Round 3....another M3 build

[hinrichs]

Splitter installed, need to mess with the brackets more and change some things that I am not happy with.

SPLITTER 1 by minthinrich, on Flickr
SPLITTER 2 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Hit 2 different junk yards over the weekend. Ended up finding one coupe but sadly didnt have good door seals so still on a hunt for them. Did however find a good shift surround in black, but it didnt have the locking button (dont really care). I also grabbed a non-armrest center console in tan, and also a glove box trim piece in tan. Sprayed them with some duplicolor vinyl die and they look oem. Forgot to get pics of them but I will once I get the interior cleaned up more. Still need to go back for a e-brake handle yet as I didnt have the right wrenches needed to pull the e-brake cables out.

BLACK CONSOLE 1 by minthinrich, on Flickr

[MikeyRa]

Dude, it looks like such a fun car to drive!

Making a Mercedes guy want an e36... *shudders*

[hinrichs]

Seat is all black now, new bottom covers showed up in 2 days from the shop I had a suspicion would send them. Ordered direct from recaro but forgot about the master rep for the east coast that I was at before.

RECARO 5 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Splitter shows up tomorrow.

[hinrichs]

Decided monday after going back and forth on what I wanted, I ordered some VAC floor mounts and side mounts. Showed up in one day since I am only about an hour from them....wanted to go pick it up but didnt want to leave work.

vac box by minthinrich, on Flickr

You will see here I am not running standard side hardware, since after going out for the correct M8x1.25 bolts, only one hole had threads left and the rest were stripped out. I was kinda pissed but I didnt pay much for the seat so I broke out my tap and die set and ended up going up to 3/8-16 I think. A little bit of a pain due to the lazer cut side mounts, but a little file work and all is good. I will be pulling the seat again tho since I first had it damn near perfectly centered, and then had to move it up a little for better pedal reach. Also need to add in washers for the bolts that I will grab today at work.

vac mount by minthinrich, on Flickr

Finally the installed seat. I am getting new correct pads today for the bottom and will prolly try and sell the red leather.

recaro 3 by minthinrich, on Flickr

I just love this picture. Like I said before the MKAHmotorsport shift knob is great in a normal seating position, but when you get yourself lower in a race seat, wow its even better.

recaro 4 by minthinrich, on Flickr

[hinrichs]

Went out this weekend and checked out a seat I was looking at on craigslist finally. Its out of date, but should be good for a while until I can really decide on what I want to run. Will make a cool office chair as well for what I paid. $180. The guy did upholstery adn you can tell on the custom leather back pad, and also the bottom cusions. I plan to replace the bottom section since he added foam, and go with something minimal I think. I took out one layer already which made me fit a lot better, but now the leather is a little loose. He did say it was OEM porsche leather which he picked up in germany to match his 911 he used to race.

Now to decide which floor mount I want to go with this time around.

recaro 1 by minthinrich, on Flickr
recaro 2 by minthinrich, on Flickr

[Ryan.]

it looks really good, cant wait to see the splitter on.

[hinrichs]

Front splitter ordered, I should have some updates on that next week when it shows up and I get it installed.

[hinrichs]

Just a sticker, had to pull off one side however since I used blue tape and it pulled 2 letters off.

[pDubs]

Is the MkahMotorsports painted on the diffuser or is it a sticker?

[Benwalsh91]

whats your address, i got a stock one here i will send over if you want.

[hagrde36]

I pass you from time to time on Lancaster Ave, this thing looks good! Shoot me a message, I for sure have a black shift surround and I believe I may have an Arctic Silver door as well. I'm just outside of Mohnton, so not far from you!

[hinrichs]

nice wood.

I didnt mind it at first....yeah now I **** the wood. Been on a search for replacements without much luck.

looking fresh mate

Thanks


Over the weekend I ended up getting the rear cards installed, and stripped out some stuff. Really need to stop myself from pulling sound deadening and making it just like my last car which I feel is coming. Just trying to enjoy a semi-quiet interior. I made a mistake and made myself mad. Ended up cutting the wrong part of my other sparco harness, so I will need to order a new one for my passenger. Oh well.

[pottsalot]

looking fresh mate

[Benwalsh91]

nice wood.

[hinrichs]

So after updating my phone, I somehow lost all my pictures, thankfully I saved some of the car on flickr.

Now for some updates as I was waiting for more parts to show up.

This one is super exciting I know......New trim for the sides. The other day in the process of trying to put on new clips....I found out all of the trim metal structure was rusted away and thats why it was basically all falling off. Also both door moldings on the front section had been broken so it was all kinds of a mess. Nothing like some fresh new oem trim to brighten up your day.

new trim 1 by minthinrich, on Flickr
new trim by minthinrich, on Flickr

I should have taken a picture of what I used, but I forgot. Its kind of some weird oil stuff that I think works well to blacken trim back to what it should be. Worked well on the bumpers. Hopefully it holds up.

new trim 2 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Last week I tried to fix the door panels once again, it worked, and then I installed them and yup they fell right back apart after putting in all new clips and shit. I was pissed so I ordered door panels. (I had pics of this...yeah). Went with the Mkahmotorsport V3 with no speaker cut outs, or mirror switch, and blue door pulls. I will paint the screws eventually...didnt want to shell out the extra money for the black ones.

door panel by minthinrich, on Flickr
door panel 1 by minthinrich, on Flickr