Beeemeeer328i

aint been on here for ages but still hi everyone! :D i have a 1996 e36 coupe but i was thinking of gettin an e46... my mate has 2 down his yard atm but they have problems e.i 1 dosnt start for some reson and the other has a noisey engine where its grinding and has black smoke coming out the back. it does it at idle and when driving, i was wondering if i could swap my 328i lump into it? id rather not have to do loadss of work other than a straigt swap or do we think the current lump just neeeds some little work to get it running sweet....

oh that sounds great! even if i mess it up it aint going to look no worse than before ,i ll give it a go :) thanks fellas :D

cool cheers for all the help guys :) maybe someone could point me in the direction of a good second hand set of seats/door cards would be good coz i dont want to spend out loads since ive only had the car a week

is this re dye you speak of stuff i can do my self or is it a professional thing? hmmm a re trim sounds temping but i would also need the door cards and arm doing as well

you can go on ebay and buy an angel eye kit for your standerd headlights i think its £30 which isnt to bad ,but since ive never brought one i dont know if its any good :/

the pictures come up very big so be warned! LOL

hello one and all :) im just putting up somes pics of my 328i with very tiered leather seats ,any suggestions as to how i can resort them or replace them? any suggestions would be helpful atm coz i really dont know what to do,the pic doesnt show the wear very good but its down to the suede so i guess there knackerd?:( ,thanks for reading!:D

and keep the heater on full , the bleeding process is a pain in the !Removed! and it can take awhile but once done proplery it might be all right ,hope this helps ya m8

sounds like a bad airlock or fan swich on the rad ,if you have a mutimeter test the resistance and see if it is the same as whats in the haynes manual or autodata ,but to bleed it properly take the cap off the rad rev the car to 2000rpm (fast idle) and let all the air purge out of the header tank also dont let the headertank empty out coz you'll be back to square one

hi there barney :) ,ive not long brought a 328i coupe for £405 ,its a sound motor ,mines done 144000 miles no service history but it has 12months mot and pleanty if power ,normally a good service and injector cleaner will help with the bhp they had 190bhp when they left the factory back in the 90s ,but an uprated air filter and exhurst will give it a bit extra power and it will sound like a beast ;)

you might need a new pump of ya washer jets bout £15 from halfords or nick one from the scrap yard just be careful coz there is a nipple that the pipe goes on which snaps easliy if you yank the pipe off also check your fuses like gav said there only pennies ,shocks are nothing major probs about £180 max both sides fitted ,tyre £15 part worn ,fuel lines cant say as ive never had them go on any car ive had ,if you park your car on grass that can make the underneth such as the fuel lines corroad and rust like a ##### ,hope this helps :D

ive got the car back on my driveway safe and sound ,ive taken a few pics of the 'butters' interior but im not sure on how to upload them :/ so if anyone could help me with that i would be most grateful :D ,oh and it seems all the eletrics work just the ac could do with re gassing but that nothing major ;)

i decided to buy the 328i because mum wants a nicer car go around in ,all i hope is nothing to expensive goes wrong coz im the mug who ends up paying/fixing it! ill post pics tomorrow when i pick it up...

maybe a bad earth for the lights mates

i do like this one alot but ill sleep on it ,i have till tomorrow to decide ,lol hes got my number and i have his one ,i do like a good project but ive never undertaken a bmw before so its unfamiler terrtory ,well ill keep you posted it i do buy it and ill post a picture of it to see what ya'll think :) thanks for the advice dabs ,btw i like the ed china picture :D

e30s aint really what im after tbh there to old ,i dont buy cars no matter what they are unless there 1995 upwards i just prefer them to older cars

really i though it was a good price without tax? it has got bmw alloys but they really could do with a refurb and my motor skills stop at engine and body work :/ funny enough this one is on ebay and there aint much around in the classifieds that are cheap and take my fancy

tbh the car needs more time than money and since i have a lot of spare time it seems like a good project for me and my dad to work on ,if i do get it i want some nice alloys i would prefer some bmw ones any suggestion on where a cheap set might come up?

hahaha the escort was only a run around(only cost £140 with tax and mot) anyway its done 146000 miles and okay i wont worry too much about that ill just make sure its okay ,he really want £450 and an extra £118 for 6 months tax ,its a part ex i think so hes not stupid but as its tatty inside and out ill try and bid him less :)

well he want £450 cash im not sure because i know parts are quite expensive? but i would love to own one after i experenced the power its beats my escort diesel anyday :D

thank you for all your help :) i looked at one the other day its a 328i coupe and it had a new mot but the intior and body was abit tatty ,i was a really smooth gearbox and engine but i drove it after it had been run coz the guy who was selling it had just been to the shops ,the suspension and mechainal parts looked fantastic but it had like a brown deposit on the oil cap(ir looked baked on) is that normal?? also the windows worked fine and the open slightly when you open the door and close when to door is shut ,it had a remote for the centrol locking which worked good , the guy selling said he isnt sure if the sport button works or the climate control or the heated seats :( but its nothing i cant fix if i get it cheap enough ;) again thanks for all you help people looks like im buying one :D

Hello everyone! im looking to buy a 328i coupe on a 'P' reg and i was wondering what i should look for in terms of mechanical problems and stuff like that .is there common problems with them that i should look for?? any advice would be fantastic :) im new to bmw so im not to familer with them. Thanks!! :D