wertyus E36 325is Project

[wertyu78]

Picked this up cheap the other day. Running and driving, cold A/C, and everything there.


-1993 325is
-5 speed
-3.15 LSD

The car has been painted at some point in it's life and the clear was heavily oxidized.


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[wertyu78]

I spent the following day attempting to bring the paint back to life.

Started with some off the shelf tutti wax polishing compound and a cheap wool pad, then moved to an uber medium cut pad with Meguiars 105 compound, then an über fine cut pad with Meguiars 205 compound.

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[wertyu78]

Cylinder six decided it didn't want to have compression anymore. Reason: unknown. Leak down test indicates exhaust valves. Replaced cyl 6 lifters as they were solid as a rock and it fired on all 6 cylinders for about 10 seconds. Oh well, farewell M50!


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[Avetiso]

Nice. This is going to be good.

[brettbimmer]

Very cool - always a fan of saving some of the older Bimmers. Your work on the heavily oxidized paint is incredible! I never would've believed that the finish would've come back like it did! Keep up the good work.

[Oli77]

Impressive already!

[ryankokesh]

Lookin good...excited to watch your progress


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[fredo]

Subscribed ! My first BMW was similar to this one. Well, with two extra doors. :biggrin

[Hermes]

Nice find... so S52 time?

[wertyu78]

Wow. Better following than I thought for an old E36! The paint is much better than when I first purchased it, but it isn't perfect. Nonetheless, it's a huge improvement and was fun to tackle.

I don't think I'll be putting another BMW motor in it, only if a good deal comes up. I'm thinking a fourth gen GM motor. If a sweet deal on a LSX and T56 comes up, I'll swing it. If not, a 5.3 truck motor with bolt ons will still be plenty.

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The interior isn't bad. It needs door cards, drivers seat, and a steering wheel. I'm thinking an aftermarket OMP wheel, corbeaus, and homemade door cards. All in the future of course. The first step is to strip and sell off what I don't intend on keeping. I'd like keep this a super budgeted build!

[wertyu78]

Okay, heard a pretty sweet sounding 540 E39. Exploring the M6X route...

[johnrando]

:thumbsup

[wertyu78]

So just a quick update, I sold the car. I want to build an E46 instead. I'm partial to the E46 chassis (duh), and I went ahead and lined some things up.


I wish I could've kept the E36, but only one toy at a time (really 2). Sold the E36 to find an upcoming E46 build.

Sorry guys! I really wanted to build this car too.


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[Avetiso]

E46 is better.

[danewilson77]

Sounds good. In for deets.