Lazlo’s 2002 M3 Project

[Karl Lazlo]

Decorating with car parts like Charlie?! ;-)

Please don't judge.

[ELCID86]

Please don't judge.

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"ZHP is a garbage option anyway- just some cosmetic upgrades with a different cam and diff to claw back some of the performance lost fitting those hideous and heavy wheels. Any 330 with a 3.46 diff will smoke a ZHP every time. The whole Mafia thing reeks of childish behavior." - an e46fanatic

[Karl Lazlo]

Thanks, Charlie! My M3 has all its eyes now! BP is also more reliable than USPS.

[az3579]

Thanks, Charlie! My M3 has all its eyes now! BP is also more reliable than USPS.

You can say that again.

[cakM3]

Thanks, Charlie! My M3 has all its eyes now! BP is also more reliable than USPS.

No problem Ray! Glad I was able to help a brother out!

[Karl Lazlo]

So, visited my car today. The shop where it is has been slammed with (paying) customers. The young guy ("EB") who works on all my cars gave me a SITREP today and since I had off to take The Beast (my 7yo daughter) to her pediatrician today for her annual checkup, I figured it was a good time to have her visit, The Car With No Eyes. EB had the car up on a lift and poked, prodded and banged on stuff to find more busted / need to replace / good idea to replace gear...

The good news:

• The parts I have ordered have been spot on based on casual observation and poring over the photos like an over-caffeinated imagery analyst. To date, I have over-ordered:
  
  • AC drying unit & lines
  • Brake cooling ducts and snorkel
  • Passenger side porkchop
• No codes!
• Bushings and rubber bits look and feel good
• No leaks from the stock suspension (allows me to delay purchase, hopefully)

The bad news, he added some parts that I need and should get:

• Sway bar end links (already sourced from cakM3 - Thanks, Charlie!)
• Suggested to replace all pre and post cat O2 sensors
• Hood latch cable (forgot that)

The only outstanding parts that I still need to get:

• Cooling system refresh kit
• New F&R Brakes
• Refinish the wheels
• New meats (Mich PSS)
• Battery
• Left tail light bulb holder
• Plugs and misc filters
• Strut brace
• Hood & Bumper cover (if anyone has a line on these OE bits, please let me know)
• Waiting for my mirror to come back from radar-mirror.com for its repair

The Beast followed me in the shop, since she only saw photos of the car when she named it, The Car With No Eyes (TCWNE would be a cool custom license plate). She likes it, but questioned why Daddy has three cars. "Because Daddy has problems." Her confusion turned to excitement when the owner's Dad was in the shop and told her that it will likely be her car when she gets older. A very shady grin came across her face upon hearing that... 10 years from now, I will still hope to have my M3 and it would be pretty damn cool for her to take her road test in an almost 25 year old M3.

Here it is. Still crashed-looking but there is a bright light at the end of the tunnel. Look, the Roundel isn't even cracked! For sentimental reasons, I may leave the original Roundel installed on the new hood...

[BMWCurves]

Very cool! Sounds like you're getting attached to it quickly.

[Karl Lazlo]

Very cool!

So far, I am pretty happy. It got a clean bill of health from EB and I feel a lot better about the parts strewn about my house, and the project at this point.

Sounds like you're getting attached to it quickly.

Unfortunately, I think you may be right.

[Pip]

Can you ask EB how easy it is and what exactly needs to be removed to get to the aux fan? I can get the bumper off and figured the kevlar bar and fan protector at a minimum.

[johnrando]

Wow that's a lot of stuff. Good luck.

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