Recent Pics of the e46

[hi its me alec]

Sneak preview of my dad's e39. He and I are working out a plan to get some wheels and coilovers for it, plus more cool stuff. I'll make a thread for it once parts start going on. First thing it needs is a lower oil pan though.

Last week I got him the Hella euro xenons and refinished the wheels. The paint job was unbelievably bad on all 4 wheels before that.




(you can see my benz lurking in this last pic, hehe)

It's a 1999, Biarritz Blue, 6 speed, sport package. 155k miles now, new motor at 90k. Dad has owned the car since the new motor was put in at the dealership.

[willis]

Looks so good. Dodge them chunks.

[hi its me alec]

So, since my last update, I've hit 2 (two) concrete chunks that were left in the road on construction. All I did was 'deflect' them, which scratched the outermost lip of the bumper and luckily didn't crunch anything. All I had to do was spend 1 minute with compound and apply 1 long line of touch up paint. This fiberglass Arqray has really been through a lot.

This droid camera tears it up, I swear

[hi its me alec]

Thanks

Yeah I agree about the grills. I even bought new black grills a while ago, but I can't bring myself to put them on. The color match really makes it look good.




So last night and today, I took on a little project. I realized I had 2 broken arm rests, and then realized that they could be pieced together to make a perfect 2-tone arm rest. Victory!


Old vs. new



Condition of the old arm rest



Both formerly broken arm rests, good one on the right



Inside of broken arm rest (tan base) - not sure how it got all melted and gashed up like this



Broken lid on other arm rest



After piecing new one back together

[fivefourzero]

love the color matched grilles, very 90's in a good way

[MtechPenguin]

Your car has always been an inspiration for my own. Much love and respect!

[hi its me alec]

Yes, 19x8.5 and 19x9, offsets are both near 30.

[scweet14]

are those 19s? btw your e46 sedan is my favorite

[hi its me alec]

droid camera ftw

[hi its me alec]

Thanks guys.

Some throwback pics, all the cool kids are doing it.

2004 (taken with a potato instead of a camera,) my parents and I took it out to the black hills and mount rushmore, way out in South Dakota. Sweet roads, almost hit like 15 deer, vowed to never take a nice car there again



2005 - right after I put the wheels on, it was all salty and the wheels had never seen salt. I decided to go ahead and expose them to salt right away. LOL yolo



2006 - lowered on H&R Race springs



2007 - KW V2 coilovers and Mtech front. Drove out to Milwaukee/Chicago during the winter with this setup. ^_^

[Jorge]

Inspired me when I started my E46 journey. Can't believe years on it is still looking as good!

[07NJx355]

Best e46 sedan ever. /

I've always loved this car.

agree with this. dat color

[hi its me alec]

[EThirtySicks]

I've always been a fan of your E46, man. Looks killer!

[hi its me alec]

Much respect man, i feel like i will be able to show my childrens, children about THAT light green e46 on HRE's.

Thanks man. I really appreciate that. FWIW I was 16 when I bought them from a guy in Orlando. 2600 shipped. Took 2 weeks for the second pair of wheels to show up because the UPS hub in Atlanta misplaced them. That was the worst.