E36 318is slow build

[Buck6687]

a cheeky one of it at VW festival:

well the rear arches and wheels had a bit of a love affair -

so repolished my lips -


also had a go at some sound deadening on the bootlid:

[Wyatt Lay]

Slow build my ass haha you should see mine ha. Great work man, I love the color!

[amichaels]

that color is so cool. good stuff

[Buck6687]

got myself some spax krypton rear shocks to help with the ride and handling:

fitted them about an hour ago so will be making adjustment this weekend to get them setup correctly.
all the paint work is done and finished now so ill get some pics of it all when i have spent a few hours cleaning and making it look shiny again.

[Buck6687]

detailed it last weekend:

ordered some harder rear springs so i can sit it lower with out risk of hitting my rims on my fenders again
1x 12" spring... becomes 2x 6" springs

all cleaned up and tidy with adjusters slotted in:

I will get more pics tommorow once they have settled and maybe take a bit more off.

[Buck6687]

10mm spacers in the rear, so down to et7 now




front camber mounts are maxed out and i still appear to have 0. think im going to have to resort to using washer on the knuckle

[Buck6687]

sometimes being friends with someone who makes stickers is good


however, fitting stickers in the rain is not good.

[JustIgnore]

lovely car mate.. looking perfect.. could go with a twin exhaust tho.. but rest is spot on..

[Buck6687]

nice big roundabout, 2nd gear, clutch kick = BANG snapped shaft
went to a scrapyard and took one off a saloon that was at the bottom of a 3car stack so trust me it was one hell of a job getting it off alone.

also my arb link rods were shot so replaced and uprated to powerflex bushes:

[Disco Stu]

Looking sweet now bud! Have yo reversed the topmounts for more camber?

[Buck6687]

thanks dude.
i have tried the top mounts both ways round and neither way seems to give me any camber.
ill get some pics of what they look like, but i cnt see how i can physically move my strut any further inwards at the top. im not overly keen on using washers in the bottom either.

[m44lee]

coming along nicely mate
and to answer your earlier question the cup holders look like the genuine ones the same as i have!
as you say quite rare here in the uk as you cant get them anymore and those that do get them end up getting them from the states

[Buck6687]

Cheers Lee. i think they came from a Uk seller, cant remember now, brand new though.
this weekends mods:
rear top mounts:

rear arb links:


hasntmade any noticable difference but the old ones were beyond fcked so though its worth uprating anyway

[Buck6687]

my down pipe rubbed through so i whipped it off and had a bit of a play:

[Buck6687]

drift day:

came away with huge smiles and a cracked front bumper