clarkson's e46 m3 and previous cars - lots of pics

[clarkson22]

• **ing seaguls

quick buff




re dying the seat







they are matt finish , they look a billion times better should of got some before pics , they look at bit shiny in the pics but THEY have dried completley matt im happy as
realign front bumper


looks ten times better
going to order some more carbon cloth and scuffmaster to finish rest of interior off

[clarkson22]

after some conditioner

[PaulD86]

Fantastic thread this. Top top work. I felt brave doing an oil change on my shed last year so find all you've done on your drive pretty mega. Respect. Look forward to more updates.

[clarkson22]

cheers dude
tried getting my wheels as close to hyper silver i read primer gloss black then silver , they came out alright look better than black anyway


high build primer

gloss black


wurth silver


couple coats of lacquer



second one done

[anonymous-user]

Great work you've done on this one, really impressive. Nice to see you can enjoy it as well as get it back to a very good condition. One thing I wanted to ask- can you say some more about this:

clarkson22 said:

my window whistles after 30 mph the seals are flattish , so insert this..



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I'm guessing it's about 8mm od piping? Do you make a hole to push it up there or is there a space? And did you insert pipe all the way to the top? Thanks for any info, I could do with this trick on my Alpina!

[anonymous-user]

PS wheels look 150 times better than before!

[clarkson22]

Cheers dude and there was already a slit in the bottom but once it's in push it all the way to the right and it is 8mm

[clarkson22]

cheers lads
anyway got the other 2 wheels done

[clarkson22]

gave the car a good clean today , also ordered a decat , i want more noise and rasp on standard system and ill be the judge if it louder or not lol, lots of conflicting reveiws :muttley: also going to gut my back box properly and remove everything ,going to order martyn's binary software off him when my cable comes so i can delete the sensors and have a play around anyway some clean pics










hopefully everything comes tomorrow

[JonoG81]

Looks 10 x better with silver wheels, stunning

[ecopia]

some great work there all on your drive way fair play man you got some skills

[Carlos24]

Absolutely stunning and a scary amount of work took on, on the drive! Well done sir you clearly have an awesome set of skills that a lot of people on here will be envious of as well as of your car!

[clarkson22]

cheers guys my decat came today and my cable for laptop to car, going to get up super early get exhaust off and stick decat on and cut the rest of my bck box open and remove whats left , got some software off a fellow on m3cutters that allows you to delete o2 sensors , shift lights, raise rpm and lots of others hes just added the alpha n map to it so its a good bit of software for only 20 quid so will be playing about tomorow

[JonoG81]

Sound clip needed once the de-cat is on

[clarkson22]

cheers dude vids posted at bottom of page second ones after its warmed up a little

well fitted the decat today and totally gutted the back box.....wow lol
decat was perfect fit completly , only had to run a 8 mm drill through the front lamnda senser and it went in fine, now the noise..fk its drony i wont lie but thats the gutted back box but i dont care is so much fun putting you foot down , the rasp is super loud after the decat its there just after 2k like when cold but o much more louder ..as for performance, just revs a little quicker not noticed it any quicker but there isnt any flat spots either so win win , deleted codes with martyn software added pops and bangs shift light , oil temp warm up ,sap delete on cold start , all in all im super happy
some vids of cold start below



vids



thanks for looking

[clarkson22]

lol well it is too loud hahaha , on full chat its awesome pops and bangs on overun from 5k is ...awesome but the drone at low revs is stupid , im going to get another back box and modify that a little this time, a fully gutted backbox is a no no for the drone , but the rasp from the decat early on is crazy its sounds mental on full chat, ill get a couple of videos before i change my backbox , anyway can you tell what it is haa...


a trim, and couple more coats of resin looks better


few more coats

[epom]

Seriously impressive work ethic there op, not to mention all done on the drive. Excellent stuff
Ps smashing car

[clarkson22]

cheers dude

nearly there bit of trimming and a flat and polish


tweeter cover


sanded


flatted and lacquered




needs a flat and polish tomorrow

[clarkson22]

paint was flaking so i did the top half, but im going to do the full piece next time and redo this one as i think it will look better






heres the only problem bit


it needs flatting but it the edge where it meets the bottom plastic , im going to have a go doing the full piece on drivers side it should look alot better so im going to scrap this piece i think



did the ashtray cover



none of the parts have been flatted or polished yet im just gonna do them all toghether.

[Sf_Manta]

Looking tidy that
Have you considered the Z4 shifter and a weighted gearknob, like the BMW Z one or something from Stormwerks?

Got a 330i here and recently changed out the shifter, and did the CDC delete which vastly improved the feel of the clutch and the shifter throw.