1995 BMW 328i E36 Build Thread – Part 4: Getting Serious

I quickly set about doing all the go-to mods for the e36, along with a few extras. This included:

• Manual swap with Getrag 220 and single mass flywheel
• Removed rear speakers and all amps etc
• Removed all engine side AC components
• Revshift Polyurethane 95a engine, gearbox and diff mounts
• Rear muffler replaced with straight through twin pipe muffler with custom 3″ stainless tips
• Carbon cold airbox setup
• Removed rear seats and sound deadening, put black vinyl to cover the rear area
• Clear tail lights and indicators all round which I then tinted
• Style 32 wheels in 17×8 with low offset (et20) which I stripped and repainted myself with a course silver metallic over black base (unfortunately didn’t document the process).

At this point the exterior of the car looked like this:

I also redid the interior, which included:

• Front NZKW fixedback bucket seats to replace the super heavy factory mtech seats
• Momo Prototipo steering wheel
• Redid the door cards in white vinyl, with a special touch involving EL Wire

This is what the interior looked like once that was all done:

I also installed a “Purple Tag” E46 steering rack which has a quicker ratio, as the E36 ones are notoriously long. While doing that, I had a friend make up an aluminum steering coupler bushing/flex disc to replace the rubber one.

And of course my favourite part:

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Mateja Matic

Having been in the car tuning game for 15 years, I'm now using all the knowledge I acquired to help other people learn and select the right parts for their cars through this blog.

Cars owned: Mk2 Golf with 1.8T swap, BMW E28 with M30B35 swap, BMW E36 328I Mtech, BMW 750IL, Nissan 300ZX, Honda Civic EF

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