Liam821's Phoenix Yellow

[liam821]

Just finished reading all 8 pages. Hell of a nice build, Liam! Love the interior work!

Phx Yellow is such a good looking color. I hated it when I first saw it. Now I love it. I guess in this regard it's very similar to beer. 🤠

I'm in the middle of a tear down on my car - only thing left is the carpets and dash. How hard was the dash to get out? Seems like once the steering wheel is out of the way, it's pretty straightforward.

Sorry about the slow reply. Honestly getting the dash out is really easy. Everything is very straightforward and there is only a handful of screws. Looks like you got your answers on the carpet - it comes out easy except for you need to cut out around the hvac system or remove it which sucks since you need to drain the a/c and disconnect the heater coolant lines.

And thanks, I'm pretty partial to PY too!

[ChapterM3]

Just found your build thread after seeing your Aston Martin calipers on another thread, this is incredible - I only finished page 1 but will get into the rest later, what a build! Thanks for sharing!

[0-60motorsports]

Great Build thread!

[0-60motorsports]

They are brand new. I bought them from Scuderia Car Parts USA which is a US importer of Aston, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc parts. You can get them, brand new, in yellow, red, black, grey, and silver. Mine are silver. They are direct from Aston and include the two brake pad pinch hardware and spring plate.

https://www.scuderiacarparts.com/par.../151/659/23823

Make sure to select a right and left caliper. I paid $394/each plus shipping and duties. Came out to about $975. I was going to get them used, but after shipping, I was looking at $600-800 and then would most likely have to replace all the seals and have them repainted. So it was a wash. I'm not sure keen on the Aston Martin logo...I wanted them to say Brembo, but I'll deal with that at a later date. The calipers are also used on the V8 Vantage as well as the DB9, also the Audi TTRS 8J model or RS3 8P model (but you will have to flip the calipers since they are reversed from Audi).

You can also buy them from Vagbremtechnic (the place you buy the brackets from) and they come out to about the same price, although shipping might be a bit more. But they'll do custom colors and logos if you want.

https://www.vagbremtechnic.com/front...lipers-bk0014/

For the money, I think this kit is hard to beat. With new CSL/ZCP rotors & pads (from FCP with a lifetime warranty), you're looking at under $1500 all in. The Aston calipers have the same piston size as the older $4000 Brembo 355mm 4-pot setup for the e46m3 and you don't have to machine the calipers like you do with the Porsche. They also look better, IMHO.

Buildjournal has a nice review here: https://thebuildjournal.com/reviews/...e46-m3-review/

Thats awesome! Thanks for posting this info, in the future i plan to get an M3 vert for the Misses so this brake upgrade will be great!

[liam821]

Thats awesome! Thanks for posting this info, in the future i plan to get an M3 vert for the Misses so this brake upgrade will be great!

You're welcome. Just in case you don't know, VBT (vagbremtechnic.com) does NOT ship to the US anymore and I'm not sure if you can buy those adapters anywhere else in the US - at least not that I know of. BuildJournal has another option that is very similar here: https://thebuildjournal.com/shop/bmw...it-kit-e46-m3/ although they're out of stock a lot of the time.

[0-60motorsports]

You're welcome. Just in case you don't know, VBT (vagbremtechnic.com) does NOT ship to the US anymore and I'm not sure if you can buy those adapters anywhere else in the US - at least not that I know of. BuildJournal has another option that is very similar here: https://thebuildjournal.com/shop/bmw...it-kit-e46-m3/ although they're out of stock a lot of the time.

Thanks for the update bud. I am In Bahrain so thats ok.

[usedjeans]

Hi liam821 I've been following your build thread for quite some time and it was actually linked from your ITB trumpet thread.
Your build has inspired me to do the same.
I was able to download the file for the trumpet clamps.. do you happen to also have the file for the catch can or would you be willing to share it?

Thanks!

Eugene

[liam821]

Hi liam821 I've been following your build thread for quite some time and it was actually linked from your ITB trumpet thread.
Your build has inspired me to do the same.
I was able to download the file for the trumpet clamps.. do you happen to also have the file for the catch can or would you be willing to share it?

Thanks!

Eugene

I ended up not using the catch can, it needed a bunch more modification to fit correctly. I now just use an off the shelf metal catch can, and changed the routing of some of the PVC lines. I go from the crank case and fuel breather into a catch can, the output of the catch can goes into a T, with one end of that to a filter and the other goes into the ICV (idle control valve). This method sucks in all the PCV oily air right back into the engine so I don't smell it and still allows the ICV to suck more air if needed.

With all that said, you're welcome to have the STL catch-can file and modify it, but now it needs a bit more work. PM me if you still want it.