Pokes 04 AW Sedan Progress/Maintenance Thread

I finally decided to start on my progress/maintenance thread since I’ve been putting it off for so long. When I first bought this car, I told myself that I wasn’t going to mod at all for the first year with the exception of a few things. Well, I haven’t even made it to a year with her and she has a few mods on.

As some of you may remember, I originally had an IR ZHP slicktop when I joined but I sold that after owning it for 6 months. I bought it as. The only things I added were the Coby Wheel interior bits and the suede headliner

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I purchased my ZHP in Jan 2014 from the second owner down in Miami, FL:
2004 BMW 330i ZHP
Alpine White/Black leather
6-Speed Manual
89k Miles
VIN: WBAEV53434KM06980

Options:
Performance Package (w/ Grey Cubed Trim)
Leather
Moonroof
Xenon Lights

Accessories added:
OEM Alarm
OEM Universal Garage Door Opener
OEM Self Dimming Rear View Mirror with Digital Compass
OEM Aux Interface
OEM Manual Rear Window/Door Sun Shades
OEM Nav Retrofit

39,845- Valve cover gasket
39,845- lower control arm bushings
39,845- brake pads
41,101- Disa actuator flap
41,101- sunroof frame & sunroof clips
41,101- alternator drive belt
41,101- engine drive belts
41,101- right rear window regulator
Oil change
49,881- sunroof headlining frame & clips
50,326- front left window regulator
50,326- r/r intake air boot
50,326- r/r air filter
50,326- r/r fuel filter
Oil change
62,300- Brake repair kit, brake pad wear sensors, brake disc
63,356- EVAC Recharge & A/C Refrigerant
Oil change
77,500- Spark Plugs
81,000- Oil change
81,000- Microfiber cabin filter
Brake fluid
90,000- oil change
100k- oil change
100k- oil filter housing
100k- oil pan gasket
105,290- Microfiber cabin filter
106,314- Stoptech Cross-Drilled rotors
106,314- Akebono brake pads
106,316- Z4M FCAB
**Items in red are the maintenance I've done since picking her up**

This is how she sat when I got her:
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The very first mod I did was the Umnitza 6500k v2.5 angel eyes:
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Next came the yellow fogs and CF splitters from member CTD on e46fanatics
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I never realized how dirty the lenses really were until after the fogs and splitters, so new lenses came next!
Before:
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After:
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I stopped modding for a little since I started flirting with the idea of getting into another car so she sat like this for a bit
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A few weeks go by and I got bored with how she looked so I ordered a sheet of black vinyl for the roof from Don Nguyen on e46f. The same week the vinyl came in, a square set of BBS CK's 18x8.5 et34 popped up on my local craigslist for cheap so I jumped on those. I ended up doing the vinyl myself which was pretty straight forward but a tad harder than I expected.
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At this point, I decided that I'll be keeping the car so I started searching some more parts. First up were the coilovers. I went with BC BR's with 8/12kg spring rates after consulting with a few members on here about their set ups and reading many reviews. So far I have no complaints. I did the install myself with the help from a cousin. The fronts are about quater way down, the rears are at max height.
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One day after school, I decided to go get my windows tinted since I was tired of the fishbowl look. I went with 30% all around and I have rear sunshades on both rear doors and rear window. I also swapped out the kidneys with the gloss black ones from ECS.
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Next to get done were the brakes since the rear rotors were toast so I decided to just replace the fronts as well. I went with the Stoptech Cross-Drilled rotors & akebono pads along with Z4M FCAB's
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Current list of mods:
Exterior:
Umnitza 6500k Angel eyes
BBS CK 18x8.5 all around
Black vinyl roof

Interior:
BMW Performance shift knob
BMW Performance shift boot
Ziza LED lighting
Coby black/white stitching alcantra shift & ebrake boots

Engine:
None yet

Suspension:
BC BR coilovers 8/12kg springs (20damp front, 23 damp rears)
Z4M FCAB’s

Future plans:
More maintenance
Euro clears
BMW performance pedals
AA or Bimmerbrake headers
Grey suede headliner
Alcantara Coby wheel
CF CSL trunk
Maybe a set of LM's or CSL wheels

This is how she currently sits
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Awesome.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing her journey with us.


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Love the ambers btw.

"No flamesuit required"

Almost looks like 4 front rotors in the above pic.

"No flamesuit required"

Thanks guys! My clears are actually supposed to be coming in tomorrow so I'll probably be swapping them as soon as they get here :thumbup

Car really looks great. Especially like the BBS addition and feel that the contrast works quite well against the AW paint! Curious, did/do you plan to attack the headliner redo yourself, or do you have a shop that did it for you? (Need to do something with my E36 headliner soon which is starting to drop for the second time around...). Anyway, look forward to more progress and updates on your AW beast!

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Originally Posted by brettbimmer

Car really looks great. Especially like the BBS addition and feel that the contrast works quite well against the AW paint! Curious, did/do you plan to attack the headliner redo yourself, or do you have a shop that did it for you? (Need to do something with my E36 headliner soon which is starting to drop for the second time around...). Anyway, look forward to more progress and updates on your AW beast!

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Thanks! I originally planned on doing the headliner myself but I haven't had much free time to get something like the headliner done. If I can get a solid weekend in then I'll DIY it, if not, I'll just have a shop do it. I was quoted $375 to do the headliner and all pillars in grey suede vs $100 or less for DIY.

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Originally Posted by poke08

Thanks! I originally planned on doing the headliner myself but I haven't had much free time to get something like the headliner done. If I can get a solid weekend in then I'll DIY it, if not, I'll just have a shop do it. I was quoted $375 to do the headliner and all pillars in grey suede vs $100 or less for DIY.

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Personally I think it's a PITA and a massive amount of time consumed doing all that yourself. For $375, I'd absolutely have the shop do it. Hell, it costs in that range just to buy new pillars...