Derek's Son's Chevette, work in progress

[021 Chad]

Good stuff.
My wife has a 325i Msport coupe, but at some point it's had M3 struts, springs and rear shocks fitted. They really do corner very nicely when the shocks are sorted.

[020 Brad]

my youngest daughters E36 coupe failed its WOF today on a rear suspension bush and a leaking shock, so I convinced her that if she wanted it fixed properly she needed 4 new shocks.
so a little bit of retail therapy for me and 4 hrs of work from me and her brother Ryan and its got a nice set of B8's with Jamex springs all round, so its now sitting like an M Sport should.
shit its seriously hard now, cant wait to take it for a test drive before letting her near it

Hopefully she's not too upset about the ride quality!

I like your style though. Do you have any pics of it with the new suspension in it?

[168 Derek S]

she has not got any fillings in her teeth yet, shit its stiff all right.
just in the process of replacing the rear upper wishbone ball joint thing so its back in bits at the moment, will need to get the new one pressed in as I don't have the gear to do that here, will get that done tomorrow and hope to have it back on the road over the weekend, been a bit of work done on this now, new brakes and rotors all round, new hub bearings all round, new rear tires, new head lining, new battery, oil change, gear box and diff, brake fluid change, changed the entire interior to a fresh M spec black interior, just waiting on a new micro switch for the drivers door and that will be it finished.

being manual and a 318 its bit lighter on the nose and its much nicer to drive now than it was when we first got it.

[168 Derek S]

[020 Brad]

Yeah that looks great. Very nice.

[168 Derek S]

Here it is now with a fresher set of the correct M3 motorsport rims fitted.
Now she wants the windows tinted

[168 Derek S]

The manta getting the last panel fitted, hope this is the end of the rust in the body shell for quite a few years...

[168 Derek S]

bling bling

[020 Brad]

Very nice touch!