KaiserRolls said:

The hellaflushness gave it away

I'm sponsored by StanceNation, bro.

KaiserRolls said:

Were those wheels on a s52 swapped compact by chance?

Yes they were.

Earl said:

Would need camber to fit right too haha. 17's are usually small on an e46 unless you're crazy super low (even then they look a hair small). 18's seem like the way to go

Yeah, would definitely need a roll and pull to fit the rears. 10.5" is just a little wide. The LM reps were 9.5" and they fit perfectly.

Was at my buddy's house last night and he had these 3 piece reps still after he sold the car that they were on. Figured why not throw them on and see what they look like on the car. I wish I hadn't sold my LM reps. I'm not a fan of the style of these wheels and the amount of stretch are on these, but the lips look really good, would need to come down lower to fit right.

Cleaned the wiper relay which fixed my intermittent wiper issue.

Did a lock rebuild kind of correct, it locks but I must have put one of the pieces in backwards as the key doesn't lock it still. I'll figure it out later.

Was gonna do the oil as I am 3,000 miles over the suggested mileage, got too lazy, I'll do it later.

suspenceful said:

I can't believe you had to make a parts run from Ben's shop. He has like every tool known to man in there.

That is nowhere near true! There is always room for more!

Looks good, Those AC's look mint on there. 
Glad we got it knocked out so smoothly!

I was taking pictures with my T3i last night but forgot that my new computer does not have an SD card reader on it...So I will get those up shortly.

For now, iPhone pictures:

suspenceful said:

Lol SteelBlue and GunMetalGrey. You boys sure do like your metal colors.

I can't believe you had to make a parts run from Ben's shop. He has like every tool known to man in there.

The car looks great. The front looks awesome, but I think you need side skirts of some sort now. The rest of the car isn't as aggressive as the front. The Schnitzers look good.

someone said:

The rest of the car isn't as aggressive as the front.

This was my feeling regarding the front. I think I might take the splitters off and see how it looks.

I was also surprised we had to make a parts run. However, it was a conversion extension that he had one of, but it was broken.

I can't believe you had to make a parts run from Ben's shop. He has like every tool known to man in there.

The car looks great. The front looks awesome, but I think you need side skirts of some sort now. The rest of the car isn't as aggressive as the front. The Schnitzers look good.

Snap said:

I only just realized this was Ben with a new username

The M52 is the 24v that makes the most sense to me and has always been my intended swap if I ever went 24v. Glad its working out well thus far

I am actually a friend of Ben's, we did the work at his shop. He is still GunMetalGrey

The M52 is the 24v that makes the most sense to me and has always been my intended swap if I ever went 24v. Glad its working out well thus far

Took the E30 for a good rip to Sears, I love this car. The M52 is a great engine in that chassis. 

Also,

Maybe.

Earl said:

Was the guy from West Bend? I swear Ive seen that caf around. Is he just putting it back to stock to sell it?

The dude that used to have its name is Matt Hayes. I seen it a few times as well. It had a rad-fab sticker on it so I asked tanner.

Earl said:

Was the guy from West Bend? I swear Ive seen that caf around. Is he just putting it back to stock to sell it?

He said he lives around Sheboygan

Umnittza M3 front bumper (steel blue) with fogs

Carbon fiber splitters

Used FK Highline coilovers

20 and 15 mm spacers with extended wheel lugs

Got all of this for a pretty good price, the guy was super cool as well.

Got the bumper put on the next day after purchase and mounted the splitters right after. I am really liking the result so far.

Just looking for some time now to install the coilovers, possibly next weekend? Will probably need a hand as I have never done any suspension work before. I know its rather straight forward, but the extra assistance is always nice.

I'll post up some pictures of the coilovers and other things later, as of now, only bumper pictures.

Here is the guys car I bought the stuff from if anyone knows him, really REALLY like his set up.

I think once I have the car lowered and have the windows tinted, I will be in a similar situation (albeit not nearly as nice of wheels).

All of this also happened right before I was supposed to get my stock bumper lip as well, if anyone wants a preface lift coupe bumper lip, let me know.

wasnt m3 said:

I had no issues with camber wear up front on my e46 and I ran that car super low on FK's for 35k miles. Just knock out the alignment pin on top of the strut mount and you'll get way more camber adjustability. I would recommend adjustable camber arms out back though. My car ate up rear tires pretty bad. I had the arms but never got around to installing them. Picture for reference.

Thats good to hear. Definitely did not want to have to shell out another $400 on top mounts. Will look into camber arms though, thank you.

SteelBlue said:

Anyones you have in mind?

GC makes a great camber/caster plate that is customized to your set up, i.e. spring size and strut rod size.  K-sport makes some that I can order but it's questionable whether or not they would work with FK as they state that they do not recommend using them with any other coil over set up.  KMAC would be the other option through Turner Motorsports and their stage 2 is camber/caster adjustable and comes with various adapters to fit a coilover.  GC or KMAC both have great reviews and are similar in price in the $400~ range.

Either option is going to increase ride harshness (NVH) because you are reducing the rubber in the suspension system but you give that up for a proper alignment.