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Hi guys

I probably should have done this a while ago, but will be putting together a build thread for my M3. I'll start the list small, will add things as I go.. and as I get paid..

Things ordered/to do/done:

BC Coilovers

Strip interior

Race seats

Half cage

Battle Aero chassis mount wing

Wheel change

Reiger Replica Splitter

Rear Diffuser

Custom rear bumper setup

A few pics to start which are basically the same as my Showroom thread from beginning to now:

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Original form

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Coilovers fitted

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Nankang NS2R Semi Slicks fitted

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2x Racetech RT1000 race seats fitted - 60kg saved approx.

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Interior / rear seats stripped

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Front splitter fitted

Next up - Half cage and Battle Aero rear wing to be fitted.

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Battle Aero wing on order from USA

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18" BBS RC303 which I recently bought from Kyu (cheers).

Currently at the painters getting resprayed in matt black. New tyres to go on next week.

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Wheels fully refurbed and repainted in Matty B, new tyres to be fitted today.

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I did a half cage in my e36.

Trouble is it stiffens the rear and makes the front feel extra floppy, need to run bars from the rear down the side of the seats to the forward footwell at least.

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Ok thanks I'll keep that in mind.

Trouble shooting time..

So I've fitted the wheels up and taken it for a test run and after less than 1km driving the wheel bolts become loose.. I stopped and retightened and once again they became loose very quickly. Has anyone come across this before?

I'm running 20mm spacers with extended bolts (I used these on my bbs rx no problem). Also have hub centric rings on the spacers.

Bizarre.

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Paint on the conical bolt face can cause the nuts to come loose, clean off the paint and it should improve. Also check the wheel to hub face is clean.

Wheels look great btw

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^ that and also...

Bolts at 80Nm? Sorry, had to ask.

Try without spacers also to see if you can repeat the experience.

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fwiw ive never experienced anything like that when it was on my car so hopefully you can sort it out. be careful too!

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do the wheels use the same mounting style lug bolts (cone seat) as the bolts youre using?

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After I quick google search I think MLM is right with the paint coming off on to the wheel bolts causing them to loosen.

I searched loose wheel bolts and it came up straight away.

I'll take another look tomorrow and see if the theory is correct.

In the mean time if somebody thinks it could be something else then let me know! Thanks for the input

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Took a bolt off this morning before work to test the theory and am 95% sure the paint was causing the loose bolts.

The bolt had a thin layer around the cone which flaked off like sun burnt skin.

Will very lightly sand down the cone areas and wheel inners and it should solve the issue.

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Looks good though

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You going to be cutting into the rear bumper to run it with the spoiler, or going to run no bumper?

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You going to be cutting into the rear bumper to run it with the spoiler, or going to run no bumper?

No bumper. Will be respraying and keeping it clean to avoid "sharp objects that can harm pedestrians", and I don't think the wing will fall into that category as its technically the same as a bike rack setup etc. Interesting to see what the law thinks. Cross that bridge when I get to it.

This but clean:

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Looks good though I hope I don't ever have to follow you anywhere - i have enough stone chips as it is!

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sweet ride. love the wing, will look batman

Fixed.

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brilliant on the track, cool piece of kit. can't say I'd see the suitability on the street - should a pedestrian go over your roof, they'd end up julienned. :ph34r:

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brilliant on the track, cool piece of kit. can't say I'd see the suitability on the street - should a pedestrian go over your roof, they'd end up julienned. :ph34r:

Absolutely no suitability on the street but if I saw one driving down the street I'd be like holy f*ck!

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^ that and also...

Bolts at 80Nm? Sorry, had to ask.

Try without spacers also to see if you can repeat the experience.

Bolts should be at 120Nm.

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nice wing. what was the shipping cost.

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Bolts should be at 120Nm.

Oops, yeah this.

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nice wing. what was the shipping cost.

$300 USD.

Total approx $1,700NZD including shipping and taxes

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