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For sale is a clean title 1997 Arctic Silver M3 Sedan with 106K original miles!
The car has spent all of its life in Southern California and from inspecting the paint condition, it looks to have been garaged its entire life! Carfax shows clean title and good track record of maintenance performed by BMW dealerships. I purchased the car from an adult owner. He owned the car for close to four years and drove it only 2,500 miles; it was mostly covered in the garage. The owner prior to him, a BMW service manager, purchased the car in 2004 with 74,000 miles in stock form and performed most of the engine and drivetrain modifications at roughly 85,000 miles, summary below. Majority of the engine components were replaced with BMW OEM parts during his ownership. I also spoke to him and he was kind enough to give me a rundown of every little thing that he had done to the car, a real stand-up guy. Since taking ownership of the vehicle, I have inspected all the gaskets, spark plugs, belts, water pump, cooling system, brakes, replaced every hose under the hood and three oil changes with OEM synthetic oil. This is my daily driver and I have put 6,000 miles since purchase. There are no dead pixels on the dash or center console displays. Everything works as it should! I wouldn’t hesitate taking this car cross country as is right now!
Mods under the hood worth mentioning are the CARB legal DINAN stage 1 mildly tuned supercharger kit, an E46 M3 6-speed manual transmission (all factory new components when swapped) with lightened flywheel and carbon ceramic clutch kit and a 3.73 diffential. I have not dyno’d the car, but it is stated on paper that this kit will generate between 280hp to 295hp + (fluctuation based on software and supporting mods). The engine mods, coupled with JP headers (CARB Legal), Euro MAF, M50 intake manifold and Racing Dynamics exhaust makes it an extremely fun car to drive. Original paint still shines real nicely, but don't expect perfection from an 18 year old car. Overall, this is a well sorted and extremely fun car to own.
Please see below for summary of the car:
1997 M3 Sedan
Arctic Silver
Black Interior (Front manual seats)
106,XXX original miles
Clean Title
6-Speed (E46 M3 transmission and driveline components – all new from factory when swapped)
Lightened flywheel
Carbon ceramic clutch kit
Interior displays work perfectly - no deal pixels!
Pioneer head unit with iPhone/Android phone connectivity (new)
New water pump
DINAN Supercharger Stage 1 kit (V1 Vortech blower) – CARB Legal
DINAN DME tune
DINAN cold air intake
DINAN strut bar
Dream Machine SC brackets
M50 intake manifold
Euro MAF
High flow throttle body
JP shorty headers – CARB Legal
Racing Dynamics exhaust
Bilstein sport shocks
Euro M3 brake rotors
Steel braided brake lines
3.73 differential
JT-Designs underbody panel
OEM Style 24 (square setup) with PSS tires
Full disclosure:
-Bottom front section of the front passenger seat has what looks like blue paint marking, pictured below. I'm assuming the previous owner accidentally spilled paint while trying to restore the tri-color stripes on the seats. The Leatherique black dye kit should fix this issue.
-Front driver seat bolsters have normal wear from use. Also can be fixed with the Leatherique kit.
-There is a slight dent located on the exterior section of the passenger side A-pillar. It is hardly noticeable due to the color of the car, and also difficult to capture on camera.
PPI available upon request. Potential Buyer is responsible for all fees associated with PPI.
I’m located in SoCal (near Los Angeles, CA). Locals preferred, but also open to out of state transactions. Buyer will be responsible for all costs associated with shipping.
Asking price: $16,000 as is
Please feel free to pm me with questions and/or offers
For sale is a clean title 1997 Arctic Silver M3 Sedan with 106K original miles!
The car has spent all of its life in Southern California and from inspecting the paint condition, it looks to have been garaged its entire life! Carfax shows clean title and good track record of maintenance performed by BMW dealerships. I purchased the car from an adult owner. He owned the car for close to four years and drove it only 2,500 miles; it was mostly covered in the garage. The owner prior to him, a BMW service manager, purchased the car in 2004 with 74,000 miles in stock form and performed most of the engine and drivetrain modifications at roughly 85,000 miles, summary below. Majority of the engine components were replaced with BMW OEM parts during his ownership. I also spoke to him and he was kind enough to give me a rundown of every little thing that he had done to the car, a real stand-up guy. Since taking ownership of the vehicle, I have inspected all the gaskets, spark plugs, belts, water pump, cooling system, brakes, replaced every hose under the hood and three oil changes with OEM synthetic oil. This is my daily driver and I have put 6,000 miles since purchase. There are no dead pixels on the dash or center console displays. Everything works as it should! I wouldn’t hesitate taking this car cross country as is right now!
Mods under the hood worth mentioning are the CARB legal DINAN stage 1 mildly tuned supercharger kit, an E46 M3 6-speed manual transmission (all factory new components when swapped) with lightened flywheel and carbon ceramic clutch kit and a 3.73 diffential. I have not dyno’d the car, but it is stated on paper that this kit will generate between 280hp to 295hp + (fluctuation based on software and supporting mods). The engine mods, coupled with JP headers (CARB Legal), Euro MAF, M50 intake manifold and Racing Dynamics exhaust makes it an extremely fun car to drive. Original paint still shines real nicely, but don't expect perfection from an 18 year old car. Overall, this is a well sorted and extremely fun car to own.
Please see below for summary of the car:
1997 M3 Sedan
Arctic Silver
Black Interior (Front manual seats)
106,XXX original miles
Clean Title
6-Speed (E46 M3 transmission and driveline components – all new from factory when swapped)
Lightened flywheel
Carbon ceramic clutch kit
Interior displays work perfectly - no deal pixels!
Pioneer head unit with iPhone/Android phone connectivity (new)
New water pump
DINAN Supercharger Stage 1 kit (V1 Vortech blower) – CARB Legal
DINAN DME tune
DINAN cold air intake
DINAN strut bar
Dream Machine SC brackets
M50 intake manifold
Euro MAF
High flow throttle body
JP shorty headers – CARB Legal
Racing Dynamics exhaust
Bilstein sport shocks
Euro M3 brake rotors
Steel braided brake lines
3.73 differential
JT-Designs underbody panel
OEM Style 24 (square setup) with PSS tires
Full disclosure:
-Bottom front section of the front passenger seat has what looks like blue paint marking, pictured below. I'm assuming the previous owner accidentally spilled paint while trying to restore the tri-color stripes on the seats. The Leatherique black dye kit should fix this issue.
-Front driver seat bolsters have normal wear from use. Also can be fixed with the Leatherique kit.
-There is a slight dent located on the exterior section of the passenger side A-pillar. It is hardly noticeable due to the color of the car, and also difficult to capture on camera.
PPI available upon request. Potential Buyer is responsible for all fees associated with PPI.
I’m located in SoCal (near Los Angeles, CA). Locals preferred, but also open to out of state transactions. Buyer will be responsible for all costs associated with shipping.
Asking price: $16,000 as is
Please feel free to pm me with questions and/or offers
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