Rickys E36 Techno 'vert *Warning..Pic Heavy*

[Liam243]

Like that a lot. Hard top makes it look so much better IMO

[Big Rick]

Again, i havent updated in ages, but as there are a few changes going on, i thought why not!!

(copied from another forum)

22/04
so it starts at the beginning of this month, where i THINK iv almost nailed the stance, and Jas managed to capture this BEAUTY of a shot at the Ace cafe German meet


i also upgraded my front brakes to Black Diamond 12 grooved discs, and yellowstuff pads, and put a lick of paint on the calipers



and the day after this....the wheels were off. They are currently with Grandmaster Dips for something new this year!
so im currently on my 16" sport wheels, looks like shite, but the care rides sooooo well! :smt007

(cant believe how wide the 10s really were!)
chillin with the homies


then last night i decided to fit my GT splitters which i had lying around

a bit low....


....and their maiden voyage lasted LITERALLY.......30 secs LOL :lol:



and finally today i decided to get started on my winter wheels, il be giving this ago at home
Keeping with my retro theme, iv got hold of some truly old school MOMO Arrows
I've got big dish already, so I defo needed some concave!
they are 17x8.5 et15, so easy to work with. the edges are kerbed to f*** so would need filling etc and will be sprayed up a new colour

so got cracking cleaning them, and Joey popped round and we got fillering!




and held up against the car :smt007 :smt007 :smt007


09/06/13

Firstly, I finished the momos and went with gold for that old school look! not the best but im happy with it as a quick home refurb and they are only winters




after this i realised i loved the gold and techno combo, but the white interior did not work at all! So got word from Neil (m3nut) that there was a tan set on ebay and i knew the tan would work so much better. so i got the interior delivered for a good price i thought, with a black dash! once i recieved it i was expecting it to be beige/tan or hopefully modena! but it turned out to be Saffron 'safrangelb' and i think i was more pleased, i hadnt seen this colour before but i do like it!
the front seats are non sport but are electric and heated. not extremely desirable but i love the old school look!



now i knew i had to do something about the carpet as the rest of the grey made me sick lol
so bought some carpet dye and got spraying!


and the end result is something like this





my boot install is now completely hidden, and the whole lot also dyed black



so the interior is finally starting to come together but was missing something iv been after for ages!!
got myself a brand new, genuine nardi


its a 350mm 'deep corn' perforated leather.

The whole interior is almost complete now! Its the day of homegrown, and players classic is a week away, and i finally go to meet Dips to collect my much anticipated wheels off him. all i could say was WOW



The centres are a brassy gold finish with a mirror polished dish

the funny thing is i decided on the colour long before I even thought about changing interior, and after i got them back and fitted, i was over the moon when they matched so i picked up the wheels, had the tyres fitted, shot off home, fit it all up and headed straight to Mex's to leave for homegrown where he took a lovely little vid on the Borbets debut



so i ordered some dye off John aka 'sleeper' and dyed my glovebox strip to match up with the interior


i also sprayed up a couple bottles in the bay to neaten things up. have left an inspection strip on the back so i can still see the level lol


finally everything was nearly set for players, messed around with the stance a bit, had a LONG detail session including, claying and glazing the paint etc, lots and lots of wax lol
and heres me with my brothers at Players Classic yesterday





being goons, sippin Courvoisier and smoking some shisha at 8.30am LOL


had an awesome day, had a laugh with my boys, got about 5 shades darker in the sun lol, and plenty of amazing cars to see
Got a mate who took some good pics yesterday, and those shall be up soon

enjoy
Ricky

[stinkinrich]

Looked amazing rolling out at Players man.

[Big Rick]

Looked amazing rolling out at Players man.

Cheers Rich, a shame i missed you there!

[veej]

yes bro bumped into you n joey at last prept meet threads dope man keep it up!

[G535]

Damn, this has improved a lot!

The gold flows well with the techno violet, not sure though if i would have ditched the grey interior.

BTW i bought a techno violet Coupe last friday

[Spirit]

Sweet looks and dips proves his mastery again

[Dr.AK]

Love your vert man!

[NeilP]

Dips is a wonderful man.

Those wheels look amazing.

[JustIgnore]

Looking awesome.. Especially the gold / techno combination..

[BenTen]

Only just discovered this UK section.

This looks great man.

How did you find the after market brakes?

Something I am looking into for my 323i as the standard ones are pretty pooop

[G535]

Love this car. I demand updates.

[Big Rick]

Cheers for the love people!
the brakes are a huge improvement over standard. and the yellowstuff pads dont dust anywhere near as much as stock!

so been doing some engine upgrades recently and feels like a completely different car to before

have a genuine AC Schnitzer short shift, m20 solid flywheel conversion. and a proper machined BBTB and m50 manifold upgrade. il let the pics do the talking







also managed to get down to Prept vs rollhard at Brands Hatch and had some awesome shots inc this


and one from Players


the car has changed a huge amount in the reasonably short time iv had it
and the quick comparison


Soooo nos show season is over the Momos are back on and the Borbets are up for sale so contact me if interested

Also having thoughts of selling the car. if you are genuinely interested shout me. not in a rush to sell but i will swap for

E39 530i or a 530d msport and must be manual
possibly a e38 and maybe something a lot older (Merc or BMW).

[Big Rick]

massively overdue update

Cant remember when i last updated! So here it goes
After the Borbets sold, i knew the next set would have to be split, wide and rare.
As much as i love BBS RS and ACS type 1s etc. They werent for me! So after hunting a while and spotting these wheels pop up a few times, i low balled him and he accepted.
Wheels in question are Rondell Style 67. 8.5j et13 front and 10j et15 rear. stainless hardware and Radinox dishes all in MINT condition....would be rude to say no!
here's a pic of how i got em


i wasn't happy with how they looked factory, so set about swapping the stainless bolts out for shiny gold ones



and a few test shot pics






a bit of girth up front


As you may have noticed a couple other new things. iv added 'US style' side markers. Im fully aware these are not supposed to be on an e36, but i love the way they look! and also the old DTM pipes have gone, and now rocking a fully custom Decat system, with sraight pipes out the backbox

Next in line was the interior, After having the whole range of e36 seats in my car, the basic SE style seats werent cutting it, very uncomfortable and no support whatsoever. The vaders were nice, but i personally found them uncomfortable too. so I had to go back to the sports.
However, finding them in Safrangelb (saffron Yellow) was hard as expected. so after having dyed my vaders in the past with good results, i decided to go down that route again.
Bekir (elturko) dropped some very clean sports seats down to me, which were also heated (result) and i decided to get cracking
before:



So ordered some dye from John at Bespoke Leathering, ad also desided to do the bases and backs, black.
cut the nets out as they were super baggy

base coat


getting the finish coats on


and pretty much done



and finally going in



im totally chuffed with how they came out, but now the rest of the interior needs a clean, possibly a little dye lol.

so thats pretty much about it, iv since, lowered the car a bit more :lol: chucked a few spacers in all round, as im a bit of a stancewhore, and now fooling a bunch of people into thinking i drive my car aired out :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol:
how shes sitting now.
cheeky MOT shots





and finally my fav shot


Thank you
Ricky

[JustIgnore]

Hah nice Rondells mate. Saw them on the bay as well. Got the same alloys, but different Js. We should really meet up for a small technoviolet photoshoot. Croydon ain't too far from my place..

btw.. will you be attending the players event next month?