smokinfastlegend
06-15-2015, 09:36 PM
Hey yall! My name is Joe. Im not a future ZHP owner, but am fond of them.
I purchased my silbergrau beauty as a birthday gift to myself (turned 25 and after having several friends showing off their own e46 I had to get one.)
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5557/18634911659_8c69b06f11_c.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/262/18632812078_4415c0ce7a_c.jpg
Shes not a ZHP but a ZPP. I purchased her with 122k miles with unfortunately zero records (dealer) but I couldnt pass up the awesome condition of this e46. She is a 6spd and looked to be one of the best maintained cars I could have found.
Granted since owning her, I had to do several things such as diff seals, diff mounts, engine mounts, rear main seal, clutch (UUC singlemass with m5 clutch disc). I have a few things I have to do like Oil filter housing seal and a new valve cover as my gasket was replaced and is already seeping in 4k miles. I also have a vanos issue on the cross over rpm (slight stutter like the car doesnt know what cam profile to follow.)
Otherwise I absolutely love the car. I put a magnaflow exhaust on the car that I got from a very good friend, which sounds awesome except for the high rpm exhaust howl.
I am friends with theothersawyer on here, and if you have seen, he has mentioned his detailer friend. That would be me. I make cars shiney for a living, but I am not here to peddle my business, just to give tips and insight into detailing if anyone is so inclined to ask.
Thanks for reading, cant wait to see what the "family" here has in store for me.
I purchased my silbergrau beauty as a birthday gift to myself (turned 25 and after having several friends showing off their own e46 I had to get one.)
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5557/18634911659_8c69b06f11_c.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/262/18632812078_4415c0ce7a_c.jpg
Shes not a ZHP but a ZPP. I purchased her with 122k miles with unfortunately zero records (dealer) but I couldnt pass up the awesome condition of this e46. She is a 6spd and looked to be one of the best maintained cars I could have found.
Granted since owning her, I had to do several things such as diff seals, diff mounts, engine mounts, rear main seal, clutch (UUC singlemass with m5 clutch disc). I have a few things I have to do like Oil filter housing seal and a new valve cover as my gasket was replaced and is already seeping in 4k miles. I also have a vanos issue on the cross over rpm (slight stutter like the car doesnt know what cam profile to follow.)
Otherwise I absolutely love the car. I put a magnaflow exhaust on the car that I got from a very good friend, which sounds awesome except for the high rpm exhaust howl.
I am friends with theothersawyer on here, and if you have seen, he has mentioned his detailer friend. That would be me. I make cars shiney for a living, but I am not here to peddle my business, just to give tips and insight into detailing if anyone is so inclined to ask.
Thanks for reading, cant wait to see what the "family" here has in store for me.