My BMW M3 Evolution Imola Individual GT2 Journal

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Hi all,

After a few years away I have just bought myself another E36.

For anyone who recognises the car please keep build numbers etc to yourselves. It is unknown on the database and not sure if I am going to keep it that way or not.

So here we have my new (to me) BMW E36 M3 Evolution Imola Individual GT2


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I have started by removing the light caps so they dry out.

Thanks for looking

Mark

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Cheers guys. It is nice. Get one soon as the E36 M3 is getting a rare beast.

its currently unknown and not sure if I want to give the details over. Going to have a think about it and go from there

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Cheers guys.

I have got her put away now ready for some winter work. Couple photos of it tucked away




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Thanks



Mark

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_Batty_ said:

Lovely car. Would like to see it if you fancy a few pics with my cs?
What's the interior like?

Hi,

Sounds like a plan. I do not plan on bringing this one out until the summertime. I will drop you a message

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Piers... not this one mate.

gaz.... I got fedup with constantly putting money into it. Sold it on and eventually bought this

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I have sat down with the service history tonight and found the car had a brand new Vanos fitted in 2007 and a clutch at 97,000. I have sorted the history into order. Only thing I do not have is the leather booklet the service book and manuals go in... Anyone got one they do not want?




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Cheers guys.

been on the look for them sachets at work.They are dry now.

Been to see the car tonight. Switch her on and warm her up. Also took the tax out the window ready for being sorned.

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Cheers. Yeah that one is lovely. The bench mark setter.

Not seen this car all week. Hopefully cleaning out the arches tomorrow and polishing them

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UPDATE:

Today I started on the paintwork. Years of bad weather and poor cleaning had taken its toll so decided to using Megs cutting compound to try take out some of the swirl and grim on the paintwork.

This is a 75/25 shot of the roof during. The right hand side has not been touched.


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I did noticed halfway through cleaning the car I was putting too much on and found it hard to take off again, this shows in these photos


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I ended up using a fresh clean cloth to remove the extra, not perfect but should be fine once the polish and wax has been applied

This is a before and after of the rear spoiler. Like I said, nowhere near perfect but certainly an improvement. BMW paint is bloody hard!

Before


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After


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So this is what the car looked like after using the compound all over the bodywork


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I decided to tackle the inside next as my hands were hurting!

This is the seat before


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After using Glipton leather cleaner and conditioner


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Drivers seat


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Back seat


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I also went over the steering wheel, not happy with this so will look to replace or get the leather renewed at some point


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Hoovered


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Cleaned the exhaust using wet and dry and some Autosol metal cleaner


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A couple things I want to do

Sort this


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Any ideas?

Radio screen is mixing pixels


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Anyone know if this is a standard BMW head unit or are they different for the HK setup?

And need to tackle the engine.


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I will hopefully tackle it again tomorrow, might have another go with the cutting compound and look into some polish.

I will upload a little video I made walking around the car, nothing special but good to see in a different light

Thanks for reading

Mark

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Video as promised

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBjHNJHE9j0

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Cheers guys.

she does make a nice noise, even better at 7000rpm :-)

The seats are a bit marmite... if I am honest, I would prefer black leather but theseats are part of what makes this car special. They look much better I person and its nice having fully electric seats :-)

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After yesterday my right hand was practically useless!

I had to go back to the car to move it over in the garage and decided to make a small start on the engine bay.

This is what it started off like


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After


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While I was cleaning this part, I noticed the bolts with the washers on was not very tight? I gave them a tweak up


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I am guessing this is just a cover of some sorts?

I also managed to break this


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I am guessing this is the pump for the washer jets? anyone got a working one they do not need? Mine has broken when trying to remove the water pipe


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I took the coil cover off to try clean it up and found 6 BMW coils which was nice


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This one also shows the top of the engine and the mess it is in.

This is the coil cover after a bit of a clean and put back on, also scrubbed the black crackle paint near this cover to see if it would come off, came off the engine part but not the removable coil cover, will need to get this sprayed


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That is all I managed today, need to let my hands recover now. Did not manage to clean the arches out but I can do that in the garage.

Thanks for reading

Mark

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Cheers. This is my third E36 M3 :-)

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Cheers guys.

she has come up well but still needs some work. The little details will need touching up.

this is an imola individual known as the GT2.

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this arrived in the post today at a bargain price

heers mate. Will do

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OK so started on the other side of the engine bay today

Removed some parts and started with this


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Ended up looking like this


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My bonnet sound proof was filthy so had a stiff blush and went over it, not amazing but certainly better and lots of crap came out of it too

Before


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After


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Next up I removed a few bits


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Was the standard kind of grime

Before


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After


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I cleaned up everything before putting it all back together

Ended up looking like this


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I have not replaced the screws as they have been painted, waiting for them to dry before fitting, if they look pants I will go buy all new.

List of parts I am replacing


Front fog lights

Side rear window seals (bottom) both sides

Steering wheel either new or leather sorted

Might get the drivers side bolster reconditioned but its in pretty decent shape already so not urgent

New washer fluid pump as I broke that one

New clips for the side kit (one is broken but will replace all as they are cheap)

Coil cover repainted, spoken to my paint guy who is sorting this.

Scratch on the passage side which will need paint

Future jobs:

Clean the arches out

Clean the back of the wheels

Clean and degrees the actual engine

Inspection 2 service

Possibly take the front splitter off and the GT side splitter parts and re-paint. Is this satin black?

Thanks for reading

Mark

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Gaz, the Evo is raw compared to the E46. Engine rocks the car when reving. Feels smaller, more involved. I prefer it for a drivers car

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Cheers guys. I use megs products and LOTS of elbow grease

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You can have it at the right price haha

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Rossi... pm me an offer if your interested