SAW's Laguna Seca E46 M3
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E2-SAW
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Cheers lads. Love the car 
New wheels thanks to CM Wheels. Made an on the spot decision and bought a set of their staggered CSL wheels in silver, but also purchased 2 more rears so will be running 19x9.5 et27 square setup. Great guy to deal with at CM, came to a very reasonable agreement. Hopefully I can shift the two 8.5's on eBay or the forum easy enough.
Will get brand new tyres for them, 255/35/19 all round and fit them early spring once the gritters have gone. Will probably have a set of coilovers bought by then as well, and gives me time to look into the best tyres i can get at the time as well. lota of options and differences in opinion regarding which tyres to go for.
Will look into new centre caps and //M stickers also, not sure whether to get the black/carbon badges or stick with OEM as they look ok against the Laguna Seca blue.
New wheels thanks to CM Wheels. Made an on the spot decision and bought a set of their staggered CSL wheels in silver, but also purchased 2 more rears so will be running 19x9.5 et27 square setup. Great guy to deal with at CM, came to a very reasonable agreement. Hopefully I can shift the two 8.5's on eBay or the forum easy enough.
Will get brand new tyres for them, 255/35/19 all round and fit them early spring once the gritters have gone. Will probably have a set of coilovers bought by then as well, and gives me time to look into the best tyres i can get at the time as well. lota of options and differences in opinion regarding which tyres to go for.
Will look into new centre caps and //M stickers also, not sure whether to get the black/carbon badges or stick with OEM as they look ok against the Laguna Seca blue.
Andy_redevo4
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Amazin mate! Always loved these in that colour! 
Grandpa-Vtec
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In fact the lower lips and stripes on my car are painted in laguna seca blue
E2-SAW
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E2-SAW
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Thanks everybody
Valeted by my mate today with some HD wax for some winter protection - excuse the god awful iPhone/mobile pics. I need to invest in a decent camera.
Trying something with the pics and the iphone settings. The one below is Non HDR, the one below that is HDR. Not sure which one looks best tbh lol
Valeted by my mate today with some HD wax for some winter protection - excuse the god awful iPhone/mobile pics. I need to invest in a decent camera.
Trying something with the pics and the iphone settings. The one below is Non HDR, the one below that is HDR. Not sure which one looks best tbh lol
Grandpa-Vtec
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Shld go get a set of supersprint race headers and a Gruppe M exhaust. that'd sound sweet i gurantee you!!!
E2-SAW
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Thanks guys
Wheels arrived - also purchased some HSD Monopro Coilovers
Not as happy as the wheels as I thought. The overall finish isn't as good as I'd like, but I think for the price I'm maybe expecting too much. I may have them powder coated after summer in a darker silver/anthracite - will see how they look.
After a good bit of reading up on the square setup, I'm going to gt some 15mm rear spacers before fitting them.
Will get some poly bushes for the wishbones all round, for the subframe and also the diff mounts, make a decision on some tyres, then have them all fitted towards the start of March.
My mate and I have decided to go a trip to the Nurburgring first weekend in October. So other than the above mentioned, a big brake kit for the front is also on the cards, and maybe a set of 18's if ££ permits, otherwise it'll stay on the CSL's.
Wheels arrived - also purchased some HSD Monopro Coilovers
Not as happy as the wheels as I thought. The overall finish isn't as good as I'd like, but I think for the price I'm maybe expecting too much. I may have them powder coated after summer in a darker silver/anthracite - will see how they look.
After a good bit of reading up on the square setup, I'm going to gt some 15mm rear spacers before fitting them.
Will get some poly bushes for the wishbones all round, for the subframe and also the diff mounts, make a decision on some tyres, then have them all fitted towards the start of March.
My mate and I have decided to go a trip to the Nurburgring first weekend in October. So other than the above mentioned, a big brake kit for the front is also on the cards, and maybe a set of 18's if ££ permits, otherwise it'll stay on the CSL's.
E2-SAW
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Got my Coils and CSL wheels fitted today. Was getting dark by time I got some images, so here are some poorly edited iPhone pictures
So I’ve made a bit of a booboo with the tyre choice.
As some of you may know I’ve gone for the CSL square setup with rear wheels all round.
I bought some part worn Dunlop Sportmaxx RT tyres through eBay last month, all almost new tread depth (above 6mm)
I went for 235/35/19 on the front which are perfect, although at current height we have some rubbing issues so may need to be raised a tad. Had to fit a front spacer (only 5mm) so the wheels would clear the front coilover as they were fouling initially.
I then found some 245/45/19 on the rear which are totally useless for what I wanted to achieve, although for the cost/price I got them for, they were worth a punt. I had purchased 15mm spacers for the rear so that the poke of the rears could match that of the fronts, but with these tyres there are no chance of that happening. I’ll run it as is just now, look into getting the 255/35/19 tyres later in the year.
Better pictures to come later today/tomorrow in the daylight/sunlight, as those above do it next to no justice.
Overall though - I'm delighted with how the car now looks. It looks so much cleaner than it did with the black 19" OEM wheels and sits a hell of a lot better. To me, it's almost perfect exterior wise.
Cheers
Stevie
So I’ve made a bit of a booboo with the tyre choice.
As some of you may know I’ve gone for the CSL square setup with rear wheels all round.
I bought some part worn Dunlop Sportmaxx RT tyres through eBay last month, all almost new tread depth (above 6mm)
I went for 235/35/19 on the front which are perfect, although at current height we have some rubbing issues so may need to be raised a tad. Had to fit a front spacer (only 5mm) so the wheels would clear the front coilover as they were fouling initially.
I then found some 245/45/19 on the rear which are totally useless for what I wanted to achieve, although for the cost/price I got them for, they were worth a punt. I had purchased 15mm spacers for the rear so that the poke of the rears could match that of the fronts, but with these tyres there are no chance of that happening. I’ll run it as is just now, look into getting the 255/35/19 tyres later in the year.
Better pictures to come later today/tomorrow in the daylight/sunlight, as those above do it next to no justice.
Overall though - I'm delighted with how the car now looks. It looks so much cleaner than it did with the black 19" OEM wheels and sits a hell of a lot better. To me, it's almost perfect exterior wise.
Cheers
Stevie
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Damm looks well on those rims, rather have those over the darker rims.
