RoyalFlushness's 2001 Imola Red E46 M3

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Next, it was time to address the paint issues. Below is the condition the paint was in when I picked it up. Notice the pealing clear coat on the rear bumper from a previous paint job the front end being peppered with stone chips. Luckily, I have a relationship with a paint shop that works on German cars and uses only Glasurit water based paint that has done amazing work on some of my other cars. The next step was to paint the entire front end, rear bumper, all trims, door handles and roof rails.




In the Shop:






Reflectors:



Front and Rear Bumpers Prepped:



Some fresh Imola on some small pieces:

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Once I got the car back to Toronto, it was time to start cleaning it up. Unfortunately the Florida sun had done it's work on the paint and there were also a number of stone chips/pealing clear coat/scrapes I wanted to address. Changing to 18's was definitely on my list of things to do, however for the time being, I wanted to get some fresh powder coat and semi slicks on the current VMR's and get some lowering springs on before switching to coilovers.

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Having owned a variety of BMW's in my lifetime, it was always a goal of mine to own an E46 M3. My second car at the moment is my E90 M3 (pictured below). It has now been reduced to a more OEM + look as my E46 has now become my summer car.



So go back to 3 years ago and I had began my search for the perfect E46 M3. Unfortunately many of the cars here in Toronto had been winter driven and had rust issues. So I took my search to Florida. Eventually I found my perfect spec (Imola Red / Pre facelift / 6MT / Coupe) and I gave a deposit and flew down to Florida to pick it up. From there I drove the car back to Toronto, imported it and embarked on the journey of bringing it back to my perfect version of OEM +. Pictured below is the car when I purchased it in Florida.




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Frankie