1999 BMW 318TI M-Package Club Sport RARE

[geetarspaz]

"clubsport" yeah, right. i can see 4 flaws right off the back that make this not a clubsport.

http://delaware.craigslist.org/cto/2897627639.html

[1996 328ti]

Originally Posted by geetarspaz

"clubsport" yeah, right. i can see 4 flaws right off the back that make this not a clubsport.

http://delaware.craigslist.org/cto/2897627639.html

1. seats
2. wheels
3. year
4. mirrors

Anything else?

[geetarspaz]

the front bumper club sport has the grated black metal right? not the 3 horizontal rows like the sport?

weren't they only manuals?

front right turn signal doesn't look clear, looks yellow

the trim on the front doors dont look like the real thin sport trim, unlike the bumper's trim looks like it

[1996 328ti]

All 99s are Sports with M-Technic trim.

[cooljess76]

AFAIK, no 318ti's came with mesh lower grilles. The 318ti sports and clubsports came with luxury slats which easily break and most people replace with the plastic mesh found on M3's. The seller also states that the car came with the "M Package" wheels(which are replicas) and rocker panels(sideskirts) which are not Mtech, they're luxury package skirts. No 318ti's came with mtech twisty style skirts, not even clubsports. If they came with any skirts at all, they were luxury skirts. And finally, that particular car has had the nose panel replaced. The one pictured is an older style nose panel with recessed kidney grilles(chrome ebay ones no less). Nothing wrong with that, I swapped mine for an older style nose panel because I think they look better, but that could be an indication that it had front end damage at some point in it's life.

[geetarspaz]

good to know

[1996 328ti]

According to realoem, the side skirts/rockers are M Technic
If you search http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partxref....51712234187%09, it's the same part used in an M3. ??

When I look at an M3 the front bumper, it's either M-Technic (mesh) or Luxury (slats).
Other than that, are you sure the rockers aren't the same?

[cooljess76]

Clubsport:

1) only 300 made
2) only available in 1995
3) only available in SchwarzII or Hellrot
4) only available with manual gearbox
5) only available with red millpoint sport interior
6) came with LSD
7) came with factory sport tuned suspension(slightly stiffer/shorter springs & thicker swaybars)
8) came with foglights
9) came with 16" style 18 5 spoke wheels
10) came with Mtech mirrors
11) came with Mtech moldings
12) came with Mtech front and rear bumpers
13) came with Luxury skirts and Luxury slats in the front bumper
14) came with 10 speaker sound system

[geetarspaz]

word. thought so on the manual part

[cooljess76]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

According to realoem, the side skirts/rockers are M Technic
If you search http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partxref....51712234187%09, it's the same part used in an M3. ??

When I look at an M3 the front bumper, it's either M-Technic (mesh) or Luxury (slats).
Other than that, are you sure the rockers aren't the same?

I'm sure. I understand that realoem calls them Mtech, but they're the same as the skirts that came on Luxury package M3's, 328's, 323's and 318's. Some (but not all) M3 sedans came with Luxury packages and got luxury skirts instead of twisties and lower grille luxury slats instead of mesh. Tim323ti added M3 twisties to his 323ti. Here's a pic showing how the twisty skirts have a "crease" that overlaps. FWIW, I sold my luxury skirts to member b-rad and I plan on using the twisty skirts off of my donor M3

Edit; Steven, the ones you linked are in fact Mtechnic Twisties. Those didn't come on any 318ti's, but realoem listed them because they are a compatible fit with the ti. There's two illustrations for the 318ti. One is labeled "door sill" which shows the standard "luxury" skirts that many 318ti's came with. The other is labeled "outer kick panel" and shows the Mtechnic "Twisty" skirts: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partgrp.d...06&hg=51&fg=16

[cooljess76]

For comparison, here's Marko's ti with the standard sport package luxury skirts:

notice there's no "crease"

[wolferj-RIP]

Here is yet another "Club Sport"...

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/2885892092.html

wrong color, wrong interior, wrong everything...

[campione]

Whoa, do you learn a lot in this forum! Thank you, gentlemen! And, for the record, this car has been totally repainted (in original color) and has a "salvage" title. Did anyone get that blue one from "diggityd"?

[geetarspaz]

i actually dont prefer those twisty skirts.. maybe on an m3 but i dont think i like them with the ti.

yeah campione, who woulda knew there were all these club sports left!!

[teetime4one]

my cars a Club Sport too
it's for sale
$14,000.00 FIRM
no joy rides
please make an appointment with your bank
because i don't accept American Express
who wants pie?