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They are easy to get to. Takes about 10 minutes to get the door card off with care and also disconnect battery.

Passenger door air bag can be seen here ( note this was taken prior to replacement)

Front pillars also come off reasonably easy. Tabs can be a bit brittle from what I hear though.

Mine is a import . Not sure what the policy is on this. The particular dealer has been giving me exceptional service of late .

My car gained a status sicker on the boot floor. Code reads 0072330100

A quick Google links to http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/searches/expand.asp?uniqueID=C9B828BDA491A9A180257B820050985B

Passenger Side airbag recall

Good tyre smoking Vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgXnbgS_XBk&feature=player_embedded

Dealer replaced mine about 6 weeks ago on the E46 M3 . That will explain it.

lol , I'd probably go broke if I did based on time taken

Controller for the Carpc arrived today. Will be my version of idrive to control the PC. Probably change it's colour to black and the blue LED to orange to match BMW lighting.

Wasn't happy with the RCA mods I'd originally done to the Bm53 tuner module . One of the wire connections had broken free.

Redone with RCA panel sockets and cable ties .Added remote trigger wire running off aerial power / factory amp on fet output (Pin 13 of main BM53 connector) Will use it to power on one relay that will in turn power on 2 amplifiers and the 3.sixty.1 processor.

Go for Mdf rings to space out 6x9 . You might need a couple of sets to get the basket clearance. Bolt these to the deck to help avoid rattles.

6x9s can sound good depending on quality .

My guess is s/h e60 m5 and a few e90 m3 in the price bracket where E46 M3 owners would consider an update.

Mind you, I know of two people that haven't gotten over selling their e46 and have gone back.

100,000 km seems a problem for some people yet these cars will have likely had the more expensive services done such as shims and rotors. In which case they fall back to e46 320i servicing costs.

Originally had the tray hard up against the foam insert. Trimmed to allow an RCA from iphone to plug into PC aux.

The lid height will sit about 10 mm below boot board level so little chance of weight transfer from anything heavy that gets put in boot.

Spent time over weekend on car pc rack. I with either cover the lid or use factory fabric pannel to cover.

Hopefully the netbook will run cool enough without the use of addition fans.

CarPC for media playing in M3. just need to finish lid

Many of the seat sections you'll also find the leather will unclip for the sections and can be transferred to cloth seats and vice versa.

I found this when I converted my rear seat to a ski hatch version. Ski hatch was cloth , so unclipped and change over existing leather.

Sometimes on ebay you'll see the leather coverings for sale which gives you another source of leather options.

Mild shake here , The fire flue was rattling away. Wife who was standing missed it.

I've used those touch up sticks but didn't know half this stuff was available. Have been after the wheel shadow chrome combo for a while now. Also looking for the Steering wheel titanium trim colour and the rubber finish. Great info here !

Looking forward to being able to afford one in a decades time.

Been a fan of turbo BMW since a drive of a friends x6m. None of this waiting for 6,000 rpm on my current N/A one. These turbos have oomph from idle.

M4 looks to be a great car. Looking forward to driving one at some stage.

Looks like an insane amount of HP. Rumours are that one might be built in Wellington.

My bike did that hole bang / flameout thing for a while . A bit embarrassing really .

No doubt his family will be happy to have him out of a coma and into recovery. Hopefully he still has access to the best of the F1 medic team for recovery.

Forgot to update.

The Vic's aerial only produced a low bluetooth signal when connected to the ULF. The phone would drop out at about 2 meters from the aerial.

Connecting the ULF to the shark fin aerial works well. The phone (iphone 5s) works well inside the car and out. I can use the hands free from the car parked in the garage with the phone sitting the house.

late 2000's Alpine head unit with a 701 / 800 processer should give 5.1 Pro logic 2.0 from the stereo feed from the TV. Add a 2 din unit centre speaker.

701 /800 will also take a optical feed from a DVD/Bluray player if you wanted to add one (Dolby 5.1 / DTS 5.1).

0.2 !

A certain Vince Martin chain in Wgtn did tyres and wheel align on the wifes car. Left side 0.5 neg camber , right side 1 degree after. Told within spec (for oval racing maybe). Also got random size valve stems and 3 different styles of caps and fourth missing (had brass ones before)

Lesson learnt. DIY or specialist for tyres and wheel alignment.

Like the concept and wonder if the engine made it's way back into latest gen m cars.

Those rims would be a PITA to clean. Reckon a 2 speed auto would be all that is needed with 700nm on tap.

Wife likes her 328i. Reckons it has safe overtaking power.

I'd go with a bit more power so you don't get a shock when you drive her car and her in yours.

I'd look at this being a lowish km M3 with about $8k plus of well chosen aftermarket parts.

Those apex rims weight next to nothing.

Trimit.co.nz

Seen some of there jobs on custom bike seats. I'd say they would be more than up for the job.