My E36 Cosmos Black 328i Coupe

[james328i]

Here's my current motor,a 96' E36 328i.

I have owned the car for just over a year. It has served me well.

Its a Cosmos Black 328 coupe. To date roughly 82000 miles.

Recent additions: DaveF induction kit, 15mm hubcentric spacers to the front (rears will follow soon) and M3 'twisty' sideskirts.

Enough of the blabber, here are some pics I took over the weekend.









Excuse the dirt engine bay


Interior: (Vaders)



Cheers,

James

Edited by james328i on Friday 9th October 14:14

[sniff diesel]

Looks great, would you fancy a pair of Cosmos black genuine M3 mirrors to complete the look? I'm stripping my M3 to use the running gear in my track car.

[james328i]

Cheers mate, im not really after the M3 look to be honest. You selling the alloys? Im after the wider rears?

[Martin_Hx]

I do like the seats, are they standard ?

[james328i]

Martin_Hx said:

I do like the seats, are they standard ?

Nope not standard, they are out of an M3 Evolution.

[missing the VR6]

Nice car, congrats for not doing the whole replica thing!
I'm not sure how sad this makes me but I think Vaders are one hell of a sexy seat!

[sniff diesel]

missing the VR6 said:

I'm not sure how sad this makes me but I think Vaders are one hell of a sexy seat!

Unfortunately they don't hold you in as well as they look like they should, the suede ones are a bit better. Although they are very comfortable - I did over 600 miles in a day on the way to the Ring with no bum-ache.

[norman156]

I should stop looking at threads like this, every time I do I kick myself for buying an E36 saloon and not a coupe. Cracking car mate!

[sniff diesel]

norman156 said:

I should stop looking at threads like this, every time I do I kick myself for buying an E36 saloon and not a coupe. Cracking car mate!

If you ever carry people in the back though they'll be gratefull for the extra couple of inches headroom. Driving wise I can't tell the differance between coupes and saloon E36's.

[norman156]

sniff diesel said:

norman156 said:

I should stop looking at threads like this, every time I do I kick myself for buying an E36 saloon and not a coupe. Cracking car mate!

If you ever carry people in the back though they'll be gratefull for the extra couple of inches headroom. Driving wise I can't tell the differance between coupes and saloon E36's.

It's mainly looks wise, the 2 door looks great, especially OPs, if you ask me the 4 door isn't half as good looking. But like you said they drive pretty much the same so that's the important thing

[Scho]

As for swapping your mirrors i think your right to stick with the ones you've got, Personally i think m3 mirrors are horrid. I can see where the poster was comming from though as it does kind of seem like you are creating and m3 rep. would look cracking with no boot spoiler and some of those split rims they put on the 328 sport.

[james328i]

Thanks for the input

Yeah the Vaders are a very nice looking seat. As for the M3 rep, I think its the wheels that give off that impression. Hopefully I will be getting a set of BBS LM replicas soon. They look sooo nice on the E36.

Edited to add:

Hopefully will remove the spolier soon too, and replace with a lip spoiler to update the look a little.

Edited by james328i on Sunday 11th October 20:01

[Scho]

james328i said:

Thanks for the input

Yeah the Vaders are a very nice looking seat. As for the M3 rep, I think its the wheels that give off that impression. Hopefully I will be getting a set of BBS LM replicas soon. They look sooo nice on the E36.

Edited to add:

Hopefully will remove the spolier soon too, and replace with a lip spoiler to update the look a little.

Edited by james328i on Sunday 11th October 20:01

ooof, can't wait

Watch the weight of those reps!

Edited by Scho on Sunday 11th October 20:23

[james328i]

The ones from Mark at Bmautosport are supposed to be a decent weight, hopefully.