My 2002 BMW M3

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2002 BMW E46 M3
SMG transmission
Topaz Blue
Black leather
Soft top convertible with OEM Hardtop


Modification update 29 JAN 2015

Engine-
K&N Drop in filter
CSL SMG reflash

Exterior-
10k headlight bulbs
Color matched bumper markers
Smoked clear corner lights
AC Schinitzer Carbon fiber replica front lip
Color matched OEM Hardtop
Color matched rear decklid spoiler lip
Chrome side grils
Chrome front kidney grills
Antenna delete
Debadged

Suspension-

Tein S Line lowering springs
Replica AC Schnitzer front tower strut bar

Wheels-
Work Equip 05
Fronts 19X10 +15 235/35/19
Rears 19X11 +10 265/30/19
Motorsport Hardware 72mm black bullet nosed extended studs conversion
Kics R26 Lug nuts
Work valve stem caps

Brakes-
Bavarian Autosport front slotted rotors
Hawk Pads

Interor-
Carbon fiber steering wheel lower trim
Carbon fiber SMG hub
Carbon cube interior trim
Kenwood touchscreen DVD player
Boston Acoustic front speakers
JL Audio 500w monoblock
12" Alpine Type R
Wood trunk setup
Scorza carbon fiber center console
Storm Motorwerks SMG Shift knob
Sparco R100 Seat with Sparco Sliders and mount
Black Schroth racing harness


Future plans:

Accuair air ride
Status Gruppe Section 1 and 2
Status Gruppe TI V1 muffler
Passenger Sparco Seat
Status Gruppe CSL carbon fiber trunk

Day 1



after my front lip and the springs


Sold the CSL wheels, Installed Varrstoen ES6 wheels 19X9.5 +20/ 19X11 +25



Got tired of the yellow highway bowls and picked up some Smoked clear corners


Got tired of the amber highway bowls, tried out black bowls for a little bit


Took the top off for a shoot....


and 2 mins later it was back on





went back to chrome highway bowls, and chrome kidney grills to match the fender grills


Chrome front and the Varrstoens at Import Revolution 2013. Took home Best Euro.


Strut bar installed


Car than sat with a starting issue for 4 months. Turned out to be a bad transponder in the key.
Finally got it running again and installed a wood trunk setup


Another photoshoot



Took the car to Import Spring Show off in Salt Lake City. Took home Best BMW


Then FormFest in Boise, Idaho

[tarik]

honestly i was expexting a 2002 m3 swap, but this doesn't dissapoint!

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After FormFest, the car went down for the winter.
Sold the Varrstoens, pulled the front and rear buper, installed driver side Sparco Seat, bought the Work Equips.


Got the wheels and was disappointed. The paint was flaking and bubbleing. The center caps were replicas made out of resin with paint bubbling and the stickers flaking. So I decided I to rebuild and refinish them.


Pulled the wheels apart, had the faces polished, polished the lips and hardware and rebuilt them





Ditched the plastic caps and got metal caps and polished them too


Finished and mounted the tires and put them on the car.




Fixing some drooping bumpers


Scorza carbon fiber center console installed


Parts in the mail are the Storm Motorwerks Shift knob, Work valve stem caps and red overlays for the taillights.


Its been a fun build so far....

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honestly i was expexting a 2002 m3 swap, but this doesn't dissapoint!

wouldn't that be cool!

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20150124_151335_Richtone(HDR) by alexcordova1, on Flickr

Bumper kinda installed

[philohlean]

e46 m3 + equips = winning. Well done

[SGM330]

Camber the rear and bring the front down!

[Motoman325]

sick
nice job on the works

Rockford sub and kicker amp?

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sick
nice job on the works

Rockford sub and kicker amp?

That was the old stuff before I upgraded to the Alpine and JL

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after some quick photoshop, i think my taillights will be my next item

10931609_10152736802559482_4760725602469545440_o by alexcordova1, on Flickr

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cant leave well enough alone...
pulled the stock suspension and Tein springs to make way for Stance Super Sport coilovers.
Removed the soft top off the car
and tinted the tail lights



lots of work left to do

[Breakfast]

Keep updating. Looking real good.

[Dano]

new wheel setup looks really good, keep the updates coming

[rozayE36]

nice looking car. those equips look great. Did you use plasti dip to achieve the blacked out bowls?

[mikey G]

Happy to see the equips fitted. Very promising build you have here mate!