As fast as a P1

TX.

 

Awesome. What a good colour choice. Can you copyright the colour for that car and send a picture to BMW and say look what you should have done, they will then want to do it in that colour so you can then ask for £1,000,000 for the rights.


...Hmm if only.

 

It probably is mapped because evolve do them with dyno printouts before and after and they seem very popular.

That looks stunning Ian and although I know it's only pictures but it looks like it came out of the factory like that, does it really look that good in the flesh? If so it's a cracking job for the money you paid I'd definitely have it

 

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getting old now so need speed and comfort, and its a performance upgrade as i only have a my00 uk

 

Looks stunning, as you said, no idea why BMW don't offer this as an OEM colour!!

 

Well impressed with that respray! Sounded like a very bad idea at first, but £2.5k is a bargain for such an extensive job IMO, and the end result looks stunning!

You may well end up not losing out at all when you come to resell that!

Having gone to so much trouble tho I think I'd have been tempted to get a cat D M3 with panel damage, and then get it sorted out and resprayed.

 

The photo's don't do it justice , it looks far better in the flesh , I am over the moon with the finished job , I cannot recommend Byron and Eddie at Old School Engineering enough for the high class work they do , Byron does the paint work and eddie does the stripping and rebuilding , which is an art in itself , to put a car back together properly so you cannot tell its been stripped , you can see from the photo's the amount of work involved with the amount of stripping involve with doing a proper job in colour changing a car , and of course rebuilding it to a factory finish.

It looks absolutely awesome !

http://www.oldschoolengineering.co.uk/

 

That looks superb Ian. Take my hat off to both you and the body shop. Is it mate's rates as surely they cannot be making anything for £2.5 - 3k - what man hours has it taken?

Looks so good in fact I'd consider a straight swap for my e46

dnc

 

no it wasn't mates rates , that what they charge , if only I hadn't just sold my E46 M3 last week I might have been interested lol

 

That is an excellent price...............my mate got his done maybe 3 yrs ago at a similar price. There was overspray everywhere, shockingly bad job. Certainly don't think they took as much care and attention to detail as your fellas.

They must be very busy at those prices.

 

Ian how does the e90 compare to the e46 then?

Much more power/feeling of power? Chalk and cheese?

 

You didn't fancy Mote Carlo Blue then, its about 98% close to Estoril..

 

And about £10k more !
I went up to a dealer in Bristol that had one and with my e46 next to it , the difference is very noticeable

 

^^ Monte Carlo is a little dull in comparison, I went for Dakar....

 

chalk and cheese is right. I loved my e46 M3 but the e92 was just in a different league, cant afford one though!! SMG gearbox is truely awful but the new one DCT or whatever its called is amazing its just so quick and smooth.
having said that id have an e46 back in a flash e90 330d i have is nearly as quick but is completely lacking in soul and character. I miss my bug as well.

Hate the price of petrol.

 

Ian, ignore all the comments about affecting the car's value. You have got the car you want and it looks stunning. I would say show it to BMW as they are missinga trick not offering that colour, but maybe not as it is nice to have a one off. Enjoy it!

 

I find the E46 was more raw , the seats were better supportive , the new seats feel more of a comfier seat , like your sitting on top not in it , if that makes sense , it has a lot more torque and the DCT gearbox is amazing , I liked SMG but the new ones is a million time better , just instant gear changes , all 7 of them lol , the car felt weird as new cars do , but as I'm getting used to it , it's feeling much more natural now.


Not letting comments about the value bother me , personally I don't think it will affect it , I have ended up with the car I want

Cheers Ian

 

Had a look at Ian's car this morning . It's better than BMW