New Car....Again...E46 M3

[Brad Smith]

Definitely colour code mate. I thought the same when I had mine fitted and looks so much better when you have it coded.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Definitely colour code mate. I thought the same when I had mine fitted and looks so much better when you have it coded.

Looks like it's coming off again then lol

Might DIY it. I've got a compressor and gun. Gonna be a pain in the arse masking around the exhaust lip bit

 

[Brad Smith]

Yeah that’s why I just took it down the body shop cost about £40 for me.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Yeah that’s why I just took it down the body shop cost about £40 for me.

Ahh f**k it then, for that price it ain't worth doing myself

 

[Brad Smith]

Yeah that was what I was thinking it’s not a difficult job tbh so rather have someone else do it.

 

[cat171]

Red seats & grey body work are the best combo on these I think!

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Red seats & grey body work are the best combo on these I think!

I agree

Hopefully get the interior in this Sunday

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Finally got rid of the skip on my drive that the car was trapped behind so took it straight out for a quick drive. It's still fuckin awesome!

Anyway, came back and thought I'd make a start on fitting my Imola interior

I then got bored and went for another drive.

Tomorrow I'll take the fronts out and then give it a proper deep clean inside. Wednesday I'll put everything back in.
One slight oversight is the new interior is from a non HK car, and there is no mount/grill for the rear midrange speaker in the rear side cards. Thought I'd just leave them out, but it sounds s**t without them so I'll have to try and get around that somehow.

I'll update over the next few evenings :up:


One last pic

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

HK sounds like arse. Wouldn't worry too much :tonguewink:

 

[Mr Plums]

Those back seats look brand new mate.

Are you impressed with it?

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

HK sounds like arse. Wouldn't worry too much :tonguewink:

Sounds better than the majority of standard stereos. It also sounds better with all speakers working, than it does with 2 missing lol

Those back seats look brand new mate.

Are you impressed with it?

They're the seats coming out, so hopefully should be able to flog them on

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Fronts are now out

Then spent an or hour or so hoovering and shampooing the carpets, plus gave the dash/centre console a wipe over. No pics of that yet. Will get some tomorrow as the front seats are still out.

New interior came with some poor condition arm rests, so I've started to strip both interiors down to make one good one. Cleaning everything up as I was going.

Imola and the piano black look quite good together

Built back up

Tomorrow I've gotta get a holesaw the same diameter as the speaker grills and cut a hole in the rear cards. The grill then just pushes through, and the midrange speaker then screws into it, sandwiching the doorcard in the process.


Should all be done tomorrow night aslong as the rain holds off

 

[cat171]

It's going to look bloody great!!

 

[Mr R.]

Looks lovely mate. [emoji41]

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Cheers lads

 

[Scrooge]

Much much better

 

[Budgie]

I f**king love Imola leather. Especially with SG. Great work.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Rain forecast for this evening hopefully it holds off long enough for me to finish it off. Only got to give the fronts a good clean now and fit it all back in. Probably an hour's work tops

 

[Herr Flick]

My old M3 was grey with red leather. It's by far the best combo.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Done

Going to work in it tomorrow. Can't wait!

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

They're rain marks on the drivers tilt handle btw. Started pissing down just as I finished

 

[Craig]

Looks awesome mate. Cracking combo.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Looks awesome mate. Cracking combo.

Yeah silver grey with imola was my ideal combo when looking to buy. This came up with all the right bits done at a decent price, so couldn't pass it up

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Sorted all the history out into date order and stuck it in a folder. All the old MOTs aswell. Numbered each service receipt and numbered the corrisponding stamp in the service book so it's easy to cross reference



Sorry about the portrait filming.

 

[Brad Smith]

Interior looks lovely ! Perfect against silver grey. If I didn’t love my alcantara interior I’d love red leather.

 

[imprezaworks]

Sorted all the history out into date order and stuck it in a folder. All the old MOTs aswell. Numbered each service receipt and numbered the corrisponding stamp in the service book so it's easy to cross reference



Sorry about the portrait filming.

Way to much spare time lol

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Way to much spare time lol

Haha!

 

[-Rob]

Lovely stuff!

 

[_Tom]

Top work! Looks lovely.

 

[JackD]

Love it mate! I miss mine, will definitely get another in a few years time

 

[Sir_Dave]

Interior looks fantastic!!
Service History is the sort of thing id do #geek

 

[Short Norman]

when are you doing the manual gearbox conversion :wink:

 

[Peperami]

Looks great! Good colour combo.

 

[Philip.]

Liking that interior, looks awesome!

 

[Mr Plums]

That look ace mate, proper love this car!

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Few pics from yesterday at oulton park. I badly need to get the wheels sorted next before anything else

 

[Knuckles]

Em free friends

 

[Cookie]

Don't miss mine. Nope.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Don't miss mine. Nope.

Why you liiiie

 

[Cookie]

Why you liiiie

I miss the noise a bit, and speed. Oh and empeegees

Never go back though