sidrick Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 my apologies, read the post again lol and see ur mates is a 1.6 and urs is a 1.8. I still wouldnt be turbo'ing a 1.8. Has to be the 2.5 you turbo, absolute animals and sounds the muts nuts I'm happy with the 140bhp 4-pot just now. Nice light front end. Engine mods are miles away though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 Some good/bad news I've just discovered. The car had the optional M-Tech suspension (I think it was optional rather than standard on the IS model) which is excellent, however looking at it's folder of receipts, I think the springs (at least) will all have been replaced by now with crap. This leaves me with the question of do I fork out for replacement M-Tech gear (it needs a spring anyway) or do I just replace it with standard stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort4x4 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 stick with m-tech, look around on ebay im sure there are some knockin about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 *Edit* Just bought new Boge -30f/-20r springs. Quality make and a bargain price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escortjas Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Nice, did you manage to grab any better pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 Nice, did you manage to grab any better pics? Nah man, as said, dark when I go to work, dark when I get home. I'll grab some tomorrow. Any luck with that fog light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonez Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 *Edit* Just bought new Boge -30f/-20r springs. Quality make and a bargain price great springs them! i had them on my old e36 bmw slammed the back though, major! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 (edited) I've just been out in my shorts and slippers in the pouring rain to check what colour it is and to actually see it in the light. I took another couple of terrible pictures while out. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC10019.jpg Excuse the drip!http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC10021.jpg M42 1.8 16v engine. 140bhp @ 6,000rpm, 129 lb/ft @ 4,500 rpm, 113 bhp per tonne. The car is Dunkelblau, which means with a clean and polish should look like this: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/Leonzep/DSC04246.jpg Edited January 16, 2010 by sidrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danposs86 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Looks alright, colour will look great in the sun when polished. Do you get sun up in Scotland? Just in case you don't know what I am on about, it's the bright yellow/orange ball in the sky, you might have seen it once in a while through holes in the clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwd Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Looks alright, colour will look great in the sun when polished. Do you get sun up in Scotland? Just in case you don't know what I am on about, it's the bright yellow/orange ball in the sky, you might have seen it once in a while through holes in the clouds.In Scotland they call that the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 I think us Scots have to go as far as Carlisle before the first glimpses of sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 My mistake, it turns out you can see the sun in Scotland. In fact, you can see it through my cars boot Absolutely gutted. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC10025.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC10024.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC10023.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC10026.jpg Not really sure what to do with it now. As usual, a cheap car is turning into a very expensive one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwd Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Sh!t, how much is that going to cost to repair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 Quite likely too much. Will have to see if any of the mechanics at work can do a homer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) Well, I was out at it on Sunday to look at what else needed done. Saturday was a write off since it was torrential rain all day. It would seem that this torrential rain was a fantastic fault finder, as the interior was swimming. All 4 footwell carpets soaking, like, wring-out soaking, and under the back seat, too. Pretty raging about buying such a shitter, but it hadn't rained in many a day when I went to look at it, so everything was dry. Still, I couldn't sell on a car is such a bad condition with clear conscious, so I'm miffed at how others can. So okay, we've got some welding needing done, which maybe isn't a big deal. Get a homer and at the end of the day, it's not chassais rails, it's the boot floor. Water ingress. Far from ideal, due to potential for causing more problems(rot/electrics), but replace a couple of seals, give it some time to air..... no big deal.... Next I thought I'd check the electrics , as having followed the tow bar wiring (which needs removed to weld the boot) I saw that it looks like amateur hour on the rear lights where they've spliced in to take feeds for the tow bar electrics. This also seems to be where the boot water ingress is.My findings: No reverse lights and no sidelights. Shite. Replaced the fuses for both yesterday. No success. Really was thinking the worst at that point and considering jacking the lot in, cutting my losses and selling it as spares or repair.Replaced a sidelight bulb tonight, and........... it worked. Will grab another couple from work tomorrow and that should one thing scored off the list!Reverse light switch arrives at work tomorrow. £5 after discount, so hopefully that might sort the reverse lights, and would mean the electrics aren't totally shot... somehow. Ironically, this is the only E36 I've owned that's electric sunroof actually works perfectly! Haha. My brother who's a spaky offshore arrives home on Thursday and I've roped him into sorting out the electrics, so in a week's time, we should have the electrics sorted, spring kit on and welding done! Phew! LOL... epic typo. My brother is a sparky... not a spaky offshore...... Edited January 18, 2010 by sidrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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