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that sounds alright, I'm with ASB as well so it should work out well, what did it cost you for shipping? and how'd the final price look?? Process wasn't too difficult i'm guessing anyone in particular at tire-rack that I should get in touch with

Yeah I did a bit of research online and it seems powder coating the wheels seems to give it a thicker coat or so, however I'm open to any opinions on whether to powder coat or paint? I'll give the guys at wheelfixit a visit hear what they have to say. have you been down this path with wheel refurbishing.. anything I should look out for? Thanks again

yeah I'm looking at the pretty much the same set for my car, the Michelin Pilot super sports .. with tire-rack how is the payment system?? I hear it's a bit difficult?? how did you go about your order, any tips mate?

sounds awesome guys.. yeah even looking through the forums seems like tire-rack is the ideal option, http://www.design911.co.uk/ is talked about as well. But with regards to wheel rework are there any other options I should look at?? powder coating places?? refurbishing places?? I'll be paying a visit to wheelfixit as well, just like to have options really.

Hi guys, just thought I'd get a bit of friendly advice on a few things I was looking to get done with the M3 CS. There's a bit of wear on the wheel (it's not much but it really bothers me) and since it's time to get new tyres all round I thought it would be an ideal opportunity to get them reworked. Firstly, would anyone like to advise me on a wheel rework place and a powder- coating place, even if they're completely separate I don't mind shuffling wheels here and there the quality of work really matters. Secondly, would you guys recommend any specific tyre places to get quotes from?? I was planning on grabbing the entire set from tire-rack online, however if there are any places around auckland that I should look at I'd be happy to. Was looking at the toyo proxes t1 sport or the Pirelli Pzero Nero Fronts- 235/35/19 Rears- 265/30/19 Thanks again guys appreciate any advice

Hey mate well after speaking to a few places in the states and them having sent me a quite a few videos of customer cars etc etc and much more research, looks like the M3 headers and muffler are the priority bits to change.. as a lot of people tend to leave section 1 and 2 stock.. unless you'd want a rasp eliminator pipe etc etc.. honestly I like the rasp, it makes the m3 unique. so I'll be picking up the supersprint headers definitely.. as for the muffler it's still a toss up between the El Diablo and the Supersprint lightweight race. What are your thoughts mate?? I'll buy them soon enough (get them shipped across to my family's place in Vancouver) and get them on my way back from north america early next year. Probably better to grab them early due to time required for shipping from Italy ..manufacture etc etc

thanks for that mate, I've gone through a bit of canada and states twice before but this time we're covering Montreal, New Orleans and New York in addition to getting back to Vegas for a 3rd time! lol! Also watching a UFC event However I'm only doing this month long trip next year Feb so it's a wee while to wait and patience has never been one of my strengths.. hahaha and Cancun should be awesome as well From all the reviews the Rogue Engineering setup is exceptionally made as well and has more of a growl than a rasp, the super sprint systems look amazing as well, they do really well to maintain the rasp i'm a big fan of their stepped headers The US prices seem a lot less so I might pick up section 1,2 and 3 while I'm there.. Rogue looks the way to go.. really disappointed with miltek however it's an almost stock tone. yeah and sure whenever we have the next meet i'll try and make it

Hey Christian, thanks for the awesome advice mate!! mines an SMG.. I've driven the manual m3's a lot but chose the SMG and the CS's are extremely difficult to come by as well in the UK.. and to find an absolute mint one that's not been abused it took incredible patience and stupid money..hahaha and the gearbox software has all been altered in mine as well ... so it definitely has its perks finally someone who has a supersprint system.. Mate i'd love to hear how that sounds on your car and get a real world idea if in fact it is really as good as it's supposed to be... I've got the entire CSL exhaust on my car headers and all.. came stock on my CS.. so I was contemplating between a full supersprint or a rogue engineering setup.. and as you say the alcantara is a beautiful thing the Rogue engineering El Diablo muffer is an amazing piece of work and their x-pipe with a EVC controller is sheer awesomeness haha http://www.rogueengineering.com/bmw/DIABLO.html I'll be going through canada.. america and cancun, mexico.. early next year so I might pick up the rogue engineering setup and bring it back as I'll have allowances for a 2nd 23kg baggage item because of business class, I've talked to modbargins in the states and have quotes off them etc etc other option is to do the supersprint system with nz performance tuning (any other recommendations??) start with that lightweight race exhaust and work my way forwards What'd you think mate..

thanks mate.. just working out a full supersprint exhaust for the car, so hopefully another 20-25 hp (as stated by supersprint once it's had a tune) and the beautiful noise out of that Italian exhaust hopefully someone wants to sell an immaculate E39 m5 in the near future I'd love to add to the garage and sell the 325i Have you looked at adding much to your e46 m3?? I can't possibly think of changing anything besides the lack of growl from the exhaust tone

thanks again guys, yeah Graham they do indeed come with the manual gearbox, mind you the smg is absolutely amazing and it is sad to admit but BMW had finally solved the SMG issues by 05..(took them bloody long enough) and since the CS were the last of that amazing breed they seem to free of issues but I've had a tuning company fiddle with my entire car software while it lived in the uk with the previous owner..and it's a tad more angry then a normal M3 makes just over 300hp at the rear wheels..(I believe redline is slightly increased as well) so an approx 370hp made by the motor .. (rides to willing and brave bimmersport members are always welcome) haha @ Zadkiel, I'll definitely keep that in mind wow you've got a lotus elise!! i'm a big fan!! actually just generally you guys have bloody amazing cars!

thanks guys... looking through the forum I see there's a ton of serious knowledge here .. I hope to meet some more of you guys next time there's a meet on ow yeah the plate... haha.. lays out some terrific lines after DSCOFF as well..haha

Hi guys, thought I'd get around to introducing myself after having spent a bit of the day at the Vask/Bimmersport meet, was awesome meeting an awesome bunch of guys and I'm glad you guys liked my M3 CS.. I've had a BMW E46 325i and a 05 M3 CS since the start of the year.. I might chop and change with the daily driver (325i) in the near future. Hope to continue meeting few more of you guys in the following meets