Joeys E36 328i Vert, From The Start

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There is alot to update in the journal i will try to get some pictures up soon! for now here is a pic how she stands!

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Well pretty soon i will be picking up another e36 vert, but this time it will be in the M3 flavor!
The body work is imaculate not a ding or dent even a swirl mark on her, shes a late 97 with 72k miles on the clock!
Ill let the pics do the talking...




I owned this car for 3 weeks then sold for over double what i paid! so the 328 Stayed!!

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Right im in the process of making my boring auto 328 in to a manual! ive just changed over the pedal box! This is all for now
Now i have 3 instead of 2

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Well thers a bit of a long story that happend to the vert this yeat, starting in january in the snow when it was not a good time atall, i managed to crash into a lampost (avoiding 2 parked cars and a fence)


i managed to walk home (about 2 minutes away) get some sand and throw it under the wheels to get some grip and i managed to get the car home to the driveway!

Well going to bed very stressed and waking up in the morning thinking it must have been a dream i go down stairs to look at my pride and joy and unfortunalty it was no dream!

This is what i woke up to




since it happend within the next few hours i stripped it down to asess the damage!



Were it was such a slow motion crash i managed to aim were i was going to hit, it was a 15mph slide so i aimed for the one and only bmw badge as i knew at least i would miss the chassis legs and hopefully have less damage to deal with! when stripped down i managed to get a list made up

Things i needed were
1. Bonnet
2. Nosecone
3. Cross member
4. Bumper
5. Carrier
6. Nose cone

So that was my list, on ebay that night i see someone breaking a montreal blue coupe 10 minutes away as i ring him up seeing what he has lucky for me he had it all apart from the bumper + carrier and i said how much..... a quick pause and i heard 90 squid! bargin so i got them all! alltho they were not in the best condition atleast i could be back on the road! so i re-fitted some of the parts.



then i went to mstyle in essex and picked up a brand new replica m3 front bumper for 100 pound this included m3 lip and mesh, had in on the car for a few weeks running around in primer but back on the road to say the least.

Got a good friend of mine kevin (bimmerboy) to spray the bumper and nosecone (new) for me but the bonnet was getting me down as it had a good few dents and alot of rust around it! so as i was in pease pottage car breakers (bridges) i managed to pick up a green bonnet for 40 pound and its basically mint condition just need it respraying! A friend of mine picked up a 323i convert and got the mtec kit and wanted my mirrors so i decided to let him have them as i had a spare set of ac schnitzer mirrors ive had years but never got round to painting! Washed it yesterday and heres a few pics as it stands today.








and today at the breakers again i managed to get a 5litre washer bottle and got it fitted when i got home



Few other things ive done since the begining of the journel is

1. E46 M3 front brakes
2. E36 Miltek backbox welded to a 328 center section
3. Coilovers off, lowerd on brand new oem shocks and eibach pro kit.
4. Ac Schnitzer type III alloys 18x 8.5 all round Genuine
5. M50 manifold conversion (thank you ian)

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Well guys im new on this forum but im going to transfer my build thread over for all to have a read! im from the UK so over the pond, ive had this car 5 years now and shes treated me good!

Heres how the car started its life (sorry for the crap pics)
ui


It was Boggo well for a month or 2, concidering it was my first rear wheel drive car at the age of 20 i thought its going to be fun to say the least, when i bought it november 2007, it was in good condition 86k miles with full bmw service history, heated sports seats, hard top (not pictured) and many other options.

Since then it has been transformed!
Here is a list of things that have been done.

Fitted M3 Bumpers and Skirts (thanks to bountyhunter)
Fitted M3 Mirrors
Fitted M3 Mouldings
Windows Tinted
M3 alloys wraped in goodyear
Gen 6 ccfl Angel Eyes
Hid 6000k Low Beam
Hid 6000k Fog Lights
Dave.f Kit
18 Button Obc upgrade
Front Strut Brace

Heres a few pics of her thought her transformation



During mid modification my car was keyed, ooooh dont we love ex girlfriends crazy friends!!!
heres the only pic i got of the minor damage.

The door, wing and bonnet was keyed to shreds.

Then oh joy sitting in traffic and guess what speeds up my arse!!! dun dun duuuuun..... a mini cab driver (who would have guessed it)

so off to bmw the car goes for a free repair due to a non fault accident on behalf of accident exchange, i was expecting to be given a little 1.4 mini cooper to run around in, or a 118d 5 door at the most, BUT OH MY GOD TO MY SUPRISE i had a SPANKING 57 plate 330D Convertable
heres a few crappy pics (I NEED TO GET A REAL CAMERA or atleast keel it with me!)




When i got back into the e36 to say dissapointed was a bit of an understatement, it felt slow and boring having owned a brand new car for a total of 2 weeks and 3 days and putting 3k miles on the clock (who would have guessed i was ill from work during this time as well wat a co-incedence) alltho it was due to be back after 5 days. But unfortunaltey my phone battery had died and i was in another country (well what accident exchange thought anyway).
Gave it a good wash and an extreme polish!!! SHINEY SHINEY


Topless weather


And now MOT time and ive notsed my ball joints have seased to be.... so for a replacement, car goes flying!

Passes first time, after wheel alignment of course. driving home from having ball joints done was hilarious as both front wheels faced into eachother shows just how bad they were to begin with.

Stil very far from how i want her but lets just say its slowley making progress, thanks for reading any comments welcome ears now and shes treated me good!

Enjoy the read!!