An Amazing Machine -- My BMW ///M3 Thread

I decided to make a thread for my car and everything I have done to it since I bought it late last summer. Performance wise the car is stock and I currently don’t plan on modifying the car since it is really is an amazing machine as is in stock form and I also don’t want to compromise the reliability of the car.

So with that said if you are looking for a thread with a serious project this isn’t the thread for you.

What I have done up to this point is clean up the car and make sure it is in tip top shape inside and out and a couple minor aesthetic changes and of course a good set of wheels and rubber. Any further changes will be added to the thread *tu*

All my pictures have been taken from my iPhone so they are ok quality but far from great, I will be getting some proper shots of the car taken and the thread will be updated.

Here’s the car as I bought it



The first thing I did was a complete detail of the car inside and out, you can see all the details of the job in this thread http://montrealracing.com/forums/showthread.php?822302-BMW-M3-Detailed

Engine



Interior


Exterior







Here's some beading over a month later



Now that the detailing is done I fixed a few small problems that the car had, starting with the fabric on the C-pillar
There's a DIY write up here:http://montrealracing.com/forums/showthread.php?828170-DIY-E46-C-Pillar-fabric-repair





Another problem I fixed was a badly scratched gauge cluster





I then replaced the faded rear M-badge as you can see the old (I know it's small I had to crop it from another image but it is very faded)



and the new



At this point there was a two small things I wanted to change aesthetically

They are black kidney grills




and yellow fogs



At this point the car was stored for our awful winter season

Over the winter I picked up my new set of wheels which are OEM 19" Style 359 made by BBS as well as some quality rubber. Yokohama Neova Advan AD08.



And when I took the car out just the other day I treated it to a nice TWS oil change



Here are my most recent shot's with the new wheels installed :bigup:










Thanks for looking *tu*

I will continue to update the thread further if I add any parts or work to the car :victory:

really nice car good job for the detailing i should do the same on my car !

Very nice. *tu*

You pretty much did the same things I would do if I had that car, but I would eventually get some light tints.

Looks Epic! You sir are a connoisseur.
Those wheels define the car. Keep it up.

Were chilling this week, I need to see it. Lol

j'adors trop cette couleur !!!! belle voiture

Nice car man

Mythical machine, love it

new wheels are much better

Nice ride! The wheels are sexy!

Thanks for all the comments :bigup:

sunset aw11 said:

really nice car good job for the detailing i should do the same on my car !

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Thanks it was done last summer I will be detailing it again this year for sure, if you have any questions about any products, tools, techniques or anything don't be shy *tu*

JasonYo said:

Very nice. *tu*

You pretty much did the same things I would do if I had that car, but I would eventually get some light tints.

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Well then you sir have good tastes, clean and simple that's how I wanted this car. As for the tints I am a huge fan of having tints so don't be surprised if it gets some

Rsx type Smoke said:

Looks Epic! You sir are a connoisseur.
Those wheels define the car. Keep it up.

Were chilling this week, I need to see it. Lol

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For sure homie, too bad it's suppose to be raining for the next week

Damn. That engine bay detail is like night and day.

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HeadBanger said:

Damn. That engine bay detail is like night and day.

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Thanks man, you gotta have a fresh engine bay if want your car to be clean *tu*

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that's right Lance, it is an Amazing machine lol

you didn't talk about the tires, but they look like quality tires (aka AD08 ) Nice ride man!

Rob_SeR said:

you didn't talk about the tires, but they look like quality tires (aka AD08 ) Nice ride man!

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You're 100% right it must have got away from me while writing the thread but they are indeed Advan AD-08 and they are a key part to the cars performance, enough that I should mention it so I'll update it.

Thanks :bigup:

Tres belle machine! Prend-en soin!

Goes to show that carefully chosen small aesthetic mods can go a long way! Great job! *tu*

Belle machine!

sgsr20 said:

Goes to show that carefully chosen small aesthetic mods can go a long way! Great job! *tu*

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That's definitely true, but I have had many project cars and usually have always modded my cars a lot more but in this case there's a fine line of what you can really do to an M3 and given what the car is I really want to keep it as original as possible.