My 330d E46 had a few mods over last 3 Years

[jasesapphy]

Just thought i would post up my BMW with a few mods, what do you think?

BMW E46 330D Sport
EGR Delete,
Blueflame Exhaust,
Decat front Pipe and a Remap
268bhp & 450ft lb

Modifications

Very light Window Tint
Carbon BMW badges
Light Headlamp Tint & angel Eyes
Genuine BMW Splitters
Carbon Rear Defuser
19" CSL Style wheels Rear 9.5" 255/30/19 front 8.5" 235/35/19 Continentals
Front BMW Genuine Perfomance drilled discs with floating bell and DS2500 Pads
Rear BMW Genuine performance discs with DS2500 Pads
Eibach Pro Springs 8.5mm Rear Drop 18mm Front Drop

Inerior
Piano Black Trim
Dynavin Head unit
M3 Gear Knob
M3 Mirror

Edited by jasesapphy on Monday 24th December 08:20

[S3_Graham]

looks very nice, wheels i'd perhaps of stuck with 18's but looks great all the same.

How does the box handle the BHP? clearly thats a manual but you hear about auto's detonating with a remap.

[phumy]

Im sure its a wonderful car but can you please explain just one thing, why do you tint the headlights, just what is that all about?

Surely its against the law and dangerous, is it a youngsters thing or am I missing something here?

[_bryan_]

phumy said:

Im sure its a wonderful car but can you please explain just one thing, why do you tint the headlights, just what is that all about?

Surely its against the law and dangerous, is it a youngsters thing or am I missing something here?

The actual box is fine, it's the clutch and flywheel that can't cope. If them power figures are genuine it won't be long before they both need replacing, and that's speaking from personal experience of having an aggressive map on a 330d.

[jasesapphy]

Yes power figures are correct

Did clutch and flywheel before I mapped it 90k ago

Doesn't slip and is fine, MSD do a 300bhp 500ft lb conversion

Tinted lights to be fair, it's very subtitle just slightly darkens the front end, no real difference in light output.
No different to having 6000k bulbs as opposed to 4300k bulbs which are what's fitted (from factory)
Look at the light output from angel eyes in pic
19s look big in the pics but don't when there on the car tbh

Anyway it's wearing its winter 17 inch at the moment

Clutches are only £150 for a Luk which bmw use. Fly wheels are £350 though
the car is on 150k and only ever had one of each which was £509 delivered, think it took me about 4hrs to change, (maybe 5)

[jasesapphy]

I did have to do prop don't, poly bush front and rear arms and an engine mount. While lot was about £250ish

[Stedman]

I'd be really interested to see it's 60-100 time!

[jasesapphy]

Will video it over next couple of days it's quite quick

[Zebrs]

Very nice, orient blue is quite possibly the best BMW colour IMO, my 330ci was OB and I loved it.

Is the piano black trim original? If not, where did you source it from if you don't mind me asking? I'd like to change my M to piano black as the interior could do with a bit of a lift.

[Effortless]

Wow, looks great!!

I have the Coupe version of yours, and love it. Not had it too long, so no mods at the moment, but was interested to see you'd done a remap, CSL's and the Performance disks... just what I want to do!!

Good to know you've not had any reliability issues with your remap... it was one of my concerns, as mine will have to last 3 years and 70,000 miles as it is my work car.

Want a Quaife ATB diff as well after the remap, does yours spin up an inside wheel on wet corners with all that torque??

Also was going to do the front Clubsport splitters, but RealOEM gave me a fright with the price... $212 each!! Did you get a deal on yours??

Thanks for posting!!

Cheers,
Effortless.

[scarecrow]

Did the mods affect your insurance much?

Happy Christmas!

[anonymous-user]

Nice, but a sports exhaust on a diesel?

[TroubledSoul]

Sorry for reviving an old thread, but how does the car feel with polybushes instead of rubber ones? And which bushes exactly have been replaced?

Does it ruin it from a daily driver perspective? Having said that, I came from an Impreza STi so it will probably feel fine to me!