Canadian Jerez Black E90M3 Build (KW HAS, TE37SL)

[ccbl]

Been lurking the forums for a while. Currently own an E93 335i N54. Finally picked up my M3 in June. Bone stock other than painted reflectors. Previously owned by a lawyer that drove it stock and maintained it at the dealer because everything was a tax write off.

2010
Jerez Black
6MT
Sunroof
Fox red guts
Nav

Heres the car stock the day I picked it up

F5A6DFF8-7431-416E-B37E-41EBA0C80058 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20190703_135642 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

IMG_20190704_205007_170 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20190703_155002-2 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Out for a few snaps

Sun flare hits by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Stock front end by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Still stock by Steven Luong, on Flickr

First mod was a black grill. Accidentally ordered matte black. Ended up taking the gloss black one I had on the E93 and it was a direct swap.

20190716_125530 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20190716_131656 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20190716_135852 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20190716_155047 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Also swapped out the halo bulbs from the E93. I think the brand is JDM Toy. Gave it a quick face lift up front.

Small update to the front end by Steven Luong, on Flickr

I think thats enough for a first post.

Plans in the near:
Rod Bearings
CSL trunk
Rear CF diffuser (Dinmann)
side splitters
Catless Test pipes and a Tune (Gintani or RK tunes)
Tint 20%
OEM carpet mats. (car only came with weathertechs)
F10 shift knob and boot retrofit
OEM CF mirror caps
Respray on the front bumper and hood then clear bra and ceramic coating

Done

Remus Race with connecting pipes
KW HAS
GTS1 from Pom Performance
Hyper Blue TE37SL from the E93 going on the M3
19x9.5 +22 19x10.5 +22. 245/35/19 and 265/35/19 PS4 (maybe get some spaces till the tires are done)
I'd like to swap to 265/35/19 up front and 295/30/19 in the rears

Dream wants:
Eventuri CF plenum and intake with CF cover
KW V3
BBK
Additional set of wheels. BBS/HRE with stepped lip
BMW Performance seats or CS seats
OSS designs/bavgruppe custom lights
TRACK DAYS!

[m3_tristan]

Sick car man! We have a e9x m3 group here in Toronto if you wanna join. Pm me if you do.

[Will911t]

Nice grab! What's the kms on it?

[Skhan109]

Located in Toronto as well! What's the group name?

[ccbl]

Originally Posted by Will911t

Nice grab! What's the kms on it?

Got it at 114km

During the wait for more mods, decided to tackle some paint work. Wet sanded the front bumper a tad as it had lots of rock chips from daily driving. Ended up buying Chipfixx to help with the ones that went right through the paint. Perfect match and easy to use. Debated on a respray but I’ll save that money for other maintenance atm. Sanded with 1000, 2000, then buffed with Meguiars 105 then 205 to finish.

IMG_3982 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

IMG_3981 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

IMG_3980 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

IMG_3984 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

IMG_3985 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

[ccbl]

Just my dog taking the M for a rip

20190821_131247 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Finally got my KW HAS. Install wasn’t made. Did it with a neighbour in the garage. Really wanted KW V3 but couldn’t quite justify the price for street use. Had BC on my E93 it was was great for the streets. Wanted to save that extra $$ for maintenance (RB and TA). I also didn’t want reg springs because I was worried about not being able to adjust reverse rake if it were to occur.

20190925_185742 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Before:

20190718_195604 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

2020-02-04_03-38-27 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

IMG_3976 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Before Drop by Steven Luong, on Flickr

After:

Alignment wasn’t too bad but got it done a couple days after just to be sure.

Gas station trip after KW HAS by Steven Luong, on Flickr

KW HAS by Steven Luong, on Flickr

After Drop by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20191014_104710 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20191013_155137 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

DSC_8198 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Lowered by Steven Luong, on Flickr

First shots of it lowered by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Sunset by Steven Luong, on Flickr

[Makaveli7]

Looks beautiful! Late Congrats!

[ccbl]

time for some wheels

Grabbed the Hyper Blue TE37SL from the E93 and threw them on the M3. swapped the tires from the OEM wheels for the time being. 245/265 4S. Would like to get 265/295 set up eventually after these wear.
IMG-20191016-WA0001 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

my tire guy got them matching wheel weights
2020-02-04_03-37-30 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

didn't need much for the most part
Matching wheel weights by Steven Luong, on Flickr

front fitment
IMG-20191016-WA0003 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

rear fitment
IMG-20191016-WA0010 by Steven Luong, on FlickrIMG-20191016-WA0005 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Looks like decent space for clearance. Debating on spacers till I get wider tires. 5mm up front and maybe 10mm in the rear

IMG-20191016-WA0008 by Steven Luong, on Flickr
20191018_134710 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

[Drifter2090]

Nice update! Car looks great, definitely need some spacers with those TE's!

[acarr6]

Nice car man. I'm selling a gintani sport rear for e90 m3 rather cheap if you're interested ! In Gta.

[ccbl]

Speaking of the exhaust, I already got a Remus race with the connecting pipes.

Remus Race vs OEM exhaust by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Getting fitted

Remus Race getting fitted by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Since its off an E92, the tips are poking quite a bit. Hopefully the the diffuser will make it much better. Looks worse from the direct side or the bottom

Remus Race Exhaust by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Not too bad at this angle

Remus Race off an E92 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

couple of clips
Remus Race exhaust clip by Steven Luong, on Flickr
Remus Race exhaust with revs by Steven Luong, on Flickr


COLD start
20191109_075846_1 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

[yakuza racer]

Looks great!

[Drifter2090]

Definitely get some test pipes and a tune to go with that

[Blindside_137]

Yummmm

[Richneerd]

Hooooleeeeeee fkkkk it sounds like my m5, the cold start!

[ccbl]

Collected this front lip from Pom Performance over the winter. Finally got some time to install it.

Test fit (how it sat all winter in the garage lol)

20191213_231255 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20191213_231113 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20191213_231511 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20191213_231528 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

20200129_165255 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Then went for a better shoot. Foggy weather to start. Probably will be shooting a lot more as its still okay during this quarantine business as I’ll usually just be by myself in the middle of nowhere.

garage queen for the day by Steven Luong, on Flickr

DSC_9162-Edit by Steven Luong, on Flickr

close up of front end by Steven Luong, on Flickr

DSC_9163-Edit by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Fog looked too cool not to pull over by Steven Luong, on Flickr

E90M3 in the fog by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Gloomy day by Steven Luong, on Flickr

from the back by Steven Luong, on Flickr

creep by Steven Luong, on Flickr

from the front by Steven Luong, on Flickr

oh so foggy by Steven Luong, on Flickr

The lip was installed without removing the bumper. Drove it for only a day and realized it was quite loose with the oem screws. Done the proper way now. Bumper off and multiple drill points for nuts and bolts. Much tighter fit and feeling like its much more secured. 3M extreme mounting tape didn’t do much of a job as I wanted because there was too much gap in some areas that didn’t allow it to touch. Removing the bumper for install was definitely the way to go.
20200329_194627 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

[Drifter2090]

Wow amazing pics man! The car is turning out great!

[ccbl]

Well quarantine gave me lots of time to do OCD things. I work at the hospital so I’m not off work but during my days off I still got lots of time to kill. With the TE37SL, there’s no center cap option, nor do I care to buy the necessary accessories to make an adaptor kit work for the center cap. So that leaves the hub exposed and generally exposing rust. Took my time with the wire brush and got as much of it off as I could then I started hand sanding the rest until it looked pretty rust free. With a 50/50 alcohol and water spray, I cleaned it up and added a few coats of black paint. Looks so much better.

20200322_200032 by Steven Luong, on Flickr
20200322_200046 by Steven Luong, on Flickr
20200322_195115 by Steven Luong, on Flickr
20200322_200124 by Steven Luong, on Flickr
20200322_202551 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

While the wheels were off I also cleaned them from back to front. Barrels took some work as there was lots of tar and heavy dirt from last season. Once clean I used Meguiars Hybrid ceramic spray to finish them off. Scrubbed the tires with APC then applied a coat of VRP.

before:
20200322_203420 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

after:
20200322_205852 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

Cleaned up the wheels and tires by Steven Luong, on Flickr

and tackled the fender liners. Pressure washer rinse, goo gone, light 1000 grit sand on some rough spots, 2000 grit finish, VRP top coat.

Before:
20200322_201130 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

After:
20200322_201650 by Steven Luong, on Flickr

[M3_Legend]

Nice build... I have never seen a KW H.A.S kit look that low on stock wheels!! Crazy.

[Drifter2090]

Looks great man! And just noticed the serial etchings on your car, is it a Montreal car? I hate how they do that haha

[ccbl]

Dinmann Rear diffuser came in. Quality looks amazing although fitment is like 90%. Removed the rear bumper to get a proper install and the driver side just never was able to sit right. With the bumper off, in order to fit right, the bumper was flex a tad but then when I went to throw it onto the car, the bumper had to flex back out to align with the tabs and made the diffuser fitment worse again. Im going to look into nut inserts/rivets to get a certain section right. I also have the option to get rear bumper side extensions to finish up the rear. I think that would hide some of the gap as well and carry the lines of the car better.


Rod bearings done a week before the track. Took the car for a 4.5 hour road trip to Toronto to the best shop locally known for RB/motor mounts and upgraded brake fluid flush. I also had Rocco do a once over to make sure it was safe to track (tires, brakes, suspension components). This will be my first time ever bringing my own car to the track. I got lucky with a friend and was able to jump in a private rental for free to just lap the car and gain some seat time without the pressures of coaches and yielding to faster race cars on the track. Let’s just say it was amazing and I got hooked. I drove the car with confidence in the sense that I knew I did some good preventative maintenance and the car would be reliable to take some abuse. Drove with traction control on the whole day.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKr91cF8ag