My M's: E36 M3 AC Schnitzer CLS and E46 M3 (Pic Heavy)
Discussion
JEA1K said:
redddraggon said:
Beautiful cars spoiled by dodgy number plates.
You do know the poster lives in Northern Ireland don't you?!
Lovely cars BTW!
Yes numberplates always divide opinion with mainland UK residents.....I guess it comes down to personal taste, I think the standard plates look so plain on a car, plus here in NI no-one seems to mind a slight bold font, the M5 sailed through our vigorous MoT Test Centre with these plates on it. My private plate on the CLS is actually an old english reg from the 1940's i believe.
bigalx said:
Both the M3 and M5 are heaven.
I've been offered a Dakar Yellow CS convertible by a friend of mine whose recently restored it. Seeing it in the flesh the wide arch kit really does look incredible and so different compared to the photos. The car was an insurance write off - mainly from what I gather down to the front bumper being the £1500 and it was stored after it was written off. Sadly I cant convince the missus to let me have it. I'm lucky enough to have an Estoril Blue E36 M3 Convertible already which never stops to bring a smile to my face when I take her out but seeing one of these in the flesh they really are something special.
Good luck with the cars - the perfect combo in my honest opinion and likely to give you cost free motoring since both of those are surely going to go up in value - I was looking at E34's to replace my daily (E90 330i) but again I cant get the man maths to work with my missus!
Thanks! I''ve now sold the M5 (about a year ago but just getting time to update forum stuff now) and I am pleased to say the new owner is carrying on the work with it, its now been completely resprayed, minor rust issues sorted (boot floor and behind rear bumper), and a few other of the wee issues sorted so its in really good hands now. I've been offered a Dakar Yellow CS convertible by a friend of mine whose recently restored it. Seeing it in the flesh the wide arch kit really does look incredible and so different compared to the photos. The car was an insurance write off - mainly from what I gather down to the front bumper being the £1500 and it was stored after it was written off. Sadly I cant convince the missus to let me have it. I'm lucky enough to have an Estoril Blue E36 M3 Convertible already which never stops to bring a smile to my face when I take her out but seeing one of these in the flesh they really are something special.
Good luck with the cars - the perfect combo in my honest opinion and likely to give you cost free motoring since both of those are surely going to go up in value - I was looking at E34's to replace my daily (E90 330i) but again I cant get the man maths to work with my missus!
Yes that the CS that was recently in BMWCar magazine yeah? I've been in contact with the guy who did the restoration for a few years now via email/text. He's done a great job with that car, although i think it was the rear quarter panel that was damaged according to the mag feature? I understand, the man maths makes sense to us, thats why I've had a couple of M's for the past few years but now just down to the E36 but I'm happy with that as it means I can concentrate on it now and my gf is happy
So in 2015 and after I sold the E34 M5 I had, I was able to concentrate on the E36 again. The brakes needed overhauled and after investigating the various possibilities (see thread: http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=124... ) I decided to go for the upgraded brake route, as someone once pointed out, the standard setup looks a bit tiny behind the wheels. The set I went for is AP Racing 5200 kit with Reyland Motorsport Floating J Hook discs and Carbotech pads. These have been very impressive so far although yet again in 2015 I didn’t get to drive the car that much. They look awesome and really fill out the space behind the wheel. When I last drove the car however I did notice that there was a lot of noise from them when they were warm, there’s also a bit of play in the handling of the car which wasn’t there before so that will need investigating.
Anyways, here’s a few photos of the brakes and how the car sits now.
I drove the car a bit more in 2015 and took it on a bit of a roadtrip to scotland where my girlfriend lives and the roads round her location are brilliant so was able to properly get the cobwebs blown off the car!
This year then and in March the M3 got back on the road again and its had a busy few months, 2 new front tyres, Michelin PS3's went on (seriously cheap at the minute!!).
I've always had the opinion that cars are there to be driven and enjoyed, admittedly I did leave the M3 parked up for a couple of years but anyways, when I did drive it I really enjoyed it. As many of you will know, if you enjoy the car then 'driving damage' will happen, so I've been wanting to get the front end resprayed for awhile now but wanted it done right. I approached the bodyshop who resprayed my E34 M5 in 2014 and E36 3.0 Dakar a good few years ago, Robert Hair & Co, in Whiteabbey and took Mark round the car telling him about it and explaining what I wanted done and then explained why it didn't look like a standard E36. After initially going a bit pale when I explained about the carbon fibre body panels etc, he gave me a price I was happy with and explained how they would go about it. In addition to the front end respray, rust had started appearing above the side skirt on the passenger side and also in the boot floor around the battery area, so i wanted all this sorted as well. Before pics:
Also, I had a new rear spoiler to fit......I have had this in the loft for ages now and just hadn't got round to fitting it. Full Carbon Fibre M3 GT Spoiler:
Now I knew it wouldn't look right with leaving it bare CF so I had it painted but got them to leave a lip at the outer edge so that it would match the front splitter. I think it has turned out really well and I'm really pleased with the rest of the paint work. The rust above the side skirt was sorted and treated so it wouldn't come back and the whole side was painted below the black trim. The boot floor was also treated and painted and is like new. After pics below:
Anyways, here’s a few photos of the brakes and how the car sits now.
I drove the car a bit more in 2015 and took it on a bit of a roadtrip to scotland where my girlfriend lives and the roads round her location are brilliant so was able to properly get the cobwebs blown off the car!
This year then and in March the M3 got back on the road again and its had a busy few months, 2 new front tyres, Michelin PS3's went on (seriously cheap at the minute!!).
I've always had the opinion that cars are there to be driven and enjoyed, admittedly I did leave the M3 parked up for a couple of years but anyways, when I did drive it I really enjoyed it. As many of you will know, if you enjoy the car then 'driving damage' will happen, so I've been wanting to get the front end resprayed for awhile now but wanted it done right. I approached the bodyshop who resprayed my E34 M5 in 2014 and E36 3.0 Dakar a good few years ago, Robert Hair & Co, in Whiteabbey and took Mark round the car telling him about it and explaining what I wanted done and then explained why it didn't look like a standard E36. After initially going a bit pale when I explained about the carbon fibre body panels etc, he gave me a price I was happy with and explained how they would go about it. In addition to the front end respray, rust had started appearing above the side skirt on the passenger side and also in the boot floor around the battery area, so i wanted all this sorted as well. Before pics:
Also, I had a new rear spoiler to fit......I have had this in the loft for ages now and just hadn't got round to fitting it. Full Carbon Fibre M3 GT Spoiler:
Now I knew it wouldn't look right with leaving it bare CF so I had it painted but got them to leave a lip at the outer edge so that it would match the front splitter. I think it has turned out really well and I'm really pleased with the rest of the paint work. The rust above the side skirt was sorted and treated so it wouldn't come back and the whole side was painted below the black trim. The boot floor was also treated and painted and is like new. After pics below:
April this year, worked on the car getting it ready for its first big show here in NI, Dubshed held over 2 days - mainly for VAG product but the organisers opened it up to all german brands. Got to detailing it and then a few pics of it in place at the show along with some other ///M's:
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