E46 Daydreams

[Mehowski]

So I've had a rather busy weekend. I got accepted to my first ever show, Rollhard, which was pretty exciting! Unfortunately I got a pretty shitty parking spot, however I'm still gald to have gotten in bearing in mind I was on standard wheels when I sent off my application photos.

With that said I went all out to make sure the car looked its best - took it to a friend of mine who's into his detailing lets say, and he helped me get the car looking its best.

I also tried a quick refurb of the rear boot lights as they were in a state. I split them open, did my best to polish them up and sealed it back up. They don't look brand new but it's definitely an improvement, and I definitely had to take care of it as the E46 coupe boot lights have a tendency to split open letting in dirt and water under the lenses. The one on the left is how they came, the one on the right was after a brief wash.





And now annoyingly I don't have any photos of it on the car! It was something I did at 11:00 at night before Rollhard. Absolute pain in the arse to fit them back in in pitch black haha, but saved me Ģ30 which I'd have spent buying new ones.

Right, so let me share some photos of it all detailed from the afternoon before. You can actually see the boot lights before I cleaned em up here.











A friend of mine Harry caught me parking up at the show. It was precisely at this moment I realised that I will be ripping off my stupid side skirt on an unavoidable bump.



All in all it was a pretty relaxing day!

Next month I'm dropping the rear and hopefully spacing it out a bit - In the mean time I'll see if I can machine polish the thing and sort out some other little bits.

Thanks!

[190Evan]

Mr. OEM + guy

[Mehowski]

looks really classy with those wheels !



just cut them out and seal the 2 edges....its simple and mine havenīt been rusting for the previous 3 years daily driving.
I make sure to re-seal them before winter but I havenīt had any problems so far and you get loads of room.

I shall look into it dude!

Scott (silved e36 Touring) approached me about some BC rear springs he might be selling. Hopefully they'll still be available at the end of the month so I can take them off him.

In the mean time, have more photos of it!

[MadMax]

looks really classy with those wheels !

Ahhh yes, I'd like to push the rears out a little. This would involve some arch work however, and E46 arches are thick and prone to rust, so I'm going to have to do some thinking first. Initial thoughts are 5mm spacers in the back and take the arch lining out?

I'd like to avoid rolling them as I fear this might lead to them rusting. Also there's not a lot of stretch on the tires soooo yeah.

just cut them out and seal the 2 edges....its simple and mine havenīt been rusting for the previous 3 years daily driving.
I make sure to re-seal them before winter but I havenīt had any problems so far and you get loads of room.

[Mehowski]

Damn dude, those look great

Damn fidowicz, killin it.

Yes sir. this is looking good man

Thank you guys! I'm getting so much good feedback on this, I'm over the moon. The E46 Facebook owners club loved it too, happy days all around.

Man that looks clean! Fit that Alpina lip up and it'll be mint.

All in good time. I'm absolutely loving the SE front bumper at the moment too, so I'm in no rush.

Looking good mate.

Any room to go lower/add a spacer?

Ahhh yes, I'd like to push the rears out a little. This would involve some arch work however, and E46 arches are thick and prone to rust, so I'm going to have to do some thinking first. Initial thoughts are 5mm spacers in the back and take the arch lining out?

I'd like to avoid rolling them as I fear this might lead to them rusting. Also there's not a lot of stretch on the tires soooo yeah.

look great, cant wait to see some side shots.

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The wheels look great on that car. But please, stop thinking about chopping springs, this is just bad for the driveability and plain dangerous if you ever want to go high speed on German Autobahn.
Just do it right and get a set of different coilovers if yours dont provide enough lows.

The highest speed this goes is about 75mph I'm afraid my man! Although do not worry, I'm going to get some new rear springs before cutting anything. This car is going to be built properly and fully road legal etc.

the car looks fantastic

Thanks man.

Here's some more photos! I'm going to a local Krispy Kreme meet tomorrow, so afterwards I'm going to pop down to a car park and take some more proper photos!



Can confirm this photo is not staged, nor is it on my tinder profile... no honestly it's the only side on photo I have and I **** it! haha

Also since, I've put on an all-fit lip along the side skirts. YES, I KNOW they are flared and wobbly. I can confirm multiple sources have told me that they will flatten out in the sun so I shall keep them for now until I can afford the real plastic thing.

I have also put on my white and gold BBS center caps. I can confirm that they are indeed fake (please don't look at me funny) but I just cannot afford real ones at the moment as they're about Ģ60 where as these fake ones were Ģ5.

I'm not sold on the colour combo yet, and I'll be getting real dark blue ones next month.

So here's some photos of the wonky side skirt extension, and some wonky photos of rollers. I need to get proper rollers done too... this is the problem of being the photographer, there's no one around who wants to take pictures of me rolling!

[190Evan]

the car looks fantastic

[Nagah]

The wheels look great on that car. But please, stop thinking about chopping springs, this is just bad for the driveability and plain dangerous if you ever want to go high speed on German Autobahn.
Just do it right and get a set of different coilovers if yours dont provide enough lows.

[C2_mad]

look great, cant wait to see some side shots.

[Minuki]

Looking good mate.

Any room to go lower/add a spacer?

[19birel]

Man that looks clean! Fit that Alpina lip up and it'll be mint.

[Benwalsh91]

Yes sir. this is looking good man

[190Evan]

Damn fidowicz, killin it.

[hinrichs]

Damn dude, those look great

[Mehowski]

ta da!

[Mehowski]

Are you gonna lower the rear? it looks like you've got a ton of rake in some of the pics

Yep! This is on the to do list, but I'm waiting to get my wheels on first as likelihood is that they'll drop a fair bit on skinnier tires. I want to go for fitment on the rear too so they'll sit wide - this means I don't want to do any chopping until I get the wheels on. Once they're on, I'll figure out fitment and cut the rear springs down appropriately