the evolution of my e36

[Active Alpine]

Stock, with the exception of freshly tinted windows.

January 2004, the addition of a sounds system. JL 8" IB subs in stealthboxes, JL 300/4 amp, MB Quart Reference, etc.

April 2004, Active Autowerke CAI

Sometime in the fall/winter 2004, Freshly Debadged

Current, recently added 17x8 Mille Miglia EV-R wheels wrapped in Yokohama AVS Es100 235/40, BMW clear corners and side indicators.



It's a start.

[Mgefen]

I want to hug you!
I lovveeeeeeeeeee/like/appreciate people who pamper their cars!
And you are one of them

Tell me please - have you enjoyed the first days in which you had the air intake installed?
Have you felt any increase in perfformance? Have you had problems with the AFM?

[Shockwave179]

all it needs now is to be lowered.

[Active Alpine]

Originally Posted by CGC

I want to hug you!
I lovveeeeeeeeeee/like/appreciate people who pamper their cars!
And you are one of them

Tell me please - have you enjoyed the first days in which you had the air intake installed?
Have you felt any increase in perfformance? Have you had problems with the AFM?

Haha, yeah I am. The intake was amazing. Butt dyno showed gains in low end torque, but the best part was the fact that it was essentially removing the intake baffle, so the car gained a healthy growl in the 2-3.5k range. I've had no problems with the AFM, or anything with the car for that matter.

[Active Alpine]

Originally Posted by Shockwave179

all it needs now is to be lowered.

That's second or third on my list of things to do. I know it should be higher on my list, but it's a bugger getting money together for a full suspension job.

[cop]

It need at least 18" wheels and sport suspensions.

[Mgefen]

Originally Posted by Active Alpine

That's second or third on my list of things to do. I know it should be higher on my list, but it's a bugger getting money together for a full suspension job.

Take your time. Don;t huryy on spending money, think twice on what is more important for the close future. Moreover, it is better to save a nice sum, and then buy something respected!
Good luck!

[M3/4Bimmer]

Have you considered painting your bumpers/sideskirts white yet? Either way is a sweet car.

[Active Alpine]

m3/4bimmer: I've considered it, but rather than go white, I actually painted them black. From the factory, they were grey, so black is just an improvement on what was already there. White would make it look too much like a 323/328.

cop: there are just too many potholes where I live. For me to get 18s, the rubber would be too thin, then all it'd take is me not seeing a pothole. Keep in mind, I have very limited funds. I'm a student, and I honestly couldnt afford having to replace a wheel right now.

[E34_Man]

its a start i like it r u going to get it re painted

[Active Alpine]

Originally Posted by E34_Man

its a start i like it r u going to get it re painted

Long term, I'm going to get a carbon fiber hood and trunk (and roof if I can get someone to make it for me). At that time I will repaint it Alpine White, and maybe leave a carbon fiber racing stripe or something like that, just, nothing too ricey.

[E34_Man]

i must say that is very nice i love the alpine white its one of my fav colors, but if you are going to do all that carbon fiber stuff that you are talking about then it will kind of look like a two tone and that is sick dont get me rong but it will not realy tie the car in but it would be worth going the hole way with that and do the carbon to the top of the wheel archers and the gruve where the doors locks are just to make it all fit in together and then you will not need to do stripes (red stripes give a 25kw increase in the cars performance lol)

what are you planning on doing to the engine?

as soon as you get this stuff done then plz post some more pics

[Active Alpine]

Yeah, the carbon fiber, like I said, is long term... like three years down the road? Engine wise, I plan on cams, injectors, throttle body, headers, cat-delete, and whatever it takes to get it up to about 240-250bhp. Sure, it would be more cost effective to get an M3, but the car is payed for, and that's all I need.

[E34_Man]

Originally Posted by Active Alpine

Yeah, the carbon fiber, like I said, is long term... like three years down the road? Engine wise, I plan on cams, injectors, throttle body, headers, cat-delete, and whatever it takes to get it up to about 240-250bhp. Sure, it would be more cost effective to get an M3, but the car is payed for, and that's all I need.

u wanna pay for my car lol

[95325is]

very nice man