benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Hello. I used to be on here with my previous e46 which I built but had an incident that I ended up stripping for parts. Here is what it used to look like I then broke it for parts and decided to go down a differant route so I got an r32 skyline had some fun but realised it just wasnt a BMW and I got rid of it (and it was a massive pile of s**t) So bored one day I was scouring the Internet and I found this... 323 coupe Cosmo Schwartz. Full black electric memory leather. Mtec front bumper 108k with full BMW service history. And really surprisingly clean bodywork with a few understandable marks but a good detail will get them out. I found it on eBay and decided to put a bid of it for £1,000 and then later on I had a notification saying I won it for £900. Happy days. So went to go get it later that evening being a 10 hour round trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 The day after I got the car home I was bored and sitting around so I got on the Internet and purchased a few items. I may have got carried away to say the least Coilovers Camber top mounts Rear camber arms Suede flat bottom steering wheel Suede gaitors Amber front Amber sides Amber led rears Led adaptor cables The car had a faulty rev guage. It just didnt work but I had my old speedo still in my garage so I plugged that in and it worked a charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Just a few images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Got back from holiday early hours this morning to be greated with all my parts so today I set about doing the following Amber front sides and rears Suede gaitors Steering wheel, I also suede wrapped the gear stick surround Rich_325i 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Will be doing the coilovers and other parts some day soon I am sure. I also have a set of genuine 3 piece 18" work equips to go on the car eventually. They are 18x8 front 18x9 rear Currently having the centres painted, centre caps made and adaptors made as they are jap 5x114.3 Fitment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Got allot more plans for this car. Going to debadge it in a bit. Also looking for a new gear knob - I have had some suggestions Boot lip spoiler ACS rear window spoiler (had one on my old BMW and I liked it) All red boot lights Also going to polibush the car and get new lower arms etc etc and all new breaks probably after Christmas now. To get it feeling solid and also the breaks don't look like they have much life left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Also here is my other little bargain - I love a bargain me E36 316 3 door manual £300 - one lady owner and garage kept all it's life (till I got it) One evening I was coming out of asda to get into my old car when I was appraoched from someone saying how I seem to always be having differant cars etc and they was taking delivery of their brand new BMW but only had space for just one car where they lived in my town. So I went straight from asda to this persons place to take a look. Was so mint but I advised I could only get £300 out from an ATM machine if they wanted it or not. They said yes so off I went lol the car was mine My intention was to just put a 328 on the car and slide it but it was so mint I just couldn't. My mum came home and saw it and fell in love as she had one years ago just like it. It's still on my drive way and I may have it back one day soon as I know she is looking for a smaller car. Two black BMW coupes for £1200. Not bad Shabaza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Debadged the rear as I got bored. Also new plates fitted earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL 666 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Man I like your old bimmer, it was low nice dish. You def got a bargain both car worth every penny if they don't have any trouble. Would be better with black/carbon grill just like your old one.So far so good. Edited October 20, 2014 by DEVIL 666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Man I like your old bimmer, it was low nice dish. You def got a bargain both car worth every penny if they don't have any trouble. Would be better with black/carbon grill just like your old one.So far so good. Yeah the other one I had on air. this one will stay static though I think. Yeah I am tempted to black the grills along with the wing mirror basses as they are a bit weatherd Only had the car a couple of weeks haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOOM Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) über jealous on your steering wheel!!! Edited October 20, 2014 by TOOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL 666 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Man I like your old bimmer, it was low nice dish. You def got a bargain both car worth every penny if they don't have any trouble. Would be better with black/carbon grill just like your old one.So far so good. Yeah the other one I had on air. this one will stay static though I think. Yeah I am tempted to black the grills along with the wing mirror basses as they are a bit weatherd Only had the car a couple of weeks haha What rear camber arms have u got? Maybe I will need one but not sure which one to go for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) What rear camber arms have u got? Maybe I will need one but not sure which one to go for. Just some unbranded ones on eBay I had them on my old one and they didnt snap so... Decided to get them again was only about £80 so if they end up being rubish I will just get some named branded ones. Edited October 20, 2014 by benwalsh91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 über jealous on your steering wheel!!! It feels so good to drive with. Such an upgrade. Due to this being a T reg and one of the first gen 46 it had the really old steering wheel it's actually came with the same wheel my 36 has haha. It had to go so decided to spend a bit more and get this over a later e46 mtec wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL 666 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 What rear camber arms have u got? Maybe I will need one but not sure which one to go for. Just some unbranded ones on eBay I had them on my old one and they didnt snap so... Decided to get them again was only about £80 so if they end up being rubish I will just get some named branded ones. Have u got a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naj Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Welcome to the forums mate Nice car! Looking forward to progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Have u got a link? Sure thing it's http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221452023864 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Welcome to the forums mate Nice car! Looking forward to progress. Cheers buddy I am really looking forward to making some progress. I'm not usually one for threads or forums but I wanted a place I could detail the build on this as I've not really done build threads before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Syxx Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Remember your old car, via instagram. Keeping a watch on this, I love the work equip wheels look forward to you fitting them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Remember your old car, via instagram. Keeping a watch on this, I love the work equip wheels look forward to you fitting them on. Hello. Yes I believe I am following you and a few others that may be on here. Yeah I done some maths for the work wheels and shouldn't be to hard to get under the standard arches with a bit of tweaking. By tweaking I mean angle grinder and an arch roller lol. They are currently 18x8et35 18x9et37 5x114.3 A local engineering shop is able to make me 15mm adaptors to work the offsets out to 18x8et20 18x9et22 But I may change them to 18x9/10 in the future. DJ Syxx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I need to find the time to get these fitted Also does anyone know of a machine shop that could make me some centre caps for a realistic price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL 666 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 If you don't have time don't worry, send it to me and I will do the fitting.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Haha oh yeah? The camber top mounts where only about £70 the rear camber arms about £80 iirc Coilovers where around £200 - I went for these as they are what I ran on my old 46 and I really liked them. I know they are not the most expensive but I rate them and the car will never see competition use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touringking Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 How low you planning on going? Because you you seem to be going the full hog, for wheel spec's that should go on with a roll and some stretch fairly easy. Also try g23 engineering for some custom caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwalsh91 Posted October 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 How low you planning on going? Because you you seem to be going the full hog, for wheel spec's that should go on with a roll and some stretch fairly easy. Also try g23 engineering for some custom caps. Yeah some people love track and some people love super clean and oem. I just like being fitted. Doesn't make sense to some but I don't judge other people's taste but I am going to stay static with this one. My silver one on the first post was bagged before I broke it. Irony is that I shatared the sump, snapped the subframe and literally ripped the gearbox off when it was on air... Yeah I've contacted them but they seem really over priced and they have a 5 week wait. I have a locals home shop who will be making me the adaptors and charging £200 over the £265 g23 are charging although we have used g23 before on our Worthersee project but I've seen the quality of this other shop and I am impressed with there adaptors/spacers so are interested in giving them a go. But g23 do know there s**t. Yeah going the full hog as if I'm going to do it I may as well do it first time around so I don't have to rip it all apart to do it again haha. I will be taking a grinder to the rear arches to get rid of that gigantic rear around BMW love to do on the rear arches and then weld the double slim together and then roll it silky smooth to get it sitting nice and not rubbing If anyone needs any help with offsets or anything please by all means drop me a message and I will help as much as I can that also goes for sourcing some parts too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...