Mark's 316 M52/2.8 + Cat cams & Jenvey ITB's

MRE21 · Post by **MRE21** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:56 pm

Looks sweet! Very subtle and tasteful...

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:20 pm

Well they made a great job of the exhaust. Just how I wanted it. Nothing too chav and it actually looks pretty much OE unless you've seen the standard system.

It sounds great and having seen just what a strangle hold the standard system must have been I'm glad it's gone. There's a definate improvement in performance too. I'll take some more pics once its up on a ramp but the quality of the pipe-work is fantastic.

I went to Birds HARTGE on the way home and they had a look to see if they could remember how they used to do their single wiper conversion on an e21. They were good enough to explain the process and give me the revised section of the linkage. They also gave me a set of alloy pedals which will look great once I fit them.

Must have been a while since they last had an e21 in their workshops.

They had a couple of lovely e30 M3's in complete with polished BBS and stretched rubber.

The burgundy leather retrim was just finished and looked awesome. Cost £5K though!

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:10 pm

Looks great Mark! Congrats!!

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:13 pm

Cheers. It's gonna take some polishing though but should look really nice once it's had a bit of effort and some Autosol on it. There's a nice crackle & pop on over run too!

I'm going to try tinting the main beam lamps this weekend to see if I cam get the look of singles while retaining the extra light they give off. It's a free mod so worth a try.

oldskoolio · Post by **oldskoolio** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:00 pm

looks sweet as a nut!
nice one

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:01 pm

mark, why did your car go into birds workshop for? you having any problems?

J

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:17 am

If you wanna see smoked headlights.. wait for my motor to come out of the body shop (next saturday hopefully)

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:16 am

--ALPINA-- wrote:mark, why did your car go into birds workshop for? you having any problems?
J

No problems Jimmy. They were just seeing if they could remember exactly what they did to convert to a single wiper back in the day.
I've gotta say they were really helpful and let me look at all the old brochures etc. They are also going to see what bits they can still supply to fit an e21. I'm going to fit the alloy pedals in a minute.

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:23 am

The workshop where they did my exhaust was pretty small but the work they do was immpressive stuff. F1 cars and rally cars aswell as VX220's etc.

www.christullettexhausts.com

Hopefully will be going back early next year for a manifold to be made.

I thought of Gerrit when I saw all these little goodies.

Just about to go fit these to my car once the drill is fully charged.

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:26 pm

ohhhhhhhhhhhh shiny! exhaust looks great like to see underneath

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:36 pm

Tinted the main beam lamps today just to see if I can get the singles look. I quite like the results. Certainly looks a bit lower and wider.

Just wondered what you guys think?

If I keep them tinted I'll paint the out metal ring that you can see in the pictures.

oldskoolio · Post by **oldskoolio** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:50 pm

I like the look mate. I quite like the silver ring too!
Have you got any closer ups?

BTW have you had any grief re: the pressed plates too? as Ive got a set to go my baur once its finally been refurbed!

Ian E · Post by **Ian E** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:53 pm

Hi Mark. Nice to meet you on friday at Birds. Your car is looking good.
You've got me looking for an e21 now that I've seen yours!

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:54 pm

I haven't taken any close-ups yet as if I keep them this way I want to do them again after soaking the film in hot water and stretching it over the lamps. I can be sure I won't have any imperfections that way.

So far, I have only been stopped once and they just warned me as they liked the look of them and they're still clear to read. They did suggest I keep the standards in the boot though as did Jimmy and a couple of others. It was the 'D' they had the problem with really.

I'm going to get the legal version from 'plate my ride' soon anyway.