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What'd you use to clean them? other then plenty of elbow grease. They look great now. Good find

CRC brand wheel cleaner , a bit of bmw sound deading foam a e36 coupe and an old dish scrubbing brush

i was surprised how well they came up , i think they might have been repainted at some stage

they look to good for 15 year old rims , and these rims have a comon issue with flacky paint and clear coat etc

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cleaned some cars today and decided to get some pics of them all together..

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had lots of fun doing general maintenance on a car that has not seen any in at least 10 years.

jobs done yesterday after noon and today

the Little water pump hose that goes up the side of block

air filter

alternator replacement

alternator and power steering belts

plugs, leads, rotor, cap

fuel filter

found vac advance line off, put back on

found fuel pressure regulator air line off put back on

she idles way better now :D

to do still

oil change & filter

rocker gasket

power steer lid seal

install new carpet

re install interior

get sunroof working

get drivers door lock to unlock not just lock

get a few wiring fuzzys ironed out

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Good lawd Brent! You have a problem :P

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Alternator died on the E36 last week. Replaced the 80amp Valeo unit with a 140amp Bosch one.

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Anyone else notice the sneaky red compact that snuck into one of the photos? Haha!

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Anyone else notice the sneaky red compact that snuck into one of the photos? Haha!

Or the kid in the red shirt up the tree. :D

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Anyone else notice the sneaky red compact that snuck into one of the photos? Haha!

yea my mates one . he helped clean the cars

Bent how is the E36 supercharged beast going? Wouldn't be for sale anytime soon would it?

yes going well , just fitted recently koni adjustable shocks and bilstein springs .

maybe for sale what you offering??

upto 135k's now

Or the kid in the red shirt up the tree. :D

my oldest son

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yes going well , just fitted recently koni adjustable shocks and bilstein springs .

maybe for sale what you offering??

upto 135k's now

Now idea how much it would be worth if you have a odd number in your mind pm me it =)

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That's a whole lot of wrecks.

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Alternator died in the coupe yesterday, barely made it home..

Took out the old one and replaced with a spare I had kicking round, took out clusters and painted needles red, resoldered fuel and temp grounds as they were both playing up and finished putting in E36 window switches.

Succesful day off

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Removed the carpet and seats. It's pretty rusty! Certainly not going to be a road car ever again...

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Finally found some wide 16's for the Alpina, 16x8.5 fronts and 16x10 rears.

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Removed the carpet and seats. It's pretty rusty! Certainly not going to be a road car ever again...

should post some pics.

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should post some pics.

It probably isn't completely terminal, but I was thinking track-car...

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mmm pretty ugly

Yup, I'm hoping to be able to rip out everything, and then maybe get a firewall and passengers floor off a wreck, otherwise I'll try fix it. I doubt anyone will buy it in this state, so I may as well track it. Because race car.

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Yup, I'm hoping to be able to rip out everything, and then maybe get a firewall and passengers floor off a wreck, otherwise I'll try fix it. I doubt anyone will buy it in this state, so I may as well track it. Because race car.

I got a tig machine if you need a hand welding some new material in. the floor might not even turn out that bad after you hit it with a wire wheel and remove the loose stuff. Edited by polley

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wash and polish quick round the block to charge the battery

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I got a tig machine if you need a hand welding some new material in. the floor might not even turn out that bad after you hit it with a wire wheel and remove the loose stuff.

Cheers, I'll keep that in mind. Will be a slow build unless I manage to get a job soon though haha.

I'll probably hit it with the wire wheel tomorrow and see how it looks.

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went over to a friends house and ended up cleaning and waxing everyones cars!

my e34 535i, e46 f/l msport 330ci, e93 325i vert, a 2000spec dc2 type r and a 2003 clk500..

finished up waitangi day with a massive hotpot dinner :)

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