My ride

[AshG108]

Definitely one of the cleanest E46 330is, well done Sank! She is a true beauty!:thumbs:

 

[Sankekur]

Thanks gents.

Sorry no pics yet as I am doing what I normally do which is to buy parts and then wait two years before getting it on the car :rollsmile:

 

[Divio]

 

[Sankekur]

So update time, this time on the suspension side of this. Got a itch to change the anti-roll bars, so I scratched the itch with a set of H&R anti-roll bars.

Comparison shots between the stock (sport) and the H&R bars:

Also changed the front links while I was at it and also because one of the ball joint boots had started to crack:

Front and rear fitted:

Thanks for watching.

 

[moranor@axis]

I would recommend front of full stiff and rear on full soft for maximum grip

any feedback on how it corners yet :rollsmile:

 

[Yuben]

Sank, what's ur mileage now?

Good work there:clapper:

 

[Zound]

Love the blue colour, looks very cool. Its a pity people wont get to see it much.

 

[Sankekur]

I would recommend front of full stiff and rear on full soft for maximum grip

any feedback on how it corners yet :rollsmile:

Actually have them set full hard front and rear, seems to be very well balanced this way as far as I can tell so far.

Regarding how it corners, it does it phenomenally.

Sank, what's ur mileage now?

Good work there:clapper:

Currently around the high 136k km mark

 

[Gizmo]

I'm surprised to not see an LSD in the back of this thing already...

 

[Fordkoppie]

I would recommend front of full stiff and rear on full soft for maximum grip

any feedback on how it corners yet :rollsmile:

If its worth doing, its worth overdoing.

Full stiff all round FTW

Meh...It corners almost like a Mazda now:tiptoe::rollsmile:

 

[H|TM@N]

I would recommend front of full stiff and rear on full soft for maximum grip

any feedback on how it corners yet :rollsmile:

If its worth doing, its worth overdoing.

Full stiff all round FTW

Meh...It corners almost like a Mazda now:tiptoe::rollsmile:

Only because he has the wrong tyres on the car. A set of Bridgestone RE-55s will sort that out. :fencelook:

Nice Johannes. :thumbsup:

 

[moranor@axis]

suppose my car is a little different because I run a square tire setup

 

[Sankekur]

I'm surprised to not see an LSD in the back of this thing already...

One day :rollsmile:

Meh...It corners almost like a Mazda now:tiptoe::rollsmile:

Jealousy makes you nasty

suppose my car is a little different because I run a square tire setup

Might be, that said I can't say its the best, but the stock balance has be retained ad that for me is a good thing.

 

[2fast2furious]

Nice car, congrats:clapper:

 

[Fordkoppie]

I'm surprised to not see an LSD in the back of this thing already...

One day :rollsmile:

Meh...It corners almost like a Mazda now:tiptoe::rollsmile:

Jealousy makes you nasty

suppose my car is a little different because I run a square tire setup

Might be, that said I can't say its the best, but the stock balance has be retained ad that for me is a good thing.

Perhaps you should refrain from fitting an LS, because that will be the day I start pestering about selling.

I can be very persistent as you might know by now

 

[SPIDER]

well done for keeping her in good nickraise:raise:raise:

 

[Sankekur]

It has almost been a year since my last update, so I guess it it is high time for exactly that, some updates.

While I had the windscreen replaced I removed the trim from the the A-pillars as the liner on it was coming loose. Seems to be a pretty common issue with e46 as they are now getting on the old side.
The loose liner:

And fixed:

Had a photoshoot together with a friend and his 330i, couple of shots from the shoot:

More photos can be found here.

The third brakelight was rattling, so I removed it to sort out the rattle and to give it a good clean while I was at it.

I decided that I wanted a bit of a change in wheels, so I picked up a set of Style 44's.

Went for these as I have always like the look of this style of wheel, also 17 inch tires are also considerably cheaper than 18 inch ones, and the small matter that even though they are 17's they still fit over my brakes.

Cleaned off the mounting surfaces of the wheels prior to them being sent in for refurbishment.

I do this as the mounting surface it the main reference when they will use to determine the straightness (or lack thereof) of the wheels.


Weighed the wheels, because reasons.

Wheels after the refurbishment.

One night while I was driving home the cluster Christmas tree'ed on me....turned out to be the voltage regulator that had packed up, so replaced it.

Then finally got some tires for the style 44's.

They are 4 x 245/40's Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2's

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Had the tires fitted and gave the wheel arches a clean before fitting the wheels.

And the new look with the wheels fitted:

I changed the resonance flap in the intake, no issues with the old one, just did it as a preventative measure.
Old one out:

Old and new:

New one in:

Inspection of the old showed that it had a little bit of shaft play, but the seal and vacuum pot were still working as they should.


Stripped the front bumper and most of its plastics off and cleaned everything:

(The "Because drift car" look)

Why clean? Because rally.....

The second reason the bumper was off so that I could get to this:

....whats next on the to do list?

I am thinking splitters.....

(Note the dates of the posts)

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Splitters!!!!

And it only took almost 5 years



Also had an issue with the fuel gauge not reporting the correct amount of fuel, so took out the two fuel level senders and fixed this issue.

And some pics of the car as it is at the moment:

And a bonus video just for the heck of it:
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Thank you for watching.

 

[ET was here]

wwwoooowww
that ride looks neat

:blowheart:

 

[STEVEN COOL]

:clapper:

 

[Ga-3M]

Epic stuff as always Sank!! Nicely done!:clapper: