Charlie's ///M Project Thread

[cakM3]

The radiator support: Is there a structural/handling advantage to the heavy duty radiator support or do you need that to do the fan conversion?

Stiffen up the chassis more. I was all about that since I’m taking the front end apart. Might as well upgrade while doing maintenance

Thanks to all for your complements


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[WOLFN8TR]

That’s much more important if you ask me Gary! You can’t put a price in sharing with family.

That is true plus we made the news!

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[cakM3]

That is true plus we made the news!

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That's awesome Gary!

[330i ZHP]

Great updates Charlie

[cakM3]

Great updates Charlie

thanks Stuart! Best part of owning several nice cars... when I take one completely off-line for much needed maintenance/mods I can take my time working on it

[cakM3]

Looks like among other things that I have planned for my ///M for this upcoming winter project, I will be changing out my mirror motors as well...

I will be getting full auto-fold OEM E46 M3 side mirrors over the winter to integrate into my ///M. More in store for my ///M project boys and girls...

[nextelbuddy]

Looks like among other things that I have planned for my ///M for this upcoming winter project, I will be changing out my mirror motors as well...

I will be getting full auto-fold OEM E46 M3 side mirrors over the winter to integrate into my ///M. More in store for my ///M project boys and girls...

thats awesome! so are you just going to cut all the retrofit BS and just buy a new set of euro power fold mirrors brand new and not mess with the silly power fold motor retrofit stuff?

if you go the retrofit route, i know a guy on the M5 boards that parts out M5s for a loving and always has bad power fold motors that have stripped gears. the motors are a direct fit and wire for M3s as well and you just need a $50ish gear repair kit form ebay/amazon. the power fold motors usually go for around $60-120 for a pair + $100 for 2 gear repair kits.

I think the euro power fold mirrors with out glass from BMW are around $700ish each mirror so around $1400 for a pair unless you get some kind of super cool snazzy discount.

[Sockethead]

Damn I wish I knew about that repair kit when we had the E53!

[cakM3]

thats awesome! so are you just going to cut all the retrofit BS and just buy a new set of euro power fold mirrors brand new and not mess with the silly power fold motor retrofit stuff?

if you go the retrofit route, i know a guy on the M5 boards that parts out M5s for a loving and always has bad power fold motors that have stripped gears. the motors are a direct fit and wire for M3s as well and you just need a $50ish gear repair kit form ebay/amazon. the power fold motors usually go for around $60-120 for a pair + $100 for 2 gear repair kits.

I think the euro power fold mirrors with out glass from BMW are around $700ish each mirror so around $1400 for a pair unless you get some kind of super cool snazzy discount.

These mirrors are OEM E46 M3 Euro autofold side mirrors. No retrofitting. They are plug and play unless they are painted another color. If that's the case then all I have to do is swap out base plates and mirror housings from one motor to the other. This is easy... The wiring harness and mirror control switch necessary to take advantage of the auto fold feature are already installed in my M3.

One other thing to add is I will also be swapping out my coilovers for a fresh set with Swift Spring upgrades over the winter months... so lots in store for my very special ///M

[330i ZHP]

Looking forward to updates