BMW E36 318ti Compact se Steel Blue - BBS Content!

[Benwalsh91]

good work man, but what on earth are you taking these photos with!?

i am very sorry to hear your loss of that Dave F filter. its a sad sad day for you.

[Steven_318ti]

Nice man can't wait to start on my E32

Looking great��

Thank you for the heads up! I'll stop letting the devil tempt me then and save up for a few more months so I can get the insurance I reckon.

I feel bad for asking for the list of parts haha, appologies man! but like you said, upwards and onwards

If you've done it once you can do it twice

Also really glad to see you're replacing a lot of the shoddy interior and engine bay bits, really make the car what it is!

Yeah dude some E32 love, can't wait to see the build!

@Earl, man it will never be to the level you've went to with your own TI, but we'll see how it goes

The small interior trims make a world of difference, first things I noticed when I got into the car for the test drive, didn't put me off as I know their easy enough to pick up.

[Mehowski]

Thank you for the heads up! I'll stop letting the devil tempt me then and save up for a few more months so I can get the insurance I reckon.

I feel bad for asking for the list of parts haha, appologies man! but like you said, upwards and onwards

If you've done it once you can do it twice

Also really glad to see you're replacing a lot of the shoddy interior and engine bay bits, really make the car what it is!

[Earl]

Looking great��

[whacka]

Nice man can't wait to start on my E32

[Steven_318ti]

Engine Bay Tidy up, replace missing trims and detailing!

Todays antics was spent cleaning wee nook's n cranny's that normally go ignored, removing window and door seals etc and cleaning out grime that he as dried in and built up over the years! First job I tackled was my door hinges!



Both sides came out really well, i will take a dremel to the surface rust on the 2 bolts then touch up after its done I mentioned in the last part I replaced a few items missing in the cabin, both the passengers and drivers side seat belt bolt covers fitted and that's the 4 now complete!



Pics a bit dark but it's the top cover! I picked up an electric window blank plate as the rear one was all scratched and looked awful! Below is the old one and new one in place. I'll replace the gator when I find one in good condition, honestly though how does someone put a hole in a gearstick gator without trying!!!



I removed both of the bonnet latches, sanded both down to the bare metal and then touched up with silver paint, very happy I did this as it tidies up an already clean engine bay



The M44 engine from factory is coated with a wax, over years of the engine heating up and cooling down this wax changes colour from clear to a horrible yellowy colour, I sanded down the block and inlet, then I touched everything up with heat proof silver, I think anyone will agree this has sharpened up the bay really well!



Then a light detailed pic of the engine bay, the 2 rusty screws on the radiator cover will be replaced with new ones ordered from BMW, be replaced later in the week.



Also a daylight shot showing my effort at darkening my light grey roof cloth, it's not black/black but more a nice dark charcoal colour and after my earlier doubts I'm now very happy with the outcome



More updates later in the week

[Steven_318ti]

List of Rare Parts I should never have sold!!!

Fantastic littile motor man, do you know much about the 1.6? I'm going to have the oppertunity to upgrade from my Polo and I doubt I'll be able to afford insurance on a nice 1.6 coupe/saloon/touring, and theres a few compacts around here which get me thinking.

I'm also very keen as to know what rare bits you regret selling from your previous cars

How's it going mate, as far as I know the later compact with the 1.6 engine was to be avoided, possibly a HG (head gasket) issue, also severe lack in power, just over 100bhp, but listen a nice one with a good service history etc should give no trouble and be nice upgrade to your Polo

As for the parts I regret parting with here we go...

I had a 2.0 Z3 Quaiffe drift LSD (medium case).
A Max Velocity front M splitter.
Genuine 323ti M sport rear diffuser (double exhaust - ordered from Germany).
A genuine Supersprint Z3 2.0 exhaust from manifold back.
Stainless 3 litre Euro M3 exhaust manifolds.
A Dave F custom cold air inlet heat shield and cone filter (so rare).
Z3 M coupe shorter gear lever.
M3 GT strut brace.
M50 manifold and BBTB.
Bilstein Coilovers.
Genuine AC Schnitzer roof spoiler.
Rare E36 325i coupe sport Nardi steering wheel.
Black leather M3 Vader headrests!

A good few years worth of gathering up alot of that stuff, sad when I see it all down in front of me! But onwards and upwards and all that!

[Mehowski]

Fantastic littile motor man, do you know much about the 1.6? I'm going to have the oppertunity to upgrade from my Polo and I doubt I'll be able to afford insurance on a nice 1.6 coupe/saloon/touring, and theres a few compacts around here which get me thinking.

I'm also very keen as to know what rare bits you regret selling from your previous cars

[Steven_318ti]

Few Trims Added + I now have black roof cloth

Headed off this morning to pick up my black interior trim pieces, I seen on WhiteLoves thread that he tackled his grey roof cloth with black shoe polish so I thought why the hell not! I was missing some items, didn't get pics of everything as I was busy trying to get the roof cloth started and the trims fitted before it got dark.



Both my driver's and passengers side seat belt rails were missing the black plastic covers, these were the first 2 things I picked up.



Cover in place on both sides, much better picked up 5 tins of black polish and a sponge!



Below is a before pic.



CAUTION - DO NOT ATTEMPT THE NEXT PART IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALOT OF PATIENCE!!!

Apologies about the crappy pics, it was getting dark as I was fitting all the black trims in place but I'm happy"ish" with how it's turned out, although i might give it another run over with a better shoe polish, the stuff I used seemed quite waxy and not quite dark enough,!





Was in with my local BMW dealer and ordered a few brand new screws and bolts to freshen up the engine bay, also my 4 x Z3 footwell net clip/screws, should be here middle of next week.

I was meant to pick up the matching door cards for my seats today but the breaker told me over the phone yesterday he didn't wanna split them from the rest of the interior, wanted to sell the interior complete. I was kinda disappointed as I've already fitted good conditioned front and rear seats...BUT...I arrived down at his yard this morning and looked at the interior, I'm not even joking it's in as new condition, soooooooo I'm now buying a complete interior and will sell my seats on again lol its a vicious circle!!!

[Steven_318ti]

Gave my front seats a good clean up tonight, underside included, I'll give the bolsters a refresh at some stage over the next few weeks but it's not priority at the moment.

The backs of the seats that were removed from the car were perfect, nets tight as they should be but the backs of my new half leather seats were sagging, nets all stretched and looked terrible, so off they came!!!



Really have seen better days!!! Lol and a nice pic showing the pristine seat backs fitted to the half leather seats



Another of my random mods here, the passengers inner seat tilt lever is different to the other 2 on the outside of the drivers/passengers seats, I prefer how the outer 2 look, so I removed the outer lever from my old drivers seat and replaced it, so now all 3 matching!!! OCD much



The front lever replaced with the one behind it. Pic showing it fitted, apologies as its not too clear but you get the idea.



Now a few proper pics to show them fitted, love the white stitching on these seats, again it's the small details!



You will notice my Storm items, brushed stainless V1 shortened/weighted gearknob, handbrake lever and cigarette blanking plug, stunning pieces of kit





Heading away tomorrow morning to pick up a few more interior pieces, stay tuned

[Steven_318ti]

No mate lol.. Not owned one yet but on the lookout for a project car..

The guys username was Croga lol thought that was you yeah TI is a great wee car, doesn't get half enough praise!!!

[croagy]

No mate lol.. Not owned one yet but on the lookout for a project car..

[Steven_318ti]

Nice work love a good compact..
Fancy one myself for a project.. Don't see many for sale anymore in n.ireland

Nah you don't bud, was you who had the wee white one about 10 years ago?

[croagy]

Nice work love a good compact..
Fancy one myself for a project.. Don't see many for sale anymore in n.ireland

[Steven_318ti]

Sweet little Compact!

Love it!

Nice

looks great! can't wait to see more progress keep us updated!

All i can say is that you need to change the title to

is there more to being really really ridiculously good looking ?
Blue Steel man !!

love it so far dude



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D519hT7-ytY

Thanks guys for the kind words, fitted my front seats tonight, no pics as I was in a rush, I'll get a few snaps tomorrow after work, they need a quick clean then at some point I'll do a liquid black leather rework on the bolsters, their in great condition, just could do with a freshen up