JayCee

So tonight rah came around to have a look at my 318i coupe.

Its a bit rough but in the end he accepted it as a trade for a getrag 260 manual conversion

Will get that this weekend maybe and my plans are to clean it up,

Paint it and replace clutch if i can snag it for a good price.

The rims are forever being put on hold longer and longer.

Would be good to manual convert first though.

Just need to replace a rear wheel bearing and then i will try my luck at a vtnz testing station.

This is either going to brake my bank or give me an ease of mind. It is an e30 though, predictions are a bit fuzzy.

Car seems to run fine and looks like a nice standard car with the towbar, roof racks and clean bottlecaps on original bmw suspension so they shouldnt get too picky. Maybe for the next wof when it is lower and has 9" rims all round with stretch tyres /:

Will post progression pics up of the gbox when i get round to working on it.

Thanks to hellboy for agreeing to do the conversion for me for a nice sum

I've done this before. Wasn't a great deal lower but it worked until I sorted something better.

Sweet might pick up a set until i can afford decent coilovers

Wicked. You could get 4cyl super lows (for a 318i, they sit abit lower in a 6cyl).

Did you roll your rears or get any rubbing?

Do you reckon 6cyl springs in rear and 4cyl springs in front would work?

What suspension are you running mate?

Not much of an update.

Person mucked me round for the coupe so no moolah to blow

I have replaced the chrome kidney grille with a black one, i think it looks nicer,

Got a battery sorted finally, lost the lower grille cover somehow so back to square one, will see ray for another one

Mums borrowing the bm until i get my licence back in may.

Not long to go now , hope everyone had a good easter weekend!

Keen on manual conversion mate,

Is the clutch factory? With all those kms?

Let me know how you go, I could be keen for a change from the blue leather too!

Sweet bro il be the guini pig haha

give them a go. blue recaro's havent been saleable for years i dont see that changing anytime soon

Hahaha hey easy tiger

Yeah i might do it aye. If worse comes to worse il just get them professionally recovered at the cost of an arm and a leg

Been looking on ebay and came across dynamix leather dye.

Have blue recaros and i am considering dying them black

Has anyone used this product and know if its reliable for a colour change

Or maybe i just wait for a black set to become available.

Cheers

Jordan

My offer still stands hehe

I have a 4.1 in my 325i swapping out sometime for a 4.1 lsd. How urgent you need one?

Has that dash only got a few cracks?

And do you have a sump guard on that thing?

Good condition bonnet badge? Maybe

Could be selling my full blue leather recaros,

Front, Rear and doorcards.

In good condition minus a rip in drivers seat on the side part. About 5cm long maybe

Bolsters are in good working order.

Looking for $600 for the full set.

keeen! andy please let me knw when your taking orders

Me three please

Hey bimmersporters,

Have some piccys to upload here.

Today i resprayed the grills with duplicolour bumpercoat, came out mint.

Attatched the german flag badge.

Attatched my is lip !

Have the lower plastic panel which goes on the middle of the lower apron, thanks to ray for the deal.

I read Marks 2009 post on changing obc bar and got it working, picked up of ebay for 30 bucks incl shipping and took 2 weeks max to arrive.

I changed the ariel to a non broken one.

I checked my diff, it has a 4.1 open no lsd like my old 325i so il be getting a 4.1 lsd from ebay since gramps going to tue states soon he can pack mule it home for me hehe.

I ordered a black kidney grille off ebay for 40 so ive left the chrome one unpainted. I accidently ordered 3 so if anyone wants one i can sell when it arrives.

I took an engine bay photo for you guys to check out, has a new alloy radiator,

Will be doing the old powder coat black rocker cover and intake manifolds and file the bmw detailings

Took a photo of my glovebox, i have an e36 leather bmw folder and put my e30 owners manual and service booklet inside, I like the bmw torch i found in there, havnt seen that on any of my last 5 e30s until now

Selling coupe next friday! I broke the push to start button so it needs to be hardwired back to ignition - starter.

Thats all for now guys.

Hope you enjoyed

Until next time

Loving it mate. Your very lucky to own such a mint example ! Holla at me when your bored of it

Sold

Man i love that colour! ♡

yes i had it on the Rectangluar bar and fit fine.

looking for $200 mate. as i mentioned i it brand new and retails for $250-$280 depending where you get it from.

let me know if interested.

Il have a think about it mate, my gramps are going to the state in a few weeks so i might source one off ebay and get them to bring back to me

Woo! So today i recieved a text from someone that wants to buy my coupe standard for $2000 hehehe more money to throw onto this project, Manual conversion or getting tyres on the rims to fit them? Decisions decisions. Will upload a pic of it before it goes, Hopefully this isnt a time waster though, shouldnt really get my hopes up, but seems genuine.

So the "father in law" - as i see him, haha,

Has told me to hurry and get my rims over so he can chuck them in the ute tray and paint them and we can sort out costs later so will need to do that soon. So it looks like things are happening, a good thread has a lot of pics and so far progression is slow.

Licence back in May so im looking foward to driving this car for the first time!

I really want to find some black leather recaros ! If anyone has any? Holla at me.

Enough for now, stay tuned

lol, no, when they retail at $600 i think not, price is firm thanks.

Just thought it was worth a dig goodluck with sale bro, might be keen if its still for sale at later date. Atm not really fussed on manual converting till the bbs are on and tucking hahaha

House > cars

That's why my cars have been neglected as of late. House reno's emptying the car fund lol

Well if you need a plumber haha

Would love to blow a sh*t load of cash on this like the ones you see on youtube and that but il save it till i win lotto several times

What adjusties if you don't mind my asking..?

Also any performance mods in mind??

Im thinking bc golds mate but nothing definate atm.

And not really, probably just a stroker 2.8 kit nothing extreme,

would love a big f**k off turbo but i think after this is done il be saving for a house

Bump $100 cash no lower.

to replace that lip that some pr**k stole from you.

Hope to make it look sweeter than my 325i i sold in august last year