Dale10ellis10
Track E46 M3 / E46 touring / 1 series /
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Took a bit of time to put a quick build thread together, but thats what sundays with no plans are for right?
This is my second EK9, I had a b18 champ white 9 a few years ago and regretted selling it ever since.
The time came to sell my BMW when the inevitable house deposit was needed so this was my cheaper alternative
Some of you will recognise it, its been around a little while and passed through two owners since the original builder/owner. It was'nt actually for sale when I bought it, I managed to get talking to the owner and finally talked him into parting with it. It was off the road in storage at the time and was seriously neglected and in need of some loving attention but the hard work was done. Its had an awful lot of money chucked at it by the original owner over the years, Excess of 20k... it had a magazine feature a few year back some of you may have seen
now it was my turn to put my stamp on it and bring it back to its former glory.
I bought it without the Enkie wheels as the owner wanted to keep hold of them however the cheap multispokes I took along would not fit over the front brakes to get her home so he was kind enough to send me off with two of each wheel and sort it out at a later date.
few pictures of not long after I had got it home after a clean etc..
Got a few spares with it clogging up the dining room for now
First little job among many was the intercooler, I prefer it to be hidden rather than it being on full view
New wheels, Spoon Sw388's with new tyres needed a bit clean up but they were all straight
and genuine.
Unfortunatly the front brakes struck again, not many wheels fit over the Willwoods. I measured up 10mm extra and it woud clear so the wheels could stay. Some custom spacers from freaky parts would sort the job.
I had to extend the wheel studs to allow the fitment also.
Winglets side spats and a quick release front bumper came next to toughen up the front end.
This is my second EK9, I had a b18 champ white 9 a few years ago and regretted selling it ever since.
The time came to sell my BMW when the inevitable house deposit was needed so this was my cheaper alternative
Some of you will recognise it, its been around a little while and passed through two owners since the original builder/owner. It was'nt actually for sale when I bought it, I managed to get talking to the owner and finally talked him into parting with it. It was off the road in storage at the time and was seriously neglected and in need of some loving attention but the hard work was done. Its had an awful lot of money chucked at it by the original owner over the years, Excess of 20k... it had a magazine feature a few year back some of you may have seen
now it was my turn to put my stamp on it and bring it back to its former glory.
I bought it without the Enkie wheels as the owner wanted to keep hold of them however the cheap multispokes I took along would not fit over the front brakes to get her home so he was kind enough to send me off with two of each wheel and sort it out at a later date.
few pictures of not long after I had got it home after a clean etc..
Got a few spares with it clogging up the dining room for now
First little job among many was the intercooler, I prefer it to be hidden rather than it being on full view
New wheels, Spoon Sw388's with new tyres needed a bit clean up but they were all straight
and genuine.
Unfortunatly the front brakes struck again, not many wheels fit over the Willwoods. I measured up 10mm extra and it woud clear so the wheels could stay. Some custom spacers from freaky parts would sort the job.
I had to extend the wheel studs to allow the fitment also.
Winglets side spats and a quick release front bumper came next to toughen up the front end.
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