E92 Frozen Silver Build Thread

[elliotw44]

Purchased a set of FC spacers for the front.
Dropping the car off on the 20th for a cosmetic refresh.

• Front windshield weather stripping
• Front cowl
• Rear windshield weather stripping
• Address yellowing carbon roof
• Powder coat OEM wheels in gloss back
• IND black M3 badging
• IND BMW roundals if they arrive
• IND painted reflectors

[M3_Legend]

Lovely E92 and your .2 is beautiful

[elliotw44]

A few simple OEM+ mods transformed the car.

Installed:

1. OneEighty Blacked-out Headlights
2. IND Frozen Silver Reflectors
3. Future Classic 12MM spaces in front
4. IND limited edition start button in red

I also hit up the front and rear bumper grills with Ammo Frame pro. This brought back a nice deep black to that plastic that faded from its time in the California sun. The FC spacers removed a shimmy in the steering wheel, which was present from the original Macht Schnell 12mm spacers.

To be installed/waiting on parts:

1. IND E9X M3 Badge Blacked out
2. IND Painted Roundals(Front,Back, and Wheels)
3. Carbon Fiber Trim

I have been driving the M3 a bunch, enjoying the car, attending several car events, and karting at PGP.

[elliotw44]

Got the car back from Haury's in Seattle. Freshly repaired carbon roof, refinished wheels in Gloss black, black M3 badging, and fresh rubber around the front and rear of the windshield.









The car is feeling refreshed on the exterior now just fixing up the interior carbon trim and it will be all set for miles of enjoyment.

Still waiting on
1. IND Roundels.
2. Carbon interior trim
3. musicarNW sound system & Carplay

[elliotw44]

Got my carbon fiber trim from Mashimarho. Less than Thrilled with the quality but it looks a lot better than the cracked-up previous trim. Going to discuss with Mashimarho the quality

[elliotw44]

Carbon trim back to Mashimarho for quality fixes.

In the meantime been trading between the M3 and RS from storage. A bit of a rare sight for me to see both together.

[njenkins]

Car looks like its coming along nicely! Do you have any pictures before and after the repair of your carbon roof?

[elliotw44]

Originally Posted by njenkins

Car looks like its coming along nicely! Do you have any pictures before and after the repair of your carbon roof?

I just swapped cars, I'll grab a good one of the carbon roof and add it here.

One is different from the others.



V8 rumble with a view.



My headlight switch broke, so I will need to sort it out. Heading down to PDX on Wednesday for some MusicarNW goodness. Still waiting on my new trim...

[elliotw44]

Originally Posted by njenkins

Car looks like its coming along nicely! Do you have any pictures before and after the repair of your carbon roof?

njenkins






Revisiting my plans for the car to see how I am doing compared to the original plan

• Replace interior trim [bought, not installed]
• Exterior recondition [mostly done]
• Interior recondition [idrive controller needed, DCT boot needed]
• BPM Tune [done]
• BPM DCT Tune [done]
• BPM Coding [done]
• Carbon Mirror covers [done]
• IND Paint matched Reflectors [done]
• IND Roundals with black edge [shipped, not installed]
• IND Black M3 badging [done]
• IND Limited Edition Start button trim + Start button in Red [done]
• Refinish wheels in gloss black [done]
• Ceramic low dust pads [bought, not installed]
• Blacked-out headlights [done]
• Car play integration, MusicarNW stg1, and backup camera [done]
• Remove and Replace Window tints [done]

Almost finished up with the car, just a few odds and ends to complete.
I'd like to do a 2-pipe mod or OEM+ catback replacement.
Took the car on a good 200-mile drive today through the WA backroads. What a great car! The Frozen Silver edition is such a great mix of stealthy and specialness. (FYKYK)

[elliotw44]

My wife was out of town, so I street-parked the GTI and had my fun cars on hand for a week.
I got the rest of my parts from IND and Mashimarho. The car is dialed in nicely. I am pondering about painting the wheels in frozen silver or something other than black. If anyone has suggestions, feel free to share. I don't particularly appreciate how the black wheels hide all the details of the comp wheels.

[na6spdv8]

Beautiful color

[elliotw44]

Originally Posted by na6spdv8

Beautiful color

Thank you!

I recently decided to buy AutoTecknic E9X M3 Aero Splitters from IND. Since this car originally would have had the OEM carbon splitters. The part just arrived yesterday and should be getting installed in the next few weeks.

I also installed low-dust Hawk Performance Ceramic Brake Pads. Pedal feel is garbage and I do not recommend them.

Still toying with the idea of changing the wheel color...

[elliotw44]

I took the E92 out to LW C&C and then a go-karting session at PGP

[elliotw44]

I added the AutoTecknic Carbon front splitters. Love the look.

[ericxog]

Beautiful car. Love frozen silver. Highly prefer the OE headlights though over the modified ones. Looking forward to see the progress!

[elliotw44]

Originally Posted by ericxog

Beautiful car. Love frozen silver. Highly prefer the OE headlights though over the modified ones. Looking forward to see the progress!

Thanks. Been enjoying the ownership. Just ticked up to 90k miles today. Might be the highest mileage Frozen Silver?!?



Took the car down to BMW and Brunch event at The Shop. Parked next to a Volvo wagon which was built on an E30 drivetrain.

[ericxog]

Looks great for 90k miles, not sure I've seen a Frozen Silver with more miles! Your 997.2 is incredible as well.

[elliotw44]

Big maintenance update going into 2024. The car hit me with a limit mode and CEL late in 2023. I took it to BMW Seattle, which was a mistake and had some shop drama. Furthermore, I discovered that the previous shop that did the RB and other work was done at very low quality. So, I re-did a bunch of work to get the car right. I was very annoyed at first and considered selling the car, but my head cooled, and I just got the car back in shape. I am doing my 500-mile break-in on the fresh RBs. The car is driving well.

• NRW Valve Covers & OEM Gaskets.
• BE RB & APR Bolts
• TA Rebuild Odometer gears
• Coilpacks(8)
• DCT service(fluid, filters, sensors, gaskets)
• FBM
• OEM Motor mounts
• Smaller while you're in there items I am forgetting

Furthermore, I was reading the recent 000 Mag, which has a large article about the 997 RS4.0 and E92 M3 GTS. A celebration around these two special cars and the sweet spot they are in. It got me thinking about a photo idea...

[elliotw44]

The E92 needed a wash badly. I took it down to The Shop in Seattle and gave it a nice bath. Then, I took it for a drive and enjoyed a rare, nice winter day in the PNW.


Bath time



Cousins



Georgetown, Seattle


Newcastle, WA

[reidetailing]

Great to see you enjoying the car, Elliot!

Car is looking immaculate.
~Alex