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Some minor updates. Removed & replaced side glass tint (front & rear) with super light & legal 50%, poor tinter had to work around the rollcage. Got a bit sick of the gangster dark tints, they're great for privacy but you simply can't see outside at night (which is when this car gets driven mostly). I need to finish off one side window and remove the rear windscreen to re-tint, too hard basket for now. Old quarter glass: New quarter glass: End result, still looks classy but not super dark. Also painted front splitter again. Finally got around to getting some proper wing mounts designed & made, some renderings from the designer below. The hollow parts will face inboard, should look quite good.

Yes to all, the owner also managed to find brand new matching interior cloth so has gone about re-trimming door cards etc to make them perfect. For what it's worth, this car ranks as one of the best condition e36 M3's I've had hands-on experience with (I was sandbagging a bit at 'pretty good' in my previous comment). Does that make it worth the asking price? Certainly not for me to decide, let alone speculate on; I'm not a potential buyer. And there's absolutely no way I expect to dictate how much someone wants to market their car for..! What I will say is that I hope it sells high; regardless of the generation, M3's appreciating is of particular interest to me..! ?

'Just decals slapped on' cheapens our work a little don't you think ? Yes it's still for sale. Pretty good example too, this has since had a fair amount of interior restoration work completed. Might put this on my stand at Concours next month if you'd like to see it in person.

Before/after a spirited drive in the country

Oh great, I heard otherwise; that if they are factory fitted then removing them will fail WOF! Goes to show one shouldn’t believe what ones told, thanks mate!

I'm a little late to the party with this tune, but finally got around to it. Added shift lights, removed speed cut and selected the most aggressive 'pop & crackle' option as I wish to retain my cats for WOF (or what's left of them). Can confirm that Supersprint exhaust + this tune is something else indeed...! There seems to be a fair bit more you can do with this software, but it's of little interest to me/it sounds pretty risky raising redlines etc. Followed this guy's guide, using BMW flash and ECU worx software:

Finally ❤️

Sorry I missed this one. None fitted sorry, I never actually installed them as I changed seats after buying the parts from BMW. In fact I've never taken it out of the box hahah

Got some new toys Finally ready to track, overkill aero and all

I had a go painting up the new bracing myself on Saturday after work Also chopped up boot floor & rubber carpet into multiple sections to fit around brace. Factory fresh. Not bad. Swapped on semi slicks and went for a track experience thing at Hampton Downs y'day, was great fun. This car handles like it's on rails now, I'm impressed..!

Holy moly maybe all those tens of thousands I've invested into this car might pay off after all... https://www.driven.co.nz/news/news/immaculate-2004-bmw-e46-m3-sells-for-135-000/?ref=driven_fbpage&fbclid=IwAR0XPCPuu3R-PNg-yintz5dqRvjiVjpfm-WxpUkbCEhwNIhf_zKZOgnzGug

No doubt it’ll be a bit different now compared to the last time I tracked it !

Finished and picked up this arvo, looks damn good That floor ain’t tearing no more. Swapped on the e9x 18’s for a bit. Next up, try not to break anything for a while.. So far in the last couple of months I have a freshly built diff, driveshaft bits replaced and balanced, whole lot of welding and plating and new reinforcement for the rear. That’s enough for a while methinks.

My one? Nope, getting it made

Cage now coming out of the floor haha

Here's some cracks in the welds where the floor was repaired last time .... And where Ray's up to with plates: Fronts done and reinforced - now to work on the rest. I have videos of the damage & the factory clearance to the rear subframe bolts - it's really bad haha. After this, Ray's building a boot section for the cage to tie the rear strut towers together & ensure this sh*t doesn't happen again.

MTOY developed a few new features ?

Great pics from @Azukamii the other night. Swapped out some of the race stuff for winter.

I'm running a VAC. I have an OEM e46 mount I'm happy to sell.

^^ that's Aidan, he's the man. http://www.ocdetailing.co.nz/aidan-robson.html

? even I didn't know there was a difference, and I have played with these literally yesterday.

Got this car back for a couple of days between repairs & took it to my boy Nick at Autotintz for some work. Nobody's seeing inside this car while it's getting sitting around gathering dust ?

Nah not that I can see. Though it sounded like the bottom of the car was coming to bits when it shat itself. Driveshaft fixed, balanced and back in the car. I'll have it for a little while till it goes up to my cage builder. New windscreen in, front end paint chips touched up & repaired the splitter at the same time. I mixed up some paint for the roof chips too - Ben from GT Refinishers painted the panel in a one-off colour ("BSS01" Ben's Special Sauce) with a tonne of flake in there, looks almost gold in the sun. Best I could do, nowhere near the right code but it's better than a chip.

What's up with this car and knocking noises That'd explain the 'mild vibration'..