 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  05-30-2005, 09:46 PM | #1 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Warwick, RI Posts: 26 |  Hi! An intro with a few pics...
Hi guys, I've browsed this forum for a while, but this is my first post. For those of you that frequent other BMW forums, you might already know me. I have a '97 318ti Sport in Alaska Blue. It's got just over 103,000 miles on it, but it's barely broken in! Here are some pics:      Since I bought it, I've added clear lights all around, ZKW Ellipsoid headlights, and a set of BMW 17" wheels that I bought from the local dealer. They're a similar style to the ones on the Z8, but a slightly different version. They were also used in 16" size on the Z3 Coupe 2.8. I also found this picture from a few years ago, taken a short time after I bought the car and when it was still 100% original.  __________________
1997 318ti Sport,
Alaska Blue w/ Black & Grey Interior, |  |  | | 05-30-2005, 10:16 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
So that is what they look like when they are clean.  __________________ ...steven
BMW CCA #146825
1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i
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| | | | | 05-30-2005, 10:20 PM | #3 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Warwick, RI Posts: 26 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by 1996 328ti So that is what they look like when they are clean. |  I washed it today (all 3 BMWs, actually)... We had alot of rain up here this week, and it hadn't been cleaned in a while. It looked really bad.  __________________
1997 318ti Sport,
Alaska Blue w/ Black & Grey Interior, | | | | | 05-30-2005, 10:24 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
I have a 96 Alaska Blue. My avatar was my 98. __________________ ...steven
BMW CCA #146825
1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i
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props | | | | | 05-30-2005, 10:31 PM | #6 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Warwick, RI Posts: 26 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by maurolin props | Thanks. I keep getting the new car bug, so I'm thinking of some mods that can make this car a bit more exciting. I need to read up a bit more on performance mods (supercharger?) and some chassis modifications (suspension, x-brace, etc.). __________________
1997 318ti Sport,
Alaska Blue w/ Black & Grey Interior, | | | | | 05-30-2005, 10:38 PM | #7 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
welcome. i wish i'd gotten alaskan or montreal blue ... <sigh> ... but the only other one i could find at the time was a damn automatic ... blech. __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 05-31-2005, 12:14 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tyler, TX Posts: 1,022 |
Very nice looking car. I'm definately digging the wheels. OEM, and I don't think I've ever seen them before. | | | | | 05-31-2005, 01:40 AM | #9 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Warwick, RI Posts: 26 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by GDB Very nice looking car. I'm definately digging the wheels. OEM, and I don't think I've ever seen them before. | They're BMW Style 47.  Very similar to the style used on the Z8, Style 59. The 59 wheels have a different offset and there is a recessed area around the lug bolts/centercap.  __________________
1997 318ti Sport,
Alaska Blue w/ Black & Grey Interior, | | | | | 05-31-2005, 01:59 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 363 |
A BMW family eh? I see your ti, x3, and a 325i? Anyways I really like those wheels, they look real good. The interior too, i'm a sucker for two-tone interiors... __________________ RIP
Tonka Hitlerietta
08/03/04 - 01/25/05
| | | | | 05-31-2005, 02:01 AM | #11 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Warwick, RI Posts: 26 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by durnadupa A BMW family eh? I see your ti, x3, and a 325i? Anyways I really like those wheels, they look real good. The interior too, i'm a sucker for two-tone interiors... | We're a pretty loyal BMW family. When I was born, I came home in a BMW. We've had BMWs for as long as I can remember. __________________
1997 318ti Sport,
Alaska Blue w/ Black & Grey Interior, | | | | |
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