E46 325ci

[Gally]

CSLs are a no brainer. They are like Turinis, popular for a reason, they look superb.

Billy how much did you pay for the car, PM me if it suits.

 

[b1lly]

I'm thinking of getting some sportlines for mine, I think they would suit the MV1's well.

No interest in lowering myself, just going to tidy things up and keep it standard(ish).

Did you get round to refurbing the door pulls then.

CSLs are a no brainer. They are like Turinis, popular for a reason, they look superb.

Billy how much did you pay for the car, PM me if it suits.

£4990 don't know if that's good or bad from a garage

79k
FSH
12 months MOT and an oil change

 

[b1lly]

A friend of a friend has got some wheels for sale, not sure what they are yet, hopefully will find out this week. They'll do while I get on with refurbing mine.

Well I bought the wheels, luckily they were cheapish and they came with decent back tyres. They weren't in the best of nick so I'm refurbing them before putting them on the car.

Question is what colour should I spray them.

These are the wheels, paint flaking off and corrosion :dapprove:

Got somebody to sandblast them for me.

Photoshop of silver

black

I'm swaying towards the black and the outer silver not going to polish the chrome.

 

[Mark-F]

silver

 

[Wick]

Silver. Black rimzzzz yo! Will make you look like a bradford based dealer of the funky stuff.

 

[riz]

The standards actually suit it better

 

[b1lly]

The standards actually suit it better

The standard ( if you mean the mv2s ) need a major refurb, read kerbed to f**k.

So I got these as a spare set while I do them, plus it'll be practice for me when I get round to do the mv2s.

 

[b1lly]

Well I'm in the middle of spraying these wheels. I remember now why I said I'd never do another set after I did my old 182 wheels.

Need to get more primer, spray and lacquer to finish the job.

I haven't touched 1 wheel, 1 is ready for the lacquer and 2 I've got to spray the fronts. I'm using Simoniz products, did have a can of Halfords primer lying about which I found was better to spray, so I did 2 coats of Simoniz primer ( which is white )and finished with the Halfords one ( which is grey ).

I've done 3 coats of primer and the silver.

Here's a few photos.

After 2 coats of primer

After 2 coats of silver

Think this was after 3 coats.

I know they're not perfect but I'm happy so far. Hopefully will finish them this week and then leave them at least a week before getting the tyres fitted.

 

[jesus]

They look alright them mate. Looking forward to seeing them fitted.

 

[b1lly]

Little bit of an update, have done a few things recently

Fitted an aux cable

Fitted new badges

Old

New

Fitted new wing mirrors

Old

New

Took the wheels off to clean the arches and while I was there gave the calipers a lick of paint and fitted new handbrake shoes.

Front before

After

Rear before

After

I'm finally getting round to fitting the spare wheels I refurbed.

Fitted new bolts too but need to get new locking bolts now as it looks like there's only 4 bolts holding the wheels on.

Got to swap the rear tyres onto the new wheels this Saturday and then I can get on with refurbing the MV2s as I'm not sure about these new ones.

Think they'd suit the car more if it was dropped but I'm not lowering the car. So will prob sell these.

Not looking forward to doing the MV2s as they're in a proper state, from the previous owner.

Thanks for looking will get a few more photos once the rears are fitted.

 

[_Tom]

The mv2's look so much better..

 

[b1lly]

Yeah I know and they look bigger as the spokes go to the edge of the wheels. Oh well the other wheels were cheap I'll sell them once I've done the MV2s.

 

[Paul.M]

Good luck sorting out the MV2's they look like they will be great fun!

Where did you get your aux cable from? Ive been looking at the ones on ebay but I have bluetooth so its a bit of a pain by the looks of it.

Nice looking motor anyway

 

[b1lly]

Got it from ebay, what's different with having bluetooth.

 

[b1lly]

Finally got round to get the rears fitted over the weekend, so here's a few pics.

Wheels are growing on me, they look good from the rear being 9" and not 8.5", also beginning to like having a silver car, I haven't washed it for over a month but it still looks clean lol