E36 - My 1st BMW

[Mexican]

17" BBS RSs for Sale! by Mexicanfab, on Flickr

dont like the grey against my car, looks blue. :-(

so will repaint next week.

[Spirit]

ummmmm not sure on the wheels

[Dr.AK]

Yeah, the grey really doesn't work.

For these wheels... I dunno, I feel as if they need something heavily metallic for paint.

[X5X]

Gun metal metallic

[l3xxd]

I kinda like the new wheels better than I thought I would, but I agree on the gray as well. Maybe something with pearl/metallic would look better. I swear your car works with any wheels at all!

[Mexican]

thanx for the input guys.

wheels look crap in the pics there, and colour does them no justice. as that pic was taken to sell the RSs. ha ha.

some pics of the wheels on the car..

Untitled by Mexicanfab, on Flickr


Untitled by Mexicanfab, on Flickr


Untitled by Mexicanfab, on Flickr

silver side looks so much better. lol, will paint the other 2 silver i think.

[Dr.AK]

Yes, that looks way better! I actually love the Alpina caps... dunno why but they look spot on and fitting

[highhighi]

damnnnn...you did it again

[michealis]

As much as I loved it on the RSs I completely understand why you're selling them. I didn't think I'd like the Z3 wheels on it, but they work so well. I don't think you can make this car look bad haha.

Me and Ben are going to have to head over your way soon.

[Mexican]

Yes, that looks way better! I actually love the Alpina caps... dunno why but they look spot on and fitting

Thanx man.
The alpina caps were a bit of a joke. You know me. Tryin to provoke the BMW purists. Ha ha. But yeah I really like them.

damnnnn...you did it again

Lol. Thanx man. Much appreciated.

As much as I loved it on the RSs I completely understand why you're selling them. I didn't think I'd like the Z3 wheels on it, but they work so well. I don't think you can make this car look bad haha.

Me and Ben are going to have to head over your way soon.

Thanx man.
I was unsure at 1st but the moment I got them on I knew tey would work. The dish in insane and just the oem-ness makes them work.

Yeah man you guys should defo head over. Not even far. I might hit up that home grown too.

[jackjamesw910i]

please tell me you're attending edition38.

[michealis]

Yeah man you guys should defo head over. Not even far. I might hit up that home grown too.

I'm just about to change my sump now, so I can drive worry free for a bit. Although I'm not on the Minilites anymore so it's looking shit, just waiting for a set of 16s.

When's the next homegrown again?

[SlowProgress]

Looks tough. Alpina caps are a nice touch.

[motomor]

Thanx Man, better set up and colour should make the 3s a little more interesting after their refurb.


Racelands dude!

maxxed out rear and helpers out the front with about 5 threads left.

So quick update..
Got back from Holiday about 10 days ago, dont nothing to it since. lol totally demotivated as RSs are being delayed.
But as on sunday was the SW:UK meet, i decided to pull my finger out, and get things done. Plan was to get Spacers on, Reinforcement plates on, get it washed, and then get on my way.

But came out in the morning, and found the car had been egged the night before.. nothing major you might think, but in my area/road, things like that dont happen, specially not 3 EGGS.







So with this happening and the fact that last time food was thrown at my car, it was stolen less than a week after (although it did happen while at uni in Nottingham, so it explains alot. lol), I was mega annoyed.

So i decided to drive to the local shell to fill up for the trip to MK for the meet, filled up, and checked all tyre pressures, and on the drive back home, some idiot reversed out into the road and as I swerved to make sure i avoided him should he come any further out, i caught a drain with the heatshield/exhaust and it ripped the back section of the heatshield off and dented the exhaust. Heatshield dragged on the floor all the way home as well as that, it ripped the bolts out the underbody which hold it in place. :evil: :evil:

got home, put it on the drive, got under it, and tried to straighten it all up, it peeled back like a tin of cat food. so i strightened it all out and tucked it back in between the exhaust and the floorpan.

Was too angry, annoyed, dirty and had bloody hands to take pics, but after, this is what i was left with.. not too bad i dont think.

looks almost normal really.


here you cant really see, but heat shield is about an inch out of place, and it hangs bit lower, but more than anythin, the rattleing is what annoys me, even on idle, it vibrates. needless to say, i was furious, and hungry by now, and runnin an hour late.

Still, Washed the car.



Not bad, but not great either, i am rubbish at cleaning cars. lol
While hosing ti down,, couple of bits of plastic flew out, lost one but found the other..

not sure what it is.
By the time i finished the car, it was 12 so i was about an hour and half late, I still needed to shower and get on the road, so I thought I might as well give it a miss. :-(

Car however is clean now, and tomorrow I might be picking up the RS centres, so might have them on by next week as these bad boys are waiting to get mounted on them.




Yeah cool story bro and all that, but I thought I would share.

bad things happen to low people.

[Spirit]

Actually ive changed my mind about the wheels