob m50 inlet manifold and BBTB at some point.



[Edited on 25-11-2010 by sand-eel]

[Edited on 23-06-2011 by sand-eel]
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Looks good, get the lights delensed though at the front and get some CCFL's in there too. Leather scuff master for the setas will bring them up like new aswell.

Rear coils are common on them for snapping the pig tailed bits offand the Z3 rears are a common and very good mod too
sand-eel
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I will probably keep the lenses with the ccfl angel eyes because they spread the light more, de-lensing makes the headlights more 'torch' like.
sand-eel
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8th Dec 08 at 13:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


Got my brake cooling ducts, which my OBC sensors can plug into.
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Nice
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wicked, more pics please
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quote:
Originally posted by Anty
wicked, more pics please
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quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
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Originally posted by Anty
wicked, more pics please
sand-eel
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8th Dec 08 at 18:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
here is a lovely snowy pic...
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lol nice car mate
sand-eel
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Fitted the cooling ducts and sensors...


left side, you can see a small plastic stick pokeing in from the right, thats the OBC outside temp sensor.



right side, the sensor is the round metal thing. I don't have a clue what this is for, it can only be good though.

[Edited on 09-12-2008 by sand-eel]
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Someones de-traction controlled the car, so the traction control primary throttle body isn't there, just a 90degree pipe. This should free up a few horses.
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9th Dec 08 at 15:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How much did the car transportation cost? How come you didn't just bring it back?
sand-eel
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9th Dec 08 at 15:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
couldn't be fucked traveling another 500miles.
sand-eel
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Genuine M3 clear indicators arrived today.
sand-eel
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13th Dec 08 at 13:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
block has been changed
NON-NIKOSIL WOOO!!!
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What?
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13th Dec 08 at 14:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i really fancy one of these now.

toying with selling my golf gti to get one
sand-eel
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13th Dec 08 at 14:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shit suppose i should have explained

the rusty metal tab there means the block has been changed by bmw to an alusil block instead of a nikosil lined block it had originally. the nikosil lined blocks corroded away by the sulphur in petrol, this means mine won't and the engine has possibly got around 30k or more less mileage than indicated.
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13th Dec 08 at 14:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nice that

how many buttons you got on the onboard PC?
sand-eel
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the full 18 button
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how much u pay for it buddy?

u2u me if you prefer
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13th Dec 08 at 18:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Needs M3 rears aswell
sand-eel
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yup i can get them for about £50 on ebay, but they have plugs for the check control module and i need to know if they will wire up.
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good stuff pal little touches always make these motors look fab

since ive had mine i have done the following:

Replaced the M3 badge
New wheels
Put the exhaust in the correct position
New M3 Evo splitter
New M3 Evo Bumper mesh
Black kidney grilles

Next on the list is Carbon bonett,boot and wheel badges



[Edited on 13-12-2008 by Mike Z20LET]

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