BMW e36 - "On a budget" build.

[Sinamex]

Awesome E36! It's real nice Looking! White Wheels would look great.

[InSpeedWeTrust]

My rear breaks started to make that wird noise, pointing towards the rear break pad replacement... BUT THERE IS NO BULB IN THE DASH lighting this issue.

Knowing that this BMW has a pad wear sensor I assumend that something is wrong so I decided to take out the insturment cluster to see what's up...



Bad news... in order to sell it, the previous owner took out some of the bulbs from the cluster. To be more specific, he took out JUST those bulbs that were ON, signaling that the car has to see a doctor..
This sneaky owner took out the pad wear sensor, the check-engine light, and one more but I forgot exactly which one..

I was pretty mad obviously, and thought that only in my country people do stuff like this... Well.. it looks like I was wrong!!

Took the car to the shop, obviously rear pads have to be replaced, while the check engine light was on due to a missfire on 1 cillinder (I am assuming it's one of the spark plugs) and also because the same asshole previous owner cut all of the oxygen sensors when he decided to mount this "amazing" exhaust on the car....

......

To fix the whole braking issue, I decided to order all 4 rotors + 8 pads.. while the missfire and oxygen sensors are on the TO DO list..

Also fedex guy made my day a little brighter when he showed up with another package for my baby..

///M3 door molding trim and front strut bar arrived.








Strut bar did not fit because of my ASC unit... I sold it the same day to a friend and decided that whenever I will remove that unit I will also purchase another strut, that is also of a better quality..

[InSpeedWeTrust]

thanks a lot guys !

i have to race home from mac ds with my coke trapped between my knees lol soo unfair,

ahaha, I know exactly what you are talking about...

i am not sure of what door card you are talking about, but YES , there are 2 other pockets in each door. You can see them in the pictures though..
Thanks anyways man, pictures to come soon !

[bmxspert]

nice clean e36 bud,cant believe you guys get cup holders in the us spec e36 i have to race home from mac ds with my coke trapped between my knees lol soo unfair,an is that another panel in your door card?,as i say really nice coupe loads of potential and what was the last owner thinking when he put your exhaust on,but i know you ****,so first priority i look forward to seeing what you do

[Spirit]

Nice car

[Devil]

I have got to say - You have done a good job so far! Lucky you 22 Deg C in Feb!

[InSpeedWeTrust]

nice progress, very nice. are those m5 wheels?

Thanks man, I appreciate it.
No, these are CSL rims reps. 8.5 x 18".

[07NJx355]

nice progress, very nice. are those m5 wheels?

[InSpeedWeTrust]

paint your wheels white and be a bawla

hmmmm... Can I please see a photoshop version of my car with white wheels ?

[aaron95]

paint your wheels white and be a bawla

[InSpeedWeTrust]

Took these couple pictures of the car..


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[InSpeedWeTrust]

2nd package came in. I know some of you really like the wooden trims in the interior and I do as well... But for this car I am going with a more sporty look rather than classy.

As a consequence, I removed the wooden pieces from the interior and thrown in what I considered to be more suitable to my taste.

New shift knob:






This think costed me $80 but I can say that it changed the driving sensation completely... These are the best spent 80 bucks IMO... It is shorter than the stock one and weightened to make shifting smoother, and it does. The feel is nice too, I love it!

New glovebox trim:




Center console painted flat black to match the rest of the interior:







Before:



After:

[InSpeedWeTrust]

i just came back from it. It is every friday and it is pretty big !
Definetly have to check it out one day, trust me, it's worth going!

[CallousNinja]

If you have a build threat send it to me, I wanna check it out please

I'll be there so if you guys come around give me a call at 561 305 2106. My name is Vlad.

not yet but hopefully by the end of this month

and what time does it start?

[ju_le_new]

Thanks brotha, Yes that's me but shhhhh ... We'll take this build little by little

PS: Your car is sexy as hell too, I love what you did with it!

Haha thanks bud! I see what you're doing