DZILVA - member introduction!

ok I am bored right now, so I thought I would formally say hello to everyone!, the names Manoj De Zilva, 22 years old and from Melbs SE suburbs, I have been surfing these forum for quite awhile now since back in 2007 but I never really got involved, Ive had the privilege of owning 3 e46s during that time as I am simply addicted to them, one of the most beautiful cars ever made imo, so anyway here is a brief story of my e46 ownership...

When I turned 18 back in 2008 I took the plunge and got a bank loan to buy my 2nd car, a 2001 Topaz Blue Metallic 330ci vert, did several mods until I lost my license for 1 year just before summer... still kept driving anyway and got caught.. lost it for an additional 6 months on top, I decided to move on so I sold it



After finally getting back my license in early 2010, and having saved up all my pennies in that down time I was on the hunt for an M3 but spotted an almost brand new 2003 330ci individual vert in manual with only 18,400 genuine km on the clock! so I jumped on it instead, I planned to keep it for the rest of my life so I modded it that way, not thinking twice about expense and worked 2 jobs feed my mod bug, never bothered to take pics of it in its final stages because I had a few mag spots and website features lined up, it went through a few looks but this is close to what it looked like before... I lost it in the wet due to running extremely stretched tires and slamming into a concrete pole at 80km/h
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Here is a cut paste list of most of the mods I documented,

Custom ///M head-rest embroidering
UUC EVO 3 Short Shifter
Double Shear Selector Rod
Bilstien B6 shocks and springs
UUC performance organic clutch
ACS rep pedals
UUC Big Boy clutch stop
OEM Hard-top
Custom Illuminated ///M individual sills
Custom boot including T1 subs and Alpine pdx1000 amps
Audison Bit One.1 DSP
Dynavin V5
CSL Rear Bar plus fiberglass GTR vent mod
M3 Front Bar plus Fog covers
GTR Side skirts
Carbon CSL splitters
8000K HID Fogs
AFE airbox
LED tail lights plus custom smoke tint
LED Angel eyes
Blue glass painted headlight bowls
Custom Quad exhaust
Custom stitched carpets
Varrstoen 1.1.2 with custom center caps
Custom rear fenderwork to match wide rear bar
TMS Camber Arms
UUC slotted front rotors
Hawk HPS performance pads
Custom pearl red powder coated calipers
Carbon M3 spoiler
Carbon Kidney Grilles
Custom painted piano black interior trim
Matte Black Exterior trim plus head light trim
OEM Wind Deflector
Boche Aerotwins
Custom Window Tints with reflective graphics
LED interior kit