Thom's bagged E46 saloon/sedan - Airlift, BBS RF - UK Build

[hey will]

I MADE A VIDEO! please check it out. i hope you like it.

http://youtu.be/-9FTKkrSWXQ

yeah that was pretty fuckin dope. what camera and equipment did you use?

[Thooooom]

I MADE A VIDEO! please check it out. i hope you like it.

http://youtu.be/-9FTKkrSWXQ

[Thooooom]

This thing is still amazing and is still my wallpaper haha, hoping to see it in the real one day

wow thank you. if youre from london im sure i should see you about at some point. are you going to players in september?

if you ever see me about make sure you come over for a chat.

[Mehowski]

This thing is still amazing and is still my wallpaper haha, hoping to see it in the real one day

[royalife]

such a nice car. makes me miss my e46. keep it up *(or down )*

[Thooooom]

nice, althought i found it's static fitment better

but hey i'm a static man

i miss being static, i love the look of it when its dropped but i really do miss smashing off the floor and dodging things in the road, i can drive this low but not as low as before.

[nyman90]

Clean dude! Awesome

[Kris]

nice, althought i found it's static fitment better

but hey i'm a static man

[Thooooom]

havent updated in ages. not much has changed, ive been messing with my front fitment quite a lot trying to get it sat perfectly, the airlift strut doesnt allow for enough drop to sit on the lip of the wheels due to only being 17's, so ive opted for a little bit of tuck up front which has pushed the lip up to sit pretty much inline with the front arch. also added 10mm spacers upfront.

I finally got hold of some proper amber side repeaters and got to get rid of my old horrible painted ones, the difference is huge! i also managed to pick up some headlight lenses from a scrapyard owned by a friend for free, after a bit fo a clean up they look almost brand new, and have transformed the front for me.

took the car to Players classic and DC14 a few weekends ago, and then to VW days in france the following weekend, no issues whatsoever so im dead pleased.

had to replace my rear tyres due to camber wear, didnt do it soon enough to allow flipping them which i regret, but hopefully i'll learn from my mistake.

Im in the process of editing together a video i shot recently, i'll post it when its done, for now heres some photos my friend took while we were filming.

[Thooooom]

Really love your car man! What's holding it up in the front? Do you have a pinch weld in your fender well? I've never worked on an E46 but my E90 has one there that stops me from going lower. Just gotta hammer the crap out of it.

thanks dude!

the strut is as far as it can go into the hub and i cant wind the strut in anymore. so its the bag. i had a lot of ideas but after inspecting the strut i looks like it might not be possible. only thing i can think of now is raising the turrets in the engine bay...

[Alex@BagRiders]

Really love your car man! What's holding it up in the front? Do you have a pinch weld in your fender well? I've never worked on an E46 but my E90 has one there that stops me from going lower. Just gotta hammer the crap out of it.

[Tino21]

Car looks mad fresh as is, once you get that fender to lip up front it'll be on another bezzle !

Can't wait to get my set...

[Thooooom]

no real updates. trying to work out how to get the front lower, had the front struts out the other day trying to find a way i can just close the tiny bit of gap between arch and lip, no solution as of yet

a few phone pictures.

[DinanDave]

Looks awesome man! One of the only E46 s I like.

[Thooooom]

Funny how the e46 looks "meh" when stock... And so dang good laid out! ;thumbsup:

i know! when i got it everyone i knew was like 'why have you got that?!' saying they didnt like it and that it wont look good. they were wrong haha

wait....what side is what?....the fuel door??

the top picture is flipped just so that you can compare better. fuel door is on the right side.