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05-27-2009, 12:26 PM
I purchased the car last year from one of my friends. He bought it from his aunt and uncle down in Florida, I believe they were the original owners. He lost all the records from when they had it, but he told me the major things that were done.
They (aunt/uncle) had the car until 160k I believe.
At 130k they had the timing chain replaced along with the heads. about that same time they upgraded the exhaust to an AA Gen II catback, and spiced it up some more with some 18" staggered Hamann Motorsport PG1 rims (UBER RARE!)
then, roughly 4 years ago my friend bought the car, took very good care of it for 3 years, then the last year it sat... and then I bought it. When I bought it the sunroof drain on the passenger side wasn't connected, so water collected in the passenger side... at the time I was new to BMW so I ended up cutting the carpet to get the water out, I cleaned it out, let it dry for a week, then put everything back in.... no rusting occurred... surprisingly... it was quite amazing. So the carpet needs to be replaced, which I will be doing sometime while I try and sell the car.
Things I have replaced in the last year:
-Thermostat+housing (aluminum one)
-Waterpump (metal fins)
-Radiator (replaced with stock)
-Aux fan (used but looks new)
-Springs (H&R Sports)
-Heatercore
-AC unit (small radiator part that's in with the heatercore)
-Radio (oem, have original as well)
-2 front tires (on the Hamanns)
-4 Contour Reps (have a 5th one with no tire as a spare... it was cracked but had it repaired)
-4 brand new tires to go with the Contours
-Slotted/X-drills rotors with ceramic brakes up front, oem's in the rear
-glovebox (old one had mice remenents on it and I didn't want the smell... I have the original if you want it)
-Center vent
-Sunroof assembly (rebuilt it, needs some tweaking... Have spare pieces from the old one)
-Sunroof Seal ($50 for a stupid piece of rubber!)
-Will be buying new fog lights and possibly new headlights in the near future.
There are some other issues with it currently, but I will fix those before I sell the car (abs light is on and airbag light is on)
I stripped the entire interior aside from the door panels, hand cleaned EVERYTHING because mice had gotten into the car when it sat. So I hand cleaned everything and put most of it back together. I need to buy new side panel pieces (they hide the carpet edges) as I ended up breaking those trying to get them off the car (those are $14 ea, not a big deal).
The car currently has 185k.
I'm asking $11k for the car. this might be priced High, but I spent a great deal of time and money repairing it to this point. and I'll continue to repair stuff as time goes on. and you are getting everything I have that is M3 related, all the spare parts I have, the Hamann Rims (SUPER RARE and worth roughly $2k... they need work but they hold their value)
The reason i'm selling is because I want to upgrade to an E46 M3
I'll post pictures later when I get home from work.
They (aunt/uncle) had the car until 160k I believe.
At 130k they had the timing chain replaced along with the heads. about that same time they upgraded the exhaust to an AA Gen II catback, and spiced it up some more with some 18" staggered Hamann Motorsport PG1 rims (UBER RARE!)
then, roughly 4 years ago my friend bought the car, took very good care of it for 3 years, then the last year it sat... and then I bought it. When I bought it the sunroof drain on the passenger side wasn't connected, so water collected in the passenger side... at the time I was new to BMW so I ended up cutting the carpet to get the water out, I cleaned it out, let it dry for a week, then put everything back in.... no rusting occurred... surprisingly... it was quite amazing. So the carpet needs to be replaced, which I will be doing sometime while I try and sell the car.
Things I have replaced in the last year:
-Thermostat+housing (aluminum one)
-Waterpump (metal fins)
-Radiator (replaced with stock)
-Aux fan (used but looks new)
-Springs (H&R Sports)
-Heatercore
-AC unit (small radiator part that's in with the heatercore)
-Radio (oem, have original as well)
-2 front tires (on the Hamanns)
-4 Contour Reps (have a 5th one with no tire as a spare... it was cracked but had it repaired)
-4 brand new tires to go with the Contours
-Slotted/X-drills rotors with ceramic brakes up front, oem's in the rear
-glovebox (old one had mice remenents on it and I didn't want the smell... I have the original if you want it)
-Center vent
-Sunroof assembly (rebuilt it, needs some tweaking... Have spare pieces from the old one)
-Sunroof Seal ($50 for a stupid piece of rubber!)
-Will be buying new fog lights and possibly new headlights in the near future.
There are some other issues with it currently, but I will fix those before I sell the car (abs light is on and airbag light is on)
I stripped the entire interior aside from the door panels, hand cleaned EVERYTHING because mice had gotten into the car when it sat. So I hand cleaned everything and put most of it back together. I need to buy new side panel pieces (they hide the carpet edges) as I ended up breaking those trying to get them off the car (those are $14 ea, not a big deal).
The car currently has 185k.
I'm asking $11k for the car. this might be priced High, but I spent a great deal of time and money repairing it to this point. and I'll continue to repair stuff as time goes on. and you are getting everything I have that is M3 related, all the spare parts I have, the Hamann Rims (SUPER RARE and worth roughly $2k... they need work but they hold their value)
The reason i'm selling is because I want to upgrade to an E46 M3
I'll post pictures later when I get home from work.