Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) Hi all, I bought this car just before Christmas last year as a project to restore/do up. I have given it a bit of a tickle up inside, dyed the carpets black to get rid of the dirty cream colour, replaced the door cards with dark blue ones and threw on a set of seat covers just to clean it up a bit inside. It had king super low springs in the back and dobi sports in the front so it didn't sit very flat, so have replaced the super lows with standard lows to even her out. I got rid of the standard pipe, then made a 2" twin pipe straight through with coby mufflers, sounds beautiful but doesn't deafen you Most recently I bought a second motor and did a full rebuild from the ground up on it and have just finished the swap plus a new clutch and a tidy up in the engine bay. Runs lovely, nice and tight and pulls like a train (instead of smoking like one like the old engine) Next up is the body, couple of small pieces of rust on the rear valance to fix up and try get hold of a lower lip for the front valance, have bought the paint to respray the whole car in the original colour with a metal fleck. would also like to get either a set of bbs basket weaves or a dished DTM style wheel to pump out the stance a little. thanks for reading my thread and ill keep adding pics and updates as I go First day Original interior Rebuilt block Rebuilt head Completed rebuild Finished engine swap Stainless exhaust Touched up Interior, still hoping to get hold of a set of leathers for it but they seem to be tricky to get hold of. Eye Lids . Edited February 8, 2014 by Neil Payne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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slybma 38 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Nice work on the car it's looking good, E36 seat swap could make it easier to find leathers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Nice work on the car it's looking good, E36 seat swap could make it easier to find leathers Thanks man, have thought about doing exactly but I'm not sure what I'd do with the back seat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slybma 38 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 the e36 sedan rear seat will fit ive got one in coupe, it should be the same fit as the sedans as they share the same mountings Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Well that solves it then, thanks man e36 seats it is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slybma 38 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 These would look awesome http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/bmw/interior/auction-694263467.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 They would actually, get the tear in the drivers seat patched properly and they'd be perfect Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 These ones look pretty tidy http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=692585947 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slybma 38 Report post Posted February 9, 2014 Careful of the e36 coupe seats, the rears take a bit more playing around with to get them to fit, look much nicer but it's a bit of a mission Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted February 9, 2014 Ahh thanks for the warning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slybma 38 Report post Posted February 9, 2014 No worries i went through all the options when i did mine, tried the coupe rear but because they are split and normally fold down it would mean making up all new mounts whereas the sedan share the same design mountings so you can use the originals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted February 9, 2014 I think ill try stick with the factory mounts, certainly sounds like a lot less of a fuss and the sedan rear seat looks just as good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) New wheels on today, just need a higher profile tyre and I'll be sorted Will post pictures tonight Edited March 1, 2014 by Neil Payne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted March 1, 2014 is that a M20B25 you rebuilt? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Here she is sitting on the new wheels, getting a 55 profile tyre fitted tomorrow which should fill the arches a bit more. is that a M20B25 you rebuilt?I wish, sadly only a M20B20 though. Edited March 3, 2014 by Neil Payne 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tidy30 38 Report post Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Wowsers! 15's? Edit: yep, just saw you're selling some 15" tyres. Where did you get these? Edited March 3, 2014 by tidyverty 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted March 3, 2014 Wowsers! 15's? Edit: yep, just saw you're selling some 15" tyres. Where did you get these? Yea 15x8 all round. i bought them off a guy who imported them for a civic of all things (hence 45 profiles) but blew it up before they arrived so i bought them off him as a wheels and tyres package brand new. just need a 55 profile which will hopefully get put on tomorrow morning to finish them off Nice look cabriolet!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slybma 38 Report post Posted March 3, 2014 Looking good man, nice choice of wheels Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted March 3, 2014 Looking good man, nice choice of wheels thanks man, took a bit of hunting around and waiting to get them but was definitely worth it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tidy30 38 Report post Posted March 3, 2014 Are they replicas? Can't tell from your pic if its 3 piece or not. Still look good though Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Etwenty1 45 Report post Posted March 3, 2014 Ive got a couple of lip options. spare IS lip made by a member on here, ordered it, unpacked it then found a tech 2 kit so its unmarked. Also have the OEM facelift lower lip of my '88 e30. PM if interested. Items are in Tauranga. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted March 4, 2014 Are they replicas? Can't tell from your pic if its 3 piece or not. Still look good though Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk yea they're replicas, didn't have the budget for originals. Not a bad rep though I don't think.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tidy30 38 Report post Posted March 4, 2014 They look good to me dude. How come you didn't consider 16"s? If you're going the replica route you have a pretty large range of sources so they're not impossible to find. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Payne 3 Report post Posted March 4, 2014 I was actually going to buy dtm sugoi's but these became available for the same price so they seemed a far better match. Considered importing 16's but these were already in nz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
