If you go badge, I agree on GTO… it gives just enough insight to know what’s under the hood. I’m 50/50 on GTO or badgeless… but it’s your car. (and I love it)
Or
Badge it with the 1.8T badge from a VW
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That’ll mind fuck people.
heh, technically this is true
Old tires were shot, and I sold my old M-Parallel reps that were sized for a 3 series.
Perfect excuse to buy some real wheels, M-Par reps in M5 fitment. Staggered setup, 18x8 & 18x9.5.
Oh, and finally invested in the most important thing one can have in a garage.
Thats pretty sweet
Cool :tup:
While its cool seems like hours that could have been spent on turbo fab <3
Needs a drop girl.
Ok, time for a big update. I have been busy with a ton of crap, so I’ll try to let the pictures do most of the talking.
Got my new M-Parallel reps on, and they fit/ride great. Wheel gap was pretty pronounced afterwards, especially in the rear.
I wrapped the interior trim with 3M Aluminum vinyl, but didn’t like the way it came out. It was too bright and looked odd and discolored in the sun.
So I ordered up the stainless steel finish, and got to work.
Much better.
Made one of these for a friend
Buying this has been taking up the majority of my spare time. We hopefully close next week.
I finally gave the winter beater some much needed maintenance in the form of pads/rotors all around, as well as a general tune up and inspection. I also finished installing all the parts the the deer destroyed back in May.
My fiancee surprised me with a trip to Vegas for my 25th birthday.
So I had to ensure that this fat lard was well fed while we were gone.
Vacation was great. Returned back to work, and as I was driving to lunch one day, this happened:
Turns out crappy non-penetrating porous welds don’t hold up well to aggressive shifts. Lesson learned: don’t be a stubborn idiot and try to keep on welding after gas has run out.
Luckily my weld quality is also improving. I cut up a new block at work and welded it all up. I think it came out nice.
I came across a great deal on M5Board and had to jump on it.
While in there, I also replaced the rear pads, rotors, wear sensor, and rear sway bar end links, which were completely shot (.125" play).
I have yet to take pictures with my “good” camera, but I’m very happy with how they came out. I still need to add spacers in the rear and adjust the height side to side.
Took a trip down to Ellicottville this past weekend for our annual “fall drive”. That’s my friend Tim (technician117 over on M5Board) on the left, his girlfriend Danielle in the middle, and my fiancee Melissa on the right. LS 540 vs M5 on the way down was a fun time. We swapped cars as well for half the trip to compare differences…yes, it is a dramatically different driving experience in every way, despite being neck and neck from a roll.
Looks good mang! Glad I changed that lamp shade, that thing was horrible, thanks again. Congrats on the house, beers will be had soon along with heaters.
pretty!
Also forgot to mention that I finally ordered an M-Sport front bumper. They’ll go on the car once it’s being stored for the winter.
I thought the M5 bumper was too boy-racer:
so I went with the more subtle version. The difference is the t-bar grille in the front, which breaks up the big gaping mouth look.
I may still go with a quad exhaust out the back, but that’ll be a winter project.
Awesome stuff man! Congrats on the house, it looks awesome. Where abouts is it?
by any chance were you parked over by caz park yesterday?
Paul, it’s in Lancaster, off Williams, east of transit. I’m really happy with it, it needs nothing. Garage is already drywalled, extra side slab on the driveway means parking for close to 9 cars total, and the interior is modern and updated (house built 2000).
Bunny, nah, I spent the day hiking Devil’s Hole and had dinner at Pano’s in the evening.
cool just wondering, there was a 540 parked over by my house which looked identical to yours obviously no LSX, he must have been hamging out with the kid who owns the red e 36 m3 coupe.
Having Como Park as your back yard will be nice (I’m good friends with the people selling that house).
Oh really? Interesting. They have been on the ball, more or less, despite living in the Carolinas.
congrats on the house man, looks real nice!
time to start a new thread for house mods lol