The Story of my ZHP (Lots of Pics)

[S85FTW]

I bought my 04 330CI ZHP TIAG July 01, 2008 CPO from a friends bmw dealership with 32k miles on the vehicle. Since then it has been on a long journey and endured 3 years of several trips to and from Michigan (to see my family and my fiance in dental school in Michigan). Now it has 93,000 miles and looks pretty different from the day I bought it. Below you will see pics of my mods through the years.

The day I bought it



First Mod (Rac Dyn Air Intake, AEM dryflow installed and rac dyn rear strut brace both not pictured)

Second Mod (Angel Eyes)

Third Mod (M3 Seats)

Fourth (M3 Wheels)

Fifth (Slotted Rotors all around and Pagid Performance brake pads)

Sixth (Black rear diffuser)

Seventh (CSL Rep Wheels)

Eighth (CF Hood)

Ninth (Headers)




Mods to come in the very very near future are, fully adjustable coilovers (camber, stiffness, ride height), C38 Supercharger and much much more.

[danewilson77]

Very nice. Were those seats plug and play. What all went into that? Sweet whip my man!

[S85FTW]

Yes they were forunately, I took them off an M3 with power and heated seats just like my car, so it literally was 4 bolts, plug and go.

[danewilson77]

^No sheet? Thanks

[johnrando]

Nice history of mods. Keep us posted.

[Newjack]

What kind of headers did you get? How much? Car looks sweet

[S85FTW]

I ended up getting ebay headers from someone on e46fanatics, they were quoted $750 to put them on their car, so I bought them off him for $200 and got them put on for more than half of what he was quoted. Almost everything lined up perfect, however the last bolt hole on the manifold was about 1mm off from where it should be so my mechanic had to drill a bit to get the hole to line up right.

[Rustyh]

Nice looking ride. Two things stick out for me. One, the switching out of the seats. It's been a while since I rode in an E46 M3, but one thing I especially liked about the ZHP were the seats. Are the M3 seats all that much different?

And as far as the black rear diffuser, I didn't even realize certain MY ZHP's came with anything *BUT* a black one. I seem to only recall ever seeing black ones anyway.
Learn something new every day.

Rusty

[S85FTW]

The M3 seats are not hugely different, the bolsters stick out slightly more, giving you more of a snug feel in the driver seat on the middle of your torso, the second is a smoother leather. What I was told by the owner of the dealership was that the painted diffuser was a special request of the customer before they purchased the vehicle back in 2004.

[jreyes19]

love your car
love those seats as well, are they comfortable?
thank you for sharing your awesomeness