WBM346Z Build Journal

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...

As part of the overall Clubsport theme I am going with for this build (both in looks and functionality) I decided the car needed a bit of something for the interior, given that I currently had a pretty average set of Titan Shadow interior trims. I weighed up heavily between a original BMW set of Brushed Aluminium Trim or an aftermarket Carbon Fibre option (only premium like Karbonius, not stick on covers). I also had to consider what would happen with the rest of the interior when deciding which would suit. Understanding I cannot run CSL styled parts as the car need to have original theme for Targa Australia but also wanting to set my car apart from standard E46 M3's I decided to go with aftermarket Carbon Fibre interior trims. I believe the Carbon Fibre style for these pieces is true to what BM<W would do (given the use of carbon fibre in the CSL and in subsequent M3 interior trim fit outs) but also wasn't as widely used as standard BMW options. I also thought it would work...