Please help - What should i change about my M3?

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Would you carry out these mods?

Hell yea, all of them!
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Do some of them (tell me which)
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No, leave it how it is!
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Total votes: 21
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Post Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:54 pm

you need to swap me your interior and i can then give you my two tone grey and purple leather trim out of my mint ,

no no no, what you need is a nice grey comfort line out of my tatty 1986 325 4 door i use the car for spare parts and keeping boxes on, but the interior is the real original grey comfort line, only a few tears, i could sell it all to you, or swap for your leather and some cash my way.

pm me if interested, you need to pay the shipping.

otherwise the cars exterior looks the mutz nutz, lovin the black look too, and IMO 17 inch schnitzer split rims , polished lip black spokes :drool:

good thing is all your mods as said are reversable.

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Post Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:22 pm

Cheers for all the opinions guys :thumb:

Dan - no i wouldnt be playing around with it, i just want the car a bit lower than it is.


Pete - Guess your not a fan of anything aftermarket then mate? I think il pass on your interior tho dude :wink:

Lee - :lol: tempting offer but i think il stick with what i have
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Post Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:41 pm

i dont like the wing mirrors, other than that shes a sexy looking thing!
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Post Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:18 pm

I like it as it is Ben, I wouldn't change anything tbh, still one of my favourite cars on here.
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Post Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:28 pm

Weezie wrote:I like it as it is Ben, I wouldn't change anything tbh, still one of my favourite cars on here.
After mines, whens the BBQ?
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Post Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:41 pm

Demlotcrew wrote:
Weezie wrote:I like it as it is Ben, I wouldn't change anything tbh, still one of my favourite cars on here.
After mines, whens the BBQ?
:lol: behave yourself.
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Post Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:36 pm

:chuckle:
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Post Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:37 pm

standard mirrors
leather tech 2 steering wheel
satin/matte side skirts
red rear lights
no boot badge
black grill
smoked hellas
h&r coil overs
leave wheels as they are or go for some split hartge/acs
new exhaust taht doesn't look too different from standard....no dtm wrongness

other than that possibly get the handbrake grip and gear lever retrimmed in silver grey leather to match the rest of the interior
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Post Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:41 am

new exhaust taht doesn't look too different from standard....no dtm wrongness
One major problem with that, the original group A exhaust i want fitted has a dtm tail as they all did
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Post Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:43 pm

I think you should do these -


H&R coilovers
Sport evo front splitter
Sport evo gurney flap
Sport evo steering wheel
Modified group A exhaust
Paint the side skirts
Paint the carbon mirrors
Badge put back on the boot
Bollocks to this 24v scrap!
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Post Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:50 pm

I think iv ruled out the suede evo sport wheel, it just wont last and will look crap after 50 miles!

Also having 2nd thoughts about the rear lights based on the majority of peoples opinions here.

The suspension will be changed for something slightly lower but i need to explore cheaper alternatives before parting with Ԛ£1k for the H&R gear.

Sport evo flap, exhaust, smoked front lights, black grill and painted skirts are 100% definate now.

Wheels - there are several other choices that people have come up with (hartge/ACS splitties) that im thinking about aswell as the BBS's now.

Thanks again for all the help guys, keep it coming! All opinions welcome :D
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Post Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:42 pm

although any mod is good to your own taste
but if i remember you was going to get rid recently
why the change of heart
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Post Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:31 pm

m3ben05 wrote:
new exhaust taht doesn't look too different from standard....no dtm wrongness
One major problem with that, the original group A exhaust i want fitted has a dtm tail as they all did
well if its original then its rightness, not wrongness

and for the record, so long as your happy dude, its all that matters :cool:
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Post Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:06 pm

Elf - iv often thought of getting rid of it mate but i cant do it, its worth more to me than anyone would give me for it!

Chris - Dont panic dude, its not a lairy dtm rear box, the tailpipes are actually very small.
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Post Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:09 pm

so long as its no scrapio halfrauds council dtm shite then its all pretty cool :)