My BMW 335i M

[Baryonyx]

dunny83 said:

Thankyou, I'm itching to get the CDV removed though, does slightly ruin the experience

Simply done, and will feel better for it!

[dunny83]

lewisf182 said:

Loooove the interior. 335i is one of my all time favourite cars, the twin rear pipes finish it off so well. Sadly there seems so many horror stories with the 335i which makes me think is it really worth the premium over the 330i as an ownership proposition?

I'd only consider one if from BMW AUC which is the route you've gone down too.

Gorgeous car OP congrats

Thanks for your comments, I guess it's down to how much you want the extra power to make you want to take the risk. I was looking at E46 M3's but decided this would be a cheaper every day proposition, so it made sense for me. I didn't expect to see anything on the AUC website, was surprised when I found mine

Cheers

[dunny83]

Court_S said:

That's lovely, especially the interior. So much nicer than black.

The whole car looks stunning. I did consider stretching out budget this summer fir an ealy 335 but I wasn't brave enough to do it. An AUC car would be a different natter.

Thanks, you should do it, you'll be glad you did

[philmots]

Running that car I'd never ever sacrifice my BMW warranty (or the option to extend it) for the sake of a remap.

Main reason my 335d stopped standard.

Lovely car, just keep it clean like that and I bet you'll not lose a fortune on it either.

[T16OLE]

Love the combination of the coupe, manual, black with tan leather.

[stuart-b]

Very nice As you have a warranty, get the wheels fully inspected. I have two rear cracked wheels of that type sat in the garage and they are over £500 each to replace.

[aspirated]

Very nice, seems like perfect spec, the only thing I'd be doing is adding LCI taillights to freshen it up a little

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OEM-BMW-E92-M3-LCI-LED-u...

[dunny83]

As I'm trying to keep the 3 standard but HAVE to play with all my cars i some way, I thought I'd put my energy into tidying a few bits up. If you look at the pic of the wheel on the first page you've probably noticed already how much the wheel bolts let them down.

So they got removed. Nice!!!



My wife was at work so I took advantage of the dishwashers extra hot setting



Hammerite smooth, good stuff



Much better, please excuse the dirty wheels



While the wheels were off I thought I'd tidy the brakes up. A quick wire brush did the trick and then a bit of protection. Again hammerite was used and it's holding up to the abuse very well so far. Next time the brakes get replaced the disc hubs are getting a coat of silver before they go on for sure.




Finally, I've never been a chrome fan so I got some genuine M Sport front grilles to see how they look. Being a BMW part they were easy to fit so I can swap back to the chrome any time easily.

Before



After



Before I fitted them I wasn't sure but I quite like them, let me know what you guys think good or bad.

Cheers

[dunny83]

philmots said:

Running that car I'd never ever sacrifice my BMW warranty (or the option to extend it) for the sake of a remap.

Main reason my 335d stopped standard.

Lovely car, just keep it clean like that and I bet you'll not lose a fortune on it either.

Yeah after the AC issue I'm definitely going to extend the warranty. I bet you were tempted to play with the 335d, mid range they have more go than an e9X M3 if I remember right

[dunny83]

T16OLE said:

Love the combination of the coupe, manual, black with tan leather.

Thanks, when I was looking on Auto Trader there were three manual's for sale in the country. This being one of them, I was very lucky

[cerb4.5lee]

Great detail work on the wheel nuts & calipers

I personally prefer the chrome grills to black ones if I am honest but the black ones do blend in very well on a black car to give a nice stealthy look.

[dunny83]

stuart-b said:

Very nice As you have a warranty, get the wheels fully inspected. I have two rear cracked wheels of that type sat in the garage and they are over £500 each to replace.

Good point, I'm guessing thats the reason mine came with two new rears. I do check them whenever they come off for a clean and seem ok so far. I certainly do plenty of pot hole swerving now day's lol

[hornetrider]

I've got the black grilles on my silver grey E61 - look much better than the chrome standard if you have a Sport and you have no other exterior chrome.

I hammerited the calipers on my old MX5 and it protects them against the elements very well. Not sure about doing it on the bolts though - surely as soon as you get the tyre iron on them it'll come straight off?!

[dunny83]

aspirated said:

Very nice, seems like perfect spec, the only thing I'd be doing is adding LCI taillights to freshen it up a little

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OEM-BMW-E92-M3-LCI-LED-u...

Thanks, I do like the lci rears and your link is the best price I've seen yet but I quite like the pre lci's too so I couldn't really justify that at the minute. Maybe in the future though

[cerb4.5lee]

I always liked the chrome slats on my M3 but the later models came with black slats & many swap the grills for the black ones like you have.

[Trtj]

How hot was the washing machine? Hopefully you have not tempered your wheel bolts :P

Nice car, don't like the black grills. Chavvy in my opinion.

[dunny83]

cerb4.5lee said:

Great detail work on the wheel nuts & calipers

I personally prefer the chrome grills to black ones if I am honest but the black ones do blend in very well on a black car to give a nice stealthy look.

I wan't sure if the black on black would work but like you say it does have a bit of a stealth look to it. Thats a nice M3 you have there, if I ever get one I'll be looking for a white one

[dunny83]

hornetrider said:

I've got the black grilles on my silver grey E61 - look much better than the chrome standard if you have a Sport and you have no other exterior chrome.

I hammerited the calipers on my old MX5 and it protects them against the elements very well. Not sure about doing it on the bolts though - surely as soon as you get the tyre iron on them it'll come straight off?!

The bolts where a bit of an experiment. I left them over night and the paint still felt a bit soft so I baked them for about 40mins and the paint came out rock solid. So far it's been fine, although I am careful and use a torque wrench which I think helps

[r1chie]

Great car pal. I got an LCI 335i Msport back in April. I also have the saddle brown leather and I think it really makes the car stand out. I changed the chrome grille to black as well because I have no other chrome on the exterior of the car, plus makes it look meaner. Some pics on the show me your BMW thread in July if you are interested.

[cerb4.5lee]

dunny83 said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Great detail work on the wheel nuts & calipers

I personally prefer the chrome grills to black ones if I am honest but the black ones do blend in very well on a black car to give a nice stealthy look.

I wan't sure if the black on black would work but like you say it does have a bit of a stealth look to it. Thats a nice M3 you have there, if I ever get one I'll be looking for a white one

Thanks, just recently sold it & I honestly didn't get on with it that well & I personally believe as a daily driver your motor will reward you for more of the time than a V8 M3 will, trouble with the M3 is its only exciting to drive at 6k revs plus & it doesn't offer any low down usable shove & it frustrated the hell out of me, I did specifically go for white though as I do think it suits the shape.