Goin' HAM3: An E90 M3 story

[UdubBadger]

In case some (most) missed it, I picked up an E90 M3 last weekend and have been demanded by several to create a thread for the build. Lol.

This car will be my daily driver as WEGOHAM the E46 M3 retires for track/Sunday duty. I was driving a great 328xi wagon as a daily but I have just found out that I want more performance out of my daily (because I found myself always wanting to drive the other M3 anyway). A little raise at work kinda helped too so here we go. Who knows maybe it's a bad idea but only 1 way to find out.

So here are the details.

08 E90 M3
DCT trans (friendly in traffic)
Alpine White
Black Leather with Aluminum Trim
Premium pkg
Cold Weather pkg
iDrive
EDC equipped
Sunroof
61k miles and enthusiast owned and maintained


Car came with a lot of mods, a good portion will be parted out to make the car my own.

Kwv3s - replaces EDC
Wedssport sa-55M wheels
CF splitters
CF boot lid (low rise)
Depo tails (yuck)
CF diffuser
PlatteformAG CF side extensions
CF oversized intake manifold cover (30% more air, 100% more HAM)
Macht Schnell test pipes
Uuc corsa cat back exhaust
Evolve tuning and coding (for exhaust)
^will likely swap for Eurocharged at some point

And maybe a few other small things I'm forgetting.

Here are some pics of how it sat at time of purchase.







And here it is with winter wheels installed and CF side skirt extensions removed.




Stay tuned.


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[Vas]

Love those Weds wheels. Thought it was pretty cool to have a JDM Euro theme car.

[TheFinanceGuy]

Awesome Seth! I've been hiding under a rock and missed this news.

[BMWCurves]

Awesome! Which parts are you planning to keep and which are you planning to get rid of?

[UdubBadger]

Weds are going for sure. I can't do 19" wheels I'm Chicago it's too risky and not comfortable. Will go with 18" apex likely.

Trunk and tails are going, doing and LCI conversion and BMW performance CF spoiler

Acs roof spoiler going (forgot to mention that one)

Side skirt extensions are already up for sale (maybe I can talk Joop into those LOL)

I'll probably part ways with the front splitters too just cuz I want to NOT scrape them up.

Undecided on the uuc corsa exhaust, would like it to be louder so ill either modify the X pipe or get a different less restrictive muffler.




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[Jconlin16]

Beautiful. Congrats! FWIW, I think it looks better with the winter setup on it!

[UdubBadger]

Well the summer set up next year will be much more M friendly offsets lol


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[Johnmadd]

2 M's... noice!

[WOLFN8TR]

You Suck!!

Congrats it's very nice.

So how is the power compared to you're E46 M3?

[UdubBadger]

You Suck!!

Congrats it's very nice.

So how is the power compared to you're E46 M3?

I can feel the difference in torque a bit (sc puts the e46 at 350ft/lb), and the e46 is also lighter but this thing is no slouch either. I might have gotten too much car for a daily lol


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