If ownership of the Roady goes well, I plan on adding an M Clownshoe at some point in the future. I don't think I can afford an S54 model though.

 

I'd love a Z4M Coupe someday. Hopefully they aren't all wrecked or modded by the time that comes around.

 

S52, ftw!

 

It begins! Tear it down this weekend!

 

Well, that got to you quickly.
Enjoy the process, as much as you can.

 

Nope, that is at the builder. He sent pics & is starting the build.

 

Gotcha, thought you already had it in your garage & were getting at it.

 

I wish I had it but not without being rebuilt. It came from a totaled M3.

 

Ready to pressure wash.




And clean!






And a bonus!

 

Delivery day....

 

Front coil overs in, sway will go in tomorrow, rear next week when I refresh the rear body bushings & rear lower control arm bushings/rear shocks & springs.

 

Motor disassembled, ready to go be cleaned/hot tanked/honed/whatever else needs to be done to make it new adjacent!

 

Donor, '98 M3

 

That's a hard hit

 

Yeah...hopefully whoever was in that survived...

 

Lots of things happened today.





Front suspension done.




Whole lot of misc parts.

 

One reason BMW is better than Toyota. Getting rid of Aux air is as simple as headers & tune it out.

Header doesn't have the port that's in the oem header.

 

Holy moly. What a wild ride this has been.

 

The headers are like jewelry.

 

I got my ECU back.

 

So, at this point, other than the indicator stock and the sun visors, what’s original

keep up the good work!

 

Wait...it came with an indicator stalk??

 

Extra cost, super rare BMW option. Usually reserved for elite European delivery models only.

 

Sunvisors are from an M, they're blue.

lol

Parts picked up from the machine shop, build happens this weekend!!!







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This escalated quickly.

 

The waiting is the hardest part....

Also, the builder said he would send progress pix Saturday, Monday & now today.

He is not nonresponsive but isn't responding like before I sent 2k for the parts. Not saying anything nefarious is happening but it's not fun having 2k out there.

 

People don't like pushy. Just give him some time, I'm sure he'll come through.
I'm assuming you did your homework on him like you do homework on everything.
So I'm certain it's in good hands.

 

I know & I have given him a wide berth.

 

Your idea of a wide berth is a dog training collar with the spikes facing in.
He has your 2 grand and it isn't easy to find quality work. Just be nice.

 

No really, I'm messaging him 0.0001% of what I want.

lol

 

Builder said S54s are high maintenance fwiw

 

[insert overly attached gf meme]

yes I’m old.

I get it though, I have some work done on a Jetski by a friend of a friend and when it goes silent for a week I get a little nervous. But, eventually I hear back and I even went to see the ski and all is good.

 

It's an M car...not surprised.

 

Pictures!

Head goes on today, he hopes to ship Friday!

 

I could honestly use some head these days.
Conrats.

 

I can't wait, hate having a motorless car on jackstands.

 

I made a mount for the traction fluid reservoir out of shelf mounts.

 

Pulled the reservoir 2x. First was not happy with the wire tie mounts, then read reviews the fittings leaked. It's mounted with nuts & bolts & all the fittings now have silicone tape.

 

ZM linkage renewed.

 

It's ready, I can get it tomorrow via 760 mile round trip or wait until a week from Thursday. I think we all know what is going to happen.