My E36 328i Santorini Blue

[AronT1]

Hello guys, my name is Aron and I'm from Iceland, this is my car. It's original BMW E36 320i, but is now 328i

BMW E36 328i
Santorini Blue II(327)
Drive, 287.xxx on body but 174.xxx on motor(M52B28)
Black Leather
Sunroof
M-Tech all around
Coilovers
M50 Manifold
S-Tech exhaust manifold from Schmiedmann
M3 Exhaust
LTW Spoiler
ESR SR04 18" 8.5"(Et30) Front, 9.5"(Et35) Rear
188mm 3.14 25% LSD
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So this is taken in 2012 when I bought the car. Very original hehe



I drove it like that for about 2 years then I wanted to do something cool so I did..
Bought a lot of stuff before I painted it, M-Tech bumpers all around for example



These are all taken in 2016

[becausephilchow]

Looks good man! Clean and simple!

Your exhaust tips look like it doesn't line up very well, or maybe it's just the photo?

[Mehowski]

ltw wing makes this work mate, love it

[MommysLittleMonster]

Thank you for not putting M3 badges on it, and leaving the 3-series mirrors on.

Looks good, I like the LTW nod with the spoiler.

[AronT1]

So this year I've done some things for her..

First of I did some subframe overhaul, changed all bushings, end links and painted everything



Did the same for the brakes all round



Got myself some Racelands Ultimos for starter, looking to buy a set of Alirbags later on



Replaced those nasty ass axles with shiny new ones



Bought new wheels, ESR SR04 8.5(et35) 9.5(et30)



Bought something I never knew I was going to buy.. but really like it, LTW wing



Because I was painting the spoiler I decided to paint all the front end again



And finally.. Bought a new engine M52B28 and took my old M52B25 out



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And almost forgot, bought myself a set of OEM 2 piece style 42 17", took it apart, stripped the powder coat. Was a heeeelll of a job, took me about 5 days to get everything off and polished the lip. This is the outcome.

Before.



After.

[kyle55553]

Wow those BBS's tho.

[AronT1]

Well... beer and eBay is dangerous folk. Bought few things.

Enginemounts Poly
Gearbox mounts poly
M rear bumper
Foglight covers(don't really know why though)
Cupholder(also don't know why, can't really fit anything in there)
Underdrive Power pulleys from TMS
Front suspension refresh kit(arms, bushings etc)
GTR front splitter(was cheap so why not)

[AronT1]

So.. winter finally arrived in Iceland, with a lot of snow and shit.. so I had to put my baby inside, but bought myself a 316i Mtech Compact as a winterbeater with a blown engine so I had to swap another 1600 into it.

[Steven_318ti]

Love this thread, nice one on the Compact man, gotta love the bobtail E36

[Mehowski]

keep us updated if you do tinker with the compact

[AronT1]

Gave my Compact a good cleaning today, inside & ou

[cblock406]

That compact is pretty sweet, awesome daily for sure!

[AronT1]

That compact is pretty sweet, awesome daily for sure!

It is, the grass is still green here in Iceland at the moment, really strange. Same time last year everything was covered in heavy snow. So my Compact is still waiting for that!


But bought some Christmas gifts for my car.

Mesh for my M front bumper
GTR splitter on my bumper
DTM style flap for my LTW
Sideskirt mouting kit
Camber plates front
"BMW" front bumper center moulding
Aaaand finally, got my hands on a pair of Sparcos R100

[Steven_318ti]

Man that TI looks great, ive 2 perfect front seats sitting the shed to match your interior, obviously being from a right hand drive car the passengers seat is perfect (drivers seats pristine too)

[AronT1]

Got some stuff today