Clarifying an M3?

Missed that point! thought they looked the same size. almost didnt seem worth shipping my mk1 mtec kit with the lights in now! good to know though, was expecting the whole "ah, m3 is it? ok, thats another 30% then please, identical part? oh yes sir"?

thanks Floody. I'll see if i can order them up end of month.

Hit a major setback on saturday. I was just final finishing the doors (after removing the side rubstrip that the m3 doesnt have), and found that some filler i had used previously that was old hadn't set properly.

I ended up using a new flat chisel to take it back to good filler which has put me out a full days work.  I could basically put grooves in it with my nail. Very disappointed. Getting the final finish is taking so long, but after this much effort cutting corners is going to ruin the whole project.

Still, very annoyed, and more work to do.

Nigel wrote: kbannon wrote: lushluke wrote: why dont you just buy one? i just spent 35k on one Maybe you should go on the internet and tell everyone! They might even think you are a really cool guy! You think ?

Nah im thinking something else!!

lol, well we all have our real reasons for having a nice car, but i expect if you sepnt 35k, you bought a new one. whilst its a lovely car, i see too many of them around, with not enough people knowing how to drive them. Not saying this is the rule, but the original m3 is a drivers car, not all about the big numbers you can associate with the newer models.

Besides, rebuilding my car is alot cheaper than buying one. figure this, the only m3 part of the car is the bodywork. cost here has amounted to only £800 including all materials, and alot of work time.

Now you go and buy an m3, to the same standard mine will be finished, 9k. then i still have to do the engine, brakes, suspension, interior, wiring, the list goes on.

Oh, and another thing, when its done, i can look at it, say i did it, and there won't be one like it in the world. (its not even the same width as a normal m3). Its not for bragging rights for me, its about having a car exactly as i like it.

Unfortunetly i just can't be satisfied with a standard model, of which there are distinct advantages and disadvantages.

Overall if you enjoy the car, its great, but its nice to share it with someone else on a normal level.

hope you enjoy your car.

Luke, despite the skepticism do you intend to join any track days at all? Im sure i will get the chance, but my car originally is much much slower than an m3, and i wanted to get an idea on speed at some point of the finished car. You can't all out race on a track day, but a comparison with a willing accomplice should be possible. It would just be nice to see how everything that has been put into my car compares up to the latest and greatest?

Manners would be good, it was starting to feel like i was 18 again, fighting over a civic lol. the things we do hey!.

thanks for the comment fozzy. doors still got me riled though! all that work and i used some dodgy filler lol, its almost done now though, so hope to be back on track this weekend!