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FAQ / REFERENCE => Member Profiles => Topic started by: turbo_negro69 on February 25, 2007, 03:38:24 PM
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Hello to all, my name's wuilman. I own a '91 318i, and was recommended to this site by someone I met at Pick-n-pull in San jose on saturday (sorry did't catch your name).
well my poor car's been through a lot. here are some pictures to show some of the progress I've made, and the problems I've had
it's a lot of pictures so grab a snack! (sorry 56k users)
When i first bought the car.bone stock, with some ugly ARE wheels that were bent to hell and a busted ass antenna
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8158/carpicsandaccidentpics0yo5.jpg)(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5175/carpicsandaccidentpics0ud8.jpg)
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then some douchebag in a VW hit my driver side fender and door, wich gave me an excuse to buy some nice Basketweaves!
(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/2440/carpicsandaccidentpics0bk0.jpg)(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8246/car13pg3.jpg)
I had already cracked one oil pan so i also bought a skidplate from 666fabrication
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I installed an IS rear spoiler, smoked my kidneys, shadowlined my trim, painted my badge black, polished the exhaust tip, installed smoked side markers, smoked turn signal lenses,euro grills, smoked euro smileys, an IS front lip, and a RyanG splitter....... whew!
(http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/9678/carpics114jt0.jpg)(http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3329/carpics165jy3.jpg)
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so then i finally had the car looking pretty nice
(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3420/carpics248mx0.jpg)(http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/6143/carpics262tt0.jpg)
(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/394/carpics265hu5.jpg)(http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1760/carpics275ud1.jpg)
then THIS happened last week!:mad:
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so i went to pick-n-pull and found THIS!
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so now im in the process of fixin her back up, hopefully it won't take too long.
thanks for looking!
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woah what happened?
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clickey linkey for story! (http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=82759)
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dang sorry to see that! It was lookin real good
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Hey! I'm the one you met, thanks so much for showing me how to pull the chrome trim off the car. We went to another pick 'n pull after that one and I practiced on another 4 door that was there. LOL, sounds lame but I didn't want to screw up my car. I also pulled an iS trunk lid spoiler off a car, got it for $24.
How much did you end up spending on the door, fenders, and bumper?
Oh and we need to meet up sometime. We may be the only two E30 enthusiast's with 4 door 318's in the Bay.
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where's the turbo?
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where's the turbo?
i wanted to ask that same question...
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It's the name of a band...
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Found parts for it already, way to go.
Is that an aftermarket exhaust tip? More info on it please.
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Hey! I'm the one you met, thanks so much for showing me how to pull the chrome trim off the car. We went to another pick 'n pull after that one and I practiced on another 4 door that was there. LOL, sounds lame but I didn't want to screw up my car. I also pulled an iS trunk lid spoiler off a car, got it for $24.
How much did you end up spending on the door, fenders, and bumper?
Oh and we need to meet up sometime. We may be the only two E30 enthusiast's with 4 door 318's in the Bay.
oh sh1t! I had your old sig picture as my desktop for a while, I used it as a reference for my car! lol small world eh?
So you got it down now huh? ready to shadowline your trim?
sweet find on the spoiler! I paid like $75 for mine online:mad:
It came out to like $230 for all the stuff I got, and I still need to buy a valance panel and paint.
jajou318
where's the turbo?
It is the name of a band, BUT! I do have plans for a turbo when I can stop crashing my car and save up some money:D
Eurospec
Found parts for it already, way to go.
Is that an aftermarket exhaust tip? More info on it please.
Nope stock exhaust tip, just polished it up!
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LOL sick. What is Lee Myles transmission by the way? Me and my friends were wondering about it.
$230 ain't bad for everything you got!
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LOL sick. What is Lee Myles transmission by the way? Me and my friends were wondering about it.
$230 ain't bad for everything you got!
It's the transmission shop where i work (in San Rafael)
BTW we should get together with the other bay area E30 guys and have a litle get together!
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i love the car, i also like the 84 ss, i had an 87 just before i got the m42, the 305 didnt do it for me, hooyah 383 +700r4 B)
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i love the car, i also like the 84 ss, i had an 87 just before i got the m42, the 305 didnt do it for me, hooyah 383 +700r4 B)
SHWEET MANG!!
I just need a reason to yank out that damned 305 and drop in a 383!
I already got a built TH700R4 in it and swapped out the open diff for a Posi, I also need to swap out those crappy brakes for some camaro 1LE 12" brakes:D
but the monte is coming along nicely just need to finish up my E30 so i can drive it without feeling embarrased about the collision damage!
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It's the transmission shop where i work (in San Rafael)
BTW we should get together with the other bay area E30 guys and have a litle get together!
Definately, another white E30 is always welcome at the local meets. LOL, at the last meet there was 5 of us in Alpines. I was the only 318 though :D:D
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Definately, another white E30 is always welcome at the local meets. LOL, at the last meet there was 5 of us in Alpines. I was the only 318 though :D:D
I think i saw those pictures up on BayE30.net, yeah there definatley needs to be another 318i on the scene:)
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So I got drunk at work and decided to work on my crashed up front end. all i need now is some paint.and yes i stole that front valance panel from my red 318is!
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7/carpics006qh4.jpg)(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/698/carpics008pm0.jpg)
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Wow, took you long enough to get it back together!!
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Wow, took you long enough to get it back together!!
LOL! yeah I know dude, I've been busy looking for a head for the 318is, and trying to sell my xbox 360. but she's coming along.
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glad ur getting it back together.....i like the red 5 window chevy truck on the lift
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Looks sweet, sorry to have seen it crashed, with the black lip did you paint it at all or just get it and throw it on. I really like the look of the black lip and think im going to make mine black.
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Looks sweet, sorry to have seen it crashed, with the black lip did you paint it at all or just get it and throw it on. I really like the look of the black lip and think im going to make mine black.
Yes I painted it with SEM trim paint. I didn't like the look of having it the same as the body color, because the rocker panels and the rear lower valance are black.
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haven't posted in a while thought i'd give an update on what my car looks like.......:( yeah it just keeps getting worse! i've actually been driving it like this for about 2 months now.........I give up on owning a nice looking car!:mad: what baffles the crap out of me is how they managed to rip the fender off without destroying the rest of my front end.......especially on the curb side????
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Damn dude, it's been FOREVER since you've posted here. So what happened? You walked out one day and it was like this? That sucks hella hard.
There's a meet going on in Los Gatos on the 29, you should come.
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Damn dude, it's been FOREVER since you've posted here. So what happened? You walked out one day and it was like this? That sucks hella hard.
There's a meet going on in Los Gatos on the 29, you should come.
exactly!
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Ouch.
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Holy hell! So some ass managed to hit your car and do this? Maybe crackheads thought you were hiding some goods in the fender.
I wanted a 4 door so bad when I was looking for a 2nd M42 car. The only one I found was in bad shape, and then I stumbled across a $2000 deal on a 318iS that I could not pass up. You have a clean ride, despite the crashes and/or drug addicts. I want one!
Anyway, we should get a Bay Area meet going. My girlfriend lives in Point Richmond so I am up there somewhat frequently anyway. jpod, where is this thing on the 29th going down? What all shows up for it? Let's get some M42 folks in there to let more people know about how our motor was created by the hand of god himself, how he came down and handed BMW a virgin ingot of flawless iron from which the M42 was created.
Good luck on future repairs. I am always down for a junk yard trip if anyone i planning one. I also have some parts sitting in my back yard still if you need some. Lemme know if you need anything, it can go cheap.
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Damn that sucks. I've been sitting here for about 10 minutes trying to figure out how someone could possibly cause that kind of damage on the CURB SIDE of the car!!!
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Damn that sucks. I've been sitting here for about 10 minutes trying to figure out how someone could possibly cause that kind of damage on the CURB SIDE of the car!!!
I sat in front of my own car for 45 minutes looking for skid marks and/or bits and pieces of the other car.......but low and behold no such luck????
It still pisses me off, but shit happens!:cool:
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Holy hell! So some ass managed to hit your car and do this? Maybe crackheads thought you were hiding some goods in the fender.
I wanted a 4 door so bad when I was looking for a 2nd M42 car. The only one I found was in bad shape, and then I stumbled across a $2000 deal on a 318iS that I could not pass up. You have a clean ride, despite the crashes and/or drug addicts. I want one!
Anyway, we should get a Bay Area meet going. My girlfriend lives in Point Richmond so I am up there somewhat frequently anyway. jpod, where is this thing on the 29th going down? What all shows up for it? Let's get some M42 folks in there to let more people know about how our motor was created by the hand of god himself, how he came down and handed BMW a virgin ingot of flawless iron from which the M42 was created.
Good luck on future repairs. I am always down for a junk yard trip if anyone i planning one. I also have some parts sitting in my back yard still if you need some. Lemme know if you need anything, it can go cheap.
where in the bay area are you located? and what parts do you have sitting around? I'm looking for a fender, but with the new job I don't have much time for junk yard hunting anymore.
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We should do a junkyard meet. Sorta like the other one, but planned this time lol.
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We should do a junkyard meet. Sorta like the other one, but planned this time lol.
LMAO! yeah that would be fun, but we would be at each others throats for the good parts!:D
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Stockton Pick N Pull has two alpine white late model e30's both with good passenger side fenders.
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Stockton Pick N Pull has two alpine white late model e30's both with good passenger side fenders.
:DI'M THERE DUDE!!!!!:D going on saturday afternoon anyone wanna join in?
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Damn, I'm gonna be up in the Redding area. To bad, or i'd make you pick me up lol. ;)
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Depending on the time, Im down. That way I can show you where they are. I have to do a photo shoot @3, as long as Im back by 2:30 we're good.
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jesus christ...how is that possible?
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Selling both my white 4 door 318i and my red 318is, both are 1991 feel free to IM me!
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dang, why?!
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dang, why?!
just bought a 740i I'll post pictures tonight!
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RIP Will's E30'ness.
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How much for the iS? And did you fix the headgasket?
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RIP Will's E30'ness.
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How much for the iS? And did you fix the headgasket?
I have all the parts (head gasket kit, "new" head, new head bolts) to finish the job but no time or energy left. I may be out of an E30 now, but that doesn't mean I'm out forever:)
$600obo
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Fuck, I need to find a job ASAP.
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Check out my new daily beater:D
I love this F*cking car!
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