Crazy Bimmer

It went up on June 1st.

Trackruner228

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I knew I wasnt crazy.

Any new features or just because of inflation?

Crazy Bimmer

Blame Bush.

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iamandypark

soo which color woud you guys rather have on a 335i?
AW- with drop and bbs lm's
Montego blue with drop and gunmetal csl's

Crazy Bimmer

^ WTF? How are you comparing CSL to LMs?

Montego with LMs get my vote

iamandypark

haha im just comparing the overall look. i personally think they both look equally stunning.

Brandon24pdx

I took my car in for service this early this morning and checked out the black/black M3 in the showroom. (Actually I took a nap in it )

Ahh the amount of poon that car and I would collect...it'd almost be enough to make an ugly guy sexy

cM3go

Did a little modding over the weekend. The US E92, comes with a grey headliner. For one, it looks out of place in the Saddle Interior (interior I have). In the rest of the world, buyers get the choice of Grey and Black. The US M3s come with the black headliner, but not the non-M cars. So naturally, I had to have it and did the swap. Someone has to keep the 335i modding alive with Jesal gone back to his roots on Honda.

Big box:


Parts start being removed:


Headliner out!:


First piece in:


Getting closer:


And we're done!: (Just need to paint the overhead consoles)

Crazy Bimmer

MUCH nicer!!

zeroday

that looks awesome! you going to swap out the gray plastic pieces too?

cM3go

All the plastic pieces are swapped to black except the 2 overhead consoles. These will be painted matte black once I have time, just a little busy right now with home projects I didn't get around to painting them just yet. You can't order just the plastic pieces from BMW so its MUCH cheaper to paint.

zeroday

Ah ok, so how much did all this cost? I always wondered why my headliner was grey when everything else is black..

picus

Ya I'd like to know the cost too; I never liked the grey headliner. I think yours looks very nice now.

cM3go

$1221 + shipping

6mtV6

How easy was it to change the headliner?

zeroday

not too bad considering the big difference it made. i bet shipping wasn't cheap though.

Brandon24pdx

That one of the first things I noticed on that M3 I checked out...hey anthracite headliner!

cM3go

Real easy, did it by my self with no instructions whatsoever. Its just clips and screws.


Shipping wasn't bad at all, somewhere around $100-$120 considering the size of the package.

nokiaman

Looks much much better now. A thumbs up for having the guts to install that too, I would have never been able too.

picus

I wonder how well a local interior shop could do something like that? I bet for the same quality it'd be just as expensive; so I don't think it's a bad deal at all.

cmark

I like it! Good work!

6mtV6

I really like the saddle brown. It was either coral red or saddle brown. I went with coral red.

cM3go

My buddy's E90... Looks hawt and I don't even like E90s that much. His photography is pretty sick too for teaching himself.

FiveLiterCheater

^^ Thats HAWT! Probably the nicest E90 i've ever seen....

nokiaman

Looks pretty agressive!

majin ssj eric

Thats the first E90 I've ever seen that impressed me. Looks awesome!

Will Y.

I test-drove a new manual trans 335 sedan today. It felt like the clutch engaged at the top of the travel on release, and the shifter had a somewhat rubbery and slight balky feel to it. Is that normal for the 335, or am I nuts in thinking that the shifter and clutch on Acuras and Mazdas are much better?

I'm looking at a 335 sedan as a potential replacement for my TL (with wife-requested auto trans ), and haven't driven an auto 335 yet.

charliemike

I drove a 2006 Z4M tonight for about an hour (friend of mine owns it) and I would concur that I felt much of the same thing. I think it makes it hard to shift quickly but it could be my unfamiliarity with it.

Crazy Bimmer

The manual in the 335 is pretty bad compared to Hondas/Acuras.

It helps to get a weighted knob thats shorter than stock but still feels like rubber.

I didnt mind the high engagement of the clutch though.

Will Y.

Thanks, guys. I was afraid you would confirm my suspicions, although I suppose that is preferable to me being wrong. I hadn't ever driven a BMW stick shift before. I may skip the manual trans and try out the auto ...well, at least the wife will be thrilled...

nokiaman

on the high clutch engagement. I, for one, didn't like it. I've driven some others MT where the clutch could engage pretty much almost anywhere. The M's gearbox/cluch while heavier, definitely feels better, they don't make them like they used to.

Crazy Bimmer

Double clutch tranny will be out in fall for the coupe and convertibles.

6mtV6

My 06 330i lease is up so I ordered a 335i coupe back in May. I took delivery last week.
It was between the G37, A5, and 335i. I hated the service at all the Infiniti dealers I visited. The A5 is beautiful but felt slow and steering was too loose. Dealers were also charging MSRP.

nokiaman

Congrats, looks good. Great choice for the interior colours!

cM3go

FYI, also till the end of july, there is .9% financing on 335i coupes and free auto tranny (factory rebate) till the end of July.

phil2

the red leather is so guidosex hot

Will Y.

Gracias!
A friend just got a 535 yesterday and was also offered 0.9% (she paid cash, though ).
I'll take the kids tomorrow to look at the sedan (manual and auto) and the coupe, which looks pretty decent despite my old-fogey sedan-body bias: the kids are still small enough to scrunch in back.

Crazy Bimmer

wtf, why pay cash when you can get 0.9%?!!?

Will Y.

Hence, my .

Her parents taught her not to buy a car unless she could pay cash, but she could actually make money by borrowing at 0.9% and putting that cash in a higher-interest account.

I may try the financing @ 0.9% if I decide to pick up a 335...or I could pull a Whiskers and look at Infinitis, Hyundais, Accords, Volvos, Rolls Royces...