New pics after FINALLY lowering

[Jamesb318is]

Finally got round to giving the car the drop it deserved, KW 40mm all round. Oh, and a snazzy new steering wheel, rare as you like! (stitched 'M' colours)
Enjoy! (hope your not bored of it yet!!)

[Colonel Sanders]

love it! how big those wheels?? where from??
love the steerin wheel too

[eko]

Superb looking car!
Real credit to you

[Jamesb318is]

7.5x16 and 8.5x16, from www.imagewheels.co.uk.
Cheers!

[d6dph]

WOW! Wanna swap for a lung or another non-vital organ.

Superb looking car, a real beauty.

[Jamesb318is]

Hmmmm, another kidney could come in handy i 'spose, but i'll have to decline.

Cheers mate, means a lot from someone whos interested in detailing etc, sure yours is better close up!

[maxfield]

The car looks the nuts!!!!!

[love30]

bad!

[d6dph]

sure yours is better close up!

Hell no! Bless she is starting to look a little tired.

Is it original paint on yours? And sport evo seatbelts?

[Jamesb318is]

Nope, everything but the roof was resprayed about 7 years ago, by the previous owner. Dips also painted the wings, lip spoiler, se skirts, bootlid, and tech 1 spoiler a few months ago.

Sport evo belts yep, thanks to Kos for those!

[hammoj28]

Looks amazing. Those wheels are the dogs danglies. Would love a set. Whats the KW kit like handling wise?

[Mahmood]

Nice car, love the wheels.

Didn't you have the M colours painted under your front licence plate before?

If I remember you were also on the Aston Martin Test Track at Gaydon during the same session as me a few years back.

[Jamesb318is]

Hammoj28, cheers! The KW are really good, car feels a lot more planted now, especially on higher speed sweeping corners, and it changes direction like a housefly! It also actually feels like it rides better, albeit more firmly (bumps better damped). (Using bilstein sport shocks btw)

Mahmood, thanks. Yep, been on the track the last two years, dont know if i'm going this year though, not worth getting my front lip all chipped!
Swapped the 'M' colours for a sport oil cooler grille, got rid of the grille 'M' badge and eyebrows, and painted the kidneys black. Decided the smoother look is much more me!

[trevski]

has that m tec steer wheel been recovered ? if so who dunnit it,s the cahoonas

[cro320]

awesome man
I've noticed the red coloured gauge needles like the M3.
Is that OEM or custom job?

[cro320]

btw, same M stetches on steering
http://img149.imagevenue.com/img.php?im ... _505lo.jpg

[dom-1984-320i]

very nice mate!

[aceraf]

is that the really expensive steering wheel off ebay???... the one from malaysia????

looks

[Kedge]

Looks awesome, i remember you 1st posting some pics of this ages ago! Come on a long way now.

How on gods earth do you keep those wheels so clean?

[shedrool83]

Totally stunning mate well done and keep it up

[Jamesb318is]

Thanks everyone, the the steering wheel came from Germany, via ebay (Still not cheap though, but heh). I dont know wether its been retrimmed or not, i think i'll have to ask the seller because im curious too. It looks factory close up!

Cro320, i painted the needles myself, knew i those leftover airfix paints would come in handy someday!

I clean the wheels every week when i clean the car, and repolish them every few months. They are a little pitted from winter (had to replace them at christmas with a set of winter wheels because the salt was too much for them) but its nothing a bit of wire wool shouldnt sort.

[raulandthetwins]

Very jealous mate!, love the wheels, the evo belts ..................

[Eddie25]

I love this car. So tidy looking.

[JayB]

love the car m8 looks stunning. is the steering wheel from a m3 evo sport and is it suede?

[buster]

looks awesome mate
Always loved those wheels

[silverdragon]

The evo belts, the needles, the paintjob, the stance, wheels, - all come together to come up with one DAMN GOOD package. Excellent!!! two thumbs up!

[Jamesb318is]

Thanks very much!!!

The steering wheel is from an E34 M5 apparently, and yes its suede!

[Dan318-is]

Thanks very much!!!

The steering wheel is from an E34 M5 apparently, and yes its suede!

James is it 385 or 370mm diamter? Looks well nice

The car looks fucking sexual mate, not a fan of red usually but this is one of my favourite motors on here! Top job.

[drifty325i]

bloody nice mate bloody nice

[Pal318is]

James she looks stunning mate, Kedge is right you've come along way

Simply Stunning

Pal

[Kos]

looks good mate!

[Gravy]

Wow, I love it! Looks fantastic, a credit to you! I've just been scanning around the image wheels website because of your car!

[ste]

Very nice dude.

If the wheel is from an E34 M5 it's from a pretty rare car - either a '20 Jahre Edition' or a 'Winkelhock Edition' both featured the Suede Mtech II.

Are you sure it's not a Sport Evo wheel?

P.S. - The Sport Evo seat belts are exactly the same part number as MG Metro red seatbelts.

[Gravy]

Very nice dude.

If the wheel is from an E34 M5 it's from a pretty rare car - either a '20 Jahre Edition' or a 'Winkelhock Edition' both featured the Suede Mtech II.

Are you sure it's not a Sport Evo wheel?

P.S. - The Sport Evo seat belts are exactly the same part number as MG Metro red seatbelts.

LOL! Is your sig pic touring riding on Ronal R10 turbos?? If so, good choice!

[buster]

Very nice dude.

P.S. - The Sport Evo seat belts are exactly the same part number as MG Metro red seatbelts.

Agreed,I said the same ages ago and nobody believed me.