Spirits project -e36 323 loon

[Wagon]

Looking great and awesome turn around!

[Spirit]

Cheers guys

[Adamwebb]

Hello mate really nice motor you got there. I see your from norfolk, Is that thetford forest you took those pictures? Where about do you live fella?

[Spirit]

Hello mate really nice motor you got there. I see your from norfolk, Is that thetford forest you took those pictures? Where about do you live fella?

Thanks buddy and im from kings lynn and pics were taken at sandringham

[Spirit]

met up with some lads last night so took a few pics at the quay and will be the last pics for a while as im touching up some body rust imperfections out

[Spirit]

decided to do the work on the drivers side arch as i had some rust bubbles that bothered me so got cracking on it and ready for paint very soon

also fitted a strut brace and rear adjusters removed and fronts soon to have the helper springs removed for more lows

when its time for respray new rims will be fitted hopefully once i make my decision 100% and some other bits planned

[Spirit]

saving the pennies for new wheels and a respray so i rattle canned the wing and came out ok

Well did the family thing at sunny hunny and won 40 quid at the amusements before the heavens opened royally and the headed home and low and behold it started being nice for a while so see a few hour gap and thought stuff it lets hit the final coats of paint and went to work.

miles better than before but not 100% happy with it as the arch is pretty messed up anyway and you can only do so much with it(ill replace it at some point with a spanking new one) but it turned out ok and a pretty good match,needs 48 hours to settle and i shall rub it down super smooth ready for the lacquer(wed is meant to be nice weather)so thats the day i shall do it.

for future reference to any who have a go-do not try to blend it in and do the whole arch first as i can still see the original join slightly when i first decided to do it and as good as sanding blocks are use a electric sander(i shall invest in one soon)

halfords paint as good a match is the silver does get streaky(disco stu recommends paints for u stuff)

quality sandpaper works miles better as i found out very quickly

spend more time taping it all off to prevent overspray(now sorted but very annoying)

dont buy a silver car and rattle can it


one door to go what looks to be a right bitch to do and im really not looking forward to doing that one


so far ive done front/rear m3 bumpers,bootlid,wheels,drivers front arch out of a can but its no substitute to proper job but for now it will do

Anyway enough waffling and heres todays pics

[stuey]

nice to see another kings lynn inhabitant producing a low e36- this looks exactly how my old e36 would have looked if I hadnt crashed it a year ago right down to the colour and wheels- are there any local meets in the area?

[Spirit]

nice to see another kings lynn inhabitant producing a low e36- this looks exactly how my old e36 would have looked if I hadnt crashed it a year ago right down to the colour and wheels- are there any local meets in the area?

thanks very much buddy and yes from time to time i organize local meets at hunstanton,kings lynn etc and well supported by the local bmw and vw scene.

if you ever wanna meet up i shall pm my address or meet up at some point close to you.

Andy

[Spirit]

Finally fixed all the bodywork imperfections as of today bar a respray thats planned for early next year and then get the arches rolled front/back then hopefully some new rims

planning on 8.5 fronts and 9 or 10 inch deep dish rears

Anyway a few pics on my drive as im waiting on some bits too arrive for the exhaust

[Spirit]

Well were can i start as today thanks to the weather and a lovely drive to sunny wells i met up with disco stu and the guys a diamond in nothings too much in helping and we got a lot of work done inc the rear droplinks finally done and my my what a transformation in how it drives now and feels so much more planted now to the road and no more knocking at all and so so happy in how it went today:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

dont think stu will be any hurry in future though to remove a 328 exhaust

some initial pics of various stages and a few pics of stus crazy dish on his wheels







and work on mine













and we modified the rubbers on top of the spring as since i removed the adjusters i had some banging and movement going on so we cut the lip out of the top mount rubber as it faces downward and mounted the rear adjuster in now minus the adjuster collar so it sits totally flush and taped the thread up so absolutely no movement in the spring now(top tip it really works and i keep it still very low)





And finally attacked the tailpipes with autosol







thanks for looking and once again thanks to my mate stu

:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup


And so more

Hope the link works meant to upload these as well,wasnt happy with the colour match so sanded it down and used the halfords cans and lacquered it also now

Much better

[Spirit]

Lost my job so no updates for a while

Not happy as i was due to pick up a set of 8j style 5s as well

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[Spirit]

New plates fitted and evo lip finally now and went to santa pod for the weekend so heres some pics from it of the loon

[Spirit]

judging by the complete lack of comments i seem to never get i have a question

what do i need to do to get to stand out from the rest apart from the wheels which im ordering but keeping tight lipped for the time being or are people just fed up with seeing another e36 on here?

Honest comments welcome guys

Andy

[Spirit]

anyone?