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On 6/5/2021 at 8:10 PM, wasnt m3 said:
Big thanks to everyone who made it out today. Fantastic turnout as usual, probably 100 cars throughout the day. Also, thanks Glen for helping out with directing traffic! Cool to see Chris Young win the main raffle prize.
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Damn, Too bad the car is reserved for your dad. This would make a kick ass daily if I want to move up in cars lol
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On Sunday after I got home, I gave the car a wash and an interior detail. One thing I noticed was the door panel fabric speaker grills were yellowing.
I used black fabric dye to bring them back to life. I am a sucker for small details.
Here is a before and after + a picture of my dads E46 that has 65k miles on it to show how they should look. I might do another coat...
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We stopped at Chick-Fila in Madison for a bite to eat on our way home. I was talking to @pynaclabout the Bluetooth module I plan on ordering. When I popped open the CD changer cover and found a surprise. Wow, Someone left their spice in the car. After getting the car back to Eau Claire @KaiserRollsusing his Boarder Collie nose informed me that there were indeed more drugs stashed throughout the car.
After a little digging this is what had been found. A "Dime bag", a "Coke bag" and a "Spice bag" Not sure if the previous owner was a big druggie or he thought I was. Non the less, a very interesting find. Kaiser also informed me there is another bag stashed somewhere in the car. He just couldn't get a good hit on it with that nose of his. So I guess that will be a future find.
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Well, This marks the start of my new M3 Journey! I have owned a few M cars though the years of me being able to drive. Mainly to make some money as I am an entrepreneur at heart. Since around 2018-2019 I had been slowly looking for a clean E36 M3 coupe that I could call mine. I was kind of dragging my feet with things because I wanted a "Deal"... Only to have a rude awakening when prices shot up here on E36 m3s late 2020 into 2021.
After 5 possible cars. Out of the 5, 2 were shit boxes and the other 3 deposits were ignored and sellers flaked. Including a 1 of 2 Individual 95 m3 down in Texas that the seller drug me along for a month only to cancel 2 days before my flight left. (Still bummed about that one) I flew down to Texas anyways to get Whataburger and check out a 98 Techno car that was just listed on Ebay as my flight was non-refundable. Turns out when you look for cars that are more expensive, it doesn't mean they are nicer as it was a complete and total POS.
After expressing my frustrations with @B Cabout how crappy the sellers of these cars were. He expressed the possibility of him selling his E46 m3 to explore some other opportunities. Up until then I never considered purchasing an E46 m3, let alone him selling his baby. Mainly because the maintenance costs are pretty extreme compared to an E36 m3 if nothing has been attended to. I also had 87% of my E36 build done without buying a car as I have been hunting cool rare parts for 2 years now. After a few late nights worth of researching to familiarize myself with the E46 chassis I realized that @B Cs car was a perfect fit for what I wanted. Something cosmetically not perfect but mechanically perfect. Not to mention some more power + better safety systems then an E36. After a few texts back and forth + an email with details + google drive photos. I was fully onboard with the idea. Not to mention @pynaclhad been on my ass for months to consider an E46 M3 after he bought his... Guess his wish came true.
I was able to recruit some help from @pynacland @AZNSamto help me pick up the car from Milwaukee on the 23rd. It felt surreal driving it home as I said to Jake, "It feels weird driving Brians car without him being here"
As for future plans, I plan on keeping the car as is for now, with maintenance being the top priority. I am trying to follow in @B C& @i_love_carsfootsteps as they both did extremely good work to the car. Although I can already see a Genuine CSL trunk lid + diffuser in the future when COVID prices on BMW parts stop. (Genuine CSL trunk lids were $1500+ shipping before the pandemic and now they are $2716 shipped from Germany) I have also been throwing the idea of an interior color change to Imola around. I'll let that marinate for a bit and decide at a later date. Just going to drive & enjoy it for now.
Car was registered + Insured on Wednesday. I was specifically asked not to pull a @KaiserRolls and leave the car unregistered in @B Cs name for a year.
In the meantime, I have 2 closets full of cool/rare E36 parts that I will be listing to lessen the hit of my new purchase. If there is any interest let me know and I can post a huge for-sale ad and bring stuff to the E30 Picnic. But based on how things are around here, The E36 drivers don't attend Wibimmer's much 😕
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Never mind. I don't play PC anymore. My PC died a horrible death this morning.
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I have a PC, Nothing more then that.
I think I have assetto in my steam library
But if I have to buy a game to participate its no problem, something cross platform would be cool.
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5 hours ago, B C said:
If there was just 1 day to go up, what would be a good one?
Definitely the Saturday, But cant go wrong making an appearance either way.
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1 hour ago, KaiserRolls said:
with an LSD they make really fun winter daily. (ice racing time!)
Hmmm, I have an extra LSD in my shed..... Tempting..
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4 hours ago, KaiserRolls said:
OH LAWD HE COMIN
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40 minutes ago, YoungCR said:
I'm doing the whole nascar weekend before for a bachelor party, so I'll likely wont be doing this whole weekend but I could come day drink saturday?
We would love for you to join!
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A little update to this thing, Car didn't get driven last summer as I had my M roadster to drive. Took that time to replace inner and outer tie-rod ends. Control arms etc.
After that job the car died in a parking lot and I had to bump start it to drive home. Guy screamed "A dead BMW, that looks expensive" Yeah dude, thanks for your input.....
So anyways I parked it in my shop and it sat all winter because it was too cold to work on it. My starter had been acting funky so I assumed that was the problem, Turns out it was actually a ground that I messed with while doing the control arms.. Go figure but it was due for a starter replacement anyways. Did injector O rings as well.
Now I am tracing a slight misfire, but while I am doing that I just got done doing the valve cover gasket (Started leaking on the headers after sitting all winter) and It was time to put in a set of NGK iridium spark plugs aswell. Slightly hoping the VC/Sparkplug combo will fix the slight misfire but knowing my luck its probably a vacuum line all the way under the intake manifold that I will have to pull again.
I still love this car although its starting to get a bit crusty. Been pretty problem free, Get in and drive as E36s are bulletproof. Its going to be downgraded to the Winter Daily soon.
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I should mention the seller backed out 2 days before my flight left leaving me with a non refundable flight.
Decided I would fly down and grab some Whataburger because I already took the day off of class.
Whataburger is a 10/10 IMO. Also looked at a different car down there. Turned out to be a Sheitbox. Guy was asking way too much. Glad I didn't buy it on eBay without inspecting it first or else I would have been seriously disappointed.
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What's good in the hood everyone. Just wanted to make others aware of this event. I plan on going.
I know @wasnt m3& @rampelsauce have a few campsites. I sleep at the hotel like always.
Lets make 2021 the best turnout at the Wibimmers campsite ever lol
https://www.roadamerica.com/node/804
@patsbimmer1We going to see you this year?
@KaiserRollsNice daytrip for you and the GF?
@ChrisOWant to come out of retirement for this one?
@B CFun getaway with or without the kids and or wife?
@pynaclYou gonna show up or be lazy like usual?
@m42b32Bring the wagon so I can drool all over it?
@andyhundleyCome back so I can shit talk you again ❤️
Too lazy to tag more people and stir the pot. Good day everyone.
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@pynaclYou ape
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1 hour ago, KaiserRolls said:
Oh dang
If you and Brooke want to go, Let me know. Myself, Jake and Sam are going to grab an airbnb and split it.. For Friday night and Saturday night. We can purposely get a bigger place if you guys want to come along.
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Also an FYI. Mitch shaved like 5-7 seconds after getting my 125 pound ass out of the car.
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5 hours ago, KaiserRolls said:
Local event today, car did pretty well. New suspension setup is way better. Not sure where I ended up overall, from what I heard maybe 2nd?
was also able to give @Rekpoint a couple ride alongs, hopefully he swings out to a some events once he can source an m3
Such a sick time. I appreciated those ride alongs more then you know. Ima get my ass out there.
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I like the older art cars better
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1 hour ago, m42b32 said:
That print quality looks really nice, what printer do you have?
Bump for this, I have a creality ender 3 but I have no clue how to dial in settings LOL.
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"Tell everyone you have big brakes without telling everyone you have big brakes"
Good run Mitch!
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@pynaclPicked up a 2008 328i Manual, Alpine on Natural Brown with 97k miles with some minor bumper/fender damages for 3k
Although yours has more miles, Its in way better condition and there is definitely a market for the last non-turbo 328s. Especially in a manual. I think 5 to 8k is reasonable.
Rekpoints 05 E46 M3 Build Thread
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Car made it nearly flawlessly down to the E30 picnic. Had a great time as I haven't seen most of you in over a year + at this point. Killed 2 birds with 1 stone and was able to help out at the picnic and sell some E36 M3 parts to @wasnt m3.. Only slight problem it had is it started getting hot in stop and go traffic with the AC on. So Shirtless Glen w/ Heat blasting was in full effect leaving the E30 picnic.
I plan on throwing on the fan shroud to see if that fixes the issue. If not, Ill be looking into installing an OEM clutch fan/ AUX fan to fix the issue.
I drove 4+ hours down to MKE with Waze on my phone running on my lap. Conveniently @B C shows up to the picnic with a E46 Rennline phone mount. Bought that and decided to install it today. Quite an easy install as all I needed was a plastic trim removal tool and a 10mm. (Although all my 10mms were missing). All and all pretty awesome product as its not one of those silly vent attachment styles that ruin your vents after awhile.
While the trim was off I was able to remove the rest of the CF wrap from the edges. (It started peeling and my passenger at the time felt the need to pick and peel it.) Worked out though because it brightens up the interior of the car and I am actually a fan of the brushed aluminum.
I have some other small detail parts sitting on my shelf waiting for it to stop being 90 degrees so I have some motivation to go out and install them.