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joeybananaz18
05-08-2021, 09:19 PM
Hello everyone. The time has come to list my super rare ZHP sedan. The wife will be going back to work in September and I got my clubman prior to us having our second little monster. So if I’m gonna be on dad duty FT I’m gonna need to upgrade to a bigger wagon.

I purchased this car from an E46fanatics member just outside of Philly in July of 2017. This car is one of 3 in oxford green metallic (code 430) with beige leather and a 6-speed. However, I have to believe its the only one with the 2-tone black/ beige interior (basically what NB has but with more contrast). The VIN is WBAEV53434KM07188.

It had 155k miles on the ODO when i picked up. It currently has 164K. As wonderful or a car it is to drive I don’t think I e had the full”zhp experience” that so many others have. Need alot more than just 9kmiles.

I’ve done my best to record and document all of work. I’ll be including a binder of maintenance records going back to definitely the second owner, maybe even the first. I’ve only had it for a short while but I’ve definitely put a good amount of work and money into it. Here’s a rundown. Forgive me for the length- I’m trying to be as detailed as I can.

Condition:

Mechanicals: On a well-maintained M54, 164k is just a number. The car runs like a gem. Starts up and runs strong. Gearbox feels solid. Smooth power delivery. Honestly I don’t know what else I can say. Engine is not modified. I ran an OEM performance intake for a short while but that’s it. Engine has never been beaten on and car has not been tracked to my knowledge. Engine is always warmed up before driving (father has been pressing that into me since i was a kid and jalopnik had a really good article about that a while back)

Cosmetics:
Exterior: The front end could use a respray. A lot of road rash on bumper and hood. Passenger fender is pretty good considering the mileage, drivers fender has some scratches. Drivers side from front door back is excellent. Rear bumper was repainted in 2020 after clear coat was coming off. Trunk looks great, save for spot where a screw for the license plate holder was rubbing up against the paint, but it gets covered by the plate. Passenger side got “kissed” in a parking lot. Small marks on the rear door and fender. The PO used dr color chip in a few spots and I picked up a newer kit last year to touch a few things up. I didn’t do much as I didn’t want to make something look worse. Kit is included if you want to give it a tray. Roof looks like green glass. Few small dents could probably get taken care of by PDR.

Interior: Rear seats and door panels look like they just got fitted. Front seats are as you’d expect with 16+ year old montana leather. Driver side is actually better then you would typically see at this age because when I did the heated seat retrofit I put on a seat cover that came from a passenger side seat so it has less wear than the drivers side seat I picked up. A little extra work but worth it.

Maintenance:
As recommended by my pre-purchase inspection- Oil Filter Housing gasket, Vanos line, valve cover gasket, rear drivers side window regulator
Total cooling system overhaul with OEM parts (done this May/June 2019)
oil changes done yearly (7/17, 8/18, 10/19, 10/20) always with LiquiMoly
Rear subframe and shock tower reinforcement
Strut tower reinforcement
New Brake Rotors and Pads from FCP (not installed but including in the sale- it was going to be my next project to tackle)
New Battery (10/20)
Modifications:

Lighting- my wife is astonished at how a 2004 car can have better lighting than her 2018 CRV.
ZKW headlights replaced with AL headlights, ZKW-r lenses and CBI bulbs
Led fog lights
Umnitza angel eyes

Exterior:
M3 Side mirrors (Originals included and swap is very easy)
Gloss black grills

Interior:
Custom Leather wrapped steering wheel with green stitching
Custom shift and E-brake boots to match wheel
Heated seats retrofitted
Two tone black and beige interior including door cards, black carpet and center console
Sprint Booster V2 hardwired into OEM M3 sport button
Dynavin N7 head unit with nav and apple carplay (unfortunately only works on older phones but new ones still connect to head unit, original head unit included)

Suspension:
Koni FSD Shocks
New Control arms and bushings (Lemforder if i remember correctly)

Wheels:
18 x 8.5 Apex wheels powder coated in prismatic gold (set of 5- full size spare)
Brand new continental tires 235s all around- have only a couple of hundred miles on them.
The spare has a Michelin on it- totally forgot to swap it out. I have 2 other Michelin’s I can add, that way if you ever get stuck and need to use the spare you can at least have either both fronts or backs match.

Title is in hand. Car is located in Katonah,NY. If buyer needs transporting and covers cost I’ll certainly help facilitate it to get to where it’s going as best as I can.

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$11K


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joeybananaz18
05-08-2021, 09:20 PM
Edit 1- interior pics

***For anyone new to E46s, please do not let your eyes be fooled. This is NOT Natural brown- this is Sand Beige done in the same interior format as Natural Brown. I'm adding this disclaimer because when I was looking for pics I had a hard time figuring out what was what. I also had vendors try to sell me NB door cards trying to pass them off as SB.***
Carpet has been replaced with black, door card were custom made and all black trim around doors and lower part of seats have been replaced with black.

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Edit 2- engine bay and trunk pics

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And let’s face it, I can post a millions pics and have tons of maintenance records but I know what you all want to know....
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Whether or not it comes with the full tool kit. Yes it does.

Edit 3- underside pics

Diff- rear of car facing forward
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Resonator
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Drivers side facing forward- Control arm in the lower left hand corner
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Edit 4- pics of service records

Below are pics of all service records while car was in my possession.

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Other notable services preformed:
Brake fluid- 146k
Fuel pump- 138k
Brake pads/rotors- 117k (new parts included)
Subframe reinforcement- 88k

cakM3
05-09-2021, 03:40 AM
Nice car! GLWS :thumbsup

nozhp4u
05-09-2021, 04:49 AM
Any interior pics?


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fredo
05-09-2021, 05:50 AM
Beauty. GLWS.

Galapolis
05-09-2021, 05:59 AM
Oh wow, that has to be may absolute favorite combo short of an Individual. Too bad I'm not in the market for a car right now, otherwise I'd be all over this. Hope this goes to a good home.

joeybananaz18
05-09-2021, 06:15 AM
Any interior pics?

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Pics added! Forgot to include that the car come with black and tan cocomats- i mean c'mon, are there better mats to be had?


Nice car! GLWS :thumbsup


Beauty. GLWS.


Oh wow, that has to be may absolute favorite combo short of an Individual. Too bad I'm not in the market for a car right now, otherwise I'd be all over this. Hope this goes to a good home.

Many thanks for the compliments guys! I feel bad I haven't shared as many photos as others on here have. And yes I hope it goes to someone who is going to love it as I have. The gentleman I purchased it from replaced it with a Giulia when they first came out but I could tell as I shook his hand he was going to miss it as much as I will.

Also forgot to mention I had a new windshield put in through safelight about a month ago. Original developed a crack on the passenger side that spread far enough that I needed it replaced before it would pass inspection. I had it outside for a couple of rains and there is absolutely no moisture inside.

I'll grab some pics of engine bay and trunk today as well.

TrKy3
05-09-2021, 01:15 PM
Beautiful car, how’s the undercarriage look?

cakM3
05-09-2021, 01:21 PM
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Seeing those twigs and leaves in the drainage areas is killing me right now....

joeybananaz18
05-09-2021, 02:31 PM
Beautiful car, how’s the undercarriage look?
I remember there being some surface rust on the rear trailing arms but i don't remember if it was anywhere else. I'll get under there tomorrow.


Seeing those twigs and leaves in the drainage areas is killing me right now....

Yes I am quite embarrassed. all my detailing was being done in between nap times and wife's zoom calls so it all got done in small stages. totally missed getting up in there.

joeybananaz18
05-10-2021, 04:59 PM
Beautiful car, how’s the undercarriage look?

Pics added. I couldn’t get it up onto my ramps tonight so I jacked it up and snapped the best that I could. Let me know if there’s anything specific you want to see. Resonator looks to be the worst part.


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TrKy3
05-11-2021, 06:10 AM
Pics added. I couldn’t get it up onto my ramps tonight so I jacked it up and snapped the best that I could. Let me know if there’s anything specific you want to see. Resonator looks to be the worst part.


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Thanks for the pics.

mikebmooney
05-11-2021, 07:16 AM
Looks beautiful in this color scheme……good luck with the sale

joeybananaz18
05-11-2021, 08:10 AM
Thanks for the pics.

no problem. next time im out ill swing past the hardware store and see if i can pick up something to remove as much of the surface rust as possible. i just wanted to take the pics now to disclose all that i can.


Looks beautiful in this color scheme……good luck with the sale

Thanks for that. im really happy with the way the two tone came out. should have been that way from the factory in my opinion.

joeybananaz18
05-11-2021, 08:17 AM
I had a few inquiries about the VIN so I added it to the original post.

joeybananaz18
05-19-2021, 11:23 AM
Just realized the pics of service records never got up loaded. Please see them at the bottom of post number 2. The blue binder below is a history of all servicing and I also am including a hardcover copy of the Bentley manual which has proved very helpful at times.

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RUS_ZHP
05-20-2021, 06:57 AM
Great looking car. Good luck sir.

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MagnumTI
05-21-2021, 05:01 PM
Nice looking, and kind of new here, so two questions:

Maintenance:
As recommended by my pre-purchase inspection- Oil Filter Housing gasket, Vanos line, valve cover gasket, rear drivers side window regulator <--- does this mean these things are done? Or still need to be done, since you noted most other things in this category were done.

Radio - Dynavin N7 head unit with nav and apple carplay (unfortunately only works on older phones but new ones still connect to head unit, original head unit included) <-- does this mean I can connect and play tunes from my phone with bluetooth? Or do I need a wired connection? I'm just confused.

Finally looks like its still for sale?

joeybananaz18
05-21-2021, 07:36 PM
Nice looking, and kind of new here, so two questions:

Maintenance:
As recommended by my pre-purchase inspection- Oil Filter Housing gasket, Vanos line, valve cover gasket, rear drivers side window regulator <--- does this mean these things are done? Or still need to be done, since you noted most other things in this category were done.

Radio - Dynavin N7 head unit with nav and apple carplay (unfortunately only works on older phones but new ones still connect to head unit, original head unit included) <-- does this mean I can connect and play tunes from my phone with bluetooth? Or do I need a wired connection? I'm just confused.

Finally looks like its still for sale?

Oh no all that stuff was taken car of immediately. I remember the wife and i had a trip to cape cod planned and I wanted it all done before we hit the road. For the dynavin I have a lighting cable plugged into the usb in the back and have it running right under the cup holders. I was going to drill a hole somewhere so it's free and available but I figured the next owner can decide where he/she would like a hole to be in the even something needs to be drilled. I can connect my iPhone 11 t it and play songs without any issue. Buttons on the steering wheel work to control volume and switch tracks. I can also make/take calls. But I can't do this all through CarPlay. My wife phone (which i think was based on an iPhone 4) can utilize CarPlay- this is the one time i was ever envious of her phone lol

I looked at the dynavin site and it looks like for their new "pro" model its' done a bit differently now. I've reached out to see if the usb dongle they currently use is available to be put onto non-pro units.

Bstarr3
05-22-2021, 05:01 AM
Do you know if it's possible to convert to Android Auto via software?

joeybananaz18
05-22-2021, 10:54 AM
Do you know if it's possible to convert to Android Auto via software?

Off the top of my head I wouldn’t know. I can follow up with that question when dynavin gets back to me


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MagnumTI
05-22-2021, 04:19 PM
Oh no all that stuff was taken car of immediately. I remember the wife and i had a trip to cape cod planned and I wanted it all done before we hit the road. For the dynavin I have a lighting cable plugged into the usb in the back and have it running right under the cup holders. I was going to drill a hole somewhere so it's free and available but I figured the next owner can decide where he/she would like a hole to be in the even something needs to be drilled. I can connect my iPhone 11 t it and play songs without any issue. Buttons on the steering wheel work to control volume and switch tracks. I can also make/take calls. But I can't do this all through CarPlay. My wife phone (which i think was based on an iPhone 4) can utilize CarPlay- this is the one time i was ever envious of her phone lol

I looked at the dynavin site and it looks like for their new "pro" model its' done a bit differently now. I've reached out to see if the usb dongle they currently use is available to be put onto non-pro units.

Thanks, gonna think on this and may send a PM.

Good Luck!

joeybananaz18
05-28-2021, 10:14 AM
Was loading up some of the extras into the trunk when I saw this spot underneath the latch. Decided to drop the price a bit.
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RUS_ZHP
05-28-2021, 11:45 AM
I thought this car will be gone within 1 week. Oxford is such a rear color.
Rust stinks, but this one is totally fixable.

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joeybananaz18
05-28-2021, 12:24 PM
Yea I guess in a perfect world it would have gone quickly but I remember it took a few weeks to move my 335 back when I sold it. I've also had it listed here exclusively but I just created a listing on e46fanatics and Fredo is probably going to find my CL ad I put together lol. While I want it to go, I also want to make sure I'm taking the time to be as detailed and thorough and answering all questions. And yes that spot really shouldn't be anything to fear.

fredo
05-28-2021, 01:56 PM
... Fredo is probably going to find my CL ad I put together ...

GLWS. Hopefully this car goes to a good home. :thumbsup

joeybananaz18
05-29-2021, 05:27 PM
Update: Car is still available.

I want to update everyone reading this for full transparency. The car was sold. The buyer sent me the funds in full and the transport company was paid. To ship it to Cali. I was just waiting for him to sign the bill of sale and for a new copy of the title to come in because my daughter had scribbled on the back of the one i currently have and i was afraid that it would give him a hard time when he went to go register it. Yesterday the buyer came into a pretty bad family emergency and had to pull out of the deal.

So, the ZHP is back up for sale.

joeybananaz18
06-04-2021, 10:14 AM
bump please read above ^

MagnumTI
06-04-2021, 07:58 PM
Good luck with this Joey,
Have to admit I blew my money on something new for my college age kid.... so I'm out of the running.

What's the price now? and GLWS!

joeybananaz18
06-05-2021, 05:17 AM
No worries they need the best to get them to and from school safely. There will be time for them to jump into a ZHP later.

Price is still at 12K. I also want to disclose what happened yesterday because i already added it to my e46fanatics thread and im sure it'll only be a mater of time before someone here reads it. I learned yesterday the seller didn't just back out, I was scammed out of a considerable amount of money. There were a few red flags that I questioned but I assumed I was safe after the check posted to my account. My wife questioned something he asked me to do and said it looks like fraud. That lead me to call chase and they said not to do anything and its a scam. Going into my local branch to speak to someone and find out how the check could have posted (and by the way they posted it in less than 24 hours) only for them to say 2 days later its a scam.

fredo
06-05-2021, 07:36 AM
Bummer, very sorry to hear the news.

BMWCurves
06-05-2021, 08:51 AM
Sorry to hear, that's very frustrating. I've heard some whispers of scams where the check will somehow clear for a short period and then won't actually transfer money.

joeybananaz18
06-05-2021, 09:01 AM
That’s exactly it. The money posted very quickly to my account and at that point I thought I was in the clear. Chase says the money will most likely be taken out on Monday if it is in fact a scam. Police can’t file anything until chase confirms that it is. Police also say that the money should be insured by chase if I pass the police report to them but I doubt it.


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t.er
06-05-2021, 09:26 AM
Why are some people such scumbags... crossing my fingers for you that you get it back somehow

joeybananaz18
06-05-2021, 03:48 PM
I appreciate everyone’s well wishes. He’ll get his someday. Karma’s a mutha.

In other news, I took olive out for a little shakedown ride over to my in-laws tonight. I totally forgot how wonderful this car is to drive.


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joeybananaz18
06-08-2021, 04:06 AM
Bump. I can come down to 11K if you don't want the apexs

joeybananaz18
06-12-2021, 01:11 PM
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The mini had a flat so I had to do a Home Depot run in this. If you don’t turn back and look at your car when you park, well, you know the rest.

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BMWCurves
06-13-2021, 08:43 AM
Man...this car is the same color as my father's old E39 540i from when I was a kid and seeing that color on your car is giving me some intense nostalgia of family trips.

joeybananaz18
06-13-2021, 01:02 PM
Man...this car is the same color as my father's old E39 540i from when I was a kid and seeing that color on your car is giving me some intense nostalgia of family trips.

If this is hittin you in the feels you’d love my neighbors OG 540i. Saw him drive by right after we moved in and I was like “I got the rarest zhp color only to move in next to one of the most common e39 colors?”


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joeybananaz18
06-16-2021, 06:31 PM
Bump


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joeybananaz18
06-23-2021, 09:19 AM
bump. I'm getting emails daily about the car but nothing concrete. make me an offer.

joeybananaz18
06-29-2021, 09:32 AM
bump

joeybananaz18
07-01-2021, 12:27 PM
price drop to 11K

Boca_RatonZHP
07-06-2021, 03:15 PM
GLWS!

Was the vanos ever addressed?

joeybananaz18
07-07-2021, 09:53 AM
OHPF


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fredo
07-07-2021, 04:23 PM
OHPF


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Almost there, congrats. But I needed to search for it : on hold pending funds.

t.er
07-07-2021, 04:53 PM
Almost there, congrats. But I needed to search for it : on hold pending funds.

Same here haha.

GLWS and hopefully things go smoothly this time!

mikebmooney
08-04-2021, 01:50 AM
Did it sell yet?

DetroitDIY
08-05-2021, 07:50 PM
Interested

fredo
08-06-2021, 05:47 AM
Did it sell yet?


Interested

Yes, he sold the car already.