M42club.com - Home of the BMW E30/E36 318i/iS

DISCUSSION => General Topics => Topic started by: 318kid on January 06, 2007, 07:18:30 PM

Title: New Car
Post by: 318kid on January 06, 2007, 07:18:30 PM: Hey last week I bought a new car it needed some help and still does, but My dad and I replaced the guibo and two belts. It has an oil leak which we think is the oil filter housing and the sun/moonroof doesnt work. It needs a respray and a few things hear and there. Heres a few pictures!

(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7513/1004771ou6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8357/1004774fx4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

(http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/9965/1004775rv0.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Glass moon/sun roof!
(http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4662/1004773xx3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

PS: Im working on the sunroof relay thats why the wires are there.
Title: New Car
Post by: RED IS 91 on January 06, 2007, 07:29:37 PM: I didn't know the 318is came with electric sunroof .............:confused:
welcome
Title: New Car
Post by: dbgrubbs on January 06, 2007, 07:49:43 PM: Mine has an electric sunroof too. If I'm not mistaken, it was installed by ASC as a dealer option.
Title: New Car
Post by: jajou318 on January 06, 2007, 08:19:16 PM: glass moonroof! clean clean clean interior!
Title: New Car
Post by: dude8383 on January 06, 2007, 10:35:39 PM: Quote from: jajou318;16996
glass moonroof! clean clean clean interior!

werd to the glass sunroof!!!

looks like a great platform to start with!

Goodluck!
Title: Nice!
Post by: FL318is on January 06, 2007, 11:07:21 PM: Congrats on 2 318s. Where did you find it? Are you in FL?
Title: New Car
Post by: 318kid on January 06, 2007, 11:18:01 PM: Thanks the other 318 is my dads (in the sig) but this one is all mine! No im not in florida I live in Texas
Title: New Car
Post by: jajou318 on January 07, 2007, 12:48:50 AM: really? what city?

I'm in san antonio
Title: New Car
Post by: jpod999 on January 07, 2007, 08:54:09 AM: Your motor has all that yellow crap on it too! Awesome to see a moonroof, I didn't even know E30's came with those.

How's it running?
Title: New Car
Post by: Bunta on January 07, 2007, 11:00:57 AM: Quote from: jpod999;17031
Your motor has all that yellow crap on it too! Awesome to see a moonroof, I didn't even know E30's came with those.

How's it running?

yellow crap=cosmoline. a corrsion resistant used in the factory. Brake Cleaner works wonders for getting it off. Just be careful on the paint.

Nice car. My Next e30 will be a silver with black 318is. Best color combo in my opinion. Uncommon too.

HUnter
Title: New Car
Post by: Vladi on January 07, 2007, 11:16:02 AM: Is that colour Sterling Silver Metallic? :rolleyes: If yes, you've got the same colour as me. :)
Title: New Car
Post by: 318kid on January 07, 2007, 03:00:43 PM: Thanks for the great replies, but I'm not exactly sure how to quote so I'll just try and answer yalls questions. Vladi, yes my color is Sterling Silver. jpod999, its running well but theres a pretty big oil leak :mad: which im going to try and fix soon. jajou318 I live north of Dallas in a small town called Sanger.
Title: New Car
Post by: silverblades181 on January 07, 2007, 06:21:28 PM: Holy cosmoline batman! Otherwise the car is awesome. Good luck with it.
Title: New Car
Post by: e9nine on January 07, 2007, 08:32:15 PM: Nice find. Where's the oil leaking from? Keep us updated with pics on the progress.
Title: New Car
Post by: 318kid on January 07, 2007, 09:02:04 PM: Quote from: e9nine;17100
Nice find. Where's the oil leaking from? Keep us updated with pics on the progress.

My dad and I think the oil is leaking from where the drop in oil filter is, but we are not 100% positive. I think we are going to track it down when he gets back from his trip. And I will defentally show yall the progress of my car and his. (if he even does anything)
Title: New Car
Post by: dude8383 on January 07, 2007, 10:02:08 PM: dude quoting a response is not too difficult..just hit the "quote" button on whichever post you want to respond to.

when i want to quote multiple posts i just open up each quote on a separate page and just copy and paste everything into one response.

i still haven't figured out how the multi-quote works..

oh and to keep it on topic, keep us posted on the oil leak problem!
Title: New Car
Post by: Alpine003 on January 08, 2007, 08:52:45 AM: Quote from: 318kid;17106
And I will defentally show yall the progress of my car and his. (if he even does anything)

Spoken like a true Texan. haha. :D

P.S. Don't let your Dad steal your moonroof. ;)
Title: New Car
Post by: jpod999 on January 08, 2007, 04:45:30 PM: Quote from: Alpine003;17136
Spoken like a true Texan. haha. :D

P.S. Don't let your Dad steal your moonroof. ;)

Is that thing even stock? I had no idea at all that our cars came with moonroofs.
Title: New Car
Post by: m42 fan on January 08, 2007, 06:06:52 PM: Sterling Silver, Woot!! :D

Looks like a nice find, especially with the glass moonroof

Brian
Title: New Car
Post by: ///Motorsport on January 08, 2007, 07:27:02 PM: Lucky! looks like fun.... nice moonroof
Title: New Car
Post by: dude8383 on January 08, 2007, 09:06:58 PM: Quote from: jpod999;17160
Is that thing even stock? I had no idea at all that our cars came with moonroofs.

yup, rare factory option
Title: Have your dad ditch his 318i steel wheels
Post by: G-Man on January 10, 2007, 11:27:45 PM: & the hubcaps. I just replaced my steel wheels on my 91 318i with some E30 bottlecap wheels. They are a dime a dozen at the pik-a-part yard.

The best E30 color combo IMHO is black with tan interior. I have a black with black interior 318i which I replaced with a tan interior from my 91 318i parts car. It now looks so much better with the tan interior and bottlecaps. I pulled the new tires off the steel wheels from the parts car and mounted them on the bottlecaps (BF Goodrich Traction TA's).

Congrats on your score, I see you are missing your E30 center caps, they go for $62 each, so hang on to them if you have them.

G-Man
Title: New Car
Post by: D. Clay on January 30, 2007, 10:11:48 PM: I relinquish the cosmoline title I have regrettably held for some time. I lust after some of the engine compartments I see. They were probably resprayed while the motor was out. May be the photos but are you missing part of the windshield seal strip?
As to paint, it's about $500 for primer, base, and clear coat in Glasurit, Spies-Hecker, Sikkens, etc. It's the same in Dupont and PPG for their top of the line. You can get lower quality and price in Dupont and PPG but not the the first three.