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Being a deadbeat dad somewhere. Went out for cigarettes a few years ago and haven't seen him since. WHAT IF WE LIVED IN THE SAME CITY AND NEVER HUNG OUT LMAO


@squashman702 I picked up the car...

Thanks guys! Definitely not worth it lol. Should have either stuck with eBay headers and bolted on the Borla, or bought the full Schmiedmann exhaust. I didn't do the latter because I read some...

After a several month hiatus, we're back on the exhaust project. What was I doing in the meantime?
- travelling all over the US
- wrecking work vehicles/getting a new work vehicle
- buying a...

Side quest!

When I get stuck for while on a frustrating project like the exhaust, I tend to find a smaller side project to dive into. It gets me back into the flow of working in the garage and...

Next up was to figure out how I was going to mate the headers to the rest of the exhaust. Here is what I was looking at:
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Never updated y'all on my exhaust adventure from a year ago so here we go:

The plan was to make the Schmiedmann equal length headers mate up to the Borla catback exhaust system. I knew it would as...

Had the windshield on the wife's touring replaced the other day. I was out there chatting with the installer and talking about the old racer's trick of using window weld to fill gaps in rubber mounts...

I never posted about it but two years ago I dropped the whole subframe out of the car and rebuilt it piece by piece. Every bushing got replaced. I went with solid aluminum subframe bushings from...

New project: top adjustable Koni yellows

The E46 never got a top adjustable rear in the Koni yellow kit because the little bitch baby OE rear shock mounts only accept a 10mm shaft which is too...

Posting a big thanks to @Galapolis for his help a few Saturdays ago. Dude drove 2.5 hrs, worked his ass off for like 7 more, then drove back. Hell I didn't even feed him.

We got my solid aluminum...

Just came across these that I don't think I ever posted. Playing w corner weights on stock springs:...

Looks like I never posted my feedback on the Mason clutch pedal, so heres a throwback to January 2020 when I posted these pics on the now-defunct m3forum.

I had both pedals out of the car, so...

Thanks man! Just found this pic too -- 50lb savings over the chonkin stock size battery!

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It definitely threw off...

Lmao in this shitbox? A wet fart would total the car

I'm hoping the 0.5-1.0 inch drop from swapping to manual bases will be enough for me. If not, then I'll bust the Corbeau A4's out of storage...

Yep, I used the Mewant and actually like the fake leather better than the real (grippier, stretches better, doesn't wrinkle up near the stitching).

I was also thinking about painting the trim but...

Plug and play bro! Pop the airbag out, disconnect the electrical connectors from the clockspring, remove the center bolt, install the e85 wheel the same way. Takes me <5 mins to swap them.

You'll...

Nah, unfortunately you need to source an airbag too.

Looks like I paid $275 for a multifunction wheel + airbag on eBay. Ideally the leather is worn but the buttons are in good shape (or you could...

I had a little left in the can and wanted to get some value out of it so I popped off my 4 year old side markers that were showing just a little touch of yellow on the tops:
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I can't remember did you wetsand/polish after? I went stupid heavy on my last two coats on the mirrors so I would have enough thickness to sand out some of the crap and polish them back to shiny.The...

Dude the tub rinsed clean!

2k is truly amazing at making a shitty paint job shineI have a bottle of 1 part clear coat touch up you can try. I'm wishing I had done that for the small spot on my...

Today's theme is CLEAR COAT

Cleared some M3 mirrors and bases that I spent 6 weeks prepping and painted last week:

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Maybe one day lol

The Corbeaus are doing a great job of sitting in my storage unit. I was surprised at how narrow they are. Still want to try one out if I find the time to finish the slider...

Man I never update this thread but did want to post up a data point in that I managed to do a Shark Injector restore tonight (pulled the programming, reloaded stock) with my little lithium battery...

Love my mf'n pinstripez



OE e46 M3 mirrors are ~150g less than stock so I'm trying to decide if I like them and can lighten them any. Not sure about either.

In other news, I'm still rocking the e36m ebay rep mirrors. I'll throw a bunch of pics here since I can't remember what thread I had posted them in.
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