Paul46's m3 project

[Paul46rider]

had a journal going for sometime on another m3 forum, so i've just C+P'd it from there

the start

Well i purchased my M3 just over 3.5 years ago. Spent alot of time trawling the usual places looking for the right one.
Had my Heart set on Black on Black (its abit of a running theme with past cars and bikes) The bit which was hard to find was this combo in Manual

It was actually my other half (Katie K) who found the car for me when i was down in the dumps after being let down on another one i had put a deposit down on.

lucky for me the original owner had spent a small fortune on a couple of genuine Ac Schnitzer parts from BMW when the car was ordered.
IT can with a full carbon front splitter and full carbon roof spolier(these had been coloured coded aswell) and not forgetting the black dtm grills (also colour coded)

This is how she looked on arrival

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next came a set of Umnitza predator Chromium angel eyes from CA-auto, these have a remote wiring kit so they turn on when you unlock the car

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I also got rid of the shocking ghost style number plates and order some LED rear light and a black badge kit


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at this pint i was still missing the facelight boot lid inner lights

I always had my eye out for one exhaust in partcular and that was a Eisenmann. they are around £1300 new. A friend told about one on pistonheads.
So i got straight on the net to have a look, the ad was 60 days old and thought i had no chance of it not being sold, it was also a bargain at £450, i pm'd the guy anyway.
Had a result he still had it, though well he has had it for a while i'll be cheeky, i offered him £350. he took it and delivered it. It came with the reciept and it was only 3 months old. Result!!

its a race version with 76mm tips

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Next was a Alpine IVA-W202R double din head unit
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got my hand on a bezel for it and a dodgy fitting kit which didn't really work out so i ended up making my own
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also had to order part number 12 to relocate the A/C unit
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while i was doing the install i got abit of whoring of the car and race bike in
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The install was a total pain in the arse due to having to butcher the heater box, but it all worked out in the end
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next up was the missing boot lights
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Before
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After
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how the car stood at the time
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I then had the car detailed, follow the link to see the results, i'm well chuffed with ithttp://www.detailing...p?t=90003
couple of teasers

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next came these,
Rouge Engineering Power Pulley Kit ( birthday Pressi from Kate)
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Rouge Engineering Octane Short Shifter Kit
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the SSK is awesome, works soo well, but was a total pain to fit. lost of swearing and cut fingers. At this time i removed the carbon induction and refitted the standard air box with a uprated BMC filter, the car ran soo much better

As time went by i was always keeping my eye out for wheels, i have always lusted after some genuine Ac Schnitzer type III racings but they are rare as rocking horse poo and pretty much gave up on trying to get them, i even bought a set of CSL's for the car, i did the deal and then these came up, So i went up with Katie and Dip's and bought them home
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fitted
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Install time
Directed audio subs and amp in a custom install, this is before i finished the carpeting
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i fitted afew bits i had sitting around for ages
fitted eibach prokit, acs strut brace (rep), painted my caliper and sorted the rear bumper sag.few pics
my car also won best m3 in show at the bmwland MK09 meet, well chuffed
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i managed to wear a hole in my drivers side mat. was about to bite the bullet on some oem bmw mats but instead hooked up a set of these genuine beauties, also in shot are my BMW performance pedal set. The mats are sooo plush, thicker than the BMW items aswell
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also a pick of my boot release that i retro fitted. i believe only the yanky cars have these as standard
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Next up. A new M3 steering wheel, brand new fresh out the box, can't beat the feeling of a brand new wheel
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now back to the strut brace, I bought it thinking it was genuine, but it wasn't, it was just a ACS style brace, was still a lovely bit of kit, she went to a new home. But i now have the pucker item now along with a new rocker cover and oil cap
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[Paul46rider]

still got more lol got the carpet sorted on my boot install
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New rear plate surround, had the M surround on there for ages, then Chris on e46zone hooked me up with a ACS one which suits the car abit more.
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finally abit of whorage of a dirty car, if you see this view in you mirror it means move out the way lol just joking
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and some more
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Next is abit of a marmite item, A Genuine Ac Schnitzer rear diffuser, some like it some hate it, i like it and it goes with the ACS theme
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I got sick of the crap quality of aftermarket smoked corner such as depo's, my last set broke and fell out not happy.
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I then went through the process of trying to find a set the same as the ones i had, my old ones had the slatted lines all the way across them like the OEM ones. i like this look and i'm not really a fan of the smoked depo's most people have with the big clear patch in the middle.So back to the drawing bored. i looking into window tinting film, but it just fell apart when heat got on to it. Then i ordered some lamin-xI went for the lightest tint. When first fitting them I imediatley wanted the darker, then after a few days had passed and i loved the slightly lighter look.
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pics of the side repeaters
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and some whorage
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and finally just a couple of pics to ***** from a bluewater meet, i ditched the front plate at last. The paint is still looking pretty good.
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There are a few other bits which have been done but haven't taken any pics, they are Genuine ACS pedals and deadrest and OEM Fire extingisher retrofit

I know its long but thanks for looking

[Paul46rider]

quick update, on my car i have the high gloss trim package

looking like this
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i sent me bonnet grill and side vent off to paint aswell as a new m3 badge. I also had a good friend of mine make me some new badges for the side grills

bonnet grill
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side vents with new badges (these are not the ones your order from mfest, these are custom made for me with a chrome line seperating the colours so the black doesn't get lost in the background)
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and rear badge (the matching colours are going to be added this week)
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fitted
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And lastly my depo's from Smooth (cheers mate)
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I will get the diffuser in to be painted the same at some point

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some pics from recent bluewater meet

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i then went into overhaul mode during winter

few bits i'm stock piling till i get a chance to overhaul the car.

New Grills which are going to painted gloss black to match the other gloss parts

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storm motorworks lighter plug, gonna anodize it black and maybe add another personal touch

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and lastly some Rogue Rear top mounts, from the CA group buy, to fit to my coilovers
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[Paul46rider]

well i got s few bits done tonight, i removed the front bumper and acs diffuser for paint, test fitted the new grills fro CPD, these are also going to paint with a few other small bits

I then gave the rear coilovers a quick over haul
drop the strut out
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this strut has a years worth of use and about 10k on it, still looks like new and the d2 stuff is really holding up well


I then gave it a quick clean and protected the treads with scotoil 365 spray, i did the same with the spring and collar, i then stripped the d2 top mount and rebuit with the Rogue RSM's for the CA group buy

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then got the reinforment plate fitted
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fitted
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i'll tackle the rtab'S and limiters next along with the new angels and lenses, then move to the front end.

Tonight i also inspected the subframe, and to me it looks like the car has already had the repair before my 4 years of ownership, the car is soooo clean underneath, am really quiet shocked how clean and tidy it is

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A quick update

Firstly a huge huge thank you to forum member KeithS. He picked up and delivered a few parts from BMW for me. Including front control arm bushes and RTAB's. Also have a e46 Genuine ACS footrest from Bruno's car. The one currently in my car is actually a e36 model which will now go into the M3 GT as that already has geuine ACS pedals but need the footrest to match

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Got the car up in the air. Bumper is off for paint but still waiting to get it to the painters after bring let done on a paint job. Got another painter lined up and hope to get the stuff in this week.

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Decided to tackle the front wishbone bushes, got the undertray and metal tray removed and drop the control arm down

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Then started removing the old bush with a 3 prong puller, placed a oil drain underneath because these bushes are oil filled

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Bush removed and clean with hd degreaser and then given a coating if fairy liquid

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Add more fairy liquid to the new bush and forced on

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Got it bolted back up, did the other side and then refitted all trays. I then though it replace the broken xenon level sensor arm with the new item that I got from stealer

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Removed the old broken clamp and then. ..... The new one broke as I wa doing it up! Great. BMW quality parts!!!

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Anyway hope to get more done this week

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Ok managed a couple of quick jobs to tick of the list before the light went tonight

Rtabs was the flavour of the day. So jacked her up, and dropped the control arms
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The old bush had seen better days. Notice the cracks around the edge. Also it is a old style bush so it needed to come out and be replaced with the revised design from the csl
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Started pulling the old out
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Out and cleaned wish HD degreaser and sandpaper. I was also coated in copper grease before the new bush was installed
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New bush started it's was in through the compression tube to squeeze the outta band together
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Through enough to go in without the compression tube
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Pusher in to leave 2mm of th collar exposed
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Was given these a long time ago, just been waiting to fit new RTAB's to fit them. They are a rogue engineering bush limited kit
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Fitted in the cradle. Preload set and torqued up
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Bolted back up and repeated on the other side. Also got the mid pipe unbolted. Came off a treat due to me changing all the bolts under the car for stainless steel bolts about 2-3 years ago.

Keep your eyes peeled for the next installment

[Paul46rider]

Ap 6 Piston kit, collected this morning

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Xbox game so you can gauge the size

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The calipers will be off the body shop for stripoint and painting

M3 Vun also order these for both of us, he just sent me these pics

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Teaser of new paint

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Ap logo will be hand painted gloss black

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Not finished but just a teaser. The blacking around the logo is just thinning out from White spirit and wipes off

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Parts are starting to flow in now.
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RP gearbox oil and new oil separator. Will be picking up more service parts this weekend

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ok it starting to take shape on the parts front.

Picked up this little service order from KeithS (thanks Bro)
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New McGard Lockers for my Lug conversion
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and got these bad boys finished, just need to sort the new mounting brackets for them, (these are from a e92)
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BIG THANKS TO MY LOVELY OTHER HALF FOR PAINTING THE AP LOGO'S

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more work done today.

quick shot of the ap disc with the new stud conversion, the discs are HUGE!!!

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works soo well with spacer, no worried about hub centric jobbies now. Also putting wheels on is much much easier and you don't bash the brakes when doing it

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then dropped the oil

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its wasn't to bad, still had abit of colour to it, gave the car a dealership oil service, oil filter and pollen filter

also change the vanos filter which was still very clean, but i had taken it out, so i just changed it, this is the old one.

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And lastly go the mid-pipe off, this will be replaced with SS section on sunday

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Well lots to do now.

All my parts are back from paint. They did. Great job. I'll grab some pics over the weekend

And the wheels have arrived. But I haven't seen them yet. So keep you eyes peeled for some pics being posted up

Ian Alpine527 has finished the brackets for the AP's and I have to say, what a amazing job he had done! Thanks mate

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New heavy duty drop links, these things are solid and really top quality

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Phil at CA hooked me up with a braided clutch line. I will delete the CDV when fitting this. Cheers Phil

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And lastly u have the diff oil and FM booster from Opie aswell

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[Paul46rider]

i sold the type III racings and bought these

went for 18's
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start with the 11.5j rears

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gold bolt set-up
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and the 9.5j front
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http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5575.jpg


they are rediculously light, can't wait to get the masking tape off the rim to get a proper look at how dishy they are.

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collected my bits from the bodyshop,

had the bumper sanded down, smoothed and painted, aswell as another splitter which hidesh gave to me (thanks mate) needed alot of repair and the bodyshop did a great job.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020379.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020380.jpg

not the best angle but you can see the finish better
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020381.jpg

and the rest of the parts, all done in gloss black to match the window surround on the car and the other parts already finished in this colour

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020382.jpg

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Thanks everyone. The wheels have spurred me on with the work on the car.

Got the front end put back together tonight. Fitted the new splitter to the bumper, then mounted the bumper

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/b5651795.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f1aecc68.jpg

Also fitted my oem coloured angels from Forum sponsor CPD. They look spot on

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/0ae39500.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/5379e390.jpg

Also fitted new lenses with clear laminX to protect from stone chips

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/823de50b.jpg

And lastly new grills from CPD painted gloss black to match the window frames and other bits

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/dad17a06.jpg

i later went back and adjusted the eyes, i wasn't happy with how low the inners sat

thanks for looking

Paul

[Paul46rider]

got my rubber ordered on friday and they will be fitted to new rim on Saturday coming

I also went and collected the brackets for my Ap's that my friend Ian made.

MY calipers and discs came off a e9x non M. all that is needed to fit them is a new set of bracket, AP will sell you new brackets for a kidney a liver and 10 goats, instead i got a loaner bracket of a friend on m3cutters and then had them copied

he even found a AP box to put them in lol

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/aef49d14.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/c7bbb252.jpg

After that i run my rims round to a friends to store them for a week till the rubber is fitted, he placed them in his "Wheel Room"

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/dd69fbca.jpg

Brake will be fitted tomorrow along with what ever else i can get done. spent the morning working on my other halfs E36 M3 GT2, was overhauling Her AP BBK

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well the rain did stop and manage to get the last of the big jobs done
Stipped off the old brakes and fitted up the brackets Ian made for me, fitt was perfect

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/25caa0ea.jpg

then the rest of the kit followed

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/d1b80759.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/6989ddc4.jpg

i then jumped under the car and set about tackling this

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2b0460be.jpg

replaced with a braided clutch line without the cdv fitted

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2310a37a.jpg

I then bleed the brakes and clutch with a full flush of super blue, i also dropped the diff oil and replaced that to

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few quick iphone pics, i'll update with proper pics soon

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right here we go, this is what i got dome on saturday evening.



first off i dropped the eisenmann off the car, then i gave the next backbox a wd40 clean



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5577.jpg



its is a full Titanium Dixis backbox. it weighs nothing. i can hold the whole thing out horiztanlly with one hand holding the tips, its that light.



the welding is some of the best i have seen, i have dealt with alot of titanium pipe work with all the bikes i work on. and this is some of the best work i have seen.



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5578.jpg



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5579.jpg



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5580.jpg





i then removed the rear bumper to replace a kncakerd PDC sensor, nice easy job



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2632e640.jpg



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/ef17a04d.jpg



then i was time to finish modifiying the top on my front coilovers so i could fit a closed top brace, so back on went my genuine acs brace, love having this back on



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5587.jpg





time for the wheels and getting it back on the ground



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added a few layers off wheel wax and sealer



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/d7dea4b4.jpg


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dixis sounds great, still pretty quiet at a stand still which suprised me

got a few finishing touches done today

first up i tackled the new oil seperator, it had started using abit of oil so this was straight on the list for changing, stripped down the engine cover

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/5d7e58bd.jpg

and fitted the new seperator

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/ff934230.jpg


they get very gunked up with old oil like this
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/1ca61ef9.jpg


next was a set of evosport pullies
the break down

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/01efb15d.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/11473649.jpg

fitted
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/6e08820d.jpg

I also fitted a new AC belt aswell
when fitting my angels i rushed the job abit and the inners were sitting a little low for my liking, like this

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2b013616.jpg

so i took them apart and now they look like this

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/0348ca20.jpg


while working on the lights i fitted 6000k bulbs from CPD

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finally got the car out of the parking space to see how much i want to drop the back tomorrow

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[Paul46rider]

Thought its about time i did abit of a update on the car since its been back on the road for a few weeks now.

well first port of call was getting the arches rolled from Paul at archenemy
he did a great job and actually pulled the arches so they are now a good bit wider than the standard set-up
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7a091127.jpg

about an hour after Paul was finished i headed in for a detail from the big man, he did a amazing job and there is a nice little write up here

http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=35470

From there i went to DC11. had a great time and scooped 2nd place in the show and shine

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/5866162158_8043d783ba.jpg

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The car seemed to get alot of attention and got alot of nice comments from people about it and the stance

When i got back from DC i got the rear bumper into the bodyshop for a respray, i then get ready for bimmerflex


http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll82/rhys187_2008/bimmerbimmerflex2011018.jpg

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scooped another trophy there

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/909f503d.jpg

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So was 6 months off the road and a huge overhaul worth it????
10000000%!!!!!!

The work gone in under the car has really paid off, it drives like new, my car has always been a tight number but it feels better than new now.

The brakes are unbelieable, the stopping power is amazing and very progressive.

The new exhaust is pure sex! the sound is like nothing else out there, i know there are plenty of titanium boxes out there, but none sound like this, on the motorway at around 80 its very very quiet, give it some rev's and it is like a banshy.

The Wheels?? well i was getting very nervous about stepping down to 18's, but i have to say its the best move i've made, its transformed the car!! properly transformed the car, not just looks, but the drive. is sooo much better, the ride is very very plush and bumps and holes are ironed out very nicely, the handling is yet another improvment, it turns in better and sticks to the road like glue.

The vreds have been a great change aswell, i would deffo use them again,

Thanks for reading


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few pics from santa pod

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_3433.jpg

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looks like i should have my airbox next week, then once gaydon is out they way i will start getting the car ready for its PBMW feature



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its here at last, Evolve Csl airbox.

gonna get it fitted next week then drive up to see the boys at evolve for the software

I'll start with these pics

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020627.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020626.jpg

the bits i love you actually won't see when fitted by the work gone into the underside of the box is sooo tidy
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020628.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020629.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020631.jpg

flawless work on the truppet design
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020630.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020632.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020633.jpg

ITG filter fitted, its very snug lol
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020634.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020635.jpg

gonna get my engine cover sanded back and the laquar finished in matte.






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tonight i got on with the job in hand
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5706.jpg

just over an hour and a half later
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[Paul46rider]

Well its been a long wait for this but it now in the car and running.
no this is a Impartial review of the airbox, I'm not the type to blow smoke up people arse to make them feel good

firstly i would like to tell you about the quality of the airbox its self.
Well where do i start, its a dry dry carbon box, everything on the box apart from the fasteners are carbon, trumpets, supports etc the lot!!

it has to be some of the best composite work i have ever seen. (i have dealt with alot of performance parts like this from my days building race bikes)
the trumpets are flawless and structural work is so slick and detailed, my favorite parts of the box are actually hidden when fitted.

a few pictures to show you the quality of the work
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020627.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020629.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020626.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020628.jpg

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http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020631.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020632.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020633.jpg

ITG filter fitted
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020634.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/P1020635.jpg

I choose to fit the box myself, i would have been more than happy for evolve to fit the box but i like working on my own car, gives me the build rather than bought feeling.

so i tackled the job one evening, stripped out the old

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5706.jpg

and in with the new
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5707.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5708.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5711.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5714.jpg

now for those that don't know this airbox just like the OEM CSL running Maf-less. and also uses a different ECU software called Alpha-N, obviously because i choose to fit the box myself i would have to drive the car to evolve with the car still running its Original software and no Maf connected, so i had a engine light on and it was a little lumpy at low revs, but apart from that the car ran really well.

Time came to go visit Imran and Rizwan in Luton, i left a little bit of work for Rizwan to do, he wired up the new temp sensor to the Maf connection
And some proof that other people do work on my car
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/ea47f19f.jpg

time to back her on to the rollers
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/4b42470f.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/28864a9a.jpg

now i was not really bothered about dyno figures, mainly because i know they are not really relevant due to the factors that can change the readings each time the car is run, but i was more interested in the change, now we could really do a base run of the car because the base run we did, i already had the airbox on rather than the oem set-up.

Another thing that effected the running of my car was the ride height and front splitter, basically when the car is running it need to ramp forward onto the dyno reading roller to read the power, this is done by placing a wheel choke in front of the front wheels, allowing the car to drive forward and the rear wheels to get up on top of the roller, due to the ride height and splitter it restricted the distance of the wheel choke to wheel, basically didn't allow the car to come forward enough, but it did come forward enough to get a good judge of what it is doing.

the base run with the engine light on, no Maf and a foreign airbox pulled a 319hp, which to be honest, I was really happy with (its a 10 years old car now)

the alpha N was loaded on to the ecu along with Evolve map to go with it and Imran had another crack of the whip pulling her to 343hp after a couple of runs (another thing to remember is it takes time for the ecu to adapt to the mapping changes, so by the time you get home it may be pull abit more power)

I was well chuffed with the figures, some people might think that the car should make that as standard, well they don't lol, and that was also with out being able to get the car correctly up on the dyno roller. So all in all well pleased

here is abit of dyno action for you, its a nice mix of airbox and dixis:thumbsup: (click the image to view the vid)
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/th_3d5bab26.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/?action=view&current=3d5bab26.mp4)


time for the test drive, i jumped in the drives seat and Imran took shotgun.
First impression.... very very smooth, the power curve was silky smooth and pulled steady through the revs, tbh the extra power didn't really jump out at me but it still felt uber strong but the smoothness of the delivery was sooo crisp. I was a very happy camper indeed.

I heading home back to the smoke and had a good play on the motorway, i mean half a tank in 40 miles lol
by the time i got home it was different animal to the car that i test drove 45 minutes before hand, I'm guessing the ecu adaptions were still taking place, it feel like a real beasty now lol

it picks up a good thousand rpm earlier than it used to and the pull its continuously strong and doesn't fizzle away and the top end of the range, when i hit up that private road on my route home i got to play with some of the higher speeds and it just kept pulling and pulling.

The alpha N software to me has sooo much more feel to the driving experience, the electronic feel from throttle has gone as well as the lag that comes with it. It feels like a good old cable throttle again, that reacts in a instant when you touch the throttle.

now the airbox, what a bit of kit, at low speed with the window down you can here the whistle of the intake sucking the air in, its crazy, give it a boot full of throttle and the noise makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, the OEM CSL box sound pretty subtle compared to this lol.
Paired up with my titanium Dixis the noise from the car is something else.

The other thing that is great about the box, if you are just cruising around town driving calmly it stays nice and quiet and the cabin still remains a calm place to be.
Motorway 70-80mph cruising is the same as it was volume wise, so no crazy motorway headache, but then all it takes is a stamp on the throttle and the beast comes alive.

Basically to sum up the airbox and my whole experience with Evolve is AMAZING!!!

Imran, Sal and Rizwan you are a credit to our forum and the whole BMW community, you guys really do go the extra mile with your customers while keeping the whole experience very personal and light hearted while still retaining the professional part of it.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbs up:

And sorry for the essay

[Paul46rider]

well i was bored so i thought i'd pop down to bluewater and grab a few pics of the car, it got abit wet and dirty on the way down due to the rain, gutted

anyway thanks for looking

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5755.jpg

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been sat at home sulking that i couldn't get to a local meet today, my car has developed a idle problem, gonna get the codes read later tonight

but i did abit of work on my new coilovers, they looked grubby so i stripped them down cleaned and rebuilt them. They are actually like new under the dirt

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/a7b2e4f8.jpg

Damper cleaned and threads treated with some Gt85, nylon spring perch has been cleaned and treated with gt85 aswell, gives it a coat of protection and keeps them moving

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/be0dce29.jpg

i cleaned the dampers up with bilberry them a coat of autosol and finished with belgom Alu

The rear struts where treated the same way, spring perches and springs clean separately

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/9db53497.jpg

finished
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well got the car up and running again, after looking for a airleak that pulled up nothing, so looking into it deeper and a faulty TPS was the culprit. it was the tps on the throttle actuator, car is still running a little funny cos the throttle values need reseting which david is gonna do for me.

Huge thank you to Phil at CPC for helping me out over the phone. thanks mate

Also got the Kw's fitted soooo happy with them, they are pure quality. I'm in no way shunning the D2 set-up, it is awesome and would happily of kept them and i do not a have a single bad word to say about them, just these came up and they are top draw if you know what i mean

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/deb79981.jpg

went a little lower allround

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/a5e071cc.jpg

Still playing with the settings at the moment but first impressions are very good so far



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Quick teaser. Hope to get them off to paint ASAP

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/b7c45f6f.jpg

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Well I finally found abit of time to get down to my firms plant yard and use the air tool and parts wash bins to strip and clean up the read AP's before I drop then to the painter

I popped the pistons out , stripped the springs, bleeds, rattle clips and rollers. Put the whole in a parts wash bin for a chemical clean

I left the seals in for now, and I'll remove them when they are painted and replace with new seals and bleed valves

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/4883c2cc.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/c0530a81.jpg

They have now been dropped to my painter

I have also got a set of turner front top mounts, so i will get them cleaned up and on the V3's asap

......................


Just picked up the brakes from the painters. Need to hand paint the logo and wait for my new seals as bleeds to arrive. I also have a set of AP slotted discs coming my way in a few weeks to match the fronts

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/c37ad180.jpg


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Got abit of time on my hands so I thought I might aswell try and paint the rears aswell

Just got them all masked up. Need to pick up some paint tomorrow

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/52c301c7.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/9bdce800.jpg



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well they are pretty much done, need to clean them up a little and do some small fill in's when are completely dry

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/d6806921.jpg



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well a friend of mine donated some parts to me today

some UUC tranny mount enforcers, one shown loose the other is fitted to the tranny mount

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/01bfc818.jpg

will we were looking around his 3 e36's (yes 3!!) i asked him how the weight shift knob's were like? he ran inside and came out with a Waylin gear knob (think that is how its spelt) Gave it to me and said see how you get on with that.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7dab2090.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f6e87e12.jpg

[Paul46rider]

and thats me up to date now lol

think i need some Mfest products for the car so me and Brunberg can represent over here in the UK lol

[indohan]

Love every second reading it!!
Any plans for superchargers in the future?

[DennisCooper!]

Indohan - haha, you took the words out of my mouth on that one !!!

Paul - Start saving up & be extra good to Katie, she may well buy it for you !!

I have some plans as well, just picked up my CF hood/bonnet and looking to get the coilovers soon too! .. audio install hopefully fully finished within the next couple of weeks as well!

Cheers, Dennis!

[Paul46rider]

cheers guys, at the moment i'm more than happy with my CSL intake, its still a new toy to me,

I wouldn't rule out a charger kit one day, might see what uncle sal and imran have in the works at Evolve lol

[indohan]

cheers guys, at the moment i'm more than happy with my CSL intake, its still a new toy to me,

I wouldn't rule out a charger kit one day, might see what uncle sal and imran have in the works at Evolve lol

Well, enjoy it.. These days will be gone once you test driven a supercharged S54. :D
I happened to hate my car's performance after driven a VF stage 2 supercharged. :buttrock:

[Paul46rider]

oh I've been out in a charged s54, and charged e9x m3 etc etc

i pretty much work on M cars for a living. i love the drive from the alpha N set-up which you run with the csl box, very usable power and soo much more responsive, i would go as far as to say it feels like a good old cable throttle set-up

[BRUNBERG]

Yes my brother, nice to see you get your Journal on here. It has been an absolute pleasure watching this car come together over the years, she's a true credit to all your hard work and innovation.
I can't wait to get the full paint correction done on her to prepare her for next years show season

[MikeN'Ike///]

OMG i love ur car!!!!! =) I just order the AC schnitzer spoiler =)

[Laidback]

I can say Im a fan of your build :goldcup: solid products and attention to detail is what made a huge difference on your project!


Time for you and Brunberg to Represent HARD for Mfest in UK:buttrock:and thats me up to date now lol

think i need some Mfest products for the car so me and Brunberg can represent over here in the UK lol

Yes my brother, nice to see you get your Journal on here. It has been an absolute pleasure watching this car come together over the years, she's a true credit to all your hard work and innovation.
I can't wait to get the full paint correction done on her to prepare her for next years show season

[Paul46rider]

Thanks guys. This week I should start work on it again.

Gonna get the turner top mounts on and dialed in, fit my rear Ap's (still waiting on my slotted AP discs to match the front though)

Hopefully pic up my genuine csl deck and get that on to.

The direction I've always wanted to go with this car is genuine parts. Bruno knows how bad I am for this, even as far as turning down free parts from various vendors just because I wanted OEM+

I will also be pulling out the boot install, it's to big and heavy for my liking. I will be fitting some small jl 8inch stealth box's

Anyway I will make a point to keep this updated, and laidback I will be in touch for some mfest roundels very soon, aswell as windscreen decals

Oh and happy new year everyone.

[John Beckham]

It's not even funny how tasteful and borderline perfect your car is. From refreshing the car to "like new" to having an understated taste, WOW. That's all I can say

[Paul46rider]

^^ wow thank you very much. That's quite a complement. Thank you.

Ment to get some work down on the car today but we have had some bad storms today so I finished the rear AP's off. Gave them a final coat on the logo's last night and then spent the afternoon cleaning up the excess.

Consider tharp started off like this
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/b7c45f6f.jpg


Finished job. I'm sooo happy with them and I have actually managed to impress myself

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/4460b293.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/d7506a00.jpg

[BRUNBERG]

Awesome bro. Coming together nicely

[Paul46rider]

Thanks bro. Gonna strip out the install tomorrow, fit my turner mounts and give it a good wash lol

[Paul46rider]

Right so I've got a few more days off work so wanted to make a start on the winter work.

First off is a good clean, it soo much nicer working on a clean car.

So this is how I cleaned the car

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/ab1bbabb.jpg


Did the all 4 arches, aswell as bodywork. Didn't go to mad with it. Just wanted the areas that I'll be working in dirt free.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/00e4f04c.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/410db5df.jpg

I really want to get the rear Ap's mounted but I'm waiting on the rear AP Discs, so it's pointless doing the same job twice when the car it's being driven.

I did fit the waylen gear knob. I had spare oem gear knob and gaiter saying around so I hacked that up for a gaiter.

I actually mounted the gaiter on the rogue shifter. I prefer the look of it mounted here as it shows off The rogue shifter which is finished the same as the gear knob.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/15a3d422.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7a80c7cd.jpg

Had a short drive down the road and it feels awesome to drive with. You can really feel the extra weight when using it, coupled with the double weighted SSK it is a seriously fast and smooth shift.

I've secured a brand new clutch and flywheel to, just a few more parts to get then I'll be booking it in for the work.

Now tucked away on its new trickle charger and brand new outdoor cover which Katie found at a boot sale for £5. I think they are £180ish from BMW lol

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/58b182d7.jpg

[Puldog]

All the props to you Paul! :goldcup: Any vids you can post?

[m kube]

sick shift knob.. lots of good things going on in this thread :)

[Paul46rider]

Thank you guys. I haven't got any videos at the moment. I have been meaning to do it for ages.

Wanting to get some work done today but the storms are stopping me.

[aznazasin]

this thread is full of WIN!!! sick collection of mods!!!

[Paul46rider]

Thanks you for the kind comments

[leonard_e36]

Nice car man, I like the fact that you are working yourself at your car.
Which town in UK are you from? I recently moved in London from Romania and i want to make friends (bimmerheads) here, but i'm waiting a bit as now i drive my gf's Tigra :D. Hope to own a BMW in the near future if the shop that i'm in process to open will make the money :D.
Cheers
PS: Hi to Dennis also ;) and all Mfesters cos i didn't wrote here for long time now.
Always enjoying to read your stories :buttrock:

[Owl]

Very nice. You do not see to many people with full red tails like you have on your car. I love that personally. :drool:

[Hacauce]

Just read through the build thread and, wow, great work! I love when people like you use their great taste to take a car to a whole new level.

[Phil_Robinson]

Hey Paul, glad to see you on here matey, just another place for me to drool over your car if I am honest lol!!!

[Paul46rider]

Thanks guys. Not much to report over the last week.

But I finally stripped out the install and put the boot back to OEM.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/a914c050.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/20b644a3.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/0af1f637.jpg

I also found out one of my rear lights has abit of a leak. I could have kept a gold fish in it lol!!

So I have removed it. Removed the lense and spend the weekend drying it out. Will re-bond it tomorrow

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/c04ef9c5.jpg

[GOLFFRR]

holy crap!! Just went through the pics again and looked at the progress you have gone through on this car Im speechless, awesome simply awesome.

[DennisCooper!]

Hi

Always top notch work and updates from you Paul ! - I was at the monthly Petrolhead Nirvana meet last night and a couple of guys stopped me as I was leaving asking about my angel eyes. They said they have an E46 and are around the East London Home counties and one did say he's on m3cutters - I've advised them to get in touch with you for getting their angel eyes fitted up as seems they were unsure of how to do it - no idea on who they are though but I instantly thought to point them your way!

hi to you as well leonardE36 ! remember it's the monthly regular German night at the Ace Cafe held every first monday of the month.

Cheers, Dennis!

[Paul46rider]

holy crap!! Just went through the pics again and looked at the progress you have gone through on this car Im speechless, awesome simply awesome.

Thank you Sir. I don't like leaving any stone unturned as you can probably tell lol


Hi

Always top notch work and updates from you Paul ! - I was at the monthly Petrolhead Nirvana meet last night and a couple of guys stopped me as I was leaving asking about my angel eyes. They said they have an E46 and are around the East London Home counties and one did say he's on m3cutters - I've advised them to get in touch with you for getting their angel eyes fitted up as seems they were unsure of how to do it - no idea on who they are though but I instantly thought to point them your way!

hi to you as well leonardE36 ! remember it's the monthly regular German night at the Ace Cafe held every first monday of the month.

Cheers, Dennis!

Cheers Dennis I hope your well mate. Thanks for the recommendations. I was hoping to get to work on mine today but I've had 2 day smg headache on a customers car. All sorted now, I feel like a good sleep now lol

[Paul46rider]

just put in a order with the stealers for a coupe of bits

1x 63217165973
1x 63217165974
20x 51118174185
5x 51478248015
1x 51478265682
5x 51498166702
1x 64111376327
2x 51478213602
2x 65128370925
9x 07119902932
4x 07119907657
3x 07119901299
3x 63121374075
1x 65128370926
3x 07119915017
4x 07119902932
4x 61131372033
2x 31306779487


LOL looks alot bit it mainly nuts and bolts etc that i want to replace

[Paul46rider]

Well as I said I clamped the light up yesterday.

I'm also gonna ditch the all red lenses. I like them but after 5 months I'm still not loving them. So I'll be refinishing them in a subtle tint

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/3cc66f42.jpg


And this morning all is fixed nicely. Gonna get some subtle tiny ordered today

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/265bfce0.jpg

[Laidback]

nice! I too am contemplating on an all red lense, gotta find the right method to do it:thinkerg:Well as I said I clamped the light up yesterday.

I'm also gonna ditch the all red lenses. I like them but after 5 months I'm still not loving them. So I'll be refinishing them in a subtle tint

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/3cc66f42.jpg


And this morning all is fixed nicely. Gonna get some subtle tiny ordered today

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/265bfce0.jpg

[indohan]

Im sure laidback will find a way that makes the clear part matched up well with the red.
I havent seen one that totally matched with OEM red.

[Paul46rider]

The red laminx does match perfectly. It just didn't work with the car in my eyes

[Laidback]

Is that a film or paint?The red laminx does match perfectly. It just didn't work with the car in my eyes

[Paul46rider]

It's a film Chris. When you first lay it on it looks a little cloudy. But it's is a pourous film so after a few warm days all the air bubbles go and the cloudiness goes. I'll show you when I apply the subtle tint laminX I've ordered.

[Laidback]

Perfect, we use the same over here (smoke tail lights and headlights) but not sure of the red if it'll match...it if it does then im going to try on Sabine:)

Will wait for your pics bradah:)
It's a film Chris. When you first lay it on it looks a little cloudy. But it's is a pourous film so after a few warm days all the air bubbles go and the cloudiness goes. I'll show you when I apply the subtle tint laminX I've ordered.

[Paul46rider]

This just after I did them with a red base layer then subtle tiny over the top. (only the outer lights at this time).

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5752.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_5725.jpg


I'm going back to this look now

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/IMG_2309.jpg

[Laidback]

can u post some daylight pics with the red tails?

[Paul46rider]

Yeah no problem. The one that is still on the car is still red/tinted

[Paul46rider]

Here you go.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7efd6b87.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7640db17.jpg

IMO it would have looked alot better if I didn't tiny over the top of the red film

[Donbona]

My fave E46 in the UK..... she just so MEAN!!! :D
And just to say that Paul is one of only 3 mechanics I let touch my car.

[BRUNBERG]

My fave E46 in the UK..... she just so MEAN!!! :D
And just to say that Paul is one of only 3 mechanics I let touch my body

But too much info there Taz lol

[Donbona]

But too much info there Taz lol

But too much??
You got more butt than anyone :D

[Paul46rider]

Got a little delivery from STEALER

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/4d7d7e70.jpg

Still waiting on a few bits to come in

Bits I'm most chuffed with are the light covers. When I got my gen rear led's The backs were missing. Now

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/6e8a33ee.jpg

[Paul46rider]

Ok picked up the laminX this morning. I went for subtle tint again. Thought I'd show you how I do it.

Lay out your laminX to check to have ordered enough lol


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/fe8d4638.jpg

I cut my sheet in half, flipped it over and found the best way to lay the film

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/0c0d2b45.jpg


Once I've found the best way to wrap the light I score the backing paper at a corner. This will then leave a impression on the film so you know where to start

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7cbe9eaf.jpg


I then peel back just past that marking

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/465022d1.jpg


Start laying the light gently on that mark

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/c727f61c.jpg


Flip in over and run you finger up and down pushing the air out

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/c4da5dad.jpg


Take your other halfs hair dryer and heat the film up abit at a time. This isn't essential but makes the film easier to work with

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/19bb71d6.jpg


Pull back abit more paper and work you way along push the air out.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f60f2fcc.jpg


Keep repeating this process

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f17a6bd9.jpg


Till you cover the whole unit

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/bf26485a.jpg


I then make some cuts at any sharp corners, like this

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/30830a82.jpg


I then break the hair dryer out again and heat edges that are left and pull then tight over the edge of the light. Info this because I want to trim behind the light so you have no edges when fitted

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/85dabcbc.jpg


I then start trimming up.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/70c7b648.jpg


You Should end up with a clean cut

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/663419d5.jpg


Run the finger round with abit of heat just to close up and lifted parts

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/22e16192.jpg


results. A pretty much bubble free finish

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/b52f2a2a.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/9d430b1b.jpg


Don't worry if you do get any bubbles. I get this small grouping. The material Has pours. So once it's been on the car for a few weeks the air will go. Just give the bubbles a small push every now and again and it will go. Don't bother using a pin or anything on then. Just leave them. Also when it's been on a few weeks give them a coat of wax and the come up like paintwork

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/38903e68.jpg

[Paul46rider]

All fitted

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/6d74c6e3.jpg

[DennisCooper!]

Hi Paul,

My DIY skills now go as far as getting the LaminX out of the box.. then I'm lost!!!

You also need to move closer to West London ! ;) then you can do my lenses like this as well!

Catch you soon..

Cheers, Dennis!

[BRUNBERG]

Awesome little brother

[Laidback]

Thanks:buttrock: will try out this one for sure:)Here you go.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7efd6b87.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7640db17.jpg

IMO it would have looked alot better if I didn't tiny over the top of the red film


:drool:
All fitted

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/6d74c6e3.jpg

[Paul46rider]

Cheers guys. I'm much happier now they are back to subtle tint.

Chris gonna need to get in contact about some custom badges soon I think, after seeing the pics of Bruno's badges

[0-60Motorsports]

Yo Mate! Car looks awesome! I love my all red tails as I had the Gun smoke from Lamin-X on there for 3 years which i loved but needed to break up the blackness a bit.

[furnyM3]

great write up and wot a awesome m3

[Orange fever]

Damnnn keep up the modding..looking nice:)

[Mhouse]

Sorry if i missed it, but what size are the 3piece AC?
18x9.5
18x11
??

Thanks man

[Paul46rider]

spec is
3 piece AC Schnitzer rennsport type II
forged lightweight OZ racing faces
Fronts
18x9.5j et16

rears
18x11.5 et14

[Donbona]

No no Paul.... the spec you have given is wrong....
The spec is motherfugin PHAT!!!!!!! :D

[indohan]

No no Paul.... the spec you have given is wrong....
The spec is motherfugin PHAT!!!!!!! :D

Your manifold is fat too, I like..
In 21st century, fat is the new fit.

[chris mc]

Love it mate

[Paul46rider]

17th Feb 2012

Parts are going together for my winter maintaince

New oem flywheel

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/ecbe5fdb.jpg


New oem clutch. Pressure plate and bearing.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/15662fa7.jpg


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23rd feb 2012

Well I finally came home from a stint working away from home.

My discs had arrived from NUVM Paul. So I thought I should at least get one side of the sorted.

So off we go again

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/943a30b3.jpg


Stripped and guards trimmed

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/b80c2dcd.jpg


AP racing discs

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2fd989d5.jpg


Caliper

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/841984c7.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/4c571304.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/52362810.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/e89593ce.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/b7f5facf.jpg


Not the best pics. I'll get some better ones when I finish up the other side


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today

Well I got the other side fitted on Friday aswell as the led interior kit from CPD

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2560ffe3.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/6effe1ca.jpg

Braking power feels very solid and balanced now.


Yesterday I then headed down to Swindon to meet up with Dan to do all the gearbox work. Massive thanks mate. With both of us working on the car we turned it around pretty quick. It Now drives like a different car. The release bearing we removed was well shagged.
We also changed the CPV o-ring for a high grade option that I bought from the states. This is alot easier with the gear box off
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f5b5896f.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/9107d5ef.jpg


Out with the old

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/106aa55e.jpg


In with the new

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/a1473305.jpg


Rogue mounts and enforcers fitted.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/fa54791f.jpg

I also had a issue with my rear lights. They basically where not working at all. Dan looked at the coding will I was fishing around in the boot. I then realised I had the wrong leads on each side. Knob head!!!!

Thanks for looking

[BRUNBERG]

Top work as always bro

[0-60Motorsports]

looks awesome mate

[Paul46rider]

Thanks guys. Picked this up on Monday. Needs a good clean

Genuine BMW item of course

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/3d209b78.jpg

[0-60Motorsports]

ooohhh i want

[Paul46rider]

cheers mate, i thought you had one?

[0-60Motorsports]

cheers mate, i thought you had one?

I have a VORST trunk and I love it but I feel i wana go OEM as im gona get an OEM CSL roof.

[BRUNBERG]

Awesome little bro

[Laidback]

Rare find :drool: I've seen the oem cal trunk and it's one of the best trunk out there and one of the most influential in changing the game for BMW.:buttrock:

[Paul46rider]

Small update. Had a ****ty week so I thought I'd try and cheer myself up. So I cleaned the car and got the new deck fitted

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/73adc48a.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/10afe33d.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/cc61fe5b.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/4fc64c5a.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2030c48b.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/cb4a3ced.jpg

Also fitted the oem style depo's from CPD. I've ha these sat in the cupboard for about 4 months.

Before

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f849dcdf.jpg

After

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/ba33f610.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/5882b639.jpg


Also want to say a huge thanks to dips. Like a numpty I manged to kurb one of my front wheels a few weeks back

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/77b7b2e3.jpg

He sorted it with no hassle. Thanks mate.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/61b24101.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/eaf36f29.jpg

Got a couple of other bits to do with stuff I've got sitting around

[supkev]

:drool: looks good!

[0-60Motorsports]

Looks sexy :)

[Laidback]

Paul what tire size did u go for?

[Paul46rider]

Running 235/40/18 up front and 265/35/18 out back

[Laidback]

That set is nice...did u do any rear fender work since your running 11.5?


Running 235/40/18 up front and 265/35/18 out back

[Paul46rider]

Cheers Chris. The arches are pulled and rolled. The arch line actually starts a little higher than a standard m3 arch.

Got my mfest plate holder to fit today. Thanks to my best buddy Bruno for buying it for me

[StreetKing]

This is badass bro.

[Orange fever]

great thread....

[Laidback]

Nice on the plate holder:clap:

Did you pull the fenders yourself or had to get a body shop to do it?Cheers Chris. The arches are pulled and rolled. The arch line actually starts a little higher than a standard m3 arch.

Got my mfest plate holder to fit today. Thanks to my best buddy Bruno for buying it for me

[Paul46rider]

No Ive got a really good arch guy who came round to my place and did it. Lots of rolling and heating

[Laidback]

WoW! I know it takes some skills and alot of patience to do it, props to u and your guy for doing it:hail:No Ive got a really good arch guy who came round to my place and did it. Lots of rolling and heating

[Paul46rider]

Yet another update.

Well I ended up with these bad boys. Big thanks to shimmy for these.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/56cbcdfe.jpg

I then had to sort some mounting plates. The plan was to borrow some VAC Motorsport floor mounts from Baris Xkaliber and let Ian loose on them and make me sone copies.

So yesterday I went round to see baris and remove his blistein coilovers and fit some KW V3's for him. While I did that he removed one of his VAC mounts. I finished up and he then remembered thy he had the original recaro mounts in the box from his seats hardware.

He gave them to me to try out. With his side mount and polo position set-up they were abit high for him.

I tried them this morning and they are spot on for me. Lower than oem which just how I wanted it. I think the SPG seats must sit slightly lower and my side mounts must also be lower by design. Baris has very kindly donated these to the build. Thank you soo much mate.

So how do they look???!


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/674e12a4.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2e713f83.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/51032eaa.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/16b0230e.jpg

They are perfect for me. Perfect hight, perfect fit. Anyone who has sat in my car knows I sit on the floor and very upright. I run no lumber support on the oem cos they give me a really sore back. I can see myself being able to rack up some proper miles with these and stop tr back pains oem gave me.

Sorry for the iphone pics. I'm still computerless

[0-60Motorsports]

They look fantastic mate

[Paul46rider]

cheers mate

[M3ANMACHINE]

Those SPG's are awesome!

[Paul46rider]

Thanks guys. Here are some better pics of the seats and couple of the ride

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/001-4.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/002-3.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/003-3.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/004-3.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/005-3.jpg

Also had a friend of mine make these for me. The side gill badges are proper gel coat badges and the others and oem badges

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7dc650c1.jpg

[0-60Motorsports]

Mate that looks sexy! Can you give me the contact of your friend who made the badges? I need some for a friend ;)

[Paul46rider]

Pm incoming bro

[0-60Motorsports]

Got it. Cheers Mate.

[Laidback]

Thinking of doing some new seats...those recaros are very nice addition:drool:

[Paul46rider]

Cheers Chris. Wish me and Bruno could come over with our cars to mfest

[Paul46rider]

few updates in one here


I had to dropped the car off to the painters, gave him a list of bits i wanted done but also gave him abit of a free rein, and told him to do anything he thinks needs doing. He has a very good eye, so i'm really looking forward to what he does.

Problem i had was he lives in the arse end of nowhere and has the steepest drive known to man so i had to raise the car up for him. Trust me this pained me sooo much to do it lol
Ask KeithS and Bruno lol

Some before's
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/b4ffcf06.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/72b4e86f.jpg

After
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/39cb21e2.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/77ac1051.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/4ffd1c0c.jpg

Looks ridiculous lol
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well i got the car back from the painters yesterday. He has done a great job with the paint and rust repair

Thanks to my mate bruno for taking me down to collect the car.

We them headed down with Bruno and Mike to see Tom at Autoworx for so very very light tints. i can't recommend Tom enough his work is sooo slick!!!! He is also a cutter to.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/714e91f0.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/a26a6591.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2f1fd629.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2b27e667.jpg

next was a convoy back to play about with the cars. I quickly ignored the 2 m5's and got to work on getting the car back to a respectable ride height.

While i was at it i replaced all the pads with the new NTX bluestuff pads.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/e38c80c5.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/15bc80b4.jpg


Back to how it should be

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/fa3f8159.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2bf677e7.jpg

tints look a lot darker in these pics than the actually are. They are the lightest possible tint and the interior is still very very visible

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/537740c4.jpg


Overall i'm really happy with the paint, but it needs some work from Bruno to get it back to how i like it, its abit dull in places where it has been mopped.
The new pads are working very well pretty much straight away. well chuffed

[Paul46rider]

the paint actually looks a little flat where they have mopped it, so my mate Bruno will be getting the shine back this week for me

well a few months back on got hold of a fire damaged Genuine CSL centre console. I originally though about getting the carbon repaired, i dwelled on it for a while and left it in a cupboard for a while.

I then had a idea and got it down to the painters with a trim to colour match from.

Basically had it finished in piano black, Bruno then gave it a few coats of Swissvax Shield.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/76af86ee.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/9454d3d0.jpg

A few parts had to be ordered to fit the unit, so keith got on the case for me and got the parts in, basically a new mounting frame and a few switch surrounds and a new gator.

before i fitted it i had to play about with the frame on my passenger seat as it wasn't locking in to well, quick bit of bending here and there and it was sorted.

So out came the armrest and oem console and in with the new

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/9142e6a4.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/eef9b953.jpg

I love it, the armrest is redundant once the seats are fitted as its too high. I bought a door handle blanking plate and had the painted and fitted that in the cal console for now. I will at some point make my own wiring loom up and fit the mirror switch on the console and use the blank on the door handle. also the handbrake gator and handle will be redone when the car is trimmed

Thats it for now, bruno is attacking the paint for me this week with his toys

....................................


Well I left the car with my best mate after paint. I'll just copy and paste his post


As most f you know, Paul recently had his whole front end painted and various other bits of paintwork done.

His painter did an amazing job but like most painters with prehistoric rotary techniques, left a serious amount of buffer trail, holograms etc etc.

Paul conveniently asked me to "store" his car to which I happily agreed. He then asked if I could "have a go" at the paint.
:eek::eek::eek::eek:


Fresh paint does not generally react well to being machined but I couldn't let my little brother down.



Excuse the iPhone pics :rolleyes:

This little fella thought Paul's bonnet would be a good place for an adventure

http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/1a036fa9.jpg

http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/f730a58d.jpg

Suffice to say he got launched:muttley:

Paint post "mopping"

http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/2b1f68c8.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/546c26fe.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/ffcdf235.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/dca6342c.jpg

Time to work some magic

http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/98714023.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/428cb305.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/3a6b624d.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/6b1dcdd4.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/97a9db79.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/dc1d1d33.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/3a5e41d9.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/efce1a91.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/86bc6ce5.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/ab93ef9e.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/a9238453.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/f2e597de.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/d5a389fe.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/2d3ff290.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/13fb67a6.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/d486274b.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/2217d670.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/c128f949.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/93937b4d.jpg
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/brunberg_bucket/126c1db9.jpg


In a few weeks I will give it a proper finish after some correction but for now this will have to do for DC12

[MikeN'Ike///]

I like the new center piece :D

[carysm3]

Thank you for sharing those pics of your car swwwweeeeetttt braduh! Are thos A/C type 2's?

[600kris]

Car looks awesome.. good look

[Laidback]

Amazing new addition and love the detail bradah:drool: you guys are really stepping up on the modification...:goldcup:

[indohan]

Dang... One does the installs, the other does the detailing..
Killer combo.

[DennisCooper!]

Hi

Paul - as per usual, fantastic work and ideas! can't wait for the next set of modifications ;) - looking forward to DC12 tomorrow and no doubt we'll find a few minutes to catch up!

Indohan - Yep, Paul & Bruno leading the way here in the UK! I need to catch up with them! ;)

Cheers, Dennis!

[Donbona]

See you there Dennis

[Paul46rider]

cheers guys. yeah its a pretty good combo we have, i fit stuff he cleans it lol

Went to DC12 yesterday and the car won best in class which was pretty cool, my other m3 (my girls car) took 3rd in class.

picture of the 2 in covey taken by dennis

her's
http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/DennisCooper/UK%20Car%20Shows%20and%20Meets/DSC06277.jpg

mine
http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/DennisCooper/UK%20Car%20Shows%20and%20Meets/DSC06285.jpg

our convoy
http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/DennisCooper/UK%20Car%20Shows%20and%20Meets/DSC06272.jpg

[Paul46rider]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/b020b1b6.jpg

[Laidback]

Congrats! Paul:goldcup:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/b020b1b6.jpg

[Paul46rider]

Cheers Chris. the VAG guys loved the mfest plate holder by the way

[DennisCooper!]

Hi Paul,

Congrats once more to you - MFest cars continue to take top awards on both sides of the pond - and the trend is only looking to increase!

I'm a bit behind, but my CF bonnet/Hood has just been paid off ;)

Cheers, Dennis!

[Paul46rider]

cheers dennis, i love the rolling shot you got of mine and the other half's

[Paul46rider]

A few updates to the journal

i received a set of Eibach Anti Roll bars from Kevm3. He had them painted black, i'm not sure but i may return them back to red before fitting them

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/80e557be.jpg


since fitting my Recaro SPG seats i have been having problems with my airbag light, i fitted a occupancy sensor bypass unit that i bought from ebay, i went for the most expensive one i could find, but it still didn't work, So i though to myself "i can't me arsed with half measures"

So i just bought a new occupancy sensor mat to be fitting in to the passenger seat

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7b2b8df3.jpg


Next up is abit more maintenance, i went and picked up some oil from euro's while they have their super cheap deal on. This gives me a opportunity to changed my failed level sensor, so i got one ordered

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/3f7426e2.jpg.



still more lol, first part of the retrim got on its way, its only the small bits I'm getting done at the moment, i sent away my gaiters to Jack at Royal steering wheels, they are been finished in Alacantra with yellow cross stitching.

I have also asked him to do me a new steering wheel, i took the idea from this wheel

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/0a4762bc.jpg

except i'm having yellow stitching and a grey centre stripe.:)

so what else, oh yeah the new air box will be here next week:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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just got a shout that these are on route to me

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/fbac8438.jpg

should have plenty of updates coming soon




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i went round to see Sal from evolve last night to collect this

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/1b944b39.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/0680132f.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/bb6bbbac.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/d77dea6c.jpg

Loving the gloss finish. thanks to the guys at evolve!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

couple more pics

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/47ddf2ff.jpg



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/72e19b0b.jpg


And i also got these of Mark M3

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/ae70e1de.jpg


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on to yesterday

didn't get as much as wanted to get done to be honest. Was a day off working on cars and found it hard to motivate myself to get dirty again lol

day started off with going and collecting MichaelW and taking the car to his mates place for a proper honest MOT. Passed anyway, then let Michael take the car for a spin.

thanks again mate

I then headed back over to Bruno's and started to get a few bits done, took mark M3 for a quick spin before taking the old box out, lots of fun shall we say lol

at this point i was till trying to motivate myself to do something lol

Few star jumps later and i got cracking lol The Gen 1 box came out with in minutes (about 5) lol

Then swapped over the gabbing and clamps etc to the new box. Before putting the Gen 2 box in i decided i would ditch the fan guard to give a cleaner look to the bay, this was followed by the new box going in which i have to say fits perfect!!!! I also fitted the powder coated black oil filter cap i had done and then added a strut bolt cap on top to hide the bolt.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/da54de27.jpg

absolutely love it!!! the noise is still EPIC lol

KeithS then dropped my latest order of parts over for me, I ordered all new bolts and clamp for the eibach anti roll bars aswell as new rear drop links.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/ce10f365.jpg

didn't really get any pics on the bars going on cos time was getting on and the rain was intermittent, but for comparison you can see the oem and eibach front next to each other

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/6107f12e.jpg

Thats all for now, got a few audio upgrades going on at the moment which i will update when its all in

[Laidback]

Nice upgrades..how many hp is the evolve manifold giving out...post more info. does delete the MAFS?

[0-60Motorsports]

Awesome update matey! Your gona love the handling with those sways :)

I have the same ones.

[Laidback]

Did u do the front and rear? what setting did u do yours?Awesome update matey! Your gona love the handling with those sways :)

I have the same ones.

[0-60Motorsports]

Did u do the front and rear? what setting did u do yours?

Most aggressive setting bro :)

[Laidback]

I had that (aggressive) setting on the E39 M5 and the z4Mc and i easily brake loose the back end really quick even on the street didnt feel safe especially in the rain...Hmm i'll check it on the E46 M3 and see if the aggressive setting is ok.


Most aggressive setting bro :)

[0-60Motorsports]

I had that (aggressive) setting on the E39 M5 and the z4Mc and i easily brake loose the back end really quick even on the street didnt feel safe especially in the rain...Hmm i'll check it on the E46 M3 and see if the aggressive setting is ok.

cool bro let me know how it goes

[MikeN'Ike///]

:drool: love this thread

[StreetKing]

Where did you those pedals from?

[DennisCooper!]

More and more Win from you Paul!

Amazing attention to detail once more and even when it comes to the 'boring' aspects of maintainence too!

I can't wait for the future mods you have yet to do ! .. ;)

Cheers, Dennis!

[Paul46rider]

Cheers guys the pedals are from
Bmwpedal.com. The do custom engraving hence the 46 on the dead pedal.
They have also made me a gas pedal extender to aid heel and toe driving.

Just got sent these images of the new wheel


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/05667e77.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/23bfa475.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/7a8ee2f6.jpg

[Paul46rider]

well its been busy weekend getting the car sorted. First a huge thanks to Brunberg and Edz115 they have been a huge help

so on thursday night i picked up my gaiters etc then got home to fit my new wheel

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/1f028b86.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/8b04bd4b.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f13a1b96.jpg


So went and got everything fitted asap

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f0457a30.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/bee2bf0a.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/720a4c8a.jpg


Next was to get the paint sorted, i let Bruno crack on with what he does

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f1010585.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/af634546.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/0be88b54.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/6de4007d.jpg


EDZ115 then did what he does best, POLISHING!!!

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/1c54c016.jpg


the aftermath

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/65a25586.jpg


Some results

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f86b7784.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/f0e242e3.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/1418c56f.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/2edfee8b.jpg


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/5c7c835b.jpg


I have a few audio updates but haven't had a chance to take pics yet



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updated alpine DD unit, runs 2 iPod/iphone connections hard drive satv nab, bluetooth phone and audio, mp3 cd changer, digi TV tuner etc etc

Also got the bezel finished in Piano black

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/bd932698.jpg


and a better pic of the wheel

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/paul46rider/96ecfd64.jpg

[indohan]

Lots of yellow update. :goldcup:
Congrats on the belated win too!

[0-60Motorsports]

Looks classy mate

[m kube]

wow :drool: big fan of your build bro, keep it up! your car looks awesome!!! :D

[StreetKing]

****ng awesome

[rcsr95]

So clean!! LOVE the ACSs.

[supkev]

Clean, love the progress!