E46 M3 fast road - track car

[Ford 2]

Beautiful, can you tell me more about your seat install ? I want to put some pole positions in mine, well 1 at least, any info on fitting, comfort, price etc ? There just an amazing seat and I'm trying to justify a set over say a set of evo 2 seats. Thanks

[PBMWsam]

So even before I owned a e46 I wanted apex wheels.
Placed the order a few months ago and once the back orders cleared I've got them



Went for 18x9.5 ET35 in hyper sliver and had my Nankang NS-2R fitted



After reading a lot into what size and offset I was all prepaired to run a 5mm spacer up front to clear my WP big brakes. But I really don't know what all the scare was about! Can get my finger in the gap, I did though have to add a spacer as once the wheel was bolted up the tyre squeaked againts the tyre. All I had to hand was 5mm's so I will be replacing them for 3mm to get a little more purches on the centre bore.



This really shows how much the brake clearance you get from the apex's. My 360mm before were pretty much wedged into the oem square 18s now look at the room, plenty to run my WP pro carbon brake ducts.



Sorry for the crud phone photos wheels only went on last night then it snowed this morning.




Will be fitting the carbon ducts and ducting this Sunday, along with another little mod/part delete.

[dsme94]

Love this mate, looks fking amazing!!

[BlackST]

Looks brilliant on the new alloys.

[manmaths]

That looks awesome!

[GTiRichTea]

That's a great looking car.

[Beedub]

that does look fking ace!! those wheels with the semi slicks .. damn!

[PBMWsam]

Finilly mated up my WP carbon brake ducts to my Hardmotorsport bumper intakes









Deleted the front washer too

[nurseholliday]

I'm not a big poster but felt compelled to say that I love this M3. Those brake ducts mating up to the calipers!! Nice touch.

[aka_kerrly]

Fantastic, always enjoy your build thread and contributions to PBMW.

Strangely I also find the the orange indicators work really well on your car but other early E46s that aren't black seem to look awful with orange bits!

[PBMWsam]

Started off with no Carobn, now its everywhere



Few of the photos one of my buddys took last week


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I've since swap from a 5mm to a 3mm spacer up front to get a litte more purches on the hub but still missing the tyre on the coilover.

An stepped up from a 15mm to a 20mm spacer on the rear to fill the arch better.

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Also the time has come to upgrade from my Recaro pole position seats, there is nothing wrong with them bar the sholder harness slots being a bit too low for the overly tall folk like myself.

So if anyone has a or some Recaro SPA, SPG or even pro race that would be up for a PX let me know.

[JDMDrifter]

This is actually my perfect build, you've done everything I want if I had an M3. Love this!

[JDMDrifter]

This is actually my perfect build, you've done everything I want if I had an M3. Love this!

[Quacker]

Holy moly. Good work squire.

[rusticm3]

Hello mate, How much camber are you running on the front? I need to replace my wheels and they are tempting

Edited by rusticm3 on Thursday 19th February 16:23

[melvster]

Beautiful example

[Beedub]

whats the condition of the pole positions and how much you after?

[PBMWsam]

rusticm3 said:

Hello mate, How much camber are you running on the front? I need to replace my wheels and they are tempting

Edited by rusticm3 on Thursday 19th February 16:23

Front has 3.3 from memory

[PBMWsam]

Beedub said:

whats the condition of the pole positions and how much you after?

Both are in really good condition. Drivers is only a year old and the passenger is dated 2004.

Also shows how good these seats can age being 10 years apart.

Won't be up for sale for least a few weeks as maybe swapping one and possible buying another. Would be after £450 for the drivers as still in FIA date and £300 for the passenger.

[rusticm3]

Do you still get even wear or need to rotate wheels?

PBMWsam said:

Front has 3.3 from memory