JC Sportline Order

I made an order for a few Carbon Fibre parts I had been looking at for some time now. These were some Carbon Fibre Fog Light Covers (with Brake Cooling ducts) and a Carbon Fibre rear deck lip spoiler from JC Sportline.

The Carbon Fibre Fog Light Covers I was after for a styling way to be able to plumb up the HARD Motorsport Brake Cooling Backing Plates whilst also looking stylish and maintaining the stock fog lights.

The Carbon Fibre rear deck lip spoiler was to balance out the Carbon Fibre Fog Light Covers at the front by adding some Carbon Fibre to the rear. Due to the Targa Australia regulations I can only run panels that are the same shape and style as original. As a result I cannot run any CSL panels, so no front Carbon Fibre lip or CSL front bumper, no Carbon Fibre rear diffuser or CSL trunk. I am hoping that balanced with the Carbon Fibre at the front this will all up look balanced and stylish whilst being tasteful but making it clear that the car isn't stock.

I am also toying with the idea of either getting a CSL badge and just using the "CS" letters to make a ///M3 cs badge (to represent ClubSport which is the kind of build aim I have for this car, clubsport spec) or getting a GTS badge to distinguish the car. As by the time this car is done it will be far greater spec'd than the stock E46 M3 but still be a street car, hence I like the CS or GTS moniker's.

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///M Clubsport Door Sills Search

Whilst starting the preparation and install for my Karbonius CSL Carbon Fibre Roof I started thinking about the final overall style of the car again. It particularly came to the front of my mind when a friend, who was working with me on the roof install, asked what the deal with the CS badge on the boot was. I realised tat whilst that choice had made sense to me it may not really land with others who are unfamiliar with BMWs and understand the history of the CS badging or the idea of what the Clubsport moniker encapsulates. From previous research and investigations into Clubsport branding from BMW that I could use to keep the style I knew of the somewhat rare E46 330i Clubsport so i thought I should take another look to see if there was anything from that that might help pull the theme together at all. It was at that point that I came across the ///M Clubsport door sills that are used on the E46 330i Clubsport. They struck me as perfect to help tie the theme together. They a...

///M3 CS (ClubSport) Badging

As part of the overall theme of my car build I have wanted to set my car apart from other less modified or standard E46 M3s whilst staying true to a BMW styling. I wanted the car to look like it could have come off the factory floor as a BMW option package and drive well on the street, whilst also tearing up on the track. This is part of why for most of my build I have referred to it as a Clubsport build and this gave me the idea to try capture that naming and apply it to the theme of the car. There was never officially a BMW E46 M3 Clubsport as the BMW E46 M3 CS that Europe got was actually a Coupe Sport and obviously the CSL was the pinnacle model which as discussed previously I cannot really replicate from. So I started thinking about badging and labeling and was reminded of some of the M3Forum guys with Supercharged M3s who use a CSL badge but switch it around to give themselves a ///M3 sc which I always thought was kind of cool and set them apart without being too tacky. The use o...

Radium Automotive Order

After deciding on an purchasing a Evolve Carbon Fibre intake I wanted to look into an Oil Catch Can to protect the new intake from vented crank-case gases. There are multiple generic options out there ranging from ECS Tuning, to Mishimoto and there is obviously the option to build a custom kit, all of which would meet the brief. Although, as usual, I wanted a ready to go kit for this car. After a bit of research the only ready to go kit I could find for the E46 M3 was the Radium Automotive Oil Catch Can Kit . Checking out their website I also found a few other E46 M3 parts/kits they had on offer; Fuel Surge Tank Kit , Fuel Rail Kit and Fuel Pump Install Kit . Unfortunately I fell in love with their high build quality and marketing material as very quickly I found myself wanting it all. So as a result I set out to justify why I might need all of it. The Fuel Pump Install Kit was the easiest to justify in some ways as I was at the level of mileage where it would be prudent to re...

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