2005 BMW M3

BMW e46 M3 Convertible 2005 SMG, with 71k miles and 10months MOT. 19" diamond cut alloys, Black leather interior.

Asking price: £19,000 ovno (hardtop + £1200)

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Bought in April 2021, with light use, upgrades and restorations in the last 4 years. Always garaged, always warmed up properly, regularly cleaned and recently clay bared and polished/waxed following a road trip to the Classic Spa. Bodywork is in good condition for age.

SMG gearbox CSL tune, (blips the throttle on downshifts) and an Evolve engine tune combined with 200 cell Sports cats. The engine revs more freely and sounds fantastic.

Bought from a retired lady I bought it from in Southampton, that owned it for <6months. The chap before her, was clearly an enthusiast having done the above work and made a few other cosmetic/audio enhancements.

I decided to go through everything on the car and do a Service 2 myself. Everything was checked, and renewed as needed. This included checking the cam to shim gap check, which were all within tolerance.

I've worked on cars for most of my life, having rebuild engines, restored TVRs and built kit cars. My attention to detail can be seen here ( the last restoration before kids came along and stole all my free time): "Dissassembly of Tuscan is complete... what now????"

So first thing I did as part of the Service 2 was to change all the fluids. This included:

- Engine Oil,

- Gearbox Oil,

- Diff Oil,

- Coolant

- Brake/power-steering fluid

- Air conditioning re-gas + lubricants.

- Compression test. - All level and in spec.

Refurbishment undertaken in my ownership:

- Diff reconditioned with new input/output seals

- Engine Block pressure relief valve seal changed.

- Driver's seat and bolster stitching reconditioned.

- New set of Continental 7s all round.

- Dimming Rear view mirror changed.

- SMG pump's accumulator and salmon relay replaced. (+Clutch adaption) Now its spot on!

- Hydro dipped carbon effect interior trim.

- Powder coated cross braces and exhaust mount with new gearbox rubber mounts. - - I've also cleaned up the subframe (waxoiled)

- Bought am OEM Wind deflector (included for asking price).

- Paint less dent removal to flanks and bonnet.

- Replaced headlight and windscreen washer pumps. Replaced headlight washer spray nozzles.

Major restoration work:

-FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION REFRESH including, shocks, springs, bump stops, top mounts and bushes + Geo I've fitted OEM spec shocks and springs, which have now settled down (a lot more compliance over the s*** roads we have to endure these days!).

- To improve the sound from the 8" Alpine digital radio + Apple Car play infotainment head unit.... I've installed an 8” sub in ski hatch + dedicated Sub Amp. I refitted the Alpine speakers with sound deadening mat + new door trim clips.

- I bought a Hard top and had it repainted it in carbon black. I removed headliner and retrimmed and added sound deadening to get rid of the tinny sound. (available for an additional +£1000 on asking price)

- A replacement rear silencer (standard) swapped with Euro tips and centre section. I still have the old centre section exhaust pipe with the deleted resonator, if you love that extra Raspy sound.

It will be sad to see it go but I fancy a change/ a 2 seater. :(

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask by posting below or PM me.

Cheers,

Martin.