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Ilia@IND · 07-03-2009, 02:40 PM

The most exciting time in an IND Portfolio project’s development is the day I fly out to inspect our work in person. Making a Portfolio build go well involves so much more behind the scenes planning than many people can understand.

From consulting with Grand Am Cup winning race teams to determine the perfect ride height, to debating for hours about tiny, subtle details like the color of the finishing pieces on the car, to coordinating a completely one-off set of Brembo brakes directly with Brembo, to obtaining a set of HRE wheels designed specifically for the Fall Line motorsport program, completing an IND Portfolio project like Scott’s Dakar Yellow E92 M3 is no easy task. That’s exactly why those few hours spent on the airplane are both so exciting, and so nerve-racking. You think about each modification, each part installed just one more time. Will the ride height of the KW ClubSport coilovers work well with the 275/35/18 Nitto NT05 race tires sitting at each corner of the car? Will the higher spring rate at the front of the car work well with the extra grip available because of the hugely wide front tires? How will the gloss black mirror caps, side markers, grilles, and Vorsteiner front lip work with the Dakar Yellow paint? No matter how many hundreds of hours you spend thinking, planning, and researching, nothing is proven until you meet your client and see the car in person- this is the real moment of truth.

I met Scott in a busy airport parking lot after a long flight from Chicago. Portland’s busy airport could do nothing to conceal this M3, and even though there were cars and SUVs strewn about the parking area, my eyes were instantly drawn to BMW’s classic yellow color. As striking as the car is at first sight, it’s amazing how perfectly the details come together. When designing Scott’s car, Nate and I kept two themes in mind- the car is to be competition inspired, and the car is to be subtle and mature. The gloss black Vorsteiner lip, IND sidemarkers and grilles; the fully painted Vorsteiner bootlid- all of these details work together to give the car a put together appearance that hides the performance that lurks underneath the sheetmetal. The only real giveaway to the driver’s sporting intentions are the strangely huge Nitto NT05 tires and the custom powdercoated Brembo calipers, designed in collaboration with Brembo to mimic the brake calipers used in Brembo’s racing program.

Our first task was to leave Portland for the mountains of Oregon. With thousands of turns, sheer drops, and some of the smoothest road surfaces available in the US, the roads leading up to Oregon’s famous Mt Hood are at least as frightening as they are beautiful. Watching the Dakar M3’s competition proven components work together in harmony over the turns and constant elevation changes leading up to Mt Hood was truly amazing. The Brembo brakes never failed. The KW ClubSports and square 275 tires provided sure footed handling with perfect steering response, and eliminated the understeer inherent in the stock E92 M3. Being able to hear the sonorous exhaust note of the Eisenmann Sport exhaust as the M3 powered through the mountain roads confirmed things for me- this car was absolutely perfect. Watching Scott drive the car, I could tell that the Dakar project that we’d built together was perfectly in tune with his tastes, both visually and with regard to the car’s awesome handling and braking performance.

The amount of beautiful scenery in Oregon is really too great to describe adequately here, and I hope that these photos by my friend Johan can express the feeling of awe that these mountain roads impose on anyone who can make it all the way to the top. I truly felt on top of the world as we had dinner at the Timberline Lodge, looking over the snowy peaks of Mt Hood.

I’d like to thank all of our sponsors and partners in this Portfolio project:

Terrence at Nitto Tire
Gary at Brembo North America
Steve at Fall Line Motorsports
Omar at Active Autowerke
Julius and Johan at WheelSTO
Peter at Vorsteiner
Sven at Eisenmann GmbH
Roy at CA Automotive

I also wanted to personally thank Johan at WheelSTO here, for accompanying me on the trip. Johan’s work ethic made these beautiful photos possible.

the infamous... · 07-03-2009, 02:42 PM

This car is beautiful!!!! I love this setup!! +1

Great job as usual IND.

FifthStreetz · 07-03-2009, 02:44 PM

wow....

Adonislike · 07-03-2009, 02:45 PM

I love this car IND!!! Not a fan of the wheels really, but overall nice work as always

503Alex · 07-03-2009, 02:46 PM

Nice job on this project guys! If you're out here again you should stop by and see us!

MentholGuy · 07-03-2009, 02:46 PM

Dang, that looks amazing!!!

10M3MAN · 07-03-2009, 03:01 PM

Nice, love the color

INSIDEoutOREO699 · 07-03-2009, 03:01 PM

favorite M

KINGLEH · 07-03-2009, 03:03 PM

yea really great job guys.... Photography and a really pretty car...

Its good to see so much effort put in to an M3...

maaicher · 07-03-2009, 03:03 PM

amazing!!!

slicer · 07-03-2009, 03:09 PM

What are the specs on the wheels and tires? I like!

Kensta335 · 07-03-2009, 03:13 PM

oh my lawd

biglare · 07-03-2009, 03:14 PM

Frickin Awesome!
Love the pic in the trees!

Cab5er · 07-03-2009, 03:16 PM

Sick car. Wheels, brakes and color are all sweet. The rest is just soooooo vorsteiner. Looks good though.

KANdaddy · 07-03-2009, 03:22 PM

Love the rolling shots

503Alex · 07-03-2009, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KANdaddy

Love the rolling shots

+1, and I also like the shot next to the Schnitzer!

645Nm · 07-03-2009, 03:39 PM

Stunning...stunning

Stronie's BMW · 07-03-2009, 03:40 PM

Great Photography !

Better Car ! M3 Dakar Yellow FTMFW !!

boostedtwin · 07-03-2009, 03:42 PM

Congrats on this project. It came out great, loved the wheels & brake combo. Everything matches pretty well. Photography top notch.

slammedm3 · 07-03-2009, 03:45 PM

great pics
great car

rbk1115 · 07-03-2009, 03:47 PM

Awesome color! Great pics!

BIMMER//DRIMMER · 07-03-2009, 03:54 PM

great thread, great photos, AWESOME CAR!

07-03-2009, 02:40 PM	#1
Ilia@IND BimmerPost Supporting Vendor Drives: 08 Alpine M3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,038 iTrader: (3)	Oregon Gold Rush -- Dakar Yellow E92 M3 full official photoshoot The most exciting time in an IND Portfolio project’s development is the day I fly out to inspect our work in person. Making a Portfolio build go well involves so much more behind the scenes planning than many people can understand. From consulting with Grand Am Cup winning race teams to determine the perfect ride height, to debating for hours about tiny, subtle details like the color of the finishing pieces on the car, to coordinating a completely one-off set of Brembo brakes directly with Brembo, to obtaining a set of HRE wheels designed specifically for the Fall Line motorsport program, completing an IND Portfolio project like Scott’s Dakar Yellow E92 M3 is no easy task. That’s exactly why those few hours spent on the airplane are both so exciting, and so nerve-racking. You think about each modification, each part installed just one more time. Will the ride height of the KW ClubSport coilovers work well with the 275/35/18 Nitto NT05 race tires sitting at each corner of the car? Will the higher spring rate at the front of the car work well with the extra grip available because of the hugely wide front tires? How will the gloss black mirror caps, side markers, grilles, and Vorsteiner front lip work with the Dakar Yellow paint? No matter how many hundreds of hours you spend thinking, planning, and researching, nothing is proven until you meet your client and see the car in person- this is the real moment of truth. I met Scott in a busy airport parking lot after a long flight from Chicago. Portland’s busy airport could do nothing to conceal this M3, and even though there were cars and SUVs strewn about the parking area, my eyes were instantly drawn to BMW’s classic yellow color. As striking as the car is at first sight, it’s amazing how perfectly the details come together. When designing Scott’s car, Nate and I kept two themes in mind- the car is to be competition inspired, and the car is to be subtle and mature. The gloss black Vorsteiner lip, IND sidemarkers and grilles; the fully painted Vorsteiner bootlid- all of these details work together to give the car a put together appearance that hides the performance that lurks underneath the sheetmetal. The only real giveaway to the driver’s sporting intentions are the strangely huge Nitto NT05 tires and the custom powdercoated Brembo calipers, designed in collaboration with Brembo to mimic the brake calipers used in Brembo’s racing program. Our first task was to leave Portland for the mountains of Oregon. With thousands of turns, sheer drops, and some of the smoothest road surfaces available in the US, the roads leading up to Oregon’s famous Mt Hood are at least as frightening as they are beautiful. Watching the Dakar M3’s competition proven components work together in harmony over the turns and constant elevation changes leading up to Mt Hood was truly amazing. The Brembo brakes never failed. The KW ClubSports and square 275 tires provided sure footed handling with perfect steering response, and eliminated the understeer inherent in the stock E92 M3. Being able to hear the sonorous exhaust note of the Eisenmann Sport exhaust as the M3 powered through the mountain roads confirmed things for me- this car was absolutely perfect. Watching Scott drive the car, I could tell that the Dakar project that we’d built together was perfectly in tune with his tastes, both visually and with regard to the car’s awesome handling and braking performance. The amount of beautiful scenery in Oregon is really too great to describe adequately here, and I hope that these photos by my friend Johan can express the feeling of awe that these mountain roads impose on anyone who can make it all the way to the top. I truly felt on top of the world as we had dinner at the Timberline Lodge, looking over the snowy peaks of Mt Hood. I’d like to thank all of our sponsors and partners in this Portfolio project: Terrence at Nitto Tire Gary at Brembo North America Steve at Fall Line Motorsports Omar at Active Autowerke Julius and Johan at WheelSTO Peter at Vorsteiner Sven at Eisenmann GmbH Roy at CA Automotive I also wanted to personally thank Johan at WheelSTO here, for accompanying me on the trip. Johan’s work ethic made these beautiful photos possible. __________________ www.eisenmann-na.com Eisenmann North American Distributor Vorsteiner Midwest-Ericsson NA dealer AIM EisenmannNAilia

07-03-2009, 02:44 PM	#3
FifthStreetz O! So Sour!! Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NJ/NYC Posts: 14,417 iTrader: (9) View FifthStreetz's Garage	wow.... __________________

07-03-2009, 02:46 PM	#6
MentholGuy BimmerPost Supporting Vendor Drives: 09 M3 Coupe Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 586 iTrader: (0)	Dang, that looks amazing!!! __________________ ::modmynav.com \|

07-03-2009, 03:03 PM	#10
maaicher Second Lieutenant Drives: Jet black E92 M3 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 256 iTrader: (0)	amazing!!! __________________ 2008 Jet Black E92 M3 * HRE C20 19in Wheels * RD Sport Springs * Huper 50 % front tint and 40% all around * Stop-Tech Trophy BBK * Meisterchaft GT Exhaust * Tecnocraft Envy Intake System

07-03-2009, 03:14 PM	#13
biglare Bulldog Drives: 2009 E90 M3 Brilliant White Join Date: May 2008 Location: AZ Posts: 595 iTrader: (0)	Frickin Awesome! Love the pic in the trees! __________________ Biglare ESS SC 600hp \| DCT \| Vorsteiner Bumper – BootLid – Diffuser – Wheels 305/306 \| Brembo BBK CustomColors \| BMW Perf. Steering Wheel – CF Interior \| IND BW Grills – Gills \| DINAN Exhaust – Midpipe – 3.62Diff \| KW V3 \| LeatherZ Alcantara Boots \| AiB’s \| Premier ClearFilm

07-03-2009, 02:42 PM	#2
the infamous... Brigadier General Drives: on PZero Nero's Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Coral Springs, FL Posts: 3,842 iTrader: (0)	This car is beautiful!!!! I love this setup!! +1 Great job as usual IND.

07-03-2009, 02:45 PM	#4
Adonislike Captain Drives: Toyota Insight/Honda Prius Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 829 iTrader: (1)	I love this car IND!!! Not a fan of the wheels really, but overall nice work as always

07-03-2009, 02:46 PM	#5
503Alex Lieutenant Drives: TBD Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: OR Posts: 598 iTrader: (0)	Nice job on this project guys! If you're out here again you should stop by and see us!

07-03-2009, 03:01 PM	#7
10M3MAN Captain Drives: 2006 Nissan Altima SER Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wharton, TX Posts: 933 iTrader: (0)	Nice, love the color

07-03-2009, 03:01 PM	#8
INSIDEoutOREO699 Enlisted Member Drives: Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 40 iTrader: (0)	favorite M

07-03-2009, 03:03 PM	#9
KINGLEH Captain Drives: 00 GTR - 09 E92 M Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 985 iTrader: (1)	yea really great job guys.... Photography and a really pretty car... Its good to see so much effort put in to an M3...

07-03-2009, 03:09 PM	#11
slicer Private First Class Drives: '08 E90 M3 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 153 iTrader: (0)	What are the specs on the wheels and tires? I like!

07-03-2009, 03:13 PM	#12
Kensta335 Freelance Gynecologist Drives: 335i Coupe Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,464 iTrader: (1)	oh my lawd

07-03-2009, 03:16 PM	#14
Cab5er Lieutenant Colonel Drives: M3 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,701 iTrader: (12)	Sick car. Wheels, brakes and color are all sweet. The rest is just soooooo vorsteiner. Looks good though. __________________ E90 ///M3/ AW/ Fox Red

07-03-2009, 03:22 PM	#15
KANdaddy Major Drives: 2008 IB e90 M3 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cali Posts: 1,209 iTrader: (2)	Love the rolling shots __________________

07-03-2009, 03:39 PM	#17
645Nm only in it for the torque - awuleth'umshini wami Drives: sapphire black 335i Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: nomad Posts: 382 iTrader: (0) View 645Nm's Garage	Stunning...stunning __________________ JB3.2.0 beta/Catless DPs/BMS DCI/RPI FMIC/Bilstein B16/BMW Performance Exhaust/BMW Perf rims 19'/BT Tool/BMS T Gauge/Forge DVs/BMS Meth/STETT Chargepipe/Midpipes DREAMLIST: BMW K 1300 S/LSD/Upgraded turbos REVIEWS: Bilstein B16 Ridecontrol//BMW Performance Exhaust//RPI Intercooler//Race Camara Mount

07-03-2009, 03:40 PM	#18
Stronie's BMW Captain Drives: 2006 325i Sport 6MT Join Date: May 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 686 iTrader: (0)	Great Photography ! Better Car ! M3 Dakar Yellow FTMFW !!

07-03-2009, 03:42 PM	#19
boostedtwin Sheriff Drives: 997S / E46 M3 AA SC / Cayenne Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 1,280 iTrader: (10) View boostedtwin's Garage	Congrats on this project. It came out great, loved the wheels & brake combo. Everything matches pretty well. Photography top notch. __________________ E46 M3 AA Stg 2 SC Vert/ Porsche Cayenne / 997S

07-03-2009, 03:45 PM	#20
slammedm3 Brigadier General Drives: E93 M3 Vert Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,723 iTrader: (1)	great pics great car __________________ ///M3 MODS LIST: Eisenmann RaceH&R Springs20" 360 Forged SPEC 5ive (Matte Black Centers w/Gloss Black Lip/White Pin Stripe)Rogue PulleyAA SSKAA SoftwareVRS CF Front LipVRS CF Rear DiffuserCF Rear Lip SpoilerCF Kidney GrillesCF Side GillesRPi ScoopsAA Air Filter

07-03-2009, 03:47 PM	#21
rbk1115 First Lieutenant Drives: 2009 BMW M3 Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 338 iTrader: (0) View rbk1115's Garage	Awesome color! Great pics! __________________ 2009 BMW M3 Sedan 1993 Acura Legend L Sedan 1996 BMW M3 (Sold) \| 1996 Honda Accord EX-L Coupe (Sold)

07-03-2009, 03:54 PM	#22
BIMMER//DRIMMER Lieutenant Drives: e90 330i 06 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Douglaston NY Posts: 491 iTrader: (2) View BIMMER//DRIMMER's Garage	great thread, great photos, AWESOME CAR!