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Been reading through all the Stanceworks builds for a while, I'll be picking up my M52 on wednesday so thought this would be the perfect time to start a build thread! Never done this before so here goes:
I bought this E36 coupe off my buddy's neighbour, i guess he had it for his daughter and she never drove it, got it for just over $1000, body is in immaculate shape and 99% rust free except for some slight bubbling on the front fender and some clear coat peeling on the rear bumper.
This is the 5th E36 i've owned, so i know my way around these cars quite a bit!
here's a few of my older ones:
Planning to just have it as a fun daily, M52 will be enough for me to have fun with for a while, and maybe once it's all together it'll see some track time.
Sadly the car i an Auto 4 cylinder (not for long though!
), but i purchased it because calypso is by far my favourite colour these cars came in, and the shell itself was clean.
First thing i had to do was get rid of the hideous (in my opinion) eyebrows and put the stock turn signals back on, not a fan of the clear ebay corners
before
during
after!
replaced the black logos with some OEM ones i had lying around
my old black sedan had all-red tailights, so i thought i'd give it a shot on this!
don't know how i feel about them with the colour of my car, but i have a set of stock tailights i could put back on if i change my mind!
I've never really been a fan of the tan interior,
like all E36s the door cards don't like to stay put
so i started stripping it out!
ordered a sunroof delete from S2R Tuning
sourced most of a black interior, minus the carpet, which i still have to find, and will most likely be ordering some harrison motorsports door cards!
friend of mine gave me a free black dash as well as some interior bits
was told rear headrests were only an option in the '98.5 models, so i got that going for me!
Purchased a ZF transmission plus an entire 5speed swap!
Car has 3 pedals now!
next step was to pull the M44 and autotragic trans
motor is sold and out of the driveway!
Also sold the contours yesterday, definitely going for something a little wider than 7.5"
how she sits now
Picking up the M52 from a friend's shop this week, going to be sourcing a carpet and the final interior bits that i need, then after that its wheels and coilovers (Still deciding between BC's or Megan's)
So i guess i'd consider this the teardown of the car, she's going back together this week!
I bought this E36 coupe off my buddy's neighbour, i guess he had it for his daughter and she never drove it, got it for just over $1000, body is in immaculate shape and 99% rust free except for some slight bubbling on the front fender and some clear coat peeling on the rear bumper.
This is the 5th E36 i've owned, so i know my way around these cars quite a bit!
here's a few of my older ones:
Planning to just have it as a fun daily, M52 will be enough for me to have fun with for a while, and maybe once it's all together it'll see some track time.
Sadly the car i an Auto 4 cylinder (not for long though!
), but i purchased it because calypso is by far my favourite colour these cars came in, and the shell itself was clean.First thing i had to do was get rid of the hideous (in my opinion) eyebrows and put the stock turn signals back on, not a fan of the clear ebay corners
before
during
after!
replaced the black logos with some OEM ones i had lying around
my old black sedan had all-red tailights, so i thought i'd give it a shot on this!
don't know how i feel about them with the colour of my car, but i have a set of stock tailights i could put back on if i change my mind!
I've never really been a fan of the tan interior,
like all E36s the door cards don't like to stay put
so i started stripping it out!
ordered a sunroof delete from S2R Tuning
sourced most of a black interior, minus the carpet, which i still have to find, and will most likely be ordering some harrison motorsports door cards!
friend of mine gave me a free black dash as well as some interior bits
was told rear headrests were only an option in the '98.5 models, so i got that going for me!
Purchased a ZF transmission plus an entire 5speed swap!
Car has 3 pedals now!
next step was to pull the M44 and autotragic trans
motor is sold and out of the driveway!
Also sold the contours yesterday, definitely going for something a little wider than 7.5"
how she sits now
Picking up the M52 from a friend's shop this week, going to be sourcing a carpet and the final interior bits that i need, then after that its wheels and coilovers (Still deciding between BC's or Megan's)
So i guess i'd consider this the teardown of the car, she's going back together this week!
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