What have you done to your e46 m3?

[gaz1234]

Details & pics...

[martin mrt]

Mine went from this



To this




Intrax Coilovers, Genuine CSL wheels, wheel Spacers all round and a Supersptint Lightweight Race Exhaust.

It was fun, but looking back I wouldn't do it to my daily road car

Edited by martin mrt on Sunday 13th January 21:15

[shibby!]

Subframe!

Its getting kept standard, if i was going to mod, i would have bought Jap turbo

[toon10]

Even after all these years an e46 m3 in the right colours with csl alloys is a lovely looking thing.

[shim]

martin mrt said:

Mine went from this



To this



Intrax Coilovers, Genuine CSL wheels, wheel Spacers all round and a Supersptint Titanium Race Exhaust.

It was fun, but looking back I wouldn't do it to my daily road car

Nice but I didn't know SS made titanium exhausts for e46

[Craigwww]

Here's mine:

Evolve Carbon Fibre Airbox and Alpha N tune
ACS Strut Brace
Supersprint Race Exhaust and SS Resonated mid section
HSD Coilovers
Powerflex RTABs
Porsche Brembo Front BBK (incl. custom brackets and CSL discs)
Genuine CSL Bootlid
Genuine CSL Rear Diffuser
Genuine CSL Wheels and new Vreds (+ 12mm rear, 15mm front spacers, supplied by Circmcn)
Genuine ACS Front Splitter
Storm Motorwerks gear knob, handbrake handle, satnav knobs
Piano Black Trim


Here's a few pics for your perusal.

[FamilyDub]

Seen pics of your M3 ore in other threads and I absolutely adore it....

...Apart from the ACS front splitter.

[martin mrt]

shim said:

Nice but I didn't know SS made titanium exhausts for e46

You are quite correct, it seems it was stainless, i remembered it being titanium for some reason

[thehos]

at a PH meet

[martin mrt]

Seeing this thread makes me appreciate just how much I miss that M3

I need another soon

[jon-]

Some stuff happened to mine:

[bennyboysvuk]

I changed the brake pads and fluid on mine before a trackday for something that would handle the heat a bit better. Other than that, I had the geo adjusted to be a bit more aggressive and to reduce understeer. It was a fine handling car after that and ticked all my boxes. Just wish I'd not sold it.

[gaz1234]

bennyboysvuk said:

I changed the brake pads and fluid on mine before a trackday for something that would handle the heat a bit better. Other than that, I had the geo adjusted to be a bit more aggressive and to reduce understeer. It was a fine handling car after that and ticked all my boxes. Just wish I'd not sold it.

easy to do?

[horico]

Nothing major but a few bits n bobs so far.

AC Schnitzer coilovers, strut brace, exhaust, pedals and handbrake handle.
Gloss black grills
Stubby aerial
Monochrome badges all round
12mm front 10mm rear spacers
Braided hoses ready to go on...




Oh, and lots of cleaning!

[MattOz]

My M3CS has H&R springs installed. Looks all the better for it in my opinion. The rest of the exterior is standard. Why mess with perfection!

[benny.c]

Not a lot. Had the boot floor/subframe done by BMW, fitted the shorter Clubsport gear knob, facelift rear lights and iPod adapter. Other than that it is exactly as the M division designed it. In black, on 18's it is quite the Q car, which I really like.

[bennyboysvuk]

gaz1234 said:

bennyboysvuk said:

I changed the brake pads and fluid on mine before a trackday for something that would handle the heat a bit better. Other than that, I had the geo adjusted to be a bit more aggressive and to reduce understeer. It was a fine handling car after that and ticked all my boxes. Just wish I'd not sold it.

easy to do?

Sorry, I've only just seen this. Yes, very easy to do, just find the CSL settings and get a decent garage to adjust as close as possible to those. I've no idea what mine was set to, but the car only understeered if you really provoked for understeer. Other than that it was pretty neutral and a bit of power brought oversteer. It was slightly dartier into corners too. As I recall it was all to do with having a bit of toe out at the front (snigger), which means when you turn into a corner the inside front wheel scrubs slightly which drags the car tighter into the corner from that inside front. This is better explained here: http://www.auto-ware.com/setup/toe_hand.htm

If you're looking at starting to get it sideways at over 80 ish then I'd probably say firmer damping is required for better control, but for the road, the geo settings mine had meant it was perfect for me.

This was copied from: http://www.breezemotorsport.com/csl%20geometry.htm

"E46 M3 CSL Geometry

Front Axle

Castor (left/right) = +7 deg 13 mins /+7 deg 12 mins
Toe out on turns (left/right) = -1 deg 48mins / -1 deg 58mins
Camber (left/right) = -1 deg 57mins / -1 deg 53mins
Toe (left/right/total) = +0 deg 01mins / +0 deg 01mins / +0 deg 02mins

Rear Axle

Camber (left/right) = -0 deg 52mins / -0 deg 49mins
Toe (left/right/total) = +0 deg 02mins / +0 deg 04mins / +0 deg 06mins
Geometric Driving Axis = +0 deg 01mins

Geometry above is suitable for for fast road and track. Note lack of rear camber will promote oversteer."

[jon-]

Covered mine with snow:

[oxam]

hmm might be easier to type what I haven't done....ruined a nice car and turned it into a drift toy. more dets about the project here http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&amp...

got delayed with the cage/roof but hopefully can crack on this weekend

[gaz1234]

good work. i need to get the m into bmw for subframe check