My '04 Facelift Technoviolet ///M3 Individual

[Jordy]

Been meaning to get a thread up on this for a week or two now....

Had an itch for an E46m3 that I needed to scratch so, I bought this off @Jas Lad middle of June, car was in excellent condition inside & out.

Spec is as follows

Factory 19's now with a polished finish
Harman Kardon sounds
TV & Nav
Heated Black Nappa Leather

Got it detailed by AMC Autocare to leave it sitting perfect.....

The polished finish on the wheels is doing my head in already...so hard to keep.

No plans for it as such, want to keep it OEM and keep it mint.

 

[Woodcutter]

Lovely car Jordy, call down to the shop sometime so we can have a look around it.

Would you not consider getting the wheels refurbished in the original finish?

 

[G N K]

Beautiful car, and being techno violet makes it that little bit more special.

Will definitely own one at some stage!

 

[Jordy]

Lovely car Jordy, call down to the shop sometime so we can have a look around it.

Would you not consider getting the wheels refurbished in the original finish?

I would, because I don't think I'll be able to live with these as they are......was contemplating a set of csl's.

 

[Woodcutter]

I would, because I don't think I'll be able to live with these as they are......was contemplating a set of csl's.

I would stick with OE wheels and just have them refurbished properly. CSL's are the new TSW Venoms!

 

[Mont]

That is gorgeous.

I'm always tempted to upgrade the S3 to one of these, and one in that colour would be perfect.

 

[mcmurray]

Beautiful in that colour. Was interested in this but it was just too far over my budget.

Current wheels for me.

 

[Lyons]

Perfect!

 

[Mark King]

Lovely.

 

[Ian A]

Love the colour mate.

Some decent sealant and avoid any harsh wheel cleaners, the wheels should be grand.

 

[richie_mck]

That is very nice jordy, a keeper

 

[Wayne D]

Looks great, very nice car you got yourself.

 

[Jason]

Looking sharp Jordy! RE Wheels, autosol or Braso both keep them tip top with very little up keep

 

[Peadar]

I would, because I don't think I'll be able to live with these as they are......was contemplating a set of csl's.

If you were wanting to go down the CSL route @Jordy I can supply a wheel package which includes CSLs, bimecc spacers and Tein lowering springs, which will leave your car like below (would look really well on a Technoviolet car..)

 

[Eager]

I would not want to daily or even a most weekends type car with bare polished rims, my motorsports were hard going. And it was out about 15 times the year I had it.

 

[jincam]

Csl's are popular on m3's because they are the best rims to put on it FACT.
Seriously though csl's would look l
So so perfect on this car

 

[NickR]

I seen this about the town a few weeks ago and I think the whole car looks perfect, personally I prefer the wheels that are on it to the CSLs [emoji106]

 

[Boydie]

Very nice but as above, CSL's IMO are hard to beat on any M3 even though they are done to death!

 

[Paul.]

That is utterly sensational. Techno Violet is such a great colour, and it's not like the E46 was a bad looking car in other colours.

@Peadar: I love the consistency of those side shots. Most people would Photoshop the car's colour to suit, but not you!

 

[Jordy]

Cheers for the comments, I really like the oem 19's but just not keen on polished finish.

Will live with it for now though....

Not wanting to lower this or add spacers, just want to keep it standard, for now anyway.

 

[Jordy]

Gave it a clean and took it out a run this afternoon....

The colour is fantastic, love it.

Unfortunately the sun had gone by time I got to take a pic.

 

[StevenMc29]

Lovely Jordy! Still running the VRS too or is it long gone?

 

[HWW]

Love this colour. Looked at a low mileage one last year but it was out of my price range. Z3 and z4 look really good in this colour.

 

[Jordy]

Lovely Jordy! Still running the VRS too or is it long gone?

I'm still running the VRS as a daily....it needs a bit of tidying to be fair.

Had turbo trouble couple weeks back but going great now.

 

[cormac81]

Superb colour. Enjoy!