E46 M3 front docs and pads

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Front discs and pads are OK at the moment but within the next six months I will replace these items. Looked at demon tweeks web site and they list a fair selection. Any advise please on which offer a good performance for sensible money. Rears also so they match up.

My driving style is basically 'old boy' and I don't do track days.
Thank you.

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Thanks guys, sounds like I will stick with OEM given the prices are reasonable and my driving style will not justify a 'racy' set-up.
Incidentally last night was my first drive in the dark, ountry roads unlit. The headlights are a complete joke, how the car passed an MOT with the lights so bad is a mystery. It was akin to plane spotting with searchlights, terrible, adjustments will be made on Monday when it's in the garage.
When I could see where I was going I gave the throttle a tickle and found out what the car is like past the five thousand revs area

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andyman_2006 said:

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No problem, the OEM BM discs are pretty good or i find they are.

On your lights, i'm really surprised as i find them amazing! as far as amazing goes for an old Xenon setup, never going to be as good as new LED kits on new cars, but they are way better than My 2015 Porsche Boxster!

Are they pointing downwards? if so mine had the auto levelling arm snapped, and as a result they default to the downward facing symptom, its a very small plastic arm on the drivers side behind the wheel, simple to fix and cheap to buy, once fixed you'll find the headlights level correctly.

Did your INDY not find this on the inspection? presuming you have had this done already of course...and also assuming this is the reason your lights are poor! its one reason though so worth checking.

Andy

My headlights are extremely bright but set way to high, lighting the tops of trees on main beam Noticed from the car history previous owner fitted an upgrade Angel Lights halo, makes me wonder if he self fitted and made a hash of it. Still the car is today in the main BMW dealership for the airbag replacement and on Monday goes into our local Indy for the subframe boot floor inspection, engine oil and filter change and the headlights will be sorted as well.
My son had a drive last night as well, he is well impressed with the performance suggesting it feels almost as fast as his TVR Cerbera V8.

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Just collected my car from main dealer, driver air bag replaced. Car washed (of sorts) and safety health check completed.
They found a minor oil leak from engine or gearbox, they will need to investigate further. When the car goes into the Indy on Monday they may spot where it's weeping but I won't over worry at the moment.

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robbiekhan said:

The headlight beam angle can be adjusted with the knob on top of the housing on each headlight. MOT places will be checking headlight angle and will flag it up and adjust to legal angle where needed. Sounds like the last owner whacked them back up afterwards without a care in the world for other road users.

Get the car about 40 feet from a wall in front dead on, then turn the lights on, pop the hood and get the angle adjusted just right and go for a drive to test. From a distance on the motorway your left beam should light up a slightly higher area of the foliage/pavement/hard shoulder, but not high enough to light up major signs. The spill is what will automatically illuminate those, not the main throw of the xenon beam itself.

Must have been a crazy man!! First driver coming toward me, having switched on my dipped lights was flashing away and likely very annoyed, I would be to. I will let the Indy sort it but thank you for the good advise.

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andyman_2006 said:

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Ah so the opposite of the issue i once had, interesting on the point of potential aftermarket kit, maybe the auto levelling was disabled. If its set too high then it will be an MOT fail. Sure your main dealer can check this or your indy they'll get it on their Beam setter which will show how far out the lights are. All Xenon should have auto levelling for safety reasons.

Are the BMW Dealers doing you a free health check whilst it in? i had one a few months back when my air bag was done.

Sounds like your son was impressed with the car then. My fave TVR is the Sagaris although prices are now silly.

My last TVR was a 4.3 Griff, epic all round except for one problem, it tried to kill me on every country road I drove on. Sold it on, but my son now tells me that it was almost certainly running the standard shock absorbers/ rear suspension set up. Bloody thing was constantly trying to fling us into a hedge. Lads cerb' is better road handling but not great. He is slowly getting it sorted with his swapping and tinkering sessions. He loved the M3 within seconds of putting his foot down and seeing the revs climb feeling the power surge above 5000 revs.