[E92NeilH]

Loving your car you've done a great job in modding it

[AWBimmer]

Originally Posted by Josh1a1h

i saw a guy i did lights for ...he just bought an m3 carbon bonnet with extra vents... the fitment is laughable lol

Exactly which is why I don't fancy throwing £700 odd on something that doesn't even fit right.

Originally Posted by E92NeilH

Loving your car you've done a great job in modding it

Thanks matey, I feel like the car has come a long way and there's still some more to come so stay tuned

[AWBimmer]

Took her out after a 3 hour wash and wax before the storm arrives, plus had been 2 weeks before I washed her last!

I've recently bought LiteRoom 5 for the MacBook for photo editing but haven't yet received that. I'll be practicing there soon as it arrives and be taking more pics soon. Recently invested in a new lens too for my Nikon DSLR, Nikon DX AF-S 35mm 1:1.8G - does wonders!

Anyways, excuse the poor quality iPhone pics for now.. I am still very new to the photography world!

EDIT: I'm due to change the audio set up over the coming months so watch this space

[AWBimmer]

Rial Daytonas taken off today and 230s twist alloys slapped on for the winter. Will give them a goo couple layers of coating tomorrow.

Later in the week I'll polish the lips from the Rials and seal them, put winter covers and store them away.... If I feel the polish isn't giving it that shine that I got when I got it back from dips I'll give the wheels to Dips so he can treat them before show season next year



Few more things on the way over the next few months....

[AzRiz]

Good stuff man, loving the build, what are you planning to do to it over the winter? I'm just going to be saving up to start modding mine when winter is over lol. Are you going to be running winter tyres on the winter rims?

[AWBimmer]

Originally Posted by AzRiz

Good stuff man, loving the build, what are you planning to do to it over the winter? I'm just going to be saving up to start modding mine when winter is over lol. Are you going to be running winter tyres on the winter rims?

Hey Az - apologies for the delay but I've not actually checked my thread for a long time! Happy new year btw!

Over the winter.. Well I have the original wheels and tyres that came when I bought the car so I've put them on and have safely stored away the Rials. I'm not going to be running dedicated winter tyres as such as the ones I have I find is enough and it will hardly get used now, since my new job is London based -daily train commute it is

Still going to mod it further :-)

So what plans do you have? It can be made to look so mean or so classy, depends what look you're going for?

[E92NeilH]

You going to keep the car now mate. Car'nt wait to see what you've got planed for such a nice car

[AWBimmer]

Just messing around with flipagram lol

[AWBimmer]

Version two lol!

[AWBimmer]

Quick update as been a bit quiet as of late... Bought an m5 gear stick and all the wiring from bmminiparts for the retrofit so just need to get round to doing that. That could mean my performance auto gear stick and gaitor could be up for sale shortly.

Also purchased some custom mats for customised piping and logo. Pics when they come though.

Audio re-do/re-display, getting my bonnet jazzed up and re polishing of lips will be next and a possible stud conversion.

Stay tuned.

[AWBimmer]

Right... so, had a spare weekend so yesterday sat fro about 2 hours and made the necessary wiring for retrofitting the M5 gear knob... today, besides it chucking it down, I just went and installed it and everything works a treat except... the gear knob isn't illuminating! Foolishly, I haven't made any connections for the lead coming from the gear knob to make it light up..

Either way, I'm not sure I'm that keen on it. Don't get me wrong, it looks fecking cool but I sort of missed my performance gear stick and I'm going to sell the M5 gear stick and the wiring kit, which will be plug and play. On classifieds now.

I can also run anybody through on how to install but it takes less than 15m from start to finish. All the hard work is done making the actual wiring.

If there's any interest, let me know.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=939329

If anyone wishes to do this... it costs:
M5 gear stick - £140
Wiring - £50 approx.

Up for grabs

[AzRiz]

Well done for trying it man, I really like the M5 one but I'm not too sure it quite suits the E9x interior and looks a little out of place. Maybe it's just me though...

So what else are you planning? Are the Daytonas going back on straight after winter?

Edit: just realised I was thinking of the wrong gear knob lol, M5 one suits well enough

[AWBimmer]

Originally Posted by AzRiz

Well done for trying it man, I really like the M5 one but I'm not too sure it quite suits the E9x interior and looks a little out of place. Maybe it's just me though...

So what else are you planning? Are the Daytonas going back on straight after winter?

Hey Man,
It suits it for sure but it's all personal preference.

Yes daytona's are going back on around March but I'm going to have the lips re-polished and have gold bolts on them.. give it a different look.

Unfortunately there aren't any bolts that fit straight on so I'm going get them each cut to fit - that's about 180 bolts Lol!

[AzRiz]

Originally Posted by AWBimmer

Hey Man,
It suits it for sure but it's all personal preference.

Yes daytona's are going back on around March but I'm going to have the lips re-polished and have gold bolts on them.. give it a different look.

Unfortunately there aren't any bolts that fit straight on so I'm going get them each cut to fit - that's about 180 bolts Lol!

Yeah my bad, edited my post, I was thinking of the wrong item.

That's good man, gold bolts should look good. What are the specs on them that make them so hard to get? Let me know and I'll ask around for a source.

[AWBimmer]

Thanks Az..

Specs of the bolts you mean? Thanks dude, but Dips has already got on the case for me I like to keep the genius busy haha.

Can't wait to get the wheels back on !! Just wish I had a big arse garage to go in every evening and tinker around ....

[d4springer]

Your car looks great, what a huge list of mods! Making me miss my E92 now (not that it looked as good as yours)

[AWBimmer]

Originally Posted by d4springer

Your car looks great, what a huge list of mods! Making me miss my E92 now (not that it looked as good as yours)

Thanks buddy, don't put a downer on yourself mate everyone has their own taste etc. just do what makes you look back at your car when you're walking away lol.


Update:
Just purchased some OEM m3 mirrors, electrically folding and reverse dipping. Not sure if auto dim. I don't have that function currently so doesn't bother me lol...

Keeping the black bits as standard but going to Repaint the alpine white covers to something unique. Watch this space..... Here are pics of them as they are for now...


There goes another big wod of cash.... I hate this forum for the pure fact that soon as I see something I like, that's it I start looking myself lol... And the mods just keeps coming through

Need to stop because it's getting silly lol. Next stop.... House purchase lol!

[AWBimmer]

So guys, today I test fitted my new m3 mirrors and I must say they look the business! I love how aggressive they make the car look! They're electric folding and reverse dipping which is what I currently have so no coding required..

Whilst they're white for the Time being, I just fell in love them I decided to leave them on the car lol ... Pics to follow tomorrow.

Lots of updates inbound so stay tuned...

[AzRiz]

Very cool, looking forward to seeing pics, might sway me to keep an eye out for M3 mirrors too

[AWBimmer]

Originally Posted by AzRiz

Very cool, looking forward to seeing pics, might sway me to keep an eye out for M3 mirrors too

Cheers fella. I'll throw up pics of the mirrors tomorrow but yeah, the mirrors aren't cheap I can tell you that much lol! It was a pure impulse buy and I hope it doesn't happen again with anything else lol.

I just came across these from last year ... Self whoring pics again... Can't wait till the summer to throw the wheels back on!!

[AWBimmer]

Ok... Looks like my modding isn'T stopping even though I really need it to lol.

Last week I purchased OEM m3 mirrors which after installing I was in split minds.... I've decided to hold onto them for a bit to see what they look like - also being so rare - electric folding and what not, makes some sense lol.

Today I purchased another item, which will be done up before spring time....... This will be one sexy mod so watch this space....

Dips has got his hands full haha.

[335DieselPower]

Originally Posted by SA320

Car looks sick! Love what you've done man. Car has come a long way!

We should do a mini meet down the ace cafe one day!

this sunday there is a meet