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Hi! I'm Stefan, 29 y/o and from the city of Groningen, Holland.
I've been a cab driver for a couple of years now, but just passed all of the exams for my truck drivers license (lessons for the trailer start this week).
I've had a lot of cars, the cars that were the most fun were a turboed 95 Civic coupe, a R33 Nissan Skyline GTST, and an Audi stresS4 Avant (B5)... my last car was a 1987 e32 735i (manual!), but I just wanted to get something 'lightweight' again to regain handling at the cost of boring (understeer-happy) luxury.
So, now I have a Cosmos Black '96 323i Executive, stick shift,145k miles on it... picked it up about two months ago.
Yes, a 323i and not a 325i or 328i, as the sellers that had one available I was interested in didn't return calls and emails, so I'll make due with this restricted engine for now then... will probably turbo it in the future.
It was a cheap car, and thus has some work; perfect for me then!!
I like my hands covered in grease over the weekends (which, in my line of work, is usually tuesday and wednesday), I just love to buy beaters that still have some life in them and than restore them a bit to make it a great car again.
I'll be putting the emphasis on performance, not looks... nobody wants a a fat ugly chick with a great personalty at his side though :p
First thing I got were JOM coilovers, but I also ordered some other parts; Goodridge braided brake hoses, Hawk HPS front brake pads (will be sourcing rear HPS pads too, and maybe new discs f+r), and a complete set of front control arms/bushings..
Also got an aftermarket steering wheel, but I didn't get the right hub, doesn't fit the column.
There is a 3.2 M3 mid- and rear section waiting to be installed, but I don't have headers yet, in the meanwhile I'll make some adapters from the stock exhaust until I source a nice set of S50-headers for the right price.
And because the badges f+r were de-laminating, I installed a set of 'carbon' badges, keeps it nice and dark.
The intake manifold and system are next, after that it's back to suspension (pu bushings EVERYWHERE haha), might make some custom extended top hats to increase shock piston travel.
When I picked the car up, it looked like this;
Pics of what it looks like after installing JOM coilovers and OZ Breyton wheels;
This was to low (static) for my comfort, once I get the performance part of the car were I want it now, I'll get one of those beautiful kits from Stancesolutions, or whatever is available at the time.
I'll probably use the style 44 wheels for winter tires if I can get some.
I've been a cab driver for a couple of years now, but just passed all of the exams for my truck drivers license (lessons for the trailer start this week).
I've had a lot of cars, the cars that were the most fun were a turboed 95 Civic coupe, a R33 Nissan Skyline GTST, and an Audi stresS4 Avant (B5)... my last car was a 1987 e32 735i (manual!), but I just wanted to get something 'lightweight' again to regain handling at the cost of boring (understeer-happy) luxury.
So, now I have a Cosmos Black '96 323i Executive, stick shift,145k miles on it... picked it up about two months ago.
Yes, a 323i and not a 325i or 328i, as the sellers that had one available I was interested in didn't return calls and emails, so I'll make due with this restricted engine for now then... will probably turbo it in the future.
It was a cheap car, and thus has some work; perfect for me then!!
I like my hands covered in grease over the weekends (which, in my line of work, is usually tuesday and wednesday), I just love to buy beaters that still have some life in them and than restore them a bit to make it a great car again.
I'll be putting the emphasis on performance, not looks... nobody wants a a fat ugly chick with a great personalty at his side though :p
First thing I got were JOM coilovers, but I also ordered some other parts; Goodridge braided brake hoses, Hawk HPS front brake pads (will be sourcing rear HPS pads too, and maybe new discs f+r), and a complete set of front control arms/bushings..
Also got an aftermarket steering wheel, but I didn't get the right hub, doesn't fit the column.
There is a 3.2 M3 mid- and rear section waiting to be installed, but I don't have headers yet, in the meanwhile I'll make some adapters from the stock exhaust until I source a nice set of S50-headers for the right price.
And because the badges f+r were de-laminating, I installed a set of 'carbon' badges, keeps it nice and dark.
The intake manifold and system are next, after that it's back to suspension (pu bushings EVERYWHERE haha), might make some custom extended top hats to increase shock piston travel.
When I picked the car up, it looked like this;
Pics of what it looks like after installing JOM coilovers and OZ Breyton wheels;
This was to low (static) for my comfort, once I get the performance part of the car were I want it now, I'll get one of those beautiful kits from Stancesolutions, or whatever is available at the time.
I'll probably use the style 44 wheels for winter tires if I can get some.
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