My Alpine White E36 328i... and a couple of the Noble.

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Hello all,

I have replaced my dying Puma runaround with something a bit fancier, an E36 328i. 97,000 miles, 1998 non-sport with a few little upgrades by the previous owner. After fiddling with the suspension for a couple of days, I thought I'd bring them both out into the reasonably dry weather for a wash.

Currently on winter 15s, but I have a set of staggered 17" M3 Motorsport wheels being refurbished ready for next summer.

Current plans are to fit a standard ratio LSD, get the tracking sorted and some general tidying. Several 'ring trip weekends already planned, but I have to remember the Noble is the fun one!

Dirty:





Clean:











The other car:





The pair together:

Drug dealer/ "gangsta" rap shot:


(haters gonna hate etc. etc. and whatever the ruffians say these days)

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matt21 said:

Nice. What is going on with the plate on the Noble?

1958 Essex plate OO3006 with a middle space for neatness. Apologies in advance to the plate nazis.

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Yeah I'll trim it tomorrow but to be fair it's my parent's house. I have my own flat but I'm at "home" recovering from a <minor> heart op at the moment.

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Mum says 'it's not a weed, it's a Virginia Creeper"

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So, it came with a set of staggered M3 motorsport wheels, which I've had refurbished to OEM spec. The yellow is just protective tape to allow them to be stacked safely.

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Glad you took the time to read it and comment though. Thanks.

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deadmau5 said:

Nice cars.

More pictures of Tiddles please.

No more pictures, I can say she was surprisingly perky at the weekend and showing a lot more personality. I'm done with that thread though.

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T16OLE said:

I think your tyres are mounted the wrong way around

No, they're not. Made me go out and check though because I swapped them in the dark at 10pm when I got the car!

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Ha, no, try April or late March at least, got my winter tyres on and I'm out of the country most of Jan/Feb/March anyway, so might as well wait til then to make a decision on tyres I think.

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Mastodon2 said:

The BMW is nice, but that Noble is incredible. It must be a strange thing to own, non-petrolheads just see a kit car, but those in the know will recognise them as mini supercars.

Thanks, yeah I've found it to be a bit the other way round to be honest, non-petrolheads don't really know what they're looking at. Some think kit car but others think it's something really really special. Some petrolheads are a bit dismissive and instantly say "bodykitted MR2" or "isn't that a mondeo" and others are really really enthusiastic!