thought id post up a progress of my e36 compact build bought the car 6 months ago as a bog standard 316i with the later 1.9 engine spent ages looking for a clean one and this had to be seen to be believed looked like a new car apart from a tiny dink in the drivers door! bought some very cheap contours (not oem these are 8x17 et35 all round silver centres with polished dishes) looked like this when i got them after a bit of hard work they looked like this whacked them on with some new tyres and debadged the 316i from the bootlid next i fitted some coilovers, satin black kidney grilles, smoked indicators and side repeaters and pressed plates then came clear m-tech rear lights, carbon bmw badges, stainless exhaust and m-power plate surround
m3 front bumper, mesh bumper grille, evo splitter, us spec number plate recess, american import size front plate, m-tech rear bumper, m-tech deeper side rubbing strips and rare oem m-tech boot spoiler. havnt had chance to fit the spoiler yet but should be going on this weekend
then modded the interior a little bit m3 tri-stiched steering wheel ac schnitzer gearknob oem bmw rubber floor mats kenwood ipod headunit vibe amp and 12" sub snap-on seat cover wheel whores airfreshner
and a few pics of my previous show car that i built it's a 2005 peugeot 206 gti 180 with the gt wrc style kit and lots of other subtle modifications
new updates on the car been working away this weekend
staggered e46 mv2's (18x8/18x8.5) 215/35r18 tyres 5mm front spacers 15mm rear spacers polybushed rear axle polybushed front arms front coilovers wound down more
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Though i prefer the simplistic look of the contours.
Whats the plan for power? ?
Also what kind of coilovers did you use?
thanks the contours will possibly be making a return with a bit better stance and some slimmer tyres after the winter once iv refinished them the coilovers are just cheap jom ones although the ride is pretty decent to be fair. Powerwise just the exhaust at the moment it just has the lousy 1.9 105hp engine and after coming from a 200hp hot hatch its taking a bit of getting used to but it was bought for the fuel economy which is great. hopefully when my circumstances change over the next 12 months and i dont need it to commute as far i can look into sticking a 2.3 or 2.8 6 pot in it
That would be nice, as long as you don't expect it to be fast it will do just fine, I got mine a exhaust and some other small things, thought it might make it faster, nope! then I was frustrated, but once I remembered that it was still a M44 and just to have fun with it as it is, it was a lot easier to enjoy.
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Love it! looks so clean, as for the 206 I normally hate them but I really like that one! lol Where'd you get your roof bars from! :O I really want some
Love it! looks so clean, as for the 206 I normally hate them but I really like that one! lol Where'd you get your roof bars from! :O I really want some
cheers mate is spotless to be fair took me ages to find one this clean same old dear had it from new and was garaged so no rust yeah the 206 definately divided opinions at shows i loved it though! beemer definately feels better built even though its 6 years older lol
roof bars are oem ones off ebay took me agggges to find some were only £40 secondhand though
got my new wheels on rolled the arches but still need a little bit more work to get the bigger spacers i have on but looks good for now so im happy also got my roof bars on which seem to be a bit of a love/hate thing with my mates lol