# Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [December 25, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123 "2006-12-25T20:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 176
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3501 "2010-03-01T03:58:02Z")
> [@NYstanger](#): > > You really should set a day aside for all of nyspeed to come over and change the car to their liking. Just saying… Im bringing Euro plates! ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3502 "2010-03-01T04:16:27Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > ha yeah right, get in line n00b :shoot: ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3503 "2010-03-01T05:59:14Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Im bringing Euro plates! I’ll get the gold spray paint! ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3504 "2010-03-01T06:05:27Z")
i really think the IC would look bad in black. I think it’d just be sooo much black. I think that the silver IC, the chrome kidneys and the remaining chrome in the lights make it just right. They match the SS bolts on the flares and my polished lips… I suppose I could polish the tanks, but not now… May be laid up for a bit tho… I dislocated my shoulder trying a rodeoflip over a big hip last night. I’m hurtin pretty good right now… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3505 "2010-03-01T06:07:19Z")
worry more about driving and less about looks ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3506 "2010-03-01T06:53:25Z")
can’t wait to install THESE: ![http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/seepster/DSC00771.jpg](http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/seepster/DSC00771.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3507 "2010-03-01T06:56:53Z")
word, you bought them. Perfect choice. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3508 "2010-03-01T07:02:13Z")
you better finish peeling that sticker off the side ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3509 "2010-03-01T07:06:23Z")
no. it’s the fucking FIA sticker. IDK why the fuck the previous owner did that (not the guy on this forum) ---
**Author:** ![ItsOver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/itsover/32/5431_2.png) [@ItsOver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ItsOver)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3510 "2010-03-01T07:06:26Z")
> [@ubengineering](#): > > you better finish peeling that sticker off the side You have to keep it on so it’s like a New Era hat, LOL. Keep it gangster, yo! ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3511 "2010-03-01T07:07:50Z")
> [@newman](#): > > no. it’s the fucking FIA sticker. IDK why the fuck the previous owner did that (not the guy on this forum) > [@ItsOver](#): > > You have to keep it on so it’s like a New Era hat, LOL. Keep it gangster, yo! god that would drive me insane, itd be one thing if the whole sticker was intact and in a good spot, but its fucking half gone :hang: ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3512 "2010-03-01T07:12:09Z")
> [@ubengineering](#): > > god that would drive me insane, itd be one thing if the whole sticker was intact and in a good spot, but its fucking half gone :hang: fortunately the date is still legible… I have to leave it on. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3513 "2010-03-01T07:35:01Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > I just do not understand the logic on the IC location being an issue. I mean lets say the bumper cover went over it do you run your front bumper into shit that often? Or if it was right behind the bumper and you ran the bumper on something you think it would hold up that much better? I don’t know I just do not run my cars into enough shit to think this is really a huge issue. I just do not think the car will see the type of use that would make this a big issue. > > Or Newman will rip the thing off in the first week and I will edit this post haha. In most cases if you pull up to a high parking stop or curb at a convenient store you might scrape the bottom of your bumper. Speed bumps if the car is low ususally an IC is tucked up inside. The only time you see IC’s destroyed is usually on POS cars built by morons. This is not the case here but again is a detail I personally feel should be addressed. Newman can do what he wants but since this is a discussion forum I’ll add to it where I see fit. Everyone at one time or another has pulled too far forward in a parking space and scraped the bottom of a bumper or again caught it on the top of a steep speed bump or for that matter entering a steep driveway at the incorrect angle. It would be less of a big deal to scrape the bumper than to scrape the IC. The bumper won’t affect the performance of the car, the IC will. You could develop a boost leak over time and not realize it perhaps and start over revving the turbo. That’s just my 2 cents. ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3514 "2010-03-01T07:35:33Z")
you should pull the intercooler and just run meth. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3515 "2010-03-01T07:41:20Z")
The car isn’t super low though, so I don’t think it will scrape too badly. I’m VERY careful when I drive. Shit my sti was INSANELY low and the CF lip barely took any damage over the 2 or 3 years I had it like that. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3516 "2010-03-01T07:48:18Z")
thoughts? ![http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/639/colort.png](http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/639/colort.png) ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3517 "2010-03-01T08:01:28Z")
now that looks good. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3518 "2010-03-01T08:01:57Z")
haha, that is pretty BA… ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3519 "2010-03-01T08:29:20Z")
wtf are those seats sitting by a fucking bow-flex or something? ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3520 "2010-03-01T08:29:27Z")
> [@newman](#): > > haha, that is pretty BA… Can you photo shop out that 1/4 gap on the passenger side of the inter cooler? 😛 I also want to see this baby on the ground! Updated list of things to do on her before she can drive? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=175) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=177)