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Oil, run 15w-40 delo, or else a 5w-40 syn (rotella, schaeffer's or delvac 1 are great).
Oil, air filters cana be Mahle, Hengst or Mann. I wouldnt deviate from them, all are very high quality OE.
Shocks - bilstein yellows are great. I believe sachs or boge are the OE makers, but I put bilsteins in and they made a barely noticable increase in stiffness, but a good deal better ride.
Brake pads should be textar yellow box if you can get them. ATE, Pagid and Jurid are also very good brands for OE performance and behavior. I would go with Balo rotors, though ATE and ATE power stop rotors, as well as brembo are all good.
I'm not sure if your 318 has OBDII, but if it has a reset unit like my 91 318i, you can actually jumper between two pins in the connector bank to reset for oil/service. otherwise, bavarian auto sells good ones.
I can give you a hand with anything else you'd like to know... let me know.
JMH
He's got it down...however Ate rotors/pads and Jurid pads aren't known to be amazing. If you have the non-sport package then bilstein heavy duty work well and for sport package the bilstein sports do fine.
Also inspect your front control arms (ball joints), front lower control arm bushings, rear control arm bushings and ball joints, rear shock mounts...engine/tranny/diff mounts.
In my 318ti I personally run Delo 15w40, Lubro Moly ATF III in the tranny and Lubro Moly 75w90 synthetic in the diff. NGK spark plugs are the best to use. Also brake fluid flushes every 2 years with DOT 4 and coolant every 3-4 years.
Here's my list of what I've done so far on the TI:
Front wipers- May 2006 BMW
Wires/plugs- 94.4k miles May 2006 NGK
Fuel filter- 94.4k miles May 2006 Mann
Tire rotation- 94.4k miles May 2006
Thermostat & housing- 94.4k miles May 2006
Coolant- 94.4k miles May 2006 MBZ
Brake/Clutch fluid flush- 94.4k miles May 2006 Dot 4
Trans fluid- 94.4k miles May 2006 Lubro Moly ATF III
Diff fluid- 94.4k miles May 2006 Lubro Moly 75w90 Synthetic
Oil change- 95.5k miles May 2006 Chevron Delo 15w40/Mann filter
Flex disc- 98.1k miles July 2006
A/C pulley & Tensioner pulley- 98.1k miles July 2006
Tire rotation- 98.1k miles July 2006
Idler pulley- 99.1k miles August 2006
Driveshaft re-balance- 99.1k miles August 2006
M3 Bilstein struts/Bilstein rear sport shocks revalved @ 25% stiffer/`96-`99 M3 front strut mounts reversed
/GC rear shock mounts/GC coilover springs 450/550- 99.2k miles August 2006
Oil change- 99.4k miles August 2006 Chevron Delo 15w40/Mann filter
Front control arms/bushings- 99.9k miles August 2006 Meyle control arm w/ solid outer/E30 M3 offset bushings
Front alignment- 100k miles August 2006 Clarence & Brown
Rear subframe bushings- 100.5k miles September 2006 IE Urethane Street
Tranny mounts- 100.5k miles September 2006 UUC Enforcers Street
Differental mount- 102.5k miles November 2006 MZ3
Tire rotation- 102.5k miles November 2006
Clutch kit- 103.1k miles November 2006 Sachs
Center support bearing- 103.1k miles November 2006 #@$%!
Intake boots- 103.1k miles November 2006 BMW
Air filter- 103.3k miles November 2006 Mann
Battery- 103.4k miles December 2006 Powerstride
Oil change- 104.4k miles January 2007 Chevron Delo 15w40/Mann filter
Wheels/Tires- 104.7k miles January 2007 Kosei K1/Bridgestone Potenza RE-01R 245/40ZR-17
Front alignment- 104.7k miles January 2007 Clarence & Brown
Rear wiper- January 2006 Bosch
My suspension is pretty firm at the moment and I am running -2 camber, +7 1/4 caster and 1/8 toe in...it really is fun to drive!