[Hoper]

Originally Posted by e36mmm

What did you do with your e36? Please share some pics

LOL Jacking my own thread...
E36 Mods, mostly repairs
- Koni Yellows
- Autronic EMS (only because previous owner put a shit EMS in it)
- New lower front control arms
- New RTABs
- New Rear Wheel Bearings
- 2nd hand rear sub frame
- Cold air induction (Can't remember the brand)
- Matt black kidney grills
- Matt Orange vinyl wrap (CF wrap on bonnet and rear wing)
- Performance Cats
- Recon Power Steering Rack
- New Plugs and Injectors
- New Fog Lights
- Many other bushes bearings, tie rod ends etc etc
- Some new interior bits, shift knob, shifter boot

Still have the car, will be going up for sale soon

Pics below

[Trev88]

Originally Posted by Socket

isn't the PPK several 1000s? If so thats an expensive sticker lel

Yup! Painful sticker haha retails for $5000 and must be done by the dealer

[satz]

Yeah..but doesn't the PPK sticker add weight...and actually make the car slower??


Getting walnut blasting - I know the Dealership and the guys in Fyshwick can both do it. I remember getting a quote of around $700 last year. Didn't get it done.

p.s. welcome to another rare Canberran!

[e36mmm]

Noice.. Please let me know when selling the e36 m3 i will consider purchasing if it ticks my boxes but need to start off with a 3.2L manual 6 speed MY96' plus.

[Hoper]

Originally Posted by e36mmm

Noice.. Please let me know when selling the e36 m3 i will consider purchasing if it ticks my boxes but need to start off with a 3.2L manual 6 speed MY96' plus.

Sorry man, this one is a 94, so it's only a 3.0L, Manual 5sp, it'll be going up on Carsales, probably next week.

It also looks good in the pics, the body and wrap are OK, but nowhere near perfect, mechanically it's good, but needs a visual tidy up to be a really good example, haven't decided on price but it'll be mid-high teens as a starting point.

157,000k's, but I did discover it had been tracked before I bought it, which resulted in some of the repairs I've had to do...

Been a good car though, just wanted something a little more modern that I could make go harder a little easier, I was looking at Supercharger kits for this one, but decided I'd rather go the 335i route, I'm getting old

[DR-JEKL]

Good luck with the build she's sure a blank canvas you dont realise how many mods you can perform on these things until you start spending time on these forums

It's certainly rare to get a manual here in Australia, have fun with it!

I had that battery error warning on my car after I had got it home also, I bought a bosch S5 and had the battery coded to suit (google bmw battery registering)

[Unknown_Car]

Originally Posted by Hoper

Nice, I didn't even notice that, will have to check that out as soon as I get my hands on it

Have spent some time reading Sockets thread, don't have the funds to move that fast, but really like the outcome he's generated

Only bad thing is how much it makes you want to do when you read it...

M3 front bar...and upgraded exhaust are front runners after the initial list above

Nice looking car. But did you at lease keep the m3?

[Hoper]

Originally Posted by Roma_335i

Nice looking car. But did you at lease keep the m3?

Planning on selling it to release funds, my 19yo son wants it, but I need the cash to play with the new purchase.

We'll see if I can get a reasonable offer for it, if not it can stay in the family

[Unknown_Car]

Originally Posted by Hoper

Planning on selling it to release funds, my 19yo son wants it, but I need the cash to play with the new purchase.

We'll see if I can get a reasonable offer for it, if not it can stay in the family

Looks really nice, i would keep that m3 in the family.

[Hoper]

Finances have cleared, all organised to pick the car up on Sunday

Pictures will follow, and soon after some initial mods

Although early mods will be tidy up etc rather than wild

Only 4 more sleeps!!!

[Socket]

4 sleeps u must be climbing the wall Hops.... pics pics pics pics

[Hoper]

Picked up the Car on Sunday, drove it 350km back home

Really nice drive, car performed perfectly, will post some more pictures soon, but here's a couple

Note my good friend who gave me a lift me to pick the car up and then helped me wash it when we got back....we did wash his car as well, they were both covered in bugs

1st Pic just after I picked it up
2nd Pic my mate washing the car for me
3rd Pic the K+DCAN cable that arrived during the week

Oh and the piano black grills arrived today, but I only got the bit of paper from the delivery guy so I have to organise to go and get them...

P.S. What does waste gate rattle sound like, and when would I hear it?

[DR-JEKL]

Congrats on the purchase mate she looks very clean

Wastegate rattle is at its worst on a cold start, and is amplified when you install catless downpipes (On a stock car it isn't as noticeable)

[Hoper]

Originally Posted by DR-JEKL

Congrats on the purchase mate she looks very clean

Wastegate rattle is at its worst on a cold start, and is amplified when you install catless downpipes (On a stock car it isn't as noticeable)

Thanks Doc, doesn't make a sound on cold start that I can hear, I do hear a rattle sometimes at really low revs if I'm really just idling off the line (remember it's a manual ;-)) but that sounds more like standard low speed, low rev driveline rattle to me...

I also haven't seen the battery warning light, how will I know if I need to replace the Battery, one of the guys noticed the warning light in one of the Carsales pics I posted at the start of the thread...

Anyway, car runs nice, hot and cold, no signs of any rough idling or rough running at all, seems slightly anaemic up high in the rev range to me, hopefully the MHD tunes will fix that...

[PG]

Wastegate rattle is that loud clatter you hear when I decelerate off the Hume to Goulburn maccas on my way to sydney evry fortnight.
Downpipes definitely make it worse. Mhd does help, but it's a balance between lag and less rattle haha.

[Boganian Rubes]

Beautiful!

[Socket]

Finally arrived, looks great... Let the modding begin lol

[Hoper]

Originally Posted by Socket

Finally arrived, looks great... Let the modding begin lol

Yep would have the stage 1 MHD flash in it this morning if my Google play store account would work

Will have to try and fix that today

Piano black grills are here also, just have to wait for the courier to deliver them again on Friday, so they'll go on this weekend

[ash335]

I think i remember reading a 'safety' feature from play that would not let you purchase multiple high cost apps on the same day... I think you may have to space out each purchase by 24h... or something like that.

[Hoper]

WooHoo after effing around with Google Play many times today, I finally managed to purchase the Stage 1 Maps

Guess who's car is getting a new map tonight

Will report progress later

[Hoper]

So after having 3 attempts that wouldn't write the ECU and managing to brick the car the MHD stage 1 map (98) is now installed

I chose the linear throttle, some exhaust burble and set the WG Rattle to about half way along the slide

Holy snapping duckshite Batman, the car is completely different, and I mean in a really really good way.

It's raining here in Canberra, so no WOT for me on the test drive, noting that it was also raining on my way home tonight and the TC only kicked in a couple of times, and I was pretty close to WOT to get that to happen.

After the tune, even gradually applying the throttle, no way Jose, car sliding all over the place, can't wait for a dry road to really get a good feel for it

Props to Wedge Performance and MHD, I'll be doing some logging this weekend to upload and have them check it for me

[tawfeeqh]

Glad ur loving the new found power. Let the mods begin lol