Tyler's 04 slicktop 6spd Silvergrey MCS/Brembo/CSL/Karbonius/Nogaros/Supersprint

[KhanArt]

Nice, looks like you have been busy too.

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[liam821]

I need those seats!! Looking good my dude.

[Tbonem3]

Thank you. I can only speak about Nogaros on OE manual sliders using BK setup. The passenger side seems to scoot a little farther forward, but both sides are pretty difficult to get behind. And I'm not a big guy, pretty slender. It's not ideal tbh. Perhaps there's a way to mount them differently that would create more space. Oh, and I have them in the more reclined position, so that makes it a hair tighter too (it's not that tilted tho)

[///Mad///Man]

Awesome build, if you slide the seats all the way forward can you still access the rear seats and some one could sit back there? Thinking about these seats or the speedsters. Thanks!

[Tbonem3]

Thank you! I only will swap OE sect 2 for CSL green stamp sect 2 (actually I may try a resonated X pipe just for fun sometime purely for sound reasons)

April 2020

Finally got around to installing some software and buying a license from Martyn for the binary tool. My car's already been coded by other people for almost everything I want, but my goal here is to play with the throttle settings and view flash counter (Martyn's most recent tool).



May 2020

Originally, I didn't do a great job routing my Turner IAT harness. I finally got around (I should name this thread "I finally... ) to cleaning the area up and I routed the IAT wiring along the same path as the factory wiring in the area for the cleanest look I can do I think:



June 2020

Interior work. I guess I should have bought a new set of carpets back at this point in time (hindsight, before they ran out), but I just wanted to refresh the look of the driver side one. I used soap and water to clean it, then I used my old E36 "back to black" trim dye to darken it to look newer.



Looks ok



July 2020 more interior work

Finally decided to just rip out the tint. I've always liked tint, being in Socal, but as I've been making the car more OE/CSL looking, the tint is detracting from the look and just now looks cheap/ghetto to me. At first, I was thinking I'd have to pay someone, but it ended up being very easily actually, just using a heat gun (or hairdrier). Thanks to liam821 for tint removal info. Didn't need steam. I did use windex/water mixture to lube as I went. Almost all of it came out in whole sections, luckily. The tint is 3m, and was applied in 2010, so it's not like it was recent and that's why it came off super easily.

Used a razor blade to get the corners started (heat first)





Some little bits might get caught in the window trim. I used a razor to hold the trim off the glass, then pulled/dragged the little bits of film/adhesive with windex soaked Q-tips.



Clean



Driver side





The rear is the hardest. To make it easier (access), and because I've never cleaned/touched this area, I pulled the rear shelf.

OGs will know about the tennis balls



The good side effect of having tint for so long, for a car that was not always garaged, is that my interior is in good shape and this rear shelf isn't too faded. I was thinking of dying/spraying it, but....



After a good wash (water/drop of dish soap), it got a little darker and matches the other interior fabrics perfectly, so I don't want it black black.



Removed more weight. These are part of the child restraint sys. No car seat in this car lol
303'd the rear vent/trim



I had done this years prior, but got a picture of it now. I put some closed cell sound foam under the rear bench to quiet down the diff whine and overall road noise. I've said it before, but my goal for the car is that fine line between hardcore and BMW luxury/class. This doesn't add any weight.



Along the same lines, I added some sound deadening to the rear panel and the speaker cones.



Light weight sound blocking foam on top of the BMW foam



Rear Tint C pillars removed as well



Center shade cover has been cracked and warped a while, so finally got a new one



Pretty clean! I don't run rear headrests



Obligatory Nogaros shot. Tasty



FISHBOWL:

[skristedja]

Great progress on my favorite build! And I totally agree on the resonated section 2 comment - stock section 2 for the win.

[Tbonem3]

Thanks Gary! If someone isn't partial to the exhaust note anyway, then I don't think they'd care, esp those who believe the e46 sound is crap. But I got my car to a point where I loved the note, then it got ruined - imo.

[WOLFN8TR]

Car is looking great! Interesting how the Non Res Sect 2 killed the exhaust sound. I almost went that route as everyone was saying keep the stock Sect 2 which I did. Keep up the good work. 🤙

[Tbonem3]

March 2020

More weightloss. Decided to remove my sound system. I don't drive the car much, and when I do, I want to just hear the car.

No pictures, but I do want to show what I did up front. Instead of installing the stock headunit (that wouldn't have worked anyway), i decided to delete it too and put in the OE BMW radio delete. They have a black plastic version and CF a la CSL.



I've been stuffing sound foam (closed cell, very light) into cavities and under the rear bench to reduce in cabin noise. Even though my car's a riot, I still want that luxurious quality inside.

[Tbonem3]

November 2019

I saw that Mrgizmo was selling his SS 2.5" sect 1 (catless), and bought them. I had the same pipes, but with magnaflow 200 cell cats. There was some smell, not much, but still there and i didn't really know how well flowing or quality the magnaflow substrate is, so I decided to go catless and have really good cats welded in at a later time.



The car was a hair louder and raspier afterwards, of course. Hard to say if I felt any power difference, but it did feel more responsive. Stinky-er, of course.

I also was sent a craigslist ad for the new SS dual pipe 2.5" sect2 in Chicago and the guy was willing to ship. It was the unresonated one and the price was strangely low, but I still wanted to try it. The sale went smoothly and it arrived as described! I was very excited!




New OE BMW hangers (x2)




Heat shield swap



The part was slightly used so I just cleaned up the ends that slip into sect 3.




Well, upon start-up the car seemed quieter. Pretty underwhelming. Once the car was warmed up and I started to give it the beans, I was disgusted by the sound All soul and character I was used to (both with euro setup and ss stepped) was gone. It sounded like a big vacuum cleaner, just awful. Way too much drone too (it was the unres ver.).

My advice: get res over non res.

Swapped back to stock immediately. (already sold)

[Tbonem3]

Thanks Ejaz!

[0-60motorsports]

September 2019



Not sure what led me down the path to seats, probably just tired of how bad the stock ones are. I have manual seats with no adjustments to lumbar or sides, so I really slide around a lot in the stockers. After seeing the GB on M3f with Ian and HMS, I decided to do it, but didn't need any special work, so just ordered them from another vendor (who drop shipped them from HMS) at 10% off, then got the Bk mounts after seeing Ian's review esp since I have manual seats and LOVE manually sliding forward and back to get in/out of the car. I'm not super tall, but maybe long legs? cause I need to move the seat a lot.

I got the street versions in vinyl. Unfortunately, after ordering, I saw that they changed the standard stitching to white (from black/dark grey)! it looks awful! maybe it matches some old Porsche or MG or something, IDK, but it looks campy (Mariachi - 3 Amigos anyone?). I also saw the guy on M3f with the PY/grey (pristine) had tri color M stitching on his done so I ganked the idea.

I figured I may as well do both the tri stitching and the outer, so I found some nice, German! fabric ink pens:



Battery undone. Stockers out. Cleaned it up a bit.



Bases coming off



Set up for Nogaro



Fitting to Nogaros and BK mounts - don't tighten bolts until the end, keep it loose.



Ready, now zip tying the harness/cable to the rod. I also decided to just buy a cheap dummy plug for the seat electronics/sensor to make the car think someone is in the seat at all times (rather than code it).



In








Wow these seats are amazing! First, the quality is very high. The vinyl is very premium. I don’t regret it at all. The fabric/suede inserts are very nice as well, and very comfortable. I chose the more reclined position, but in all honesty, I wish it would recline a hair more. I’ll probably get used to it, but it feels like I’m sitting straight up. It is a little more difficult to shift and pull the e-brake. You can remedy that by sliding the seat back, but then engaging the clutch all the way becomes difficult. It’ll take a little getting used to. It’s totally worth it though as it literally feels like I’m driving a different car. The car feels hardcore, I don’t move. It’s point and shoot now. The car does the moving, I remain in place – it’s a very powerful feeling. The car is also now about 70lbs lighter! I love it!

I hadn't colored in the COBRA logo, but decided to a bit later:



Close up:



MOAR

Those are stunning.

[Tbonem3]

Thanks! Drop shipped from u.s. supplier HMS. They actually dropped the price a hair and added an even cheaper seat with fabric now.

[selm3]

seats look great! who did you order them from?

[Tbonem3]

Thanks, agreed!