Hello for the UK, Shakespeare country

[tim323]

New to the forum so thought I would say hi. Been looking at the site for a while but only just registered. I'm Tim (username gives it away really ) from near enough Stratford-Upon-Avon. I'm currently driving a 2000 BMW E46 323. I've had it for 3 years now and only just doing major ish work for it now. Currently I've fitted number plate surrounds and pressed plates (not that major), replaced the OEM stereo and fitted some Lowtec coilovers. I've also picked up some BBS RC041 and RC042 BMW E36 328 sport alloys which I'm currently refurbishing.

Few pics below as I know that's what it's all about. I may start a build thread as there's a fair few pics

So this is how it sat when I first picked it up



And after the slight decking

[tim323]

Forgot about pics of the summer wheels. Doh
Now everyone in the UK go for either black, silver, grey or white centres, that's fine and dandy but I want something a little different. The colour is a BMW Individual Mora Metalllic

So started off like this



And then to this

[jasonklee]

Not bad.

Welcome to StanceWorks

[tim323]

Not bad.

Welcome to StanceWorks

Cheers Jason.

I know it's nothing to be compared to most of not all cars on here. But I'd like to think that's it's ganna be a nice subtle OEM+ project

[Anonymoose]

Welcome! Check out the UK section sometime aswell, looking forward to you progress

[mksturbo]

i like what u did to ur wheels ... good suff and welcome

[tim323]

Welcome! Check out the UK section sometime aswell, looking forward to you progress

i like what u did to ur wheels ... good suff and welcome

Cheers guys. Will be sure to check the UK section out, hadn't made it that far down the site until you pointed it out

Can't wait to get the summer shoes on, just one barrel to finish and then assembly time, after the polish and poor boys wheel sealant is applied urgh

[electricalbox]

Welcome to SW, and wow what a transformation of the wheels. That stock color on cleared lips looks nasty lol, love what you did to them!

[tim323]

Welcome to SW, and wow what a transformation of the wheels. That stock color on cleared lips looks nasty lol, love what you did to them!

Thanks man. I must admit I got the centres done by a pro as I wanted the finish to be spot on and also wanted them baked. I'll take nasty as a good thing I think cheers

[stinkinrich]

Welcome Tim, im originally a Warwickshire man from Leaminton

Great work on the wheels, id be very happy with those results!

[tim323]

Welcome Tim, im originally a Warwickshire man from Leaminton

Great work on the wheels, id be very happy with those results!

I'm actually that far from Leamington. I'm actually Wellesbourne, but put Stratford down as I thought more people would of heard of that.

To be honest I'm well chucked how they've come out. After they were acid dipped I found out they'd been shot blasted at some point so I've spend hours on sanding the barrels to get through the pitting, and I mean hours!!! Still worth it in the long run

[stinkinrich]

How old are you Tim if you dont mind me asking? My bro Robert Weller used to live in Wellesbourne so didnt know if you knew of him? Went to Kineton High. Now lives in Leamington for past 5 or so years.

[tim323]

I'm 24, 25 in June. Kineton High School, legendary school. Had a good laugh there. Name doesnt ring a bell to be honest

[electricalbox]

Thanks man. I must admit I got the centres done by a pro as I wanted the finish to be spot on and also wanted them baked. I'll take nasty as a good thing I think cheers

No worries, pros are needed sometimes. BTW I meant nasty as a bad thing saying the wheels before you did them (clear over the lips and stock finish) looked gross compared their current statis.

[tim323]

No worries, pros are needed sometimes. BTW I meant nasty as a bad thing saying the wheels before you did them (clear over the lips and stock finish) looked gross compared their current statis.

Plus being an individual colour it's not an 'off he shelf' rattle can. Ah get you, my bad. I though you meant the new finsh was nasty, as in "there sick" or "there bad"

Yeah they were truely nasty but the more desired staggered fitment and were a mile away from my house so couldn't resist a project. Some numpty had also taken the centre cap off with what I can only guess to be mole grips leaving some nice marks to sand through. They had been refurbed before but weren't split before paint

One method I tried:



Stamped through one centre to split it and split one of the stuben fronts using the above method.

By the way - Not my pikey wagon in the picture