Hello all,
I’ll start off by saying I’m glad we got another forum up and running so soon. Of course, as soon as I picked up my car the forums went down. Anyways, onto the story.
I’ve been looking for an E46 M3 for around a year now. My criteria was that the car had to be a coupe, and it had to have a manual transmission. A couple months ago I finally found my car, a 2002 Carbon Black M3, manual, with 148,000 miles on it. It was priced near the top of the market, at $14,500, however after some negotiation I got the seller down to $13,000. On February 29th, I flew down to Atlanta and set off on my 1,500+ mile journey home. Besides from a few issues I wasn’t aware of, mostly cosmetic, the car has been rock solid.
When I purchased the car, it already had the following done to it:
Sorry in advance if my pictures are all out of wack, I’ll have to get used to uploading pictures here. I had to downgrade their quality or else the forum wouldn’t let me upload them. I’ll figure out a better way to upload them in the future, in the mean time enjoy my shitty pictures.
I’ll start off by saying I’m glad we got another forum up and running so soon. Of course, as soon as I picked up my car the forums went down. Anyways, onto the story.
I’ve been looking for an E46 M3 for around a year now. My criteria was that the car had to be a coupe, and it had to have a manual transmission. A couple months ago I finally found my car, a 2002 Carbon Black M3, manual, with 148,000 miles on it. It was priced near the top of the market, at $14,500, however after some negotiation I got the seller down to $13,000. On February 29th, I flew down to Atlanta and set off on my 1,500+ mile journey home. Besides from a few issues I wasn’t aware of, mostly cosmetic, the car has been rock solid.
When I purchased the car, it already had the following done to it:
- WPC coated bearings @ 142,000 miles
- Subframe reinforcement plates welded in
- Mason bar installed in the rear, for extra bracing
- Vanos has been gone through
- Most, if not all of the bushings in the car have been replaced
- Euro headers
- Euro cats
- ZHP yellow tag steering rack
- Stiffer adjustable sway bars
- Lowering springs
- Auto-solutions short shifter
- UUC clutch pedal
- UUC clutch (rated for 1000hp, heavy AF!)
- OEM M-performance brake boot / knob
- Federal EVO ST1’s, 235/40r18 F, 265/35r18 R
- OEM alcantera shift boot
- OEM ZHP shift knob
- Clear corner lights
- Clear side lights
- Replaced the quarter window wether stripping
- New tie rods
- StopTech slotted & drilled rotors
- StopTech OE style pads
- StopTech stainless steel brake lines
- New fender liner (drivers side forward section)
- New brake duct (drivers side)
- New front bumper, painted carbon black
- New M3 badge, my old one fell off
- Euro center console delete
- Coilovers (let me know if you have an old set you need to get rid of!)
- OEM A-pillars
- OEM C-pillars
- Colby wrapped alcantera steering wheel
- Quarter window gaskets
Sorry in advance if my pictures are all out of wack, I’ll have to get used to uploading pictures here. I had to downgrade their quality or else the forum wouldn’t let me upload them. I’ll figure out a better way to upload them in the future, in the mean time enjoy my shitty pictures.
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