leithcm 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Hi All, After watching in the wings for the last quite a few months thought I would "make my presence known" as it were. This is my first BMW, acquired just over 3 years ago. While is a little older than what I originally intended buying, this one had a genuine certified odo of 17,070 km's when I first drive it; with such low k's it was worthy of attention. Nothing out of the ordinary has been done (so far), only extra work has been the Trademe specials (plates and Style 207 17" wheels with Pirelli runflats); and from E-Bay the 18 button OBC (wired in correctly so everything works) and a BMW CD43 head unit. After the odd niggle brought about by the car had sat for so long hardly ever being used were straightened out, it is a sheer delight to DRIVE! Had a JATCO flairing 1st - 2nd problem, which I solved by replacing the TCU with one out of a 4/97 320i (later updated EPROM) - now works perfectly - well as perfectly as an auto can be! Cheers, Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Welcome to the forum Chris Cars looking good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JaseNZ 53 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Welcome to the forum Chris plently of like minded people here more than willing to help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wom 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 nice looking car mate, that's some damn low km's for a '96 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuen 16 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Welcome Chris and nice plate. Was the 18 button easy to do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
isis 16 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 17000ks is pretty damn impressive! Well done... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3 SERIES 92 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Welcome. Good to see another E36 owner on here I would also like to know the ins and outs of fitting the OBC. One reasonably cheap mod to do is swapping the orange front, side and rear indicators for some clear ones. Makes a huge improvement to the look of the car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kerry 10 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 welcome mate , nice tidy 36 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fuzyfrog 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2009 Welcome indeed. I thought mine had relatively low kms for its age... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leithcm 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2009 Welcome Chris and nice plate. Was the 18 button easy to do? Hi, Thanks for the words of welcome. The 18 button OBC conversion was quite straight forward, I found a very good descriptive document on www.bimmerfest.com - here is a link: http://delauer328.iespana.es/OBC/OBC_2.pdf . I did my homework, got everything ready first, then got my son (apprentice auto electrician) to help me do the conversion. Took about 1 1/2 hours! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leithcm 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2009 (edited) Welcome. Good to see another E36 owner on here I would also like to know the ins and outs of fitting the OBC. One reasonably cheap mod to do is swapping the orange front, side and rear indicators for some clear ones. Makes a huge improvement to the look of the car. Hi, Thanks for the welcome. I did also consider the angle eyes, but heard not-so-good things about the one piece units - apparently one is supposed to get the type that have the corner lights separate, right? As I said to Mpulsive the 18 button conversion was very straight forward, had no issues at all. I did fit the right indicator stalk as well. If you would like to know more just shout; here is the link for the "tricky little book on how to do it" - http://delauer328.iespana.es/OBC/OBC_2.pdf Edited December 12, 2009 by bikerchris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bald Eagle 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2009 That's some low km's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leithcm 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2009 Welcome. Good to see another E36 owner on here I would also like to know the ins and outs of fitting the OBC. One reasonably cheap mod to do is swapping the orange front, side and rear indicators for some clear ones. Makes a huge improvement to the look of the car. Do you mean a set similar to this one on Trademe? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-259675590.htm Does anyone know the quality of these? Cheers, Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunner 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) Umm i think u wud be after ones like this TradeMe The ones above are for e46. I got mine replaced with clear front ones from bmw but should have looked on trademe for some cheaper ones:p yea whoops were supposed to be these ones updated Edited January 25, 2010 by Brenton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leithcm 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2010 Welcome. Good to see another E36 owner on here I would also like to know the ins and outs of fitting the OBC. One reasonably cheap mod to do is swapping the orange front, side and rear indicators for some clear ones. Makes a huge improvement to the look of the car. you are right, looks a LOT better! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
briancol 3 Report post Posted January 25, 2010 Welcome to bimmersport mate. Just one word of warning though regarding your lights. You have an E36 coupe and you must get lights for a coupe. The Sedan lights are different and do not fit properly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
