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dbuilt
11-05-2020, 08:10 AM
Hey all,

Have been aware of the zhp forums for a number of years now.. owned my first e46 in 2012.
Sold it a few years later and went through a few different cars. Last november I was looking for a cheap winter car to keep my M3 off the road and stumbled across an 04 330xi 6mt slicktop. It served its purpose and then sat for the majority of the year. Decided to sell the M3 as I have a 90 miata that I have been using as an entry into motorsport (autox as of right now) and found that it didn't make sense to have a fast weekend car that sits while I'm out racing on the weekends.

Since the e46 seems to be a relatively clean example albeit with high mileage and decently rare being a ZSP/ZCW 6mt slicktop.. I have decided to turn it into my own variation of a zhp car! Probably won't be seeing zhp cams or anything extreme of the sort... but interior/exterior bits galore :)

Some pictures!

How it sat when I got it

https://i.imgur.com/mIwv0xv.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/REyygrw.jpg

Zhp wheels!

https://i.imgur.com/gDaekPQ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/B3yRC1I.jpg

Gone but not forgotten..

https://i.imgur.com/BLT4HyX.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/8pNlNsh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/XMQ1D23.jpg

And my other 2 hoopties (works in progress)

https://i.imgur.com/OPb812Y.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/9ScOvLy.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/LpR1ed3.jpg
JETSET303
11-05-2020, 08:53 AM
Welcome to the forum. Lovely stable you have there.


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fredo
11-05-2020, 08:57 AM
Welcome, sir ! Good choice on your ZHP wheels. That M3 looks amazing, I bet the new owner is very happy.
dbuilt
11-05-2020, 09:48 AM
Welcome, sir ! Good choice on your ZHP wheels. That M3 looks amazing, I bet the new owner is very happy.


Welcome to the forum. Lovely stable you have there.

Thank you! The M3 was a great car. One of my favorites. If I am being honest the miata had and still continues humbling me as a driver. Felt almost wasteful to own the M3 and not use the car like it was designed to be used.
johnrando
11-06-2020, 05:17 AM
Welcome! Great set of cars.

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Vas
11-06-2020, 10:33 AM
Yas marina blue is such a great color

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dbuilt
11-06-2020, 12:32 PM
Welcome! Great set of cars.


Yas marina blue is such a great color

Appreciate the welcome folks! Agreed, was a big fan of the YMB. Shockingly enough, I believe it was either the 2nd or 3rd most popularly produced color on the f8x.
BMWCurves
11-06-2020, 02:01 PM
Thank you! The M3 was a great car. One of my favorites. If I am being honest the miata had and still continues humbling me as a driver. Felt almost wasteful to own the M3 and not use the car like it was designed to be used.

I hear that. My father's Miata taught me a lot about driving. Granted I never took it to AutoX or track days, but balance was everything in that car. I also loved the sensation of that car over a car with big honkin' horsepower. Racking through the gears, wind in your hair, and the speedo says you're only doing 45 is nothing but fun and humbling.