My BMW M3 Evolution Imola Individual GT2 Journal

[gaz1234]

Have you moved house?

[mboon]

Cheers mate.

Nope not moved just were the car is stored

[mboon]

These arrived today.

New front bumper grill



Can anyone tell me if this can be fitted without removing the front bumper?

Also these turned up. Photo does not do them justice. A quick clean and they will be like new

[mboon]

also does anyone have a good set of the clips the visor clips into that bolts to the roof of the car?

[mboon]

Logbook arrived today which was nice


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I am the 5th person to owner her


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I had some more paperwork to go in the history so sorted this out


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And some bits I have purchased so got them in order


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My bargain leather folder with all the books in

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This also arrived for the drivers side wing mirror... Can anyone tell me if the motors are the same throughout the E36 range? or does the M3 mirror have a different motor?


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Also bought one of these to do the arches with and any little odds and sods, always handy to have


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And this to give me more light in the garage at nights. The weather is really bad this end so getting the car out is not an option. Hoping to get the wheels off tomorrow and clean the arches but will have to do this in the garage


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Cheers

Mark

[dragonheart]

With the logbook showing 5 previous owners, that makes you the 6th owner. Lovely cay by the way.

[mboon]

Does it... haha I am number 6 then. Last owner had it from 2004. I expect it was registered at the dealer for a demo or something. I will try to look into that. Cheers for the comments

[marky911]

Do a fee paying enquiry to the DVLA Mark.

They'll send you out photocopies of all the old V5 documents with all the owners on. It'll show you who owned it and when. I always do this. Nice to see where the car has spent it's life.

[kchika]

marky911 said:

Do a fee paying enquiry to the DVLA Mark.

They'll send you out photocopies of all the old V5 documents with all the owners on. It'll show you who owned it and when. I always do this. Nice to see where the car has spent it's life.

Good to know!

Lovely car, OP.

[mboon]

marky911 said:

Do a fee paying enquiry to the DVLA Mark.

They'll send you out photocopies of all the old V5 documents with all the owners on. It'll show you who owned it and when. I always do this. Nice to see where the car has spent it's life.

Cheers Mark, I will look into that. Always nice to catch up with previous owners.

Thanks for the comments

[mboon]

UPDATE:

Today I started on the arches, this was what it looked like


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Not good


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And this bit surprised me. The car has been sat in a dry warm well ventilated garage for a week since I cleaned her and this was still soaking wet! What a rubbish design, perfect place for dirt and stuff to build up and hold water


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After a scrub. Not gone over the top with these as I just wanted to clear any pockets of dirt that holds water


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And the trap.


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I did actually get it all out but didn't take a photo of it


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While in this area I notice this on the hub


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It also has the //M logo matching the break calipers etc... seems strange, anyone know what it means?


Also noticed she will need new brake pads on the front soon


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This is how much crap came out from the arch


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So next up was the wheel. Now one thing you have to remember with this car, it has original none refurbished wheels so excuse the little dings and dents etc. Apparently when you get these wheels refurbished they only last around 1 year until they start going milky etc.

Before


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After


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Next up was putting the wheel back on. It was a bugger to get off so dug out my copper grease


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I put a very small amount on the hub just to make it a little easier to remove the wheel at a later date


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And on the bolts themselves


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Its all about the small things ha

So wheel back on without the arch lining as I had to remove the front bumper but had to move the car out to do so


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So next up was removing the bumper. I had a look around on forums etc and found a video on Youtube which showed the process. Great, followed, it came off. But!!! you can do this without removing the bolts under the arch linings

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If you just undo the 4 bolts under the trim on the bumper it will slip straight out of these guides. Made the job more hassle than it had to be and I have to now try and line the bumper up good again

So bumper off


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I am delving into this car and not finding any rust which is great news. Not even a bit of surface rust behind the bumper

Removed the bumper to replace this which is broken


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After a few minutes looking it became apparent its a easy job made easier by removing the bumper

Old and new


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Fitted into the bumper


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Fitted back on the car with the new fog lights (Bumper still needs adjustment)


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I have cleaned the passenger side arch as well and put the arch lining back in

I have put some silicon stuff on the black to soak in and make it look a little darker... This stuff obviously will soak in, looks very glossy at the moment


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And that is it, car was put back on four wheels, put back in and left. Not sure when I will next be with the car as I have a kitchen being fitted and need to do some jigging of the house. So might not see her until next month.

Cheers for reading

Mark

[mboon]

Well for anyone that knows me, knows I love my Ford Cosworths. A mate posted this on facebook and it has really made me want to get the M3 out and use it in serious anger!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlir7J_ycv0

The image in my head is this sound playing loud on the radio and drifting the GT out of the garage and up the road

Must resist....

[anonymous-user]

Lovely car but get out there and drive it!

[Dan1983]

Beautiful. Bookmarked the thread.

[Rollcage]

Anything containing silicone will give any paintwork man the willies - it can cause problems if you ever need any paintwork done.

There are loads of really good silicone free detailing products - the Gtechniq range comes to mind, especially C4 for black plastic trim bits.

Really liking the car and the attention to detail!

[piers1]

She's looking wonderful, well worth the hard work you putting in

[MarkwG]

Re: door mirror motor: I'm pretty sure they're the same, swapped one of mine ages ago & I don't recall there being a difference.

[mboon]

Cheers guys

I will have to double check it has silicon, pretty sure it does. It is megs stuff.

I have not got it on the paintwork though, just the plastics... That said I might have accidently rested a cloth with the stuff on, on the paintwork....

Cheers for the motor info. Not got around to changing that yet

Not seen the car now for a over a week. The kitchen however is coming along.

[mboon]

So I have not seen the car for a good month. Been told by my mate she is under some dust and has a flat battery. I purchased these from BMW to tidy the rear side window seals up

[mboon]

Went to see the car today.

This is what I was greeted with, looks OK from this far away



But when you get up close you can see the dust and fibres





So I did a couple things in preparation for tomorrow (if the weather is right) First things first, I removed the battery and put on charge as she was dead again.

Next up was replacing the drivers side front wheel arch.... As the car would not start and I couldn't be arsed to move it out I jacked it up but found I could not get it right up to remove the wheel so fitted the arch lining with the wheel on. It was prob as easy to do with the wheel on as off



And next up was some much needed fuel. This is the first fuel I have put into the car. And when did it cost the best part of £8 to fill a 5 litre fuel can!!!



I also did some research on this, it would cost a few pence off £80 to fill a E36 M3 fuel tank, and only 30p per litre is not tax!!! Robbing bds this country!!! The cheapest place to buy fuel would cost me under 50p for a tank of fuel! Rant over

I am trying to hunt down a new set of these as well...



Or can I just get the rubber bits on the sides as the main kick plate is in good condition?

I plan on getting her started tomorrow, out and cleaned down. I also plan on putting her on the road at the end of the month and use it on some dry days but will have to see how that goes