Smiles for miles
 

Hello everybody!

My girl and I are huge BMW fans! I have been the proud owner of an e36 M3 sedan for about 12 years now and it has become a daunting task as I pulled the motor to complete a refresh and swap in a six speed transmission. To help reignite our fun with cars we decided to pick up a new zippy toy! We came across a clean 318ti which just needed a little tlc, so the fun begins! Since we have a decent inventory of parts from the M3, this should be a fun and cost effective car for us to have fun with, let me know what you think! We are excited with smiles for miles to be back in a fun car!

Right after we brought it home and prepped for emissions with the stock rear wheels, looks so mean :/
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In its new home and waiting for some tlc!
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First things first, New wheels as I had some clean contours laying around.
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Next will be some interior upgrades, a full detail and suspension!




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Starting to get some new pieces to get the car where we want it! http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...98ca546693.jpg

Interior as we bought it. Pretty clean, but needed some changes.
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And here is the start to the changes.
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Plus they are pussy approved!
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Slowly getting it where we want it!!

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Looking good!

Thanks! It's getting there!

I just swapped the mirrors. The second owner replaced the OEM side mirrors for these...
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They weren't my style, so I went for something different.. I love the fit and they actually offer good vision!
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But now my square 17x7.5 Contours are drawing my eye and not in a good way, so I picked up a super clean set of staggered Contours to help the stance!
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I hope I'm not annoying anyone with my slow progress posts, I'm just excited and thought others might enjoy it, I like to think I have decent taste when it comes to bimmers. But you can tell me, I'm always open to feedback.

Here are the pictures with the new contours, staggered look right!
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Staggered contours ftw!!

Let me know if you need any interior pieces- I pretty much have an entire sandgrau interior sitting in my garage (minus front seats and a few random pieces).

Looks like you're definitely having a good time- keep the pictures coming!

Well howdy, neighbor! I haven't seen another 'ti in Colorado for a year now, although the dealership tells me they're out there.

Paul
'96 318ti 231,000mi

Thanks Zoner for the offer, I can't think of anything I need at the moment, my A-pillars are sagging, but I think we will re-warp them with something unique, maybe... My girl still isn't buying it though, lol. If anyone is interested in my front seats, we could sell a complete interior! Haha

And Paul, I'm a huge e36 fan, but I do agree finding clean examples is hard anymore, especially the compacts, I'm so happy I found one that just needs some gentle tlc! If you ever want to wrench or drive let me know!

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