Tristan

Thats what I was thinking

What a great looking car, glad I got to see it today + on the dyno!

Shoulda come out to the meet at Torque

Looking forward to new pics! CSL wheels look great. Perhaps some spacers?

Awesome car, GLWS.

Like!

Said it once, I'll say it again. This colour is incredible.

Isn't that how everyone parks? A diffuser won't get hot enough to reject the vinyl AFAIK

In the sun today she was looking VERY blue!

Thanks. Not sure about the tints. Got it that way - I'd be inclined to suspect that they aren't. Thanks mate Thanks for the kind words, Jooles.

Went for a nice drive over the weekend and got some photos in the Waitakeres..

Sounds clips please

Interesting how everyone sees things differently! I'm not a huge fan of the contrast unless there are other complimentary carbon accents, e.g. spoiler, mirrors, roof, etc. (which is easier to pull off on the M5 IMO) I think that the CF on black without huge contrast looks less "ricey" for lack of a better word. Either way, your car. I think that raw CF will look better than painting but again just my thoughts. With regard to painting and blending the splitters into one piece with the bumper, there was an E46 M3 owner that mated the CSL (replica?) lip with the bumper. It looked stunning... but I think it's a fair expense... Just spent 10 mins looking for the thread but can't find it sorry

Why didn't Shred show up all those times to defend themselves?

I think the CF works .. At least it isn't massively contrasting like if it were on an Alpine White. Look very CSL-esque! Perhaps it's an excuse to order some other carbon accents After Kyu's comment awhile back in another thread re: Strassentech looking like a dustpan I can't get the image out of my head

I'm not sure. I MAY have read somewhere that the bolts changed in the face-lifted cars but I can't be sure.

I'd be inclined to take it to BMW for anything like that, valve adjustment, Insp. I/II, etc.

Haha me. Definitely not, my mechanical knowledge is uhh... very limited. I just do a lot of research. From what I've heard, it is labour intensive. Upwards of $3K to get to there? No way... (?) If I recall correctly, when I asked Team McMillan BMW how long it would take they said about 3 hours but that was around May so chances are that number could be +/- an hour or two. I'm sure Ray (HellBM) can answer more accurately.

Don't forget 2 bolts If you're worrying about the bolts, I'd go ahead and do it. I only had my E46 for 3 months so didn't get around to it. If I had kept it I probably would've had them looked at just for piece of mind.

With the VANOS bolts, if they go wrong it can be a very expensive fix. Like, new engine. Here's a few recent examples: http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=20031 http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=88186 The other thing I had done was with the PFL cars, they had a different rear diff bolt to the FL cars. The old one had the thread going all the way up to the head of the bolt, because of this, they could back out over time. The updated bolt stopped the thread circa 1" from the head, this made it more difficult for the bolt to back out. New bolt part #: - revised bolts (2) part number 23 00 1 222 891 They're like $5 each. When I ordered there weren't many in NZ so they may have to come over from Germany. There is a DIY here: http://m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=345096 In any case, it's the minority that have issues so enjoy the car!

I think that the VANOS problem is rather isolated, unlike subframe. With the VANOS you only hear about the ones that go bad, rather than the thousands that don't. If you do want it checked, it's this: [yt] [/yt]

Good stuff, they're great cars. Is that the one in Masterton?

Guy came to buy my 530 from Hamilton, agreed on price, then he drove all the way up with $500 less than agreed. I said no so he drove home. Ha