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I'm not one to publicly rave about customer service but I must make an exception. Having recently acquired an E46 M3, I made a trip up to Silverdale this afternoon to visit Ray at Hell BM. I have never experienced such welcoming, warm and honest people in the motor industry. Upon arrival I was given a tour of current projects and was free to jump in any of Ray's prized possessions. Ray then took me up to the main factory where I saw his rather famous '8M3'. Being an E46 owner he generously took for a drive around the block. On our way back to the workshop he pulled over and told me to hop into the drivers seat - I was stunned and had a pretty big grin on my face as you can imagine. That thing is an animal!!!!!! You forget you are driving an E46 within 30 seconds. I had a great chat with Josh (hybrid) about various projects and admired his gorgeous E30 sitting among many other special BMW's. To anyone who is out of warranty/servicing and want an honest and highly knowledgable bunch of individuals looking after their German motor, look nowhere else but Hell BM. I already have my E46 booked in for next week! As Ray put it, it's a family of cars and not just a money making exercise. I'm very happy to add mine to the Hell BM collection! Applause over

Most say you shouldn't mix passion and hobby with business as you will soon get tired of the hobby and lose the passion - Ray is a true exception to this rule. Very rare to find true enthusiasts in the business who are out to look after other enthusiasts. I only wished he wasn't based so far away from where I am!!!

Thats a serious piece of reinforcement! I attempted to put the stock suspension back (M-Sport II) in my E39 and failed getting the rears in. Tried using spring compressors (didn't really help) and pulling down on the hub to get the bottom spigot thing mounted but wasn't able to get the whole assembly down far enough to get it in. Any pointers? I remember gettig it out was a breeze too

Anybody else watch the V8's this weekend ??. I loved when Scott McLaughlin was being interviewed and his quote of the day gave me a good laugh. Pleasing to see somebody so young and excited. Was some good racing. Edit just come across this in another forum.

Oh yeah - well done. It's nice to have it done proper, and not require the balleasts etc. My genuine xenon retrofit required to coding, but had error eliminators. I took them off, and it worked anyway, but still coded the as required for the retrofit. It's just tidier. PS: keep a list of the settings, so if you ever have to code the car, or LCM, you can set it up correctly

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CAD mock up of a rear strut & subframe hard point brace for my coupé... I think it shall do the trick Strut attachments still need work.

Ray is awesome. Wouldn't bother taking my bmw anywhere else without consulting him first. Always does a top job and with great customer service. Congrats on the new car too - very jealous.. it's still on my 'to buy' list Edit: Hellbm is more like bmw 'Heaven'...

Gave the wag more lows

oh haha.... (it hurts because it's true).

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just buy my 750iL and cut it in half

15l/100k is great in my books (13l/100k for my S54 M3) when I get in and drive the last thing I am concerned with is how much is it going to cost. F--k driving like a nana.