Iluminusbutterfly's E46 Build

iluminusbutterfly · July 23, 2012

Thought i would show you my build thread on my e46 coupe

about 2 years ago i sold my bodykitted 106 show car and purchased a nice, unmolested 323ci SE, must admit i chose the SE because every e46 i saw was the sports and i wanted something different:

and this one already had electric leather sports seats in it, bargin!

after a few months of trying to be sensible and not modifying it i caved in (slightly) and bought an alpina front splitter, already sprayed in topaz blue

but even that wasnt enough, i had started, and i had plans, but being at uni funds where an issue, some small mods came in the way of orange indicators

so i bide'd my time until i finished uni, then fitted coilovers

but i still wasnt happy, i couldnt get the brake pipes to avoid the drop links on full lock and i wasnt happy with the angle the ARB sat anyway, so i popped over to see my friends at AK sportscars in peterbrough, out came the welder and we turned these:

into these

from my clutch fitting:

fitted some tinted LED rear lights

and a sticker that sums me up

lowered it a tiny bit more:

and removed the front plate

followed swiftly by my new exhaust :P

iluminusbutterfly · July 23, 2012

then disaster! some woman drove into me on a roundabout and drove off, luckily i had her numberplate so i contacted the police and the insurance company (fyi i potentially could be waiting another 6-8 months (this happened in april))

the damage:

so a couple of months later i decided inspite of the damage to get back to modifying so:

then, just before the mk meet i got a punture, so turned up with the car looking a bit worse for ware

and, for no apparent reason i also did this:

but back on subject, i had also ordered (on the day off my accident) some adjustable suspension top mounts, so eventually they got fitted, with the geometry set up with 0 toe, and 2.5 degrees up front and 1.5 degrees at rear:

and finally, fitted a sub (it has been tidied up more since these pics)