Briangle's Build Thread (Warning: Pic Heavy)
I finally decided to make my own build thread. In here you won't find much in the way of extreme mods, excessive negative camber, nor new wheels. If you're uninterested, too bad. Let the fun begin...
I originally got the car in February 2010. 2004 325i SULEV ZPP ZSP with 41k miles on it (pardon the dirty wheels).
The car ran perfectly. Only problem I had was a leak coming from the top of the windshield. PO had a satellite radio antenna cable running through. When they ripped it out, they left the hole. The dealership took care of it, no problem.
A few months later, all the pulleys were replaced by my mechanic to get rid of the cold-start squeal.
Then came my first mod
LED Weisslicht halos from Bimmian. Looked great!
After that, I ordered a pre-painted M3 style spoiler for it to hide a ding that came free on the car. The ding was on the edge of the trunk, so the spoiler hid it perfectly.
All was running well until I went to pick up my brother from school. I drove the car fairly hard on the way down. Shut the car off, then when I went to start it, nothing.
A tow truck and lost bumper tow hook cover later, I had the diagnosis: a loose cable between the battery and starter. At some point, I also got the OEM Aux input adapter and had that installed into the glove box.
After that, I decided to do a very light tint on the rear tail lights. Nothing ghetto or cheesy, just subtle. I also tinted the windows, a) to help the leather last longer, and b) it went well with the color of the car
After this, the car stayed the same, for the most part. I took apart the shifter and plasti-dipped it, along with the (of course) golf-tee mod. I won't bore you with the pictures of those. Soon after, I got an OEM roof rack and 2 bike carriers.
Next, I got a new trunk handle to replace my cracked one and decided to have it paint matched. It looked so much better. Looked like a premium car.
After that, I turned to my wheels. One of them was pretty rashed, so I decided to save myself the $120 it would've cost to refurbish it, and do it myself (don't complain about the OEM jack, I wasn't under the car and the wheel never came off - it was just so I could rotate the wheel).
I then found some resistorless LED bulbs and put them in the turn signals and rear brake lights. I also decided to wire up the key-on feature for the halos and wired in a second power outlet in my glove box, as well as hard wired my radar detector.
I started getting a bit sick of the tail lights and decided to step it up to some RCR tail lights. Looked a lot cleaner than what I had.
I also got some new headlight lenses and yellow fog light bulbs to help out in the crappy weather. I also got some Depo clear side markers.
After that, I decided to experiment, would e9x side markers fit an e46? I bought some Weisslicht e9x LED side markers to find out.
You tell me...
I finally decided to make my own build thread. In here you won't find much in the way of extreme mods, excessive negative camber, nor new wheels. If you're uninterested, too bad. Let the fun begin...
I originally got the car in February 2010. 2004 325i SULEV ZPP ZSP with 41k miles on it (pardon the dirty wheels).
The car ran perfectly. Only problem I had was a leak coming from the top of the windshield. PO had a satellite radio antenna cable running through. When they ripped it out, they left the hole. The dealership took care of it, no problem.
A few months later, all the pulleys were replaced by my mechanic to get rid of the cold-start squeal.
Then came my first mod
LED Weisslicht halos from Bimmian. Looked great!
After that, I ordered a pre-painted M3 style spoiler for it to hide a ding that came free on the car. The ding was on the edge of the trunk, so the spoiler hid it perfectly.
All was running well until I went to pick up my brother from school. I drove the car fairly hard on the way down. Shut the car off, then when I went to start it, nothing.
A tow truck and lost bumper tow hook cover later, I had the diagnosis: a loose cable between the battery and starter. At some point, I also got the OEM Aux input adapter and had that installed into the glove box.
After that, I decided to do a very light tint on the rear tail lights. Nothing ghetto or cheesy, just subtle. I also tinted the windows, a) to help the leather last longer, and b) it went well with the color of the car
After this, the car stayed the same, for the most part. I took apart the shifter and plasti-dipped it, along with the (of course) golf-tee mod. I won't bore you with the pictures of those. Soon after, I got an OEM roof rack and 2 bike carriers.
Next, I got a new trunk handle to replace my cracked one and decided to have it paint matched. It looked so much better. Looked like a premium car.
After that, I turned to my wheels. One of them was pretty rashed, so I decided to save myself the $120 it would've cost to refurbish it, and do it myself (don't complain about the OEM jack, I wasn't under the car and the wheel never came off - it was just so I could rotate the wheel).
I then found some resistorless LED bulbs and put them in the turn signals and rear brake lights. I also decided to wire up the key-on feature for the halos and wired in a second power outlet in my glove box, as well as hard wired my radar detector.
I started getting a bit sick of the tail lights and decided to step it up to some RCR tail lights. Looked a lot cleaner than what I had.
I also got some new headlight lenses and yellow fog light bulbs to help out in the crappy weather. I also got some Depo clear side markers.
After that, I decided to experiment, would e9x side markers fit an e46? I bought some Weisslicht e9x LED side markers to find out.
You tell me...