What did you do for your M3 today?

[maupineda]

After a fistfight with the garage door, had to learn myself how to do bodywork.

Made some progress. I applied the primer, I mixed it as a surfacer. Came out good with very few dust particles. Not concerned at this point as it needs to be sanded to make it flat. The area I repaired came out ok. Not perfect, but I think I can level the primer just enough to make it invisible once colored and cleared







And this is the side I repaired.

[Mystic03]

I continued my search for a set of 219m wheels in good shape, and went down the rabbit hole of suspension options! I hope I find my way back..

[Arclitgold]

Holy moly

[SurgeSi]

Finally got my front seats finished to complete the interior...also some new rare kicks!

Long story short...I was able to source a complete ZHP coupe alcantara/laser cloth interior and extra rear seats for additional fabric. I ripped the center cloth fabric off the seats and used them to reupholster the Recaro PPs. The Laser cloth (G7AT) material appears to be the exact same as found on the M3 CSL labeled ADAT - Anthracite Reflex cloth which I thought was interesting.

Recaro Pole Position Carbon ABE w/ Anthracite Alcantara and Laser Cloth (G7AT) and a very rare set of 18" BBS FI wheels:

absolutely gorgeous!

[maupineda]

Does a timecert hold the 200NM of that bolt ? What hardness do they come in ?

I have been able to torque to 200NM no problem. Done it twice already.

[Flow]

Washed and detailed the car.

That CSL interior is drool worthy !
It's only missing the SMG to be complete

[Cubieman]

Yea my only hesitation is the bushing. After all of my wasted time and fussing back and forth over bushings, I do not want to do this job again.

I wonder if the stock bushing could be bored out enough and still have integrity?
It is mostly metal with a small bit of rubber (or whatever) around the permiter.

[Arlen4369]

Washed and detailed the car.

[Nate047]

Rouge's has a repair kit and they say on the website to only torque to 75ft lbs as the freshly cut threads are no longer hardened like the factory threads apparently.

Their kit does not use an insert, you are cutting new threads for a larger bolt.
It would be great if they had a more OEM like bushing, as that needs to be replaced as well due to change in bolt diameter.

https://www.rogueengineering.com/Rog...FIX_p_256.html

Yea my only hesitation is the bushing. After all of my wasted time and fussing back and forth over bushings, I do not want to do this job again.

[Cubieman]

I heard from a couple people that it's fine, maybe we can get an official consensus just for posterity. I dunno if there is an official repair method or what.

Rouge's has a repair kit and they say on the website to only torque to 75ft lbs as the freshly cut threads are no longer hardened like the factory threads apparently.

Their kit does not use an insert, you are cutting new threads for a larger bolt.
It would be great if they had a more OEM like bushing, as that needs to be replaced as well due to change in bolt diameter.

https://www.rogueengineering.com/Rogue-Engineering-E46-M3-Differential-Bushing-Front-Position-FIX_p_256.html

[Gt4]

Finally got my front seats finished to complete the interior...also some new rare kicks!

Long story short...I was able to source a complete ZHP coupe alcantara/laser cloth interior and extra rear seats for additional fabric. I ripped the center cloth fabric off the seats and used them to reupholster the Recaro PPs. The Laser cloth (G7AT) material appears to be the exact same as found on the M3 CSL labeled ADAT - Anthracite Reflex cloth which I thought was interesting.

Recaro Pole Position Carbon ABE w/ Anthracite Alcantara and Laser Cloth (G7AT) and a very rare set of 18" BBS FI wheels:

I think you have a problem with wheels. Let me help you , I will buy one set of E88 so you have extra space in the garage

[Projecte46m3]

Finally got my front seats finished to complete the interior...also some new rare kicks!

Long story short...I was able to source a complete ZHP coupe alcantara/laser cloth interior and extra rear seats for additional fabric. I ripped the center cloth fabric off the seats and used them to reupholster the Recaro PPs. The Laser cloth (G7AT) material appears to be the exact same as found on the M3 CSL labeled ADAT - Anthracite Reflex cloth which I thought was interesting.

Recaro Pole Position Carbon ABE w/ Anthracite Alcantara and Laser Cloth (G7AT) and a very rare set of 18" BBS FI wheels:

[Nate047]

Does a timecert hold the 200NM of that bolt ? What hardness do they come in ?

I heard from a couple people that it's fine, maybe we can get an official consensus just for posterity. I dunno if there is an official repair method or what.

[Flow]

Does a timecert hold the 200NM of that bolt ? What hardness do they come in ?

[siamkazi]

Things I didn't think I'd see today:

I was cleaning my work bench and I found this lonely washer.

E46_Diff_01 by Nate Hassler, on Flickr

I pretty much knew immediately that I had fucked up.

Screenshot 2025-10-15 at 10.28.57 PM by Nate Hassler, on Flickr

At this point, I exclaimed some four letter words because I kind of knew what was about to happen.

https://flic.kr/p/2rzBDzJ

A few moments later...

E46_Diff_03 by Nate Hassler, on Flickr

Not loving it.

https://flic.kr/p/2rzCUhL

Some nice lil shavings.

E46_Diff_05 by Nate Hassler, on Flickr

(not pictured, like 2 fucking grams more of powderized metal shavings)

E46_Diff_06 by Nate Hassler, on Flickr

THAT'S YOUR HOME, ARE YOU TOO GOOD FOR YOUR HOME??

E46_Diff_07 by Nate Hassler, on Flickr

Bonus content:

https://flic.kr/p/2rzxffw

https://flic.kr/p/2rzCWfx

Moral of the story, don't clean your work bench.

omg, the happy gilmore reference 🤣 THAT'S YOUR HOME, ARE YOU TOO GOOD FOR YOUR HOME??