E36 Saloon

[Digitalwave]

I'm going to use this as a bit of a "build" thread (even though I don't mod my car anymore), just so I don't have to start a new thread every time I have something new to share.

So subscribe to this shit.

Here's a random flurry of photos from the past year or two.

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[TheNeek]

Please covert Rial wheels to 4 lug and send to me :)

[SeanDub]

Your wheels are sick.

[Dag Yo]

I remember your car from Fixxfest I think it was, fixxfest 07? At some raceway in FL?

[Ollie]

I must say that the azevs were my favorite wheels on your car. Not the most ballin, but they just looked so clean, simple and perfect.

You still got em?

[SeanDub]

They for sale, check a couple sections down :)

[Ollie]

Ha good call.

[driggers.a]

So much hotness.

[EtownC]

I remember your car from Fixxfest I think it was, fixxfest 07? At some raceway in FL?

08 son, thats where i met you haha

[Digitalwave]

Thanks for all the comments guys!

Please covert Rial wheels to 4 lug and send to me :)

Sold the Rials a while ago.

I remember your car from Fixxfest I think it was, fixxfest 07? At some raceway in FL?

I think it was EuroTreffen, in '08 I believe.

[supercharge2go]

Wow! You have had many sets of nice wheels. Nice color on the e36!

[EtownC]

tj's car sucks. get some 16's again ;)

[Digitalwave]

I really wish I still had the Rials now that I am 2" lower.

[riffman12]

can I have your steering wheel?

awesome car

[Digitalwave]

Wow! You have had many sets of nice wheels. Nice color on the e36!

The funny thing is that isn't even all the wheels. BBS RK's, Style 5's, HM2's not pictured (and I think I am forgetting a set).

[boligrafo123]

The funny thing is that isn't even all the wheels. BBS RK's, Style 5's, HM2's not pictured (and I think I am forgetting a set).

Show off. :shifty

[B Rod]

The funny thing is that isn't even all the wheels. BBS RK's, Style 5's, HM2's not pictured (and I think I am forgetting a set).

:eek Wheel whore!




















Jealous...:(

[M.Burroughs]

The funny thing is that isn't even all the wheels. BBS RK's, Style 5's, HM2's not pictured (and I think I am forgetting a set).

And how many actually made it to the street? :shifty

<3

[Digitalwave]

I'm missing my RSII's. Check out the shot with the Azevs up front, makes them look weaksauce!

http://www.stasisproductions.com/portfolio/albums/album53/DSC00970_1.jpg

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[schroedin]

^ So sick ohmahgoodness. I want that many wheels :(

[Geoff.T]

as always, looking good.

[Dr.AK]

Full of WIN!

[grippymonkey]

I want this car... color and everything!

[SeanDub]

I want this car... color and everything!

Get in line, pal!

[///Montizzle]

Your car has always been amazing! Your wheel selection is uber choice man

[M.Burroughs]

You need to widen the boyds. :)

[Skillz]

This car so great !
Always looked at her best!

Could you please tell me what taillight are those?!
I would really want to get a set of those, but I don't know where to start the search.I've seen other smoked taillights,but none like these!

Great job ! (and great bbs sticker too) :rofl

[Digitalwave]

Thanks everyone!

The tail lights are either FK or Depo, I can't remember. It's been a long time! They are only smoked on the top portion, the bottom is regular red. I love them.

[schroedin]

I love your caaaaar. That is all.

[Digitalwave]

http://www.stanceworks.com/?p=284

[Moose]

Nice!

[mpower5266]

Congrats.

[SeanDub]

Came out great, glad we finally got it done!

[Dr.AK]

Congrats man, this car really deserved the feature.

[schroedin]

Congrats brotha

[frey328is]

Montreal blue <3

[Burn535i]

more than words can describe

[Chris@MemoryFab]

those RC's

WOW

[Digitalwave]

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[Tuck&Poke]

dope shots, i love the last one

[Digitalwave]

oh hai

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[SeanDub]

Missed ya bud, car's lookin great as always

[Average_Jerk]

nice saloon. really clean

[vonMonster]

Get in line, pal!

:rofl

[boligrafo123]

<3

[ignacio]

Such an inspiration to MB owners.

[SILV3R]

man, i was hoping to see some new wheels haha

[lilcraigford]

Sooo many good looking wheels have been on that car!

[13tsp]

Holy crap!
All the wheels look so good in the car. I want all of them, and the car to.
Wanna donate?:rofl

[scaredofstance]

oh hai

http://www.stasisproductions.com/portfolio/albums/album01/IMG_0300.jpg

what are these wimz called?
what size are they?
are you selling any of your wheels?
did you sell the RSII's?
How did you color the RSII lips and center?

[SteveO@OpenRoad]

love it. Bimmer guys really know how to do it in herrrr

[Digitalwave]

man, i was hoping to see some new wheels haha

Nothing in the works for new wheels, I've kind of "fallen out of love" with my car and it hasn't been touched in months.

what are these wimz called?
what size are they?
are you selling any of your wheels?
did you sell the RSII's?
How did you color the RSII lips and center?

They are custom one-off billet Boyd Coddingtons. They are 17x8.5" ET20 two-piece, with 15mm spacers in the rear and 205/40-17 tires.

I sold my wheel collection last year. The Boyds are all I own right now except for a set of staggered, low offset 16" BBS RA's that are an unknown bolt pattern. To paint the RSII's I took them apart and painted the lips. The center caps come apart so they were easy to paint. It was all just spray bombed with a copper paint and clear coated. I sold the RSII's to Santi who had them on his bagged MkIV Jetta for a while, but he has since sold them as well.

http://www.stasisproductions.com/portfolio/albums/album01/0617082029_G.jpg

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[SILV3R]

Nothing in the works for new wheels, I've kind of "fallen out of love" with my car and it hasn't been touched in months.

yea i know what you mean, after owning a car for so long it's kind of hard to keep things interesting.

just get some new rare baller ass wheels and i guarantee you'll be back in love! haha

[Digitalwave]

I'm still in love with the Boyds. I've had some unique and rare wheels in the past but I don't think I will ever part with the Boyds as they are TRULY unique.

I'm sure my interest will come back sooner or later.

[e36rjbmw]

This car has always been an inspiration, nice work TJ.

[midwesta]

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[Ollie]

Whenever I get bored with my car I just get a mod that changes the look of the car like some new wheels. I know what you mean though, there's nothing to change on your car and topping those wheels is about impossible... Raise it up and turn it back to stock for a week, then restance it and you'll fall back in love.:D

[scaredofstance]

Nothing in the works for new wheels, I've kind of "fallen out of love" with my car and it hasn't been touched in months.



They are custom one-off billet Boyd Coddingtons. They are 17x8.5" ET20 two-piece, with 15mm spacers in the rear and 205/40-17 tires.

I sold my wheel collection last year. The Boyds are all I own right now except for a set of staggered, low offset 16" BBS RA's that are an unknown bolt pattern. To paint the RSII's I took them apart and painted the lips. The center caps come apart so they were easy to paint. It was all just spray bombed with a copper paint and clear coated. I sold the RSII's to Santi who had them on his bagged MkIV Jetta for a while, but he has since sold them as well.

http://www.stasisproductions.com/portfolio/albums/album01/0617082029_G.jpg

http://www.stasisproductions.com/portfolio/albums/album53/0623082217_G.jpg

damn :( you make it look so easy, im sacred to pull mine apart. ive never done sh1t like that before :(

[googone20]

This looks very familiar!! I am in the process of refinishing my RSII's right now. Not very hard at all, but it does take some time to do things right. I had a messed up trip ring so I stripped all 5 of my rims and am going to mirror polish the actual lips. The one I am finished sanding has not been polished or waxed yet, so it will only get better.
These are my Graphite Metallic centers that are going out to get powdercoated Matte Black.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/googone20/IMG00061-20100409-1042.jpg
This is what they look like after you pull the centers.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/googone20/IMG00058-20100408-2206.jpg
This is a finished rims ready for polish.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/googone20/IMG00056-20100408-2205.jpg

The worst part about projects like this is the time involved.

[scaredofstance]

This looks very familiar!! I am in the process of refinishing my RSII's right now. Not very hard at all, but it does take some time to do things right. I had a messed up trip ring so I stripped all 5 of my rims and am going to mirror polish the actual lips. The one I am finished sanding has not been polished or waxed yet, so it will only get better.
These are my Graphite Metallic centers that are going out to get powdercoated Matte Black.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/googone20/IMG00061-20100409-1042.jpg
This is what they look like after you pull the centers.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/googone20/IMG00058-20100408-2206.jpg
This is a finished rims ready for polish.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/googone20/IMG00056-20100408-2205.jpg

The worst part about projects like this is the time involved.

nice. is your lip protector dented, or chewed up?
how are you gonna fix it?

[Digitalwave]

I took mine apart to remove the lip protectors since mine were all trashed. That's why I painted the lips copper.

[googone20]

The trim rings are like $250 a wheels from BBS, so I decided to just removal all of them and polish the actual lips on the rims. It is taking some serious time but they will look great when done. If my car was white or something light colored I would have just powdercoated everything. I like the polished lip to break up all the black on my car.

[scaredofstance]

^ BBS wont even sell it to you. i already called them, that $250 is what they charge when you send them the rim, + return shipping.

[googone20]

Wow, so now they no longer even sell those!! These rims are becoming super rare and very hard to replace parts on. I had 7 rims at one time but sold a couple off. I did make sure I held on to one spare just in case something happened.

[scaredofstance]

Wow, so now they no longer even sell those!! These rims are becoming super rare and very hard to replace parts on. I had 7 rims at one time but sold a couple off. I did make sure I held on to one spare just in case something happened.

well the guy i spoke to, said they stopped selling the replacement lips decades ago, for liability reasons, but said if i send it it, they'll pull em apart, replace the lip and refresh the wheel and check for roundness and re-balance, all for the $250 + return ship.

im scared to pull mine apart, never done such a thing, and i cant seem to find a set method, or a solid method that wont ruin the bolt, then replacing them with what, since the guy i spoke to at BBS said all the bolt u see for sale on the net are fakes, or felt overs as BBS wont sell bolts to anyone anymore either.


i dont knwo if hes full of it about the bolts, but the RS II set i have are my 1st set of BBSs and ive hunted too long too hard for them, im scared to fuk em up, so i think im gonna send mine to them one of these days. once i get a M3 theyre going on that bitch too as ive never seen them on one.

[EThirtySicks]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that MK Motorsports Type 2s use the same lip protector thing as the RSII.



Not like that's the most common wheel, either :rofl

[scaredofstance]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that MK Motorsports Type 2s use the same lip protector thing as the RSII.



Not like that's the most common wheel, either :rofl

exactly the same protector and valves.. probably even the bolts too. i think BBS made those for them. way too much shared technology, form their pride and joy 25th anniversary wheels.

[googone20]

What do you mean about ruined bolts? I have pulled mine apart twice and not one bolt has had any damage or stretching. Wouldn't you much rather have the actual lips polished instead of screwing around with those crappy aluminum rings. I simply took a flat head and got right underneath the rings and pulled them all off. They are only held on with some silicone glue. That last picture is of my rim with no lip protector after I got done sanding it. With some compound they will be like mirrors.

[scaredofstance]

its a stainless steel lip? or atleast the exterior side is, i can see the rust on 1 of mine where its slightly chewed up.
I love the look of the lip protector, id never get rid of it

im scared to fux with the bolts because ive heard of some people not being as lucky as yuh and stripping them, and in a few cases the heads snapped off.

[googone20]

You have to use the proper bit to remove them. You can get a set at any auto parts store. They are 10 point bit that fits in a 13mm socket. I haven't had any issues with the right tools. If you don't use the right bit I can see where guys could jack these up pretty bad. I will go take a picture of the bit I use right now.

[scaredofstance]

cool. how much do you re-torque them to?
do you clean off the thread before re using, or do you use new bolt every time?

im also concerned that if i take them off, i may have trouble fixing the lip properly, to where its even worth taking them apart.

[googone20]

Looks like this is a 12 point M8 bit. Says right on it. I know pics aren't the best it was spur of the moment.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/googone20/IMG00065-20100412-2313.jpg
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I just cleaned the bolts up. My bolts look brand new when I clean them. They are really beefy bolts compared to some other multi-piece rims I have seen. When you replace them put a healthy dab of blue Locktite in each hole. This will make sure that the bolts don't loosen up on you. I think I torqued them to 22ft/lbs which is OEM spec. You will want to tighten them in a crisscross pattern so that you get the face to seat properly. The lips protectors actually do a great job of protecting the rims. I bet when you get the trim off the is zero rash on the lips. It just takes a lot of elbow grease to get them super shiny. Look up some techniques online to put together a good approach.

[Digitalwave]

The proper bit for removing the bolts is called a triple square bit. I forget the size of the triple square but it's either 6mm or 8mm. I bought a set from a local auto parts store and snapped the first bit but they replaced it for free. Snap-On sells triple square bits if you want to do it right.

I cleaned up my bolts and reused them. I used Loc-tite and tightened them in a criss-cross pattern @ half-torque and then went back around at 22ft/lbs for the final torque.

wokke on Bimmerforums can supply you with new bolts but it's almost $200 for the set. It wasn't worth it to me.