Simonez Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 beauty springs had them on my 318is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I love that photo just spat my cup of tea all over my keyboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 Today has been quite productive. My brother was round earlier today and removed the entire mess of wiring that was the tow bar electrics. I'm not long in from removing the tow bar itself, and let me tell you that taking off a tow bar that is bolted into about 7 rotten and/or hard to reach places is fcukery of epic proportions. However, it's off now and I avoided breaking anything in the process !! Car goes to be welded tomorrow. Eek! A pair of scabby front fogs arrived today from escortedal. Between those and the 1 and a half fogs I already have I should be able to make a nice pair and have the front end looking more presentable. Top seller, by the way, as described and insta-postage Also today, these arrived:http://vwgolfr32.co.uk/images/Aero-Blades.jpg Needed some wipers so went for the aero look. Not very exciting, but hey. Ordered on Sunday and waiting for arrival on these:http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z170/h851gln/M3%20take%202/23012010905.jpg Clear front and side repeaters. Should tidy my rust bucket up a treat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_aaron Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 i've just thrown out the two crystal fogs i had on the 325 out!!! could have had them for the postage.oh well. what colour carpet you got? blue/black/grey or tan? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 Grey, lol. Forgot to say on my last post, it's booken in to fail it's MOT on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escortjas Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Grey, lol. Forgot to say on my last post, it's booken in to fail it's MOT on Monday. Thats the spirit! lol Should be starting to look rather nice now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madxrcabby Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 You going to cut those springs Sid? Word has it he's going to cut two coils off each. Fit to standard shocks and cable tie the springs in place Im also hearing hes going to be getting some 8j alloys with space saver syres streched over them lol :roll: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1097/primer17ai8.jpg shame you posted a pic of a 7x15 rim at the most mate cut the standard springs , get some stretchies , matt black it and strip it out , drift weapon , you know you wanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) cut the standard springs , get some stretchies , matt black it and strip it out , drift weapon , you know you wanna Hmmm, that sounds awful.... Somehow I don't think Sid would do that. Or would he..... ---------------------- Sid let us know how the car gets on at the MOT. Do you know it will fail? Edited January 27, 2010 by Escort_2f2f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) It will fail as although the handbrake is holdings, I think it might be only holding at one side, and it's high anyway. I can't sort it in the snow on my driveway, so I'll let the MOT station sort it out if they give a reasonable quote. Just back from a shopping spree at Oilman's website: Fuchs TITAN XTR 10W/40 High Performance Semi-Synthetic Engine Oil -5 Litres -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fuchs TITAN ATF 3000 Multipurpose Dexron II ATF -1 Litre-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motul MOTYLGEAR 75W-90 Gearbox and differential lubricant Technosynthese -1 Litre That should fairly freshen up the car and maybe add a few more MPG since I don't think it's seen a service/garage for a couple of years! Good prices at the website with the discount code shown in the for sale section. I also bought a cheap pump off of ebay for the gearbox and diff oils, since you can't gravity feed them. I also bought the customary:http://www.motionperformance.co.uk/images/New%20Car%20Scent%20magic%20tree.jpg Just away to source silver bulbs for the clear lights that arrived during the week! Edited January 29, 2010 by sidrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 nice to see you spending! even though the boot resembles a tea bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 The welding has been done on the boot, kevvie kev..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 i see - well with your history of beemers i susspect this'll back to rights in no time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 Fcuking hell, car's back here after some drama on the way (bald rear tyres, lots of snow, battery negative lead jumped off, needed a jump start!). Car is welded up a treat and has working reverse lights! Turns out it wasn't the switch, it was whoever had fitted the tow bar electrics had run an earth from the brake like positive wire to the boot floor! Anyway, after a discussion with the guy who did the welding I agreed with him that my shocks were fcuked. It takes waaaay too long to settle at the front and when we had it up I could see that all of the shocks were original items! That's 15 years old!I'm going to cancel the MOT for Monday and order in a set of shocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I'm going to cancel the MOT for Monday and order in a set of shocks. Flamin 'Eck sid.... 15 year old shocks lol..... Glad your getting as much sorted as possible..... should be a good car once your finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Got it into the drveway today! No towbar (rear valance to be refitted as I needed to take it off to remove the tow bar):http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/car310110001.jpg For those who don't know what a rusty E36 looks like:http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/car310110003.jpg No daylight!!http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/car310110002.jpg And yesterday I ordered these:http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/topmounts.jpgAs if the ones on the car are originals they'll certainly be fcuked too as these are a weak point on the E36 and E46. And these:http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/shocks.jpg Normally wouldn't go for such a budget set-up, however these have big following on e36coupe.com and come highly recommended for the price. Just waiting on the arrival of parts and the snow to clear then I can get cracking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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