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Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: Zilla on July 17, 2007, 06:10:44 PM

Hey everyone! New to the forum, finally took pictuers of my baby!  Enjoy.

History
So my little brother was in an autotech class in his highschool.  They happend buy a guys' m42 1991 318i for the school for students to fix and sell back to the public.  They didn't know what to do with it becaue it was a GM sponsered class, freakin domestics.  It has 186k on it.  As soon as he told me about I jumped to the gun.  They changed the alternator which was good and sold it to me for $500!  Runs great, sounds great, and looks great!  I also own a e30 1990 325i

Things I have done so far
*Changed the alternator (Thanks to the school)
*Replaced thermostat
*Replaced waterpump
*Replaced fan clutch (Thanks for the tips)
*Oil change (it had been sitting there for over 7 months!)
*Did a hefty coolant flush (when I took the thermostat out the housing was caked with this brown stuff, so that intiated me into doing a flush)
*Fixed the radio, it wasn't working and the guy had taken all the speakers! Luckily I had some extras from my brothers totalled e34


Plans for the future
*Fix the center where the radio and the OBC is, the dude before messed it up real bad  DONE
*get a dashboard latch ($50 dollars on bavauto!! Rip off, DONE
*I'm have 4 konig monsoons on the 325 i'm going to put in on the m42
*Paint the valve cover
*H & R springs, my friend donated me IS springs... are they different do they drop the car?
*and the list goes on!

I"ll keep yall informed!

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Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: RED IS 91 on July 17, 2007, 06:23:41 PM

sweet !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: jpod999 on July 17, 2007, 09:00:35 PM

It's almost wierd to see a stock E30.  LOL, welcome to the boards.  You are gonna love the car, trust me.

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: Zilla on July 17, 2007, 09:36:02 PM

Quote from: jpod999;29846

It's almost wierd to see a stock E30.  LOL, welcome to the boards.  You are gonna love the car, trust me.

Thanks for the welcome, I can tell you though, it won't be stock for long! (I mean that in a good way)

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: jpod999 on July 18, 2007, 12:16:58 AM

Quote from: Zilla;29851

Thanks for the welcome, I can tell you though, it won't be stock for long! (I mean that in a good way)

Awesome!

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: tjts1 on July 18, 2007, 01:13:08 AM

We have twins!
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/207/490948572_a4b811d3c7_o.jpg
At least thats how it used to look when I bought it. Enjoy the ride.

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: peteM3power on July 18, 2007, 07:47:17 AM

Nice car!  Can't to see and hear about how the mods progress!

Pete

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: gearheadE30 on July 18, 2007, 09:21:06 AM

There's a latch for sale on ebay right now. Click here (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=unknown&sbrftog=1&catref=C6&from=R10&mppfqy=bmw+glove+box&satitle=bmw+glove+box+e30&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&fmmk=&fmmd=&fylo=&fyhi=&mppfqy=bmw+glove+box&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=46038&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search) to see the search. There's four or five of them there.

BTW sounds like the car was a steal! Looks great :)

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: Zilla on July 19, 2007, 10:30:56 AM

Quote from: gearheadE30;29865

There's a latch for sale on ebay right now. Click here (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=unknown&sbrftog=1&catref=C6&from=R10&mppfqy=bmw+glove+box&satitle=bmw+glove+box+e30&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&fmmk=&fmmd=&fylo=&fyhi=&mppfqy=bmw+glove+box&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=46038&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search) to see the search. There's four or five of them there.

BTW sounds like the car was a steal! Looks great :)

Thanks alot! Appreciate it

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: g0dspeed on July 27, 2007, 02:54:07 AM

welcome n do keep us updated on your mods... i'll bet it will be great...

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: Zilla on December 03, 2007, 10:33:01 AM

Hey everyone, I've been MIA for a long time from the site.  Update for the car.  I had trouble again with the alternator, got it and back on track again!  I found this guy who is selling parts for his e30.  I'm planning on getting an
-M-Tech steering wheel from himm
-OBC 13 button
-Glove box latch
-sunroof motor if possible
-mabye some little more stuff here and there

Also... I have noticed that Zoso's useful site is down and i can't access it anymore.  I had bought the keyless entry system he had recomended to buy, thankfullly i saved that page to my desktop.  I'm planning on taking some pictures and posting it up here soon of the update.   Glad to be back!

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: hoevesruperd on December 07, 2007, 11:25:53 PM

Quote from: jpod999;29846

It's almost wierd to see a stock E30.  LOL, welcome to the boards.  You are gonna love the car, trust me.

those cars are beautiful stock. just like any 80's/early90's euro cars.
and i'm not saying modified e30s aren't dope but its nice to keep that old school feel in some ways

by the way, IS springs wont drop your ride much, i think its a matter of 1/4 inch but they're a bit stiffer. still, you'll want something else
good luck with your project

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: Febi Guibo on December 08, 2007, 04:19:12 PM

welcome!!

what a deal!!!

Title: Welcome & enjoy
Post by: P. Kennedy on December 08, 2007, 05:48:34 PM

There is a member on this forum (ID:  redhead) that had the center dash part you described earlier, for sale.  The panel that houses the radio, OBC and HVAC switches et al.  You may want to contact him to see if he still has it available.

I TOO miss access to Zoso's how to's.  Come back!

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: Zilla on May 06, 2008, 09:55:08 PM

Hey everyone!  Its been a while since I have posted updates for my car, I have lots of them, so I'll start with the first update and I'll spread the rest of the updates through out the week I have to take pictures of them.  

So... I found out that my driver rear rim wouldn't come off, due to the fact that one of the lug holes in the hub had been threaded.  Little did I know that the hub is connected to the shaft, so I got lucky, I had met this guy on Craiglist for parts, and he was able to help me swap out the entire shaft for just one lug!!! that sucks here are some cheap camera pictures.  


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more images to come...

Title: Updated!!!
Post by: Zilla on February 21, 2009, 11:40:45 AM

Hey everyone!  I hit 200K Yesterday!  Feels good, and my baby is still purring, :)  I tried to take a picture of it but I guess the gears were old, it just couldn't change to 200000k, it just skipped to 200001 haha so i managed to take a snap shot of it.  And here are some other little additions..

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Euro Grills
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Retro Analog Clock! Alpine Stereo, it matches the amber interior light @ night :)
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Replaced the bulky airbag wheel, with this beautiful four spoke!
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Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: RED IS 91 on February 22, 2009, 05:56:37 AM

Welcome to the 200K club .............
nice stereo

Title: Zilla - '91 318i
Post by: Zilla on February 25, 2009, 06:10:35 PM

Quote from: RED IS 91;66986

Welcome to the 200K club .............
nice stereo

Thanks :D Now if I can only get the information text to match the same color... I see a really crazy DIY project coming to life!