[Shorty1608]

So then I thought it was about time to post a few pictures of my car,

I used to have an e92 pre lci coupe, which I loved!
I did a few bits to it including spacers,
painting the wheels,
Hydro dipping the grille and steering wheel trim,
Tints all round,
No nav - CIC professional conversion
Added logic 7 tweeters,
64w h8 halos,
M3 lip spoiler,
E-maps remap
And plenty of coding!
Here she sits how I sold her!



Reason for sale was I was on the lookout for a tourer, wanted something bigger and up near me there are lots and lots of saloons so I thought the tourer was the better option, it took 9 weeks of searching day in day out to find the right spec!
Then a peach turned up!

LCI E91 in Alpine White,
Sport plus edition,
61 plate,
Full BMW service history
Immaculate inside and out!



Only one problem, I'm up north and the car was at Heathrow.. After a few conversations with the salesman I booked a train ticket and he agreed to pick me up from the station.

Got down there did the deal and back I came happy as Larry, it had options I didn't even know about until I drove it back, I knew it had heated leathers and xenons (these two options were a must) but I didn't know it had combox and adaptive xenons!

So when I got back I realised it was even better than I thought, spec list as follows;
Sport plus extras ( anthracite wheels, tints, chrome grill, blue stitched seats, blue stitched floormats, anthracite diffuser and exhaust)
Adaptive xenon headlights with high beam assist
Business nav with USB, aux and combox for Bluetooth music
Heated black leather seats
Bmw assist

So anyway, it didn't take long for me to start making plans for the car, the same day in fact!


I fit my 64w LED's from my old car, they don't picture well off my phone but they are true white and not as glaring as the picture..



So I rubbed down the slats of the grille to remove the chrome and wrapped the outer gloss black, at the same time fit my private plate


I then debadged the rear and buffed the marks away


The car had a scratched rear window when I bought it so the salesman agreed to pay fit a new one so I removed it and for the new..



The car then went to a well known local tinting company for all the windows to go a bit darker



15mm hubcentric spacers were fit to the rears to give a wider track


A couple of pictures to show how it then sat for a few weeks..





I then swapped the business nav for a professional setup,



After this I bought a DTUK CRD2 tuning box, bothe the fuel rail and boost version, I'm quite impressed with it in comparison to a remap if I'm honest!


Then I ordered some carbon front splitters in alpine white to give the front end abit more aggression, here they are trial fitted

One on to show comparison


Both on


And a sideways angle


And that's where I'm upto so far! Next plans are to do some coding on the car and possibly upgrade the sound system I just need to look into gains for the amount spent!
Maybe lower it I just need to see an LCI on eibachs to make my mind up!
Possible performance diffuser with twin tail pipes

Chris.

[DriverLDN]

Job well done there mate.

[Shorty1608]

Originally Posted by Bhavik

Job well done there mate.

Thanks mate ! just don't know whether to carry on or leave it now

[Fundguy1]

Guess it's a British thing.

[Wayne-G]

Totally jealous of your Xenons and nav! Same as mine bar those options, looks really tidy.

Wayne

[Shorty1608]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

Guess it's a British thing.

Guess what is a British thing buddy??

Originally Posted by Wayne-G

Totally jealous of your Xenons and nav! Same as mine bar those options, looks really tidy.

Wayne

Hi Wayne, yeah took me a while to get the spec I wanted, seen a few like this but they never have the xenons, totally worth it though the adaptive is good when driving through lanes etc

[Fundguy1]

E91. I don't think they even sell them here unless it's special order. We just go suv. They legislated the station wagon, or estate as they say in england, effectively in the 70s with the gas crisis. The idea was to get people into more gas efficient cars. Instead, the automakers made suvs and minivans as they're considered trucks and not cars by the rules so we went that way. Now we buy a minivan or suv for her and a Sportscar for him. I don't think I've ever seen an E91 in real life. I'm pretty happy with the US system now. Either a dedicated fun car or one that offers Uber capabilities for towing, cargo, offroad, number of people, etc. Mileage is less, about half in a full size suv, but your taxes make gas 4 times more costly, so in the US it would be like you having an escalade or range rover but one that gets 60 mpg.

[Shorty1608]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

E91. I don't think they even sell them here unless it's special order. We just go suv. They legislated the station wagon, or estate as they say in england, effectively in the 70s with the gas crisis. The idea was to get people into more gas efficient cars. Instead, the automakers made suvs and minivans as they're considered trucks and not cars by the rules so we went that way. Now we buy a minivan or suv for her and a Sportscar for him. I don't think I've ever seen an E91 in real life. I'm pretty happy with the US system now. Either a dedicated fun car or one that offers Uber capabilities for towing, cargo, offroad, number of people, etc. Mileage is less, about half in a full size suv, but your taxes make gas 4 times more costly, so in the US it would be like you having an escalade or range rover but one that gets 60 mpg.

I would love to have a Range Rover that got 60mpg haha!! I needed a bigger car to my e92 but the range rovers and land rovers only average 30 odd mpg day to day driving as this gets 50mpg day to day so it was the only option really! Never realised the US never did the touring cars!

[Fundguy1]

Originally Posted by Shorty1608

I would love to have a Range Rover that got 60mpg haha!! I needed a bigger car to my e92 but the range rovers and land rovers only average 30 odd mpg day to day driving as this gets 50mpg day to day so it was the only option really! Never realised the US never did the touring cars!

Yes. They were severely restricted production wise in the 70s. If you get 30 mpg in a rover, gas cost wise it would be 120 mpg here.

[NYBulldog]

Very nice E91, nice and clean. I saw it as the most recent post for the Regional section... this should go in the Photo Gallery section. Gotta share that bad boy.

[Shorty1608]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

Yes. They were severely restricted production wise in the 70s. If you get 30 mpg in a rover, gas cost wise it would be 120 mpg here.

Jesus I need to move to the US and get an m3!!!

Originally Posted by NYBulldog

Very nice E91, nice and clean. I saw it as the most recent post for the Regional section... this should go in the Photo Gallery section. Gotta share that bad boy.

Why Thankyou! I try and keep it clean as I can but with the British weather it's hard to get the time to keep it clean, I polish and wax it as often as I can though!
Cheers buddy!

[Fundguy1]

M3 gets better mpg than a prius if you putter it about and drive the prius like a nut. Top gear proved that.

[Fundguy1]

Gas is $1.95 a gallon here. Obama purposefully got it to $4 but that got our frackers producing, posed off the saudis, so they ramped up production to put the frackers out of biz. Enjoy the low prices while you can, or at least until we get a conservative white house.

[pmmcbl]

Lookig very nice. I still don't understand why someone would get leather but not heated seats. I know leather wa standard on the plus version but heated should have been added.

When I was looking for my E91 I looked at the plus models but most are standard wth no options. Then looked at their prices and not miles off from a 330d. After all that I got a 335i instead!

[Wobble]

Mate that is awesome,would've loved a tourer but my budget wouldn't stretch,so bought a low mileage 325i m sport saloon. In time I think I may purchase a tourer as will need the space when our 1 month old son gets bigger,plus really like the look x

[DriverLDN]

Originally Posted by Shorty1608

Thanks mate ! just don't know whether to carry on or leave it now

I think it looks bang on as it is now. However you know how it is, once the modding bug bites you can't stop.

May get an Horizon LED interior kit and the license plate lights done. I recently did that, nice simple upgrade.

[Shorty1608]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

Gas is $1.95 a gallon here. Obama purposefully got it to $4 but that got our frackers producing, posed off the saudis, so they ramped up production to put the frackers out of biz. Enjoy the low prices while you can, or at least until we get a conservative white house.

Definitely enjoy it I wish it was that cheap over here!

Originally Posted by pmmcbl

Lookig very nice. I still don't understand why someone would get leather but not heated seats. I know leather wa standard on the plus version but heated should have been added.

When I was looking for my E91 I looked at the plus models but most are standard wth no options. Then looked at their prices and not miles off from a 330d. After all that I got a 335i instead!

Thanks buddy! Appreciate the comments, yeah mine are heated I wouldn't have one without now! I was looking at 330d's but went for the 320d for the economy! 335i is a big no no for me with the mileage I do!

Originally Posted by Wobble

Mate that is awesome,would've loved a tourer but my budget wouldn't stretch,so bought a low mileage 325i m sport saloon. In time I think I may purchase a tourer as will need the space when our 1 month old son gets bigger,plus really like the look x

Hi mate, thanks for the positive comments! I couldn't believe that tourers were so much money when I started looking if I'm honest with you, but I stretched my budget and got one my littlen is now 2 so yeah needed the space and tust me there's loads of it! Fold the seats down and it's basically a van!
I love it! You won't regret getting one!

Originally Posted by Bhavik

I think it looks bang on as it is now. However you know how it is, once the modding bug bites you can't stop.

May get an Horizon LED interior kit and the license plate lights done. I recently did that, nice simple upgrade.

Thanks for the comments! I forgot to mention I've already done the interior LED upgrade. I did all the bulbs I couldn't believe how many it took! My car already came with LED reg plate lights so that's one less job!
Yes I know what you mean about the modding bug! Thinking of lowering or sound system next I'm just not sure on either!

[Fundguy1]

335i I get 28 mph highway. What are the 328 and 330d getting?

[pmmcbl]

I get up to 35mpg and that's doing 75/80mph. 330d and 335d would be doing 45mpg and more. Around town the difference between them is lower.

[JM85]

Nice car, I have a AW LCI E90 so very similar

Did you say you have fitted 15mm spacers? I tried 15mm but they were too aggressive & the wheels were poking out too far

[Shorty1608]

Originally Posted by JM85

Nice car, I have a AW LCI E90 so very similar

Did you say you have fitted 15mm spacers? I tried 15mm but they were too aggressive & the wheels were poking out too far

Thanks mate! I nearly got an e90 in alpine white until I decided on a tourer!

Yes 15mm on this, I had 12mm on my e92 but 15mm on my tourer, they are fine, it gives a slight scrub on one bump on my way to work it's a big hump and only when I hit it at 80 other than that it's fine, never on any speed bumps or pot holes and trust me round my end there's a lot ! and they don't stick out the arches. Here are some pics from about a month ago mate to show you

[JM85]

Don't understand why my 15mm spacers made the wheels stick out too far, what tyres have you got on the rear??

Your rear wheels are exactly how I want mine to look