My E36...

[BenKoflach]

Just a few shots from the Ace the other night - thanks to those that took them, wasn't expecting it!















And finally, this appeared on the coverage - pretty chuffed.

http://www.stanceworks.com/2011/10/stanceworksuk-year-gathering/

[Jorge]

It's the rear dish that makes your car, why did you have to cleaning it as he shot it lol

[BenKoflach]

Haha I was literally just having the same conversation with a guy from work. Didn't realise anyone one was snapping, would have given up on my pointless quest to make it shiny if I'd have known!

Thanks for the mention in the coverage Jorge!

[DannyE32]

sweet touring

pfft

[Dr.AK]

Pfft!

Show more pics!

[BenKoflach]

Pfft!

Show more pics!

That's the lot, I'm back on the Rotas at the mo. One Contour needs to be redone by the refurbers then they're going up for sale. Got a new plan

Spent yesterday with Mexican, he redid my rear arches for me so I've not got some more clearance. Wanna try and tuck some 10s...

[BenKoflach]

Actually Bastien, I lied, found this random old pic on Performance VW's Twitter... haha. The day I put the wheels on in my lunch hour, obviously front is much lower now.

[Mexican]

Sweet pic.

10s will fit in there now. Fact.

Ps.
Found this .....

image_50 copy copy by James Thomas Ford, on Flickr

[BenKoflach]

Sweet pic.

10s will fit in there now. Fact.

Ps.
Found this .....

image_50 copy copy by James Thomas Ford, on Flickr

Yeah, I rang Rota and my rears are the widest they make. So I'll probably space these 20-25mm all round with fat tyres and then look at getting something wider and motorsporty for next year. I have some ideas

I didn't notice James taking that pic! Haha!

Think I saw your car parked up in Kingston by the way, looked fucking insane

[BenKoflach]

Why broken?



Why dirty?



Why more broken?



Because race car.

FML, I **** the winter and broken cars.

[blowntwofive]

lovin the wagon

[Mexican]

Ha ha. You saw my car at kingston. Lol. Funny fuck.

Love the wagon.

Go 9s all round.

How's your mexi-arches working out?

[BenKoflach]

Yeah I will, need some cash. Contours for sale soon

The arches are good, shame I'm not filling them better really! But they look much better than they did when they were all wonky.

[BenKoflach]

My E36 - 'because racecar'

Fitted my 3-litre M3 diff at the weekend and managed to get my UUC tranny mounts fitted too, but ran out of time to do the engine mounts. I also put some lovely Royal Purple oil in the diff while I was at it. Well, I say me, but I left that bit to Morley Auto Services, where I spend most weekends borrowing a ramp and tools They also helped me swap the diff flanges, heroes!

Unfortunately what I thought was a noisy diff has turned out to not be the whole problem - with the new diff in the humming is still there, so I'm going to have to get some wheel bearings for the rear. Has anyone on here ever done it DIY? Apparently it's a bugger of a job, but I feel like having a go if it's not too bad.

Aside from my slight clutch/flywheel vibration/imbalance now being more noticeable, the tranny mounts are surprisingly refined - there is of course some extra vibration and noise but it's really not too bad considering they're 'race' items. And the diff seems fun - I'm taking it easy because of the wheel bearings, but as far as I can tell I've picked up a good 'un.

[BenKoflach]

About time I updated this...

Tuesday was a sad day... I've had to say goodbye to my trusty touring for a few weeks!

It's for good reason though - it's been booked in for a respray at Brentford's RT Performance with a few other bits planned while it's there too...





As you can see there's lots to tidy up!

Front bumper scuffs (hit and run, grr!):


Deep key scratch all the way down the passenger side (front indicator to rear indicator):





Rear bumper poorly aligned:


Rear arches mullered:


This will soon be gone, and the holes smoothed properly:




And quite a few tasty dents:



When the guys there first had a look at my car at the end of last year they spotted that it had obviously been partly resprayed in the past, as I suspected, and due to red's tendency to fade, there was nothing for it but to go all out and have the whole exterior painted.

I also need to order a new front splitter and sort something out with the various missing bits behind the front bumper. I can't wait to see what the guys can do!

And that's before I drop in there that they also specialist in carbon fibre production check out the website here: www.rt-performance.com

The guys at RT don't hang about!

They sent me these images on Tuesday night - the very same day I dropped it off!