99 318ic M-Sport Cabrio Daily

[shoshinsha]

Hi Folks,

So with the 318is being off the road to get a full rebuild I decided I needed another E36 to keep me going.....or 2!!! So I obtained a 99 318ic M-Sport cabrio as my daily and a 328ic cabrio as a once in a while car seeing as it has uber low mileage at 55,000 so I do not want it going up to much.


DETAILS:

99 318ic M-Sport
135,000 miles
Avus Blau
Sport Amaretta cloth/suede interior
Black soft top (in immaculate condition)


JOBS DONE:

New front wishbones
New front inner tie rods
New front outer track rod ends
New Meyle front drop links
Brake fluid change
New spark plugs
New oil filter and oil change
New radiator, water pump and thermostat
New rocker cover gasket


UPGRADES:

Smoked front depo indicators
Smoked side depo indicators
New Powerflex wishbone bushes
New Powerflex front droplink bushes
Front solid brake discs removed and 328i front calipers fitted with new vented discs and new pads
Green Performance panel air filter
Custom exhaust - Work in progress but sounds very well and completely gets rid of the raspy 4 cyl tone
Revised air intake setup to run 2 cold air feeds
Front OE BMW lip spoiler fitted
Front GT corner splitters fitted
Re-trimmed M-Tech II non airbag steering wheel fitted
Weighted OE BMW M-Sport gearknob fitted
New leather OE BMW gear gaiter fitted
Used Avus Blau M3 mirrors


With it only being the weenie M43 4cyl and a daily driver there is very little performance wise that can be done, however I am working on improving the response from the M43 and so far it is proving to work. With Ireland having such high yearly road tax rates the M43 and M44 engined E36's are great cheap daily's and as lots on here know the cabrios are great fun cars when the sun does eventually come out .

I may down the line transplant the 138bhp M44 16v engine into the cabrio as in my opinion it should of come with this engine in the first place to to the extra weight. I know some countries could get the E36 convertibles from new with M44 engines however Ireland was not one of those countries unfortunately, so for now I shall make due and continue with my experiments that cost very little to do.


SOME PICS:








FUTURE JOBS:

Replace front timing cover gaskets
Repaint car due to it being keyed before I purchased it
Install BC coilovers
Fix fuel guage (costly showing empty)
Braided brakes lines all round

And most of all enjoy it , more updates and pics to come shortly.


Thanks for looking

[shoshinsha]

Engine bay pic after a quick clean and 2nd air intake installed.

[djlowd]

Nice car ! I like the color combo very much, I'd just like to see it lower but that's my personal taste !

The M5 E34 rims fits the car nicely !

[shoshinsha]

Nice car ! I like the color combo very much, I'd just like to see it lower but that's my personal taste !

The M5 E34 rims fits the car nicely !

Thanks dude, yes I want to see it lower too believe me . Just have to wait for BC's to arrive then it shall get some lowering as the Throwing Stars look lost especially on the front at present.

[shoshinsha]

Custom exhaust work started, here is what it sounds like so far. Weenie M43 does sound so bad now imo. More to be done to finish it off, and best part is its not at all intrusive when in the car.