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

[JJ.]

yeah me and steve are like best mates so always together, we only live like 2 minutes apart so most evenings are spend around his house messing in the garage and stuff. gutted he sold the S4, it was like nothing else ive seen with the stupid aero parts and the mad expensive magnesium wheels that everyone ***** him for running because they thought he'd ruin them. that car was insane. we're just starting work on his next build! he's decided he wants to go a bit older and do a full on smooth bay engine swap turbo build, so thats my winter nights sorted. its bmw too

Yeah those things are good! Used to have that to with a mate before I moved.
S4 was a good thing, aero parts really weren't that bad, suited the car way better then I thought they would.
What BMW is he going to get? Currently has the benz right? Does he have any online place where I can follow his build or something?

[Thooooom]

Yeah those things are good! Used to have that to with a mate before I moved.
S4 was a good thing, aero parts really weren't that bad, suited the car way better then I thought they would.
What BMW is he going to get? Currently has the benz right? Does he have any online place where I can follow his build or something?

yeah i loved the splitter, the wing was hit and miss but i came round to it, especially after we made the splitter, it tied it all together. i actually have a video on my phone of me drilling the holes for the wing in the bootlid at like 11pm at night in the street while it was raining, i thought it was so funny i needed to film it to remember haha!

the merc is just like a winter run around while the BMW gets built, he came to my house to show me the merc feeling proud of his purchase, i dont like it at all, and told him it was awful haha, its seen some abuse and it pretty wrecked but its just a get around for now, well that and he does standing burnouts alllll the time.

plan is an E30, he's sourced a really early e36 with a 2.5 m50 that we know the history off, going to rebuild the engine and turbo it, smooth bay, static, stupid fitment, its gonna be ridiculous. he had a thread for his S4 on edition 38, although he didnt update it THAT much, heres a link to the thread http://www.edition38.com/forums/inde...0#entry5410955

he also had one for his old corrado but i cant find that now...

[Mehowski]

I'm confident I'm not the only one who wants to see him make a thread on here for his beemer

[pro]

Now following, lol.

[Mehowski]

Right well I actually did end up going to players, and seeing as your car has been my desktop background forever now I was pretty damn excited about seeing it!
Spent a good 20 minutes circling it haha, loved it as always

*edit: I dont know why the pictures are squashed and I have no clue how to use flickr haha so sorry about that*

[Thooooom]

you should have let me know you was going could have had a chat! thanks for the picture of the broken arch haha!!

[Minuki]

Any plans for fixing the arches? Only thing letting it down man!

[Thooooom]

Any plans for fixing the arches? Only thing letting it down man!

maybe, im kind of in and out of love with it lately so it might be going soon for something a bit more adventurous.

[mikey G]

Do NOT sell this. Just save money and buy another project.

I am now buying some RF centers to refinish because of you. My favorite e46 period.

[Mehowski]

It was a sort of last minute thing, I tried to keep an eye on anyone opening a door or something so I could say hi haha, and I wouldn't get rid of the arch! I think it looks amazing like that, gives it a bit of character

[hey will]

its funny how all euro guys go US spec turn indicators and all us guys go euro spec turn indicators


really like the look though, i think the amber can definitely be pulled off well

[Thooooom]

Do NOT sell this. Just save money and buy another project.

I am now buying some RF centers to refinish because of you. My favorite e46 period.

woah thanks! i love the RF's, cant think of anything id rather have, my initial plan with this car was to switch the wheels up every so often, but i genuinely dont think theres anything id like more.

It was a sort of last minute thing, I tried to keep an eye on anyone opening a door or something so I could say hi haha, and I wouldn't get rid of the arch! I think it looks amazing like that, gives it a bit of character

i wasnt really by my car at all for most of the day. next time! to be honest i kind of agree about the arch, i like how the sticker makes it look from a distance, cant imagine anyone is gonna buy it in this state though haha.

[RocketSled]

Great build so far!
May I suggest shaving the turn signal side repeaters? Just to clean it up a bit...

[Thooooom]

Great build so far!
May I suggest shaving the turn signal side repeaters? Just to clean it up a bit...

i quite like them! i like how they follow the crease in the body. not sure where youre from, but i think you have to have a side repeater by law in the UK.

[Thooooom]

What BMW is he going to get? Currently has the benz right? Does he have any online place where I can follow his build or something?

I'm confident I'm not the only one who wants to see him make a thread on here for his beemer

i made him do it

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1378811#post1378811