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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.

You may have already cover these areas but I'd check the following The alarm should be connected to a constant power rail , not an ignition circuit that drops after sleep mode. Does the alarm module rely on some kind of rechargeable battery that has failed that keeps the memory running (like cmos batteries on PC motherboards of yester year) What remotes are you using , bmw factory or aftermarket alarm ( Clown noise is infrared btw ) Depending on remote you might be running infrared or 433mhz radio Are you using a factory or after market alarm ?

The second diagram that's been floating around the internet is for a late 2002 and on manufacture date of the BM54 which was when the aux feature was added. It was futher enhanced later on to understand cd text and mp3 Id tags when the stacker appeared on the scene . It is possible to take the inputs board from a later broken bm54 and re - soldier it into an existing one to gain aux. one of the roms can also be re flashed to gain mp3 tag support. However , it's not an easy DIY and I'd go Denison bt lite for aux and bt support .

I have similar issues to Paul , often get the full beam flash from oncoming drivers and the single finger stalute sometimes when passing. The factory e46 has quite a pronounced lift on the left. However , these are the best headlights I've driven with including some of my older cars with 100 watt spots .

M3's have half the tyre well deleted so the exhaust can fit up under the rear apron behind the bumper. I doubt it would fit without extensive modding.

I'd be inclined to re-seat the tuner connector and the amp connector before going any further. Both are located in the boot on the passenger side. Either of these connectors can cause downstream issues such as what your having. (More likely tuner module which does source switching , video switching and provides video screen with essential signals)

So parts of it is sounding to be an upspec model then , Noticed the 92/94 style Sports wheel and the 3 way door cards. Dyno should prove 276 cam.

From memory 550 kg unbraked / 1200 braked. Had one on my 325i . Got mine fitted via the dealer. Was a tidy locally built job.

Nice looking car ! , If you do go black I'd go with gloss / shadow chrome to match the trim. In terms of seats the lumber bag can be retrofitted with what looks like largely bolt in. Hardest part appears to be cutting a tidy hole in the area where the control switch fits. Seen these s/hand on ebay from time to time. Stereo wise , check www.bavsound.com for drop in options. A lot can be said for drop in components (trust me , saves lots of time). Otherwise I'd be inclined to just swap the tweeter and 6x9 subs and still run the HK mids and mid bass.

Has anyone run a square setup on their M3 ? Seems that running 265 s on all corners is a popular bmw cc USA auto cross setup, I've got a spare set of rear factory 18s and was thinking about trying it. Another consideration for width is grove percentage per tyre width, thats one thing I like about the current re11s is there is less total grove width that many other performance tyres . Basically more rubber on the road yet they still have good wet weather performance .

Changed from 225 / 255 combo to 235 / 265 combo. Dropped the profile by 5 on front and back to retain rolling radius. Did this for no other reason than more tyre on the road and it's the standard widths for the CSL. Only issue is the recommended rim sizes for the tyre is 8.5 & 9.5 inches respectively. I'm running 8&9 respectively .The reality is I'm not getting any abnormal tyre wear and no issues with tyre rubbing. Handling wise the only noticeable difference has been grip. But I suspect this is down to tyre choice rather than width. Mate was running 10 inch rears with a 275 / 19/ something on the rears. Filled the arches nicely but did have slight rubbing with rear passengers in car

The usb functions across the iphone range are almost the same so the standard apple lighting to 30 pin adaptor will mean it will function the same way. (Supports usb audio /audio control / data / charging) Some of the earlier stereo systems and ipod adaptors used the firewire interface in the 30 pin connector of the older devices. Firewire interface and charging was dropped from the iphone 4 on but you can either get a 30 pin to 30 pin charging adaptor or in your case use a apple lightning to 30 pin adaptor. However , if your after video from the lightning adaptor then you'll need one of the apple adaptors as analog video chipset has been dropped since iphone 5. Current choices are vga or hdmi adaptors which actually have the video chipset inside the adaptor With IOS 7 apple have introduced Carplay which is a new interface between factory car systems and the iphone. I'd expect this to start appearing on higher end aftermarket units soon. http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-carplay-to-bring-iphone-experience-to-your-next-cars-dashboard/ http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/22/apple-tech-takes-on-distracted-driving-blocks-users-from-texting-while-behind-the-wheel Hope this background helps.