E46 M3 Brakes

Original Poster

146 posts

263 months

Wednesday 11th September 2002

I recently took my E46 M3 on a track day and the brakes got very hot and bothered after only a couple of gentle laps. Is anyone aware of a brake upgrade for these cars yet?

11,272 posts

285 months

Wednesday 11th September 2002

AP Racing now do a kit for the E43 M3, give them a call. It does cost about £2k though!

Original Poster

146 posts

263 months

Thursday 12th September 2002

Ouch! Do you know if anyone has tried it out yet?

11,272 posts

285 months

Thursday 12th September 2002

There is a member called getcarter on here who was looking at, but I don't know if he went ahead or not in the end.

Original Poster

146 posts

263 months

Thursday 12th September 2002

Thnaks Tony - looks like he did go ahead. There is a write up on www.bm3w.com apparently.

jjr1

3,023 posts

261 months

Friday 13th September 2002

stick some Pagid RS19's on it and it runs fine (except for a bit of squeal)

11,272 posts

285 months

Friday 13th September 2002

quote:

Thnaks Tony - looks like he did go ahead. There is a write up on www.bm3w.com apparently.

I can't find the write up on that website.

Steve, have you got a direct link.
BTW how's the g'box

kris wood

94 posts

284 months

Friday 13th September 2002

the web site is actually www.bm3w.co.uk but it is currently off line as respect to the Sept 11 tradegy. It was suppoed to be up by now but isn't, when it is back up you will find the write up in the E46 M3 forum.

Cheers

Original Poster

146 posts

263 months

Friday 13th September 2002

quote:

stick some Pagid RS19's on it and it runs fine (except for a bit of squeal)

On the track the brakes got so hot that the disks blued slightly. Does this happen with the Pagids?

jjr1

3,023 posts

261 months

Friday 13th September 2002

well I cracked my discs and had them replaced at 11,000 miles which may or may not be a coincidence........

On track you at least get the sense with the Pagids that you will be able to do more than 2 laps though

getcarter

29,416 posts

280 months

Friday 13th September 2002

M5...

Gearbox replaced (at my cost) Warranty invalidated. Lawyers written to BMW - waiting for reponse.

I'll keep you in the loop!

Steve

Original Poster

146 posts

263 months

Monday 16th September 2002

Ouch! I would guess that M3 gearboxes aren't cheap. Is the warranty problem due to trackday use? BM3W.co.uk is still down so I haven't been able to get the full story yet.

Mike

getcarter

29,416 posts

280 months

Monday 16th September 2002

Mike... yep BMW have written to me to tell me that because I have taken my car on a non competitive, non-timed, driver improvement track day, my warranty is invalidated.

I can't say too much here (legal bulls*it) - but when it is resolved one way or the other, I'll post a full report.

If you just *happen* to need new pads (once a week) ... just tell the garage you are a very fast road driver

Steve

Original Poster

146 posts

263 months

Monday 16th September 2002

Whilst I (of course) would never consider taking my car on such a day I would be very interested to hear what happens. Just for my own education you understand...

It's outrageous that they would even try that approach. Do they recommend that you discover the limits of an M3's performance on the open road??

Good luck,

Mike

11,272 posts

285 months

Monday 16th September 2002

quote:

M5...

Gearbox replaced (at my cost) Warranty invalidated. Lawyers written to BMW - waiting for reponse.

I'll keep you in the loop!

Steve

Ouch!

I guess those 'mass-produced' M3s and M5s aren't as tough as the hand-built ones then - I think I'll keep my E34 thanks (or maybe get an E28)

getcarter

29,416 posts

280 months