JEPPE: E46 M3 SMG sedan prosjekt

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Brakes and suspension done on the right side.

Continued on the front.

Almost all the parts on the front are mounted.

Got all the parts into the trunk again.

It's getting close..

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Changed the airfilter.

Painted the Turner plates.

The M3 has a reinforcement from each side of the chassis to the diff. I had to make mounting points for this on the sedan. I studied the M3 and welded together a similar part. Also used a couple of nut threads to position the part, it also gives additional strength even thought that probably isn't necessary.

Epoxied.

The part with epoxy applied.

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Part installed and painted. I will drill and make threads for the bolt when I get the rear suspension mounted.

More parts.

Got the M3 fuel tank mounted. Fit was perfect.

Bought wheel studs. These turned out to be a little to long on the hub thread, had to cut 20 studs and sand the end... not funny..

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New bolts for the subframe.

Ready for mounting.

Almost there..

Installed!

There was a thick layer of some sort of rust protection on the rear suspension support, it looked very dirty. It was impossible to wash off so had to grind the part down to the metal.

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Here you can see why I had to make the mounting points on each side of the chassis. It was for this support.

Marking up where to drill.

The driveshaft mounted.

Exhaust washed and ready for the car.

Heat shield and plastic cover installed.

More tomorrow..

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Cleaned the rear hubs and applied a layer og zink paint. This should keep the rust away at least for a while. Im doing this to the front as well.

Got the roll bar and front plate mounted.

Heat shields on.

Putting on a new exhaust tip, gave the old one to my dads car when he dented his.

Everything except the plastic shields mounted and connected.

Also did a bit of touch up on some of the parts.

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Rear brakes and suspension going on tomorrow and then the car is on it's wheels finally....!

Rear dampers getting ready with reinforced upper bush.

Rear suspension mounted and modified for stoptech brakes.

Rear 4 pot mounted. These were on my dads M3 before he sold it.

Front hub and brakes zink sprayed. This will protect the disc from rust, At least for a while.. Will do a test brake then clean the pads for any zink coating.

HR spacers and wheel studs mounted. 20mm rear and 12mm front on et45 9.5 track wheels. 20mm front and 12mm rear for OEM 19 M3 wheels.

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Wheels on..

It's on the ground..!

I also did the BMW foam reinforcement of the subframe, pics of that later.

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Had to make a cut in the new inner roof!

It did go well, the knife didn't slip..

M3 speakers mounted.

Finally got the trunk from the painter:D

Rear suspension reinforcement plate mounted.

Mounting the windows.

New front safety belts and roof mounted.

M foot rest.

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Foam reinforcement of the rear subframe. BMW says it's only necessary to inject foam into the left mounting point. But I injected into the right as well just to be sure nothing brakes.

Interior is getting there..

Doing some service. New oil and filter.

The bolts on the turner camber plates was to short with both the BMW strut bar and reinforcement plate. I had to weld on longer bolts..

The longer bolts welded.

Turner camber plates with reinforcement plates and longer bolts.

Seats in!

Im really satisfied with these seats. Looks OEM and race, and they are very comfortable.

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Exhaust polished.

Finally windows and trim, door handles, locks and everything else mounted. This was extremely time consuming... Need to adjust the doors, but thats tomorrow.

Startup and test drive tomorrow.

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Mounting some rubber.

Finished under the car.

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Just missing the mirrors and rear BMW emblem.

The car started on the first try;) And I just came back from the first test drive! It was a very strange feeling to finally drive the car after that much work. The car was perfect, felt like new and handled like a dream;) I will try to post some video soon.

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Changed the rear control arm bushings with powerflex.

Got the mirrors mounted.

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Was out driving and stopped to take some pics. Good times

Been driving some the last days and I just love the car more and more. It's also fun to see peoples reactions, and all have been positive.

Im going to track it at Rudskogen circuit tomorrow, that should be fun!