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It's happening here too. See crunchy's buildthread

Well I did it. Purchased another car in a hope to replace the Carbon Black M3 which sadly was put to rest earlier this year. I had a huge list, and it seemed that no M3 on the market could potentially tick off the boxes, so I've held on since June hoping one would. But nothing eventuated. So as you do when you're in the market, every new listing of an E46 M3 was sure to be sent to my inbox as it was listed - in the hope something would pop up. And something sort of did around September, but it was 'poverty' pack in my eyes so I didn't think twice. Something made me go back, maybe the wild random dreams about this particular coloured car kept popping into my mind, I'm not sure. But I decided to do a little stalk, run it's built sheet, and would you believe it was DAMN TOPAZ THE WHOLE TIME! Maybe it was the light, the angle, the reflections that made me move past it the first time, but a buildsheet never lies. And so I went on a mission to find out all I could about this little blue topaz M3 situated some few hours away from Auckland. Full Service History. Every little nook and cranny completed, was documented. Nz New. SMG, and in Topaz (Schnitzer colour, personal fav). Went on to dig some more, and found the first two owners of the car, personally knowing one of them. For 11 years it was between two people who only did open road, long distance driving and cared for it better than you might your own child! The first owner took it up to a nice 136kms, and the second to 165km. The lovely guy I purchased it off had driven a mere 3,000kms in the time he had it over 18 months. This car, is just a dime. The paint condition so good it's hard to believe. No dings, dents, scuffs or marks. A few minor stone chips which is to be expected. The interior, not a single lift of the trim, no cracking, wrinkling or anything to fault! This car is hands down in 10x better condition than the old one, the KM's just don't add up to the condition. The next morning (Wed) it was in at Jeff Gray for a PPI (thanks to Greg Hook!) and Fresh WOF. Breezed through it's PPI with not a single thing wrong, every single box ticked. How damn lucky. It was sold. And I picked it up today. Such love. It's perfect. It's better than I could of asked for in regards to condition. I was scared about getting a 'high' milaged M3, but this car just puts my 120km M3 to shame. It's just fantastic. So there you have it folks, I bought another E46 M3 New Post for 'To-do' and 'Done' below.

Yeah, mightycarmods is good. I partiularly liked this one where they take a VW that has no street cred. On no budget they mod it and take it to a Japanse Custom car show and park it up. Funny that so many people where drawn to their VW. https://youtu.be/s7Iv42AOZIk

Had one of the rims sandblasted today and I have to say, I'm gutted with the results. Badly pitted and they didn't get into the wheel nut holes very well. Also paint left where the balancing weights where . All in all I'll probably spend more time now using a filler undercoat and sanding than I did when I used the stripper to remove the paint. So back to the stripper for me. On a positive note I've been experimenting with clear coats and funny enough the cheapest has given the best result. I'll post up some pics of the different rims with the paint used so you can see the results.

really, i like the CSL bootlid very much, of course, on an M3 with the correct rest of the body. a CSL lid on a 318i is no good

Pics in the showroom section, something will have to go seriously wrong for me to end up parting out the 540, its enough of a struggle coming to terms with selling it, let alone breaking it up!

have a X5 parts car about to go off to scrap if you want to check it out has the split tail gate system , I only have the bottom half on the car now

Yes, they're still available. Shipping with insurance for the above value is approx $150. Note: These are for an E60 with the Motorsport package not an E60 M5 as some have miss-interperated.

Anyone on here have DaveO's contact number? PM me if so.

Nice job on the Manual Conversion. Ill be attempting this next weekend when my clutch kit arrives!

I'm at about 10.5l/100km highway and a wopping 15l/100km in town in the 750i. My 740i is about the same as yours Brent.

Taking my labouring missus to the maternity hospital in an E30 and bringing home my shiny new baby boy in the E39. Winning!

Would look good on Work VSXX Amber. Contact me for Bimmersport members discount deal. harvey @ performalink.com

Tints all done! Love it. Off to the team at HellBM for some tweeking until I'm back. Can't wait to come back now!

Some unedited photos. (From a phone lol) The colour! (And mint interior trim)

So got it home. Washed and Waxed. Being stored up until I come back on the 13th. List of things to do: - CSL Tune - Tints (Booked Tuesday) - Exhaust System (Agency?) - Subframe (currently mint) - Inspection II Service - New Front Rotors & Pads - Caliper Colour Change - Change Rear Tyres (GT Radial aren't my pick) - Touch up Lower Bumper - Widescreen Headunit (might pinch from Schnitzer) - Swap in Heated Seats/Bolster option - New Wheels - Lowering Springs And more to come. Just finished shopping and purchased - CSL Front Spitters - Carbon - CSL V Style Rear Diffuser Full Carbon - Front Grille Full Carbon - Fog Light Surround Full Carbon All hopefully arrive before I get back!