Amazing car!!! must took awhile to complete!!! the only thing you are missing its the CSL steering wheel... welcome aboard!

Alan

 

perfect example of white m3 with all CSL parts!!!!!!
woot, woot, woot, woot

 

Looks like all of us M3 guys are jumping ship

 

Beautiful car. I've never seen a real CSL roof on an US M3, nice work!

 

Hey bud

Welcome and enjoy.
You have one of the sickest white M3's ever.. If you ever wanna sell it, i have a friend who might be interested in it...
Later

 

Welcome on 6speed!!
You got a special M3

 

yeah there are a few of us here in the the US with oem csl roofs, but yes its very rare

well i've been trying to activate my account here but it too real long but anycase.. yeah these days im hanging out at 2 different m3 forums. www.themforum.com and www.officialm3.com . both have membors who's also jumped ship

wassup nice to see ya here.

actually, i do have the CSL steering wheel. but i love my cruise control and radio buttons too much.. so i retro fitted those back in.

yes.. finally.

thanks... im going to a BMW bbq this weekend.. i'll post new pics then.

CSL-like yes.. i'll do it ASAP.

wassup

lol.. thats me.. the noob

thanks...

 

sure thing

thanks... i really wanted a real CSL, but ohh well

 

isn't your steering wheel actually the M Sport wheel from the E46 330Ci??? one of the last M sport edition steering wheel was alcantara with all the steering controls...

Alan

 

nope. mine is an authentic CSL Alcantara wheel with the M sport botton. i just removed the upper half of the wheel and retrofitted it with the oem non-csl upper portion so i can still use my radio and cruise control. besides my car does not support the M sport botton as i dotn have a csl nor zcp options on my car. i still have the oem csl upper portion at home with one button.

 

Very clean E46, instead of going through all that trouble getting CSL OEM steering wheel , you should have bought this.

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...CT_ID=32347919

 

yeah i saw that that actually a 330 zcp sport wheel. if you look real close it does not have the ///M tri-colored stitching. also they wanted an extra $275 for the the SMG paddles. from what i heard from others, swapping out SMG paddles to an non-smg wheel is a PITA as it requires alot of dremel work. so.. i opted for the real deal. anycase, i was able to sell my leather m3 wheel + SMG paddles for $350 so.... overal the entire swap was just under $300 for me.

 

Can you give us a quick review of the Sequential M Gear Box, I was looking at buying a 2002 Bmw M3 with Smg, navigation and etc, But stupid dealer wouldn't let me get a test drive. I heard the car jolts forward if you shift gears WOT.

What kind of seats are those? Where you get them?

 

the SMG is something you have to learn. just like driving a manual tranny the first time, you have to get to know the quirks of the SMG. since the SMG can shift as fast as 50ms in S6 mode, there is a "cluck" when shifting from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to third. thats basicly like power shifting in a manual tranny as fast as humanly possilbe and just popping the clutch i suggest you find a used car lot and test drive a SMG there. but, the overall feeling of control is there on the track since you can keep both hands on the wheel and use the paddles to shift. also rev match downshift (blip) is amazing..

ohh my seats. they are from a CSL. i did the full interior swap last year. its basicly similar to a Recaro Pole Position but with reclining lever so passengers can enter the rear seats.

 

Any engine mods? What mode do you drive your car in? S5?