Life is to short to drive boring cars

[Anthony B]

Not sure how to introduce this one, earlier Feb this year I lost a close mate in an accident that took a dad away from his young boys. He was a coworker who grew into a friend & then into a close mate. This was a brutal shock & gave me a chance reflect on my life & if I was happy where I was at.

Working pay to pay & having no down time I decided to sell my unit, put money into savings to build an investment with my Old man. But while I wait for my parents to move back from their extended extended 3yr holiday from the top end of WA, I decided to retire my e30 to a cruiser & a car I can teach my younger brother to drive in. He suffers from aspergers not low functioning but sometime is a tad trying but you do what you have to do & wouldn't change him for the world & learning to drive & having a set of wheels will open up doors for him.

Looking back at life & coming to the acceptance that the big red bus could hit you anytime I went out & purchased a dream of mince since they where released.

Welcome my e82 135i M-Sport, Lemans blue, steptronic(daily duties)



The car came with the right options:
BMW performance power pack 1 & 2
BMW performance suspension
BMW performance rear carbon diffuser
No terrible BMW CID computer
BMW performance steering wheel





No car I own can stay standard its just not right lol

Koya SF01's 18x8 18x9's with Hankook S evo1





BMW performance boot lip was a PITA to install



Roof racks form>function love riding my bikes too much, had the roof wrapped in gloss black to protect it



First car meet



Fitted blackline tail lights & hawk ceramic pads





Everytime I start this thing I smile, right foot down smiles for days. But more tinkering to come:

Walnut engine blast on Monday coming along with the below
AFE stage two intake
BMS catch can
New spark plugs


Soon to come:
Kerscher carbon front lip waiting on it to arrive eta 04/08
Evolution Raceworks chargepipe
ER intercooler
Burger JB4
M3 front, rear control arms
M3 subframe bushings
Bilstein B14 or B16's


Thanks for taking the time to flick through my novel

Ant

[BMW86]

Congrats mate. Nice car

[MaDoNiOn]

shes a beauty cant wait till i get mine!

[Anthony B]

Thanks guys, MaDoNiOn you will love it when you get yours

[Chandon]

Is that picture from the downshift meet last week?
Jealous of those performance parts, real clean car.
So what are you planning to do with those 269's?

[Anthony B]

Yeah that was the downshift meet, only pic of my car there. I was a little out of place lol. Thanks man the performance parts will slow down for a little so I can source some parts for my e30 project.

I plan to get the little bit of gutter rash they have repaired & then put them up forsale at the moment they are in my garage next to my e30's soon to be new shoes a set of Simmon f90 16's

[andrey_gta]

What is the weight of these wheels?

[Anthony B]

The koya's? I stole this off their site 18 x 8 4H/5H BLANK PCD from 98 to 120 OFFSET from 15 to 43 8.7kg to 7.9kg

18 x 9 4H/5H BLANK PCD from 98 to 120 OFFSET from 0 to 42 9.72kg to 8.46kg

18 x 10 4H/5H BLANK PCD from 98 to 120 OFFSET from 0 to 43 10.02kg to 8.6kg

Would have loved 10" out back

[OzJustin]

Nice car Anthony and good on you for not letting life pass you by.

Those Koyas are a nice match for the Le Mans Blue

[Chandon]

Originally Posted by Anthony B

Yeah that was the downshift meet, only pic of my car there. I was a little out of place lol. Thanks man the performance parts will slow down for a little so I can source some parts for my e30 project.

I plan to get the little bit of gutter rash they have repaired & then put them up forsale at the moment they are in my garage next to my e30's soon to be new shoes a set of Simmon f90 16's

Yep was quite sure I saw your car there. Mm talking about out of place, which is why I didn't bring my car haha.
Hope to see you at the garage 88 meet this Saturday, which I'll actually be bringing my car to.
Would be keen on them 269's depending on current financial situation

[chris82]

Super jealous of the performance wheel!

[JM35]

Great story man and awesome car

[adobeee]

great story and beautiful car!

edit: a black stripe instead of a white stripe might look better. just my 2 cents

[Anthony B]

Originally Posted by viciousgook

Yep was quite sure I saw your car there. Mm talking about out of place, which is why I didn't bring my car haha.
Hope to see you at the garage 88 meet this Saturday, which I'll actually be bringing my car to.
Would be keen on them 269's depending on current financial situation

Unfortunately I work Saturdays so no garage 88 meet for me I'll snap some pic of the wheels & shoot you a pm.

Thanks for the compliments guys, as for the stripe its going away apparently was an option from bmw at a cool $1400aus with the 269's it suited as its light silver & dark silver was the same colour as the face & sides of the spokes on the wheels.

My next job is to colour match & have the car paint protected so so many swirls in the paint along with a few scratches that are sending my slight OCD into overdrive.

[Joseph@x-ph.com]

[MarkkyyMan]

Nice car, enjoy it! I have never seen the Lemans Blue with that stripe, looks good.

[Anthony B]

Thanks again guys, I'm on the fence with the stripe but the harsh Aussie weather has started to shrink it. Going to remove it soon, which will leave me a few good hours of cleaning up after

[adobeee]

What residue remover will you be using? Goo Gone?

[VMRWheels]

Awesome, congrats! Beautiful ride

[Anthony B]

Originally Posted by adobeee

What residue remover will you be using? Goo Gone?

Considering something like that, waiting on a reply from the guy I'm going to get to detail the car & ask his opinion on whats best, considered a mild wax & grease remover but that will be a slower approach.

[Anthony B]

So planned to go look at an e30 last night & was deciding to take the 135i or uncover my e30 & take it to suss out this car.

Kinda wish I took the e30





& an appropriate sad selfie


Lady decided merging lanes means put indicator on & change lanes without checking, then get out of the car & blame me even though the guy behind me stopped politely telling her she was in the wrong. In the hands of insurance now but the list sits at:
Right hand door
Right hand mirror
Right hand guard
Front bar
Both front wheels pushed me into the gutter
lower control arms with my messed alignment

Fun times............

[///Machiavelli]

Make some lemonade out of them lemons, 1M conversion time!