Hey There, I know there are tons of super nice E36's on here so I'm sort of reluctantly posting mine as I'm sure it won't be to everyone's liking, but just thought I would share a little of my build so far as I've been lurking and admiring on this site for a long time:
This car is a 97 328i and is my fourth E36 I've had (just can't help myself I guess )
When I first got it a couple of years ago, had some mods like TC Kline coilovers, AA exhaust, SSK, etc:
Cranked down the coilovers a bit and did a bunch of maintenance that I didn't document...Stewart Water pump and all new cooling components, 3.38 LSD swap. Fixed a bunch of wiring (the PO cut the headlight connections and some other stuff so I just bought a whole E36 wiring harness and started fixing things) wired up my city lights and changed to Ambers etc. I was pretty happy for a little while.
This winter I addressed my horribly ugly interior which went from this:
To This
I also got some coilovers and wheels this winter
17x9.5 Square Arc 8's. I know they aren't everyone's cup of tea around here, especially since they aren't BBS, but I've always loved them.
Broadway's
This last weekend I fixed a broken sway bar mount by cutting bottoms off the new and old and welded them back together, then sealed it up with a layer of JB weld I had laying around.
Not pretty but it will get the job done!
I also swapped out my steering rack for a 330i yellow tag unit
All new reservoir and lines
And then finally gave my wheels and tires a test fit (still on old suspension) running a 15mm spacer in the rear and 12mm on the front.
This weekend I will be getting the Broadways on and dialing in the suspension. It may not be as low as everyone's liking, but hopefully it will be a nice balance of decent meat with a nice low stance.
Thanks for looking!
This car is a 97 328i and is my fourth E36 I've had (just can't help myself I guess )
When I first got it a couple of years ago, had some mods like TC Kline coilovers, AA exhaust, SSK, etc:
Cranked down the coilovers a bit and did a bunch of maintenance that I didn't document...Stewart Water pump and all new cooling components, 3.38 LSD swap. Fixed a bunch of wiring (the PO cut the headlight connections and some other stuff so I just bought a whole E36 wiring harness and started fixing things) wired up my city lights and changed to Ambers etc. I was pretty happy for a little while.
This winter I addressed my horribly ugly interior which went from this:
To This
I also got some coilovers and wheels this winter
17x9.5 Square Arc 8's. I know they aren't everyone's cup of tea around here, especially since they aren't BBS, but I've always loved them.
Broadway's
This last weekend I fixed a broken sway bar mount by cutting bottoms off the new and old and welded them back together, then sealed it up with a layer of JB weld I had laying around.
Not pretty but it will get the job done!
I also swapped out my steering rack for a 330i yellow tag unit
All new reservoir and lines
And then finally gave my wheels and tires a test fit (still on old suspension) running a 15mm spacer in the rear and 12mm on the front.
This weekend I will be getting the Broadways on and dialing in the suspension. It may not be as low as everyone's liking, but hopefully it will be a nice balance of decent meat with a nice low stance.
Thanks for looking!
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