A purists nightmare - E46 drift build
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Weekend update!
Started by getting the passenger and drive carpet buckets in. The carpet I bought from my part out guy was cut in the front because it goes under the heater core. So having them in 2 pieces works out better honestly.
Next up was cutting the dash in the upper and lower corners to fit with the cage.
I did cut more than I would like on the top so maybe down the road I might buy another dash and trim it better.
I also had to trim a little off the defrost vents for the sides.
Then trimmed the vents to fit.
Driver side. (Its also worth noting that usually the LCM does not fit, although I have some e46 buddies that figured out how to make it fit because the thing is GIGANTIC behind the face. Somehow mine barely fit without modifications. But I'm not complaining lol)
Here is the passenger vent trimmed to fit along with the airbag cover. I have another airbag cover that I might trim a little tighter since I know how it needs to be cut now.
Next I installed the rear carpet piece and trimmed it to fit around the cage.
I then installed the center console and arm rest I found in a junkyard awhile back.
In this photo you can also see the prototype v1 of the window switch insert Sam made me.
Pretty excited with how it looks and will function.
Then I moved on to trimming the glove box. Some say you cant make it fit. But with some info from another e46 friend and some thought it worked out great!
Here's the clearance with it down
And some final photos of the interior for the weekend.
I was able to order my sunroof delete and the new handbrake set up so hopefully they dont take too long to ship thanks to this pandemic.
I will need to extend the window switch wiring so that is one of the things on the docket for next weekend.
Until next time!
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Your soon to have m3 hood hinges !!
You had a e46M partout!?
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You had a e46M partout!?
No. But a guy has a set across town from me had one and Im picking up some other things for earl. He requested them for you.
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No. But a guy has a set across town from me had one and Im picking up some other things for earl. He requested them for you.
I appreciate that! I wish the dude had the door and rear quarter moldings. And the gas door lol
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UPDATE
Decided to bite the bullet and chop up the rear quarters.
Now it is worth mentioning that I did feel bad after looking at how clean this thing is lmao BUT it was only for a half hour and after I asked some friends to tell me to stop being a bitch
So here is the last photo of the rust free quarter hahaha
And setting up to cut.
Chop chopped
Bent up and welded the folds.
Then filled all the gaps.
Then moved on to the other side. Only 2 photos of this side.
And finally finished off the day sealing them up with seam sealer.
Also the new chase bays handbrake set up arrived
Thats it for now, next up will be undercoating the wheel wells and hopefully mocking up the overs.
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Not an update but excited to have another part come in!
S2rTuning sunroof delete!
Definitely seems like another quality piece to add to the car. Excited to see how the fit is this weekend. Really love that this is the only one I have found on the market that uses the existing mounting holes from the oem cassette to mount.
Fingers crossed that it fits well!
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UPDATE
Began the weekend by getting the quarters undercoated.
Then I got to work figuring out my new hand brake set up.
For starters this was NOT working out how I planned... but I did figure it out after ALOT of staring at the center council area and moving things around.
I am happy with the final result so far, it did take some "adjustment " of a spot welded bracket under the heater core though lol.
Here is the plate I cut out with the handbrake mounting plate.
And here it is primed and installed with the hanbrake bolted in as well.
Really liking how the location worked out. It feels comfortable and my arm doesn't hit the armrest either which I was concerned about originally.
I then mounted the resiviour which is now remote mounted rather than attached to the master.
I routed all the lines and just need to pick up some DOT5 fluid and get it bled.
So then I moved on to fitting the lower dash pocket thing near the handbrake. It worked out soooo well. Just trimmed out the 12v outlet and the result is below!
Still able to keep the ash tray which is cool too, not because I smoke but because its nice to keep smaller random stuff in there and not have it flying all over.
Just need to find a new shifter bezel and trim the top left corner and things should be looking really complete.
Finally I fitted the rear overs, all they need now is some wrap and final install.
Left side.
Here is the over mounted also with a 25mm spacer for now
And the right side.
Things are moving along nicely. Alot of things to address still but nothing super huge.
Also I did test fit the sunroof delete and it fits great, just need to get some new bolts.
Hopefully the windshield will be installed this week as well.
But thats it for this weekend!
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Fitment looks great in the rear. What kit is it? Don Musk?
Thanks! And yes these are the Musk M3 style overs. Fit very well, barely needed any trimming.
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Are you sure about DOT5 fluid? Totally different and incompatible with regular brake fluid. Just a heads up, it isn't a higher number is better thing. There is also DOT 5.1 which is compatible with other "normal" brake fluids.
DOT5 can only be used if it is a brand new system and never had other brake fluid in it. Which maybe is your situation.
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Are you sure about DOT5 fluid? Totally different and incompatible with regular brake fluid. Just a heads up, it isn't a higher number is better thing. There is also DOT 5.1 which is compatible with other "normal" brake fluids.
DOT5 can only be used if it is a brand new system and never had other brake fluid in it. Which maybe is your situation.
Half the system is new lol, but I'll look more into it. Just don't want to deal with the issues if there are any leaks inside the car. Its not a problem for me to clear the system out.
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fitment looks perfect!
They fit great, very little trimming done!
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Hear me out. Fire orange or Inka orange.
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Hear me out. Fire orange or Inka orange.
Been thinking about more like an Imola red. But it wouldn't be Imola exactly, the color i found is carmine red. Red coupes have given me a real hard on latley...
Like this one here.
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UPDATE
Was a pretty productive weekend. Absolutely loving having the car home again.
Picked up some M rear quarter and door trim, a passenger M fender (to finally complete my set) a M gas door and the inner door sill trim.
Painted the door still trim and then installed it.
Looks so much better with the carpet not just hanging out.
Then I got started on trimming the resr seat delete to fit the cage now.
Stared at it for awhile... cut out some cardboard and tested ideas... here's what I came up with.
Cut out the corners and used a hole saw to notch them and riveted on some tabs I made with spare ABS.
Then I riveted in the other sides of the tabs once the panels were all screwed in.
Happy with the outcome for sure!
Then I sprayed some silver on the damaged area from last season. Not perfect but its fine because it's getting wrapped over.
I moved on to some more interior stuff then, extended the wires for my window stitches.
Sanded and painted the center console insert.
And after i taped up the wiring i installed the piece to the console.
I decided to not make flat ABS door panels for the rear and instead cut up and fit the factory ones.
And it worked pretty well!
Even got the front sections to clip in on both sides!
And made, installed nutserts and installed the trim I made to hold down the carpet in the rear.
Installed the sunroof delete, pretty happy with the way it fits.
I timmed away the wrap so I can peel it off later without pulling the sunroof back out so it looks like there's big gaps.
I also started on shaving the center shift bezel. This one is an auto one still though so I'd Ike to find a manual one at some point. I plastic welded in some abs blocks then layed some filler on it. Only have a pic of the pieces welded in.
Also got my handbrake bled so next up is finishing installing the center and dash pieces!
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