The E36 Coupe

You grim like a tw@ anyway so no difference there. You need to take me out for a spin again dude.

wheels look fresh mate


p.s dont sell this thing its one of the nicest e36s i love it mate

second that dont sell it mate it is the best looking e36 i have seen

Stampers wrote:

So as some may have seen, she's up for sale or part-ex against a MK3 Golf

Stop copying me...

Cheers for the comments guys, and Jim's... err... yeah.


Anyway, a quick pic of the Storm Motorwerks weighted titanium shift knob...





And a quick sneaky pic of the wheels fitted with the fresh paint & new centre-caps (the caps are brushed aluminium effect reflecting the light, not white).
Please excuse the tyre mounting paste/jizz and general filthy-ness of the car too...





Thanks to Alex and Charlie for putting up with my retarded tyres.
Got there in the end! All running ok and will be on for Players.

Looking forward to the weekend now.

Looks spot on dude, the barge is insured from today, so ill catch you at somepoint soon.

Lupton_20vt wrote:

Looks spot on dude, the barge is insured from today, so ill catch you at somepoint soon.

Get in! Big Pimpin' up in CBG?
Cheers man, already hankering for another set of wheels...

Stampers wrote:

Lupton_20vt wrote:

Looks spot on dude, the barge is insured from today, so ill catch you at somepoint soon.

Get in! Big Pimpin' up in CBG?
Cheers man, already hankering for another set of wheels...

You about saturday afternoon about half 5? could moochover after i finish.

Ill reserve judgement until i see the wheels in the flesh at the weekend, but from that pic white was better lol

nice little touch mate

Lupton_20vt wrote:

Stampers wrote:

Lupton_20vt wrote:

Looks spot on dude, the barge is insured from today, so ill catch you at somepoint soon.

Get in! Big Pimpin' up in CBG?
Cheers man, already hankering for another set of wheels...

You about saturday afternoon about half 5? could moochover after i finish.

Yeah, most probably be cleaning the car up so scoot on over mate.

matty_mk1 wrote:

Ill reserve judgement until i see the wheels in the flesh at the weekend, but from that pic white was better lol

I know what you mean, they aren't as impressive. The white was nice, but I felt it was a little childish and "look at me!" really.
That and the fact that they'll be easier to sell on in Silver. Probably be up for grabs pretty soon too as I want some Futura's so not too fussed.
At least it's better than how I originally got them!

mad4it wrote:

nice little touch mate

Cheers mate!

Wheels look gooooooood! Canne wait to see some better pics!

looked awesome on the wheels earlier man cant help thinking some 18's would look just tha bit better

Lupton_20vt wrote:

looked awesome on the wheels earlier man cant help thinking some 18's would look just tha bit better

Hell no, 18's look gash on E36's!

jimmymidnight wrote:

Lupton_20vt wrote:

looked awesome on the wheels earlier man cant help thinking some 18's would look just tha bit better

Hell no, 18's look gash on E36's!

Not exactly true Mr Ford!
I'll dig out a couple of pics that prove you wrong!


Anyhow, after sorting out my ludicrous ride height and wonky rear spring, the car was driveable again.
Took me all afternoon from getting back from Players, but hopefully she'll be good to go for Westside next weekend.

Here's a little shot I took this evening after straightening her out...

Bummer it didnt make it today dude.


Front looks good, back needs more lows

jimmymidnight wrote:

Hell no, 18's look gash on E36's!

Not quite...





Admittedly both sets are BBS RK's and the orange ones are a bit "inyoface" but I love 'em.
I think that's what I'd be after next. 18x8.5 BBS RK in a lairy turquoise. Yummy.

matty_mk1 wrote:

Bummer it didnt make it today dude.


Front looks good, back needs more lows

Yeah man, was good weather up until 3ish too! Dammit.
Back looks super high in that pic as i'm running thinner spacers and jacked the back up a little after fixing the springs up.
Gonna have a little bit of a play tonight with the rears and hopefully get it sitting right again.

Sorry dude, im still not sold on 18's on these.

jimmymidnight wrote:

Sorry dude, im still not sold on 18's on these.

+1, they just aint quite right

jimmymidnight wrote:

Sorry dude, im still not sold on 18's on these.

Even 19's work! Have to be low on both 18's and 19's but it's possible to pull 'em off...



Ignore the awful air-ride reverse rake in that pic though.
Obviously i'd be running rake. Just don't wanna have to fork out for 19" tyres...

trouble with 18s in tyre size with skinny wheels. although there are some 35s out now.

What was up with the rear sping/s in the end then dude? cant work out how the handbrake fuckedshitup

Stampers wrote:

Even 19's work! Have to be low on both 18's and 19's but it's possible to pull 'em off...

im afraid you are mistaken.

you positive they are 19s ant?

matty_mk1 wrote:

trouble with 18s in tyre size with skinny wheels. although there are some 35s out now.

What was up with the rear sping/s in the end then dude? cant work out how the handbrake fuckedshitup

Wheels i'm looking at are 18x8.5, so with a 205/40/18 on them it'll work out at EXACTLY the same rolling radius as my dailies (195/55/16's on 16x7's). Much better in comparison to the current 17" MIM's which have a lower radius which put's my speedo out.
I hate the fact the car shows more mileage than it's actually been doing.

Also, 18's will allow me to keep the arch near the wheel lip and not have to worry about smashing the underside of my car in.
I dunno, it's just an idea at the moment. The RC041's were for sale for a set of 18's originally but instead I got the MIM's. Go figure!


The rear offside spring just appears to have sagged. It's not holding it's tension as well as the other side, so i'll order a better pair next month.
Probably get some that are cabriolet rated so they should be a bit stiffer at the rear. Seems a bit bouncy at times.
For the time being i've just put the adjusters back in and raised one side to even it out and avoid any scary underside f**k-ups.

I hit something directly under the centre console area of the car and it shocked through the chassis. Didn't sound good. I think that may have knackered a bolt that was holding the handbrake on as when i ripped the console out, it was fucked. Got the bolt out and bolted in another. Stopped the horrible underside rattling noise, re-attached the handbrake and seems fine now.