2005 ZHP 6MT TAg Coupe Maine

[E46Fan]

Very happy to finally get a ZHP after many years of biding my time. Getting ready to sell my 2002 325i sport package after 326K miles. I posted a WTB post and received a couple PM's. I was looking for a coupe with manual tranny, leather seats, and ZCW (cold weather). One was a 38K mile car with no winters and the second had 94K and run in the winter. The low mileage car had exterior cosmetic blemishes from city parking and was more than I wanted to spend. I went with the higher mileage car so that I had room in the budget to invest in maintenance items and a few upgrades.

Here we are on the way home, stopped at Bavarian Autosport to get a bunch of goodies;

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A few pics of the car once I got home;

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[E46Fan]

The Alcantera wheel was all matted down and not to my liking, so I opted for a Coby leather wheel as well as shift knob, shift boot, and part brake boot.

The old;
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The new;
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[Reasoned1]

Lovely car... I love silver E46's! Was the low mileage car at Avazi?

[E46Fan]

Some of the goodies to be installed;

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[E46Fan]

First big project was getting the brakes upgraded to StopTech rotors, Brembo pads, and all new parking brake hardware. Also cleaned up the calipers and added a coat of paint;

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Discovered a broken rear spring, explained the intermittent rattle;

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[E46Fan]

Needed to do some basic maintenance as well. Previous owner took care of oil filter housing gasket, valve cover gasket and new plugs, and the cooling system had a complete refresh. I focused on oil and filter change, fuel filter, and tranny fluid. I plan to do the rear diff as well;

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Broken/missing exhaust pipe bracket, likely rusted away. Easy fix.

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Ran Royal Purple in the 325i and she lasted well, so will repeat for this car;

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[E46Fan]

Now for the fun stuff, new VMR 710's and Conti Extreme Contact tires;

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[E46Fan]

Lovely car... I love silver E46's! Was the low mileage car at Avazi?

Private seller near Philly. He may have had it up on sites I was not aware of, so not sure if it was the same car you saw.

[fredo]

Good job. The wheels look great. :roundel

[Dual]

Niiice! I like that paint scheme for the calipers. I'm in the Portland area, btw...

[johnrando]

Congrats!

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[E46Fan]

Finally got my hands on a set a used springs. Could not find a set with three blue stripes, so I went with three green stripes. As far as I can tell, blue is for the coupe and green for the sedans. The height is the same, within 1/8 inch. At least when comparing these two in the pic below.

Other projects this weekend:
Wired up my autodimming rear view mirror. I took it from my 325i before I sold it, the ZHP had a manual mirror. My mirror is part 905-0392 and does not have SOS or homelink. These two links to DIY's were key;
https://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=1097788
https://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=729475

Also removed rear tail light, dried it out, and re-sealed it.

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