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





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




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





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





Next was a Alpine IVA-W202R double din head unit



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



also had to order part number 12 to relocate the A/C unit



while i was doing the install i got abit of whoring of the car and race bike in






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



next up was the missing boot lights


Before


After


how the car stood at the time


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




next came these,
Rouge Engineering Power Pulley Kit ( birthday Pressi from Kate)




Rouge Engineering Octane Short Shifter Kit


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




fitted







Install time
Directed audio subs and amp in a custom install, this is before i finished the carpeting



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








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


also a pick of my boot release that i retro fitted. i believe only the yanky cars have these as standard


Next up. A new M3 steering wheel, brand new fresh out the box, can't beat the feeling of a brand new wheel



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