Planned mods and direction

[jet_dogg]

I know people mention throughout various threads what they're planning to do to their cars but I think it would be nice to have a localized thread for that.

What mods are you planning? Has your direction changed where you want to make it make it more or less track focused? Obviously we're all keeping these cars forever.

The internet is a dangerous place, now I'm looking at carbon fenders 😂

[keljos]

Still pretty new to the community having owned my '04 M3 for less than 12months. Originally liked the idea of keeping pretty close to stock, although the lust has already become too strong for aftermarket parts. My car will mainly be a street car, and my philosophy is to buy-once cry-once with a high bar for aftermarket parts. Have been slowly sourcing parts and have done very little thus far outside of some various OEM replacement parts & maintenance.

Installed:
-Alcantara Steering Wheel, shifter and e-brake boot (Coby Wheel)
-F10 M5 lighted shift knob
-OEM CSL Boot Lid

Purchased:
-SS Sport Muffler
-Karbonius CSL Intake & OEM Flap
-CarboProject CSL style rear diffuser
-BlueBus
-Staggered Arc-8R (brushed clear)
-AutoSolutions AutoX SSK

Planned:
--SS V1 Stepped Headers & Section 1 (catted)
--SS sec 2 w/ resonator
--BBK w/ new rotors & calipers (specifics TBD)
--repair very broken sunroof

[jet_dogg]

^excellent start my friend, luckily I never had a sunroof to worry about!

Always recommend to drive the car stock for a little while but it just so happens that stock sux after awhile. Welcome to the club homie.

[Obioban]

I'm running out of things I want to do

... well, I say that, but then something new like the Slonik plate comes along that I have to have.

[jbfrancis3]

I think the top 5 mods loved /didnt love thread [great thread btw] would be a great place to go looking. Mods planned by someone would be of a lot less interest to me; tell me what you actually did, did it work as expected, and would you do it again?

[Tbonem3]

More weight loss. More hardcore.

[MTiz]

I get the strong urge to mod and then look at the prices of stuff and then the urge goes away lol. It's also very easy to get overwhelmed looking at all the aftermarket parts available for our cars and some of the crazy builds on here. Thankfully my car came with some high-quality mods already installed so I'm saving some money there.

Installed already
- Bluetooth connection
- KW V2's
- SS Section 3 w/rasp pipe
- SSK

Bought
- Rennline phone mount
- Apex 12mm/15mm Spacers


Future
- Work Meister S1 or TE37's (way down the line, $$$)
- Imola Red Interior Swap ($$$$)
- CSL Airbox (Karbonius? Turner? $$$)
- Headers + tune (I like RkTunes)
- Subframe reinforcement (soon I promise)
- I kind of want a Navi unit but the stock radio is fine too
- Eventually full respray

Besides the subframe which I want done this winter or next summer, I'm not in a rush to do any of this stuff as it's thousands and thousands of dollars each. I'll start stockpiling parts for that soon as well as start looking for an Imola interior come the fall.

[usdmej]

currently at a crossroads where i want to do more auto-x and track days, but the mods that got me here (aggressive suspension, sticky tires) make the car really annoying to drive on the street

the m3 ethos has always been jack of all trades, but at this point I'm just bothered by how it's a master of none

[oceansize]

I have a CarboProject CSL diffuser arriving soon and after that all of my modifications are complete. Suspension, drivetrain, ICE, exterior (wheels etc), and interior are all brand new or very very close to new.

I'm not interested in modifying engine or transmission internals nor am I interested in a CSL intake as I'm FI (but mildly so, low boost). My focus is making the car as close to perfect as possible. In that vein I'm having the car re-sprayed this year now that I installed my new (yes actual new nappa leather) Imola interior.

Edit: With that said I'm always on the lookout for a second e46 m3 and then I will start all over again, so there's that. lol

[Lip]

I wanted a CSL the car first came out so I've been building a CSL-inspired car. Next up is CSL roof (karbonius) and SS full exhaust w/ stepped headers and oversized sec 2. After that, It'll be a full custom interior with recaro PP ABE and maybe a half cage.

Recently, I've been throwing around the idea of a GT3 because I'm approaching my financial goals much quicker than expected + EV adoption seems inevitable. I'd give up the E46 but it would be a shame since I've put a lot of hours into the project.

[erickhoyos]

It’s been a struggle with what I want my car to be because I don’t know what it should be. At first it was all stance with wide wheels and at some point I gave up the stance life and wanted a drag car?? I raised the car and put NT01s in the rear and was about to buy 4:10 gear but it just didn’t make any sense so I gave up and I think I want to just have a comfortable street car with a few mods like Eventuri intake, brake kit, x pipe sect. 2. Not really concerned with any cosmetics except for CSL trunk.

I also might just have it sit for a while if I get a second car which would be my new daily driver, an Acura RSX Type-S. Would like a bit of a break from daily driving the M3.

[m3nt0s]

I'm very happy with all my mods, now I just need to keep up with maintenance as time and miles fly by.

[jet_dogg]

I'm running out of things I want to do

... well, I say that, but then something new like the Slonik plate comes along that I have to have.

I feel like I'm getting there fast even though I just started back up so I've been wandering the corners of the web looking for new shit.

Think I'm going to have him throw the carbon wall in my order so at least I'll have it if I end up installing it.

[Obioban]

I certainly didn’t get there fast. 17 years of tweaking and I’m just starting to feel like I have everything really dialed in.

[jet_dogg]

18 years here but only half of that time obsessing, the other half I just tired of the m3 and thought about selling it several times

I've decided to just do all the things I always wanted to do and then just enjoy it in peak form.