RoyalFlushness's 2001 Imola Red E46 M3

[Inizes]

Generally not fan of black wheels but damn those look good. Running a spacer in the back?

He’s got me wanting to run these same wheels in silver on mine.

[RoyalFlushness]

Can't believe I just found this build thread today. Super clean example!

Interesting how you went from black grill and side grill and silver wheels to the complete opposite now haha
Any plans on going blacking out the chrome again?


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haha right.. Thank you! I think the mix of black/chrome in the hood vents and side grills gives the car a bit of class with an otherwise Motorsport inspired look

[RoyalFlushness]

Generally not fan of black wheels but damn those look good. Running a spacer in the back?

Never thought I would own black wheels either. Definitely a fan of how it looks on Imola. No spacer in the rear as of yet, may try to get away with a 10mm but it doesn't rub right now so may play it safe.

[RoyalFlushness]

Few goodies in from Brey Krause Auto. Little hint at what's to come

[timmo]

Nice! What seat are you going with? I bought the exact same mount back in February, which will hopefully be paired with a Pro 2000 I might be grabbing this weekend

[Sharocks]

Nogaros? Looks good on the new wheels!

[Tbonem3]

I'll say recaro PP maybe ABE. Those aren't Nogaro brackets.

[RoyalFlushness]

I'll say recaro PP maybe ABE. Those aren't Nogaro brackets.

Spot on my friend haha. Euro Pole Position ABE's.

[RoyalFlushness]

Little quarantine Project of mine finally coming to fruition. When I go to install my Recaro's I want to be able to remove the factory seats without having to remove or modify the factory power sliders at all. To do that, I sourced some old manual e46 sedan seats and took some winter weekend days to sand down the rails and get them to factory. One of the other benefits of using donor seats when being able to rip the factory occupancy sensor out so I could use it under my Recaros instead of an emulation module.

Before:



After:

[RoyalFlushness]

This weekend I ripped out the old rotten headliner to install my fresh headliner bits as well as removed the decomposed sound deadening under the rear rear seats.


Fresh airbag stickers:

[Mike0032]

Little quarantine Project of mine finally coming to fruition. When I go to install my Recaro's I want to be able to remove the factory seats without having to remove or modify the factory power sliders at all. To do that, I sourced some old manual e46 sedan seats and took some winter weekend days to sand down the rails and get them to factory. One of the other benefits of using donor seats when being able to rip the factory occupancy sensor out so I could use it under my Recaros instead of an emulation module.

This is good stuff, love retrofits like this.

[RoyalFlushness]

Seats arrived from Germany:

[Mike0032]

Is the Recaro logo on the headrest a vinyl sticker?

[RoyalFlushness]

Is the Recaro logo on the headrest a vinyl sticker?

No they aren't stickers. They are painted to the faux leather. IIRC there was a guy on the Porsche forums that scrubbed off the lettering with a brush and some product.

[RoyalFlushness]