03.5 LSB on LSB 6MT Restoration / Progress Journal

[SGM330]

LSB/LSB M3's are so hot right now. Considering how clean yours is, I would bet you could go for $50k+.

I appreciate the kind words! I was following that auction rather closely. I'll either sell mine privately or list it on BAT when I'm ready to move on. I have a number of people are continuously ask me to sell but I'm just not ready yet. This car is so good all around!

[Albino09]

LSB/LSB M3's are so hot right now. Considering how clean yours is, I would bet you could go for $50k+.

[akshon]

Those wheels are awesome.

[SGM330]

very clean restoration. did you wrap your interior trim with carbon or is it real carbon pieces

Thanks for the kind words everyone! Jimmy - It's real carbon and not a wrap.

I spent the weekend applying leatherique to my seats and did a quick shampoo to the carpets. All that's left for the interior is getting some OEM carpet mats, new center console and an F10 M5 knob/boot









Washed the car and met up with some friends the following night

[Jimmy_L]

very clean restoration. did you wrap your interior trim with carbon or is it real carbon pieces

[CrisSilberGrau]

Doing gods good work over here, well done, inspiring level of work. I should start a journal too soon.

[Raym3]

I mainly did it because I would hate for a shop to break/damages clips or any misc part and I'm unaware of it. I enjoy the look of a stock trunk for now and had a SG CSL diffuser but ended up selling it. I will purchase a MileEnd CSL diffuser next year most likely.

Recently detailed the entire car and did a partial front end PPF wrap!

Nice car. Love the colour.

[EYEHAVEYOU]

That was the roughest steering wheel I'd ever seen, but what a transformation. Glad to see such a special car get saved.

[SGM330]

great work ! love the fact that you tore it apart and put it back together yourself for the paintjob. saves a lot on labor and you know it was put back together with attention to detail. surprised you didnt go with CSL trunk and rear diffuser??

You should clear bra the entire front end and rear 1/4 before you start accumulating rock chips

I mainly did it because I would hate for a shop to break/damages clips or any misc part and I'm unaware of it. I enjoy the look of a stock trunk for now and had a SG CSL diffuser but ended up selling it. I will purchase a MileEnd CSL diffuser next year most likely.

Recently detailed the entire car and did a partial front end PPF wrap!

[SGM330]

Excellent car. Congrats on the progress.

How do you like the Avin? Any issues?

Thanks! No issues so far and I love how it looks as close as oem as possible with all the added features.

[Maxima SE]

great work ! love the fact that you tore it apart and put it back together yourself for the paintjob. saves a lot on labor and you know it was put back together with attention to detail. surprised you didnt go with CSL trunk and rear diffuser??

You should clear bra the entire front end and rear 1/4 before you start accumulating rock chips

[bmw m3 s50]

Excellent car. Congrats on the progress.

How do you like the Avin? Any issues?

[SGM330]

Took some time over the last week to install my back up camera. I'm not a fan of the ones that go in the license plate as it looks very aftermarket to me and I wanted something a little cleaner.

There was a section in the trunk handle that was perfect for this install, right next to the last mounting hole. Drilled a hole and inserted the camera with the provided gasket and tightened it down.




Once the camera was installed, I trimmed along side the top of the handle to tuck in the wire. I installed the OEM handle gasket and re-installed it on the car.





Done

[SGM330]

Thanks everyone!

Who did your interior carbon fiber work?

There someone local here in Toronto who does the work. The carbon work was done on my existing trim.

[0-60motorsports]

Loving the wheels