My name is Rick and I own an E36. I can't help it, it is an addiction. I do love my car. After all it is almost 15 years old and it still gets about 27 mpgs... and it still looks good! Here is a picture of my baby:
Another thing that I love about this car is the following that they have. There are several internet sites that document problems/fixes with these cars. I am not a trained mechanic, but I love to work on this car. These sites help guide me in the right direction and suggest troubleshooting methods and tools (full list of sites I use at the end of this post). I have already done several things to her. For instance, I just replaced the front struts. After scouring on the internet for the best deal, I found the struts for under $200. This also gave me an excuse to buy a new cordless impact wrench to do the job with. So all in all, I had $300 in the strut replacement. A friend of mine said she took hers in to get an estimate to have the front struts replaced and they quoted her $1500!!!! Glad I could do this one myself. It was even kind of fun. I have also changed rear wheel bearings (not recommended), changed brakes (easy), replaced
alternator, and many other things.
Stay tuned for more E36 projects. I plan to document a few more projects with pictures and reference the guide or website I use. Hopefully, I can help out some other E36 owners.
Links are below. Save some money and stay geeky....
E36 links:
blog.bavauto.com
www.bimmerforums.com
www.dvatp.com/bmw/diy/
www.bavauto.com --this is where I buy most of my parts.
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