Octanehead

Easy way out, leave the detailing to Professionals. Ive seen a lot of bodge jobs and errors by people not knowing what they are doing and ending up ruining paint and since preserving your factory paint is of utmost value dont do it if you dont have the tools and chemicals and most importantly the experience to do it right. Contact me if you want detailing done, I run The Ultimate Detail Bay in Borella.

Just to mention there is no such thing as carbon edition, you can opt for silver trim or carbon trim on the dash, the carbon like weave on the seats come on all three interior colors (red, brown,black), and you can get a red trim on the dash only you get the red interior

How does one do this?

LOL want me to move to the blog am I right?

HAHAHAH! Good one Blood horsepower levels have definitely increased, but more importantly after a proper setting up the ride quality is amaze balls compared to before on the springs and the handling characteristics are just super! The increased stiffness has even improved feel in the steering and made braking much better. I dont know if my car qualifies for Stancelyfe neither have I noticed any increased interest from women.... but that maybe because my woman is always in the passenger seat now

Just realised that I havent updated this thread in many months, And that most of my pics don't seem to be showing up Anws, briefly put. I ditched the Lowering springs and installed D2 fully adjustable coil overs! <3

Sorry no, no idea of selling atm

Replaced my sunroof beading as well as the previous one was fouled up with compound residue and it started to pop out a bit. Looks super duper now! Managed to get some heated mirrors fitted as well. Yet to find out if they work though

Did a few things over the weekend. Managed to get a 8 button OBC and got that connected up. Made a massive difference to the interior as the original analog clocked looked totally out of place. I havent connected up the check control yet as that needs more sensors and extra wiring.

I will PM you the contact

Not the most exciting engine bay but its clean sadly let down by a nasty Bonnet underlining. 25k for a brand new one, but I was so lucky, the guys who look after my car had a used one and insisted I take it for a price I couldn't refuse!

Some where down the line the original documentation was misplaced, so was a very happy bunny when my friend found me this! Its from the UK, so exactly how it would have been

Managed to find these on Ebay. and this tasty tax disc holder

Since this thread hasn't been updated in a long time let me bring you guys up to speed! Shall start with the interior, its not 100% but a lot of minor things have been done ! Since the car was completely stripped out, managed to pull the carpet out and dye it BLACK. It was a dull grey and it was looking past it, slapped 10,000 bucks for a 5 litre can of Carpet dye and did it myself! WELL WORTH IT Redid the hood lining to match as well, in a fabric very similar to the ones offered by BMW themselves Upgraded the Stereo, not the fanciest but now running Infinity components in front and 6x9s at the back. Was lucky to source an adapter for the rear that converts the standard 4 inch speaker mounts to work with 6x9s. No need to cut and hack the parcel shelf! The biggest step up for me was converting the Non original AC to factory spec digital climate control! Since this is a UK car, it only came with a heater which was converted to AC locally. It never worked. So threw that rubbish away and got down all the bits required to convert to a fully functioning BMW ac system. This included the cooler box, the fans, the condenser, the compressor, receiver drier unit, piping, control panel and re did the wiring to work to factory specifications. Got new chrome rings for the gauges and some aluminum pedal covers. Also got the M Tec II steering wheel restitched and re wrapped in leather. Keen eyes will notice I got the stitches in the M colors, was an official optional extra from BMW back in the day. A friend was good enough to donate a genuine M gear knob which is slightly shorter than the standard one, which has improved shifts and shift feel immensely. Oh forgot to mention that I installed a short shift kit as well!

Thanks guys!

Wow my last post here was in 2015! A lot has changed since then So far up to now. The car has been full repainted with M tec kit installed Digital AC conversion was done Engine top overhaul was performed too 325i Brake conversion installed for front and rear Car has been lowered with lowering springs New exhaust mounts were fitted, since the old ones were sagging. Fitted a roof spoiler and head lamp eye lids and a few other cosmetic items just to spruce it up! Awaiting to do the interior now!

Ebay and my friend Sanjay!

Since everyone requested pictures of the interior, here's a shot of my semi finished end result. Lots more to do! And a few exterior shots just for kicks!

Okay did more research into the BMW business radio retro fit. As much as it look fantastic in the car, I will not only lose USB and mp3 playback but also the ability to run my Rodek amp. Which is saddening, so considering something in the likes of Becker or Nakamichi head unit which looks 90s and is also orange back lit to match the rest of the dashboard. Sadly most of them dont have pre-outs for an amp plug in either

Original business unit will be very nice actually, sadly the E36 never came with a multi function steering so it will be quite a complicated retrofit, possible but I dont think I want to do it right now lol Climate control is kinda straightforward. Installing all the components are just plug and play. Just need to do the wiring which is the complicated bit. There is one temp sensor on the control panel itself which detects cabin temps Im not really sure about the external temp sensor.

OBD and everything will come next year. Business CD player maybe, they're aren't the greatest when it comes to sound quality. What do you need to know about the climate control retro fit

Lol I can take you to the guy, I used to work close by to his workshop so spent quite a few hours making sure it was done right

Yes of course, locally done job. We stripped the old stuff off and pasted the new material in