History & Timeline of my 95 BMW M3
This car has a lot of history with me so I figured I would keep track of what I have done and when I did it.
June 02
I purchased my Cosmos Black M3 Lux package with aftermarket clears and tint. The car had 56k miles on it. I picked the car up in Santa Cruz CA, a short drive from my house. I installed my first HID kit right away. Back in 02 HIDs were the "cool" thing to have so I bought a set of inpro headlights and a Phillips 6000k HID kit for my first mod. I also replaced the aftermarket clears with OEM.
August 02
Next was exhaust. After listening to a bunch of audio clips, I decided to go with AA gen 3. Not too loud and I loved the sound the best.
January 03
Was a big month. Some idiot ran into the front of my car back in late November, nothing major but I took the opportunity to go big on the mods
Rieger Infinity 1 front
VIS CF hood
97 + nose panel and Blacked out grills
ZKW headlights and gen 3 DDE (much better then the inpros, what was i thinking?)
OSRAM 6000k HID kit (a lot bluer than the phillips)
UUC ltw replica wing,
AA tuning Intake,
AA front strut bar, and I
moved the phillips 6000k to the fogs.
Next came wheels and then suspension.
February 03
I went with BBS CH 18 x 8.5 and H&R coilovers.
March 03
Bimmerfest was coming up and this would be the first year I would attend with My M3, I wanted to do something original that no one else had. I painted all my interior pieces Cosmos black, It was very easy to do since I already had wood interior from the lux package. I also painted my corner lights Cosmos black (and yes they still blink...sort of). I also had some Kamie eyelids added.
April 03
The trip to Bimmerfest 03 was a lot of fun. This was the first year I drove down with the Nor-Cal caravan, which included about 60-80 cars.
May 03
Time for the rear end. I added Rieger infinity 1 rear bumper and MA Shaw Carbon Fiber Trunk. I also had the door moldings painted Cosmos Black and had the UUC wing removed.
July 03
Was also a big month for the car.
Mods were Sparco Torino seats in black,
UUC BBK w red calipers,
RE SSK w WSR, and
finally a Rieger DTM Splitter (ABS).
December 03
Ordered my AA Supercharger. Became a member of Eurowerkz.
January 04
Time to upgrade those DDEs to Lightning Enhanced. I went up to Umnitza's house in the bay area and he did the installation for me. I was one of the first to have the new DDE on my car. At the end of the month my parts that I was waiting for finally arrived: AA Supercharger, UUC stage 2 flywheel, M5 Clutch, Autometer gauges boost, AFR, EGT NR auto aluminum gauge face, Ground Control Coilovers (Sold the H&Rs. I didn't like them).
February 04
ImportXdream video shoot.
Click Below to see the Feature video of my car on the IXD dvd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMRNkLAyvMc
April 04
Bimmerfest 04 Picked up Umnitza sponsorship. I showed in his booth with 4 other cars.
July 04
I hit 100k. I also added a Stop tech BBK.
October 04
Dub Fest 04, So-Cal. is where I met Cameron for the first time. I saw his car break the dyno.... Those were the days Cameron took home the 1st place best BMW trophy and I took home the 3rd. I added a sparco flash 5 wheel and a 7" screen w DVD player. I showed for ImportXdream.
February 05
Good vs. Evil photo shoot with Matt from Eurowerkz.
April 05
Bimmerfest 05. Again showed with Umnitza. This year it was held back at Cutter Motors. New mods for the show were Pioneer N2 navi 7" screen DVD, custom trunk box in spare tire well, carbon fiber surrounds, AA rear Strut bar, and CF DTM splitter.
The Year of 2006
I dropped out of the scene in '06. I had a lot of problems with the car. I took it to about 4 shops trying to get some major problems fixed, but no one seemed to have any idea what was wrong. This kind of pissed me off and I gave up on the BMW scene for a bit. I also moved to LA and started school at CSULB. This also took up most of my time. My car started to go down hill - a broken front bumper and cf splitter that got ignored for almost a year amongst other things. *Special thanks to Nick Owen (nickdrivesm3) for all the work you did to bring my car back to life! Nick is a master tech and found what no shop could find. To make a long story short Nick fixed my supercharger and all the other problems it caused. Thanks again Nick!
April 07
Ma Shaw CF GT wing, new rieger bumper, and CF splitter.
May 07
Bimmerfest '07 showed with socale36.com. This was my favorite bimmerfest of all time. New shift knob from bimian.com.
November 07
TT Stage 2 Turbo Kit ordered.
December 07
TT install begins
AA 3" turbo exhaust comes in,
Blitz SBCiD Boost Controller
AEM Wideband AFR gauge
January 08
Became a member of EUROPROJEKTZ
February 08
M5 vs. M6 Dyno Day. I ended up beating all the new M5s and M6s on the Dyno Dynamics. I threw down 450 rwph 100 octane @17psi on a slipping clutch.
May 08
My 6th Bimmerfest, showed with EP.
June 08 - June 09
Car was down for a whole year due to a bad ECU and EWS module. It took 4 different shops to figure out the problem. All is good now.
October 09
Boost controller was tweaked by EDO performance.
Accomplishments and Awards
-Bimmerwerkz.com Car of the Month March 03
-Eurowerkz Team Member December 03
-Bimmerforums.com Car of the Month January/February 04
-Dubfest 04 3rd Place Best BMW
-ImportXdream Feature Car in DVD 04-05. Also on the cover of the DVD
-EUROPROJEKTZ Team Member January 08
