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

[eforty6_m3]

Ya I stole it from another! Little things...

So true! And it's been stolen...just swapped out this afternoon, as a matter of fact. Cheers man!

[KhanArt]

Very nice! I want to paint my trim Piano black one day...

[Tbonem3]

You know, with the prices on some of this trim, I bet a good body shop could do a great job for a fair price! Maybe bmw black sapphire paint? My friend has trim repainted by a shop to match the stock titan, but I actually think it looks better than stock. It was years ago, don't remember price.

[rbg]

Tyler does that LED brake light cover just pops down or you need to move somehow? I see there are tow "hooks" above the "door" clips on your photo.

[Tbonem3]

The soft cover ya, but the light fixture requires more technical removal

[KhanArt]

You know, with the prices on some of this trim, I bet a good body shop could do a great job for a fair price! Maybe bmw black sapphire paint? My friend has trim repainted by a shop to match the stock titan, but I actually think it looks better than stock. It was years ago, don't remember price.

Great idea on the black sapphire, I had a F30 that was black sapphire. The metalic flakes should pop when nicely polished.

[Tbonem3]

July 2018

I was thinking of my brakes, and the little mods to make them better like brass guide pins, euro pads/rotors, etc., but I then started researching 996 Brembo conversions. Turns out, if you DIY it all, it's very affordable. I ordered rotors/pads from FCPeuro for future replacement, brackets and lines from ECS, and a set of used Boxster S calipers from a dismantler.

My father is a machinist, so he took care of the front mounts for me. I DIY'd the paint job and install. I'll post some photos, but real info/details can be found in my DIY thread: https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/m...bbk-conversion












While installing the fronts, I first took the opportunity to replace the hub (bearings) with OE FAG.



OLD

NEW



Rears






D737 vs. D738






I've learned a lot since then, so what I've posted here has changed. I've refinished my set a few times now, chasing perfection. I also went with Rallyroad brackets for the front to drop weight (half the weight of CM).

Latest version:



My favorite thing about this "BBK" is the weight loss (unsprung weight). The car feels lighter overall, and very tossable and fun. Looks are there too of course, not gonna lie, especially after I worked out how to get my perfect yellow finish. For street use, braking isn't that much of an upgrade, actually. OE brakes are touchier (esp zcp), work better cold and better initial bite IMO. These brakes shine once up to temp and after repeated stops, which is what suits me for my car's use. The pedal feel is insanely firm as well. I'm using OE Porsche comp textar & ate pads. Fluid is ATE Type200 (higher boiling point).

[Steve]

The attention to detail is inspiring, great work!

[Tbonem3]

Thank you Steve!

[Stock_E46_M3]

Hi Tyler. Jimmy here, just got on here lol

[Tbonem3]

oh_look_a_jimmy

[Stock_E46_M3]

oh_look_a_jimmy

Should have used that name ! LOL

[Tbonem3]

August 2018

I was getting tired of the 4.10s and found a fellow member who wanted to buy it where I could inherit their stock diff. At my mileage, my original diff's LSD was toast, so if i was gonna go back to stock, I wanted a lower mileage diff as I know how important a working LSD is to the dynamics of this car. I also wanted to get more than -1.7 camber in the rear. I had been keeping an eye on adjustable LCAs, mainly aluminum for weight savings, when I got lucky and saw a vendor mis-list some eibach/SPC alloy arms on Amazon for the steel price (half). They quickly re-upped the price after I purchased

Lubed up. Wrote wrench sizes for easy alignment









If your socket wrench isn't slender enough, as you're backing out the rear diff bolts (etorx e12?), an 11mm iirc, offset box end wrench fits perfectly!



Late night swapping by myself When you've done it before, recently, it's not too bad. This stock diff had 71k which I was happy with. I swapped my diff cover back over since it has the AKG poly bushings. Used a new gasket, a new gasket for the drive shaft end, and then new OE SAF XJ + fm booster fluid.



This is why you must remove or loosen, and lean back the diff to R&R control arms (well, the long bolt). The passenger side has enough room iirc, but the driver side doesn't.



Matched exact length to maintain alignment



Leverage; my old friend, Archimedes.





Shiny



With how few miles the car gets, I'm on annual oil changes now.

[JudahJD904]

I love the attention to detail, it takes me back to my military days of cleaning window sills with windex and q-tips and polishing brass pipes with brasso and wool pads 😂.

[Tbonem3]

Thanks. Sounds like you get it 😆. For me, it was scotch brite pads and wd-40. Polishing the pipes on my dirtbikes, as ritual. The e46 m3 is a perfect segue for me and my "tendencies"