ADVANT123
04-23-2006, 10:38 PM
Moderators, I'd appreciate if you let this stay in the FI section for a few days as I'm trying to selling the car to someone who wants to get into the FI scene.
Here she goes:
Hey guys, my M3 is officially for sale. If you know anyone that is interested, please have them contact me at (732) 580-0294 or my email at ADVANT123@optonline.net .
Here are the details:
1997 BMW M3 Coupe
Dakar Yellow II Exterior/ Black leather interior
5 speed manual transmission
117k miles
Stock exterior (M Double spoke II wheels and OEM rear spoiler)
16 button OBC
Manual Vader seats (Heated)
Sunroof
Fold down rear seats
Recent Maintenance/Engine work performed(August 2005) (less than 4k miles ago):
New OEM Fan clutch
VAC .140" Cometic Headgasket
New Fuel Filter
Ignition Coils (used, but have less than 100k miles)
ARP Head bolts
SPEC Stage III Clutch (Rated for 540 ft. lbs of torque)
New water pump
New A/C and Accessory belts
Rogue Engineering Transmission Mounts
Royal Purple Tranny Fluid
ARP bolt reinforcement for rear differential
Brand new Michelin Pilot Sport 2's at every corner
New Spark plugs in February 06
Some modifications:
Rear shock towers completely reinforced(indestructible they say) by Body Motion in Ocean County
Bilstein shocks/ Eibach Pro kit springs (lowers car approximately 1.2" front and 1" rear)
Ground Control Rear shock Mounts (Guaranteed for life)
Rogue Engineering Short shifter w/Weighted Selector Rod
Rogue Engineering Clutch stop
Clarion 845MC In Dash CD Player (Amber lit, matches interior perfect) Plays MP3s and you can also record them onto the hard-drive of the CD player
Some history:
I've owned this car for the last 6 years. It has been my commuter car driving to school for the last 5 years (Freehold to Newark), so almost all of the miles are highway miles. In August of 2005, the car was turbocharged by ICS Performance in CT. After deciding I was looking for something different than the turbo offered, I had the turbo kit removed from the car by ICS Performance in January 06 and had the engine brought back to stock. I left the thicker headgasket in there along with the ARP Bolts, so the engine has lower compression than factory (~9:1). This is perfect if you want to throw a high boost supercharger/turbo charger on the car. The car is probably down 20-30hp from what a stock M3 makes and on my last tank of gas I averaged 21.7 M.P.G.
The exterior of the car does have some blemishes. There is a dent on the hood of the car from when I brushed a deer running across the street. I've shown it to some body shop people and they think a Paintless Dent Removal service can take care of it. There are some paint chips on the front bumper/grill). On the passenger side of the car, there is a pencil tip size paint chip on the rear fender by the gas cap. The rear bumper also has some paint missing from when some punk backed into my car at school and left. Almost all of the paint work that needs to be done can probably be done using touch up paint. The interior of the car is in decent condition. The drivers side seat has signs of wear, but is not ripped or torn whatsover. The passenger side seat is in good to excellent condition. The back seats were barely ever used. The steering wheel leather is showing signs of wear, but the shift knob is fairly new looking since I replaced it 2 years ago.
Known Problems:
The ABS and ASC (traction control) lights are on. They've been on for the last 3 years and are a random issue. I've brought the car to 3 different places to get it fixed and I've got 3 different answers as to what the problem is. I just gave up and have lived with the lights. The car brakes perfectly fine, you just don't have ABS and traction control also does not work.
Engine runs rough for the first 30 seconds upon cold start up. This is a common problem for all M3s, but mine is slightly worse due to the fact that the car has a low compression headgasket in there(runs richer than normal). Problem goes away after about 30-45 seconds.
Brakes- Probably will need new pads in the next 5-10k miles. If you want, I can get you new pads/rotors at a heavy discount.
Missing Passenger side Fog light - someone stole it at the mall. Hope to have it replaced by the time the car sells.
BMW Roundel Emblem- old looking, also hope to have it replaced by the time the car sells.
Other than that, the car drives perfectly fine. No checks engine lights or anything. Car is ready for daily driving or to have a turbo/supercharger thrown on it.
Reason for sale: Getting a new car
Asking price: 12,000 obo.
Some random pics I have, but I will have newer updated ones sometime this week:
http://www.lotmeet.com/pictures/03242005/008.jpg
http://www.racingbrake.com/main/gallery/img2_lg.jpg
Here she goes:
Hey guys, my M3 is officially for sale. If you know anyone that is interested, please have them contact me at (732) 580-0294 or my email at ADVANT123@optonline.net .
Here are the details:
1997 BMW M3 Coupe
Dakar Yellow II Exterior/ Black leather interior
5 speed manual transmission
117k miles
Stock exterior (M Double spoke II wheels and OEM rear spoiler)
16 button OBC
Manual Vader seats (Heated)
Sunroof
Fold down rear seats
Recent Maintenance/Engine work performed(August 2005) (less than 4k miles ago):
New OEM Fan clutch
VAC .140" Cometic Headgasket
New Fuel Filter
Ignition Coils (used, but have less than 100k miles)
ARP Head bolts
SPEC Stage III Clutch (Rated for 540 ft. lbs of torque)
New water pump
New A/C and Accessory belts
Rogue Engineering Transmission Mounts
Royal Purple Tranny Fluid
ARP bolt reinforcement for rear differential
Brand new Michelin Pilot Sport 2's at every corner
New Spark plugs in February 06
Some modifications:
Rear shock towers completely reinforced(indestructible they say) by Body Motion in Ocean County
Bilstein shocks/ Eibach Pro kit springs (lowers car approximately 1.2" front and 1" rear)
Ground Control Rear shock Mounts (Guaranteed for life)
Rogue Engineering Short shifter w/Weighted Selector Rod
Rogue Engineering Clutch stop
Clarion 845MC In Dash CD Player (Amber lit, matches interior perfect) Plays MP3s and you can also record them onto the hard-drive of the CD player
Some history:
I've owned this car for the last 6 years. It has been my commuter car driving to school for the last 5 years (Freehold to Newark), so almost all of the miles are highway miles. In August of 2005, the car was turbocharged by ICS Performance in CT. After deciding I was looking for something different than the turbo offered, I had the turbo kit removed from the car by ICS Performance in January 06 and had the engine brought back to stock. I left the thicker headgasket in there along with the ARP Bolts, so the engine has lower compression than factory (~9:1). This is perfect if you want to throw a high boost supercharger/turbo charger on the car. The car is probably down 20-30hp from what a stock M3 makes and on my last tank of gas I averaged 21.7 M.P.G.
The exterior of the car does have some blemishes. There is a dent on the hood of the car from when I brushed a deer running across the street. I've shown it to some body shop people and they think a Paintless Dent Removal service can take care of it. There are some paint chips on the front bumper/grill). On the passenger side of the car, there is a pencil tip size paint chip on the rear fender by the gas cap. The rear bumper also has some paint missing from when some punk backed into my car at school and left. Almost all of the paint work that needs to be done can probably be done using touch up paint. The interior of the car is in decent condition. The drivers side seat has signs of wear, but is not ripped or torn whatsover. The passenger side seat is in good to excellent condition. The back seats were barely ever used. The steering wheel leather is showing signs of wear, but the shift knob is fairly new looking since I replaced it 2 years ago.
Known Problems:
The ABS and ASC (traction control) lights are on. They've been on for the last 3 years and are a random issue. I've brought the car to 3 different places to get it fixed and I've got 3 different answers as to what the problem is. I just gave up and have lived with the lights. The car brakes perfectly fine, you just don't have ABS and traction control also does not work.
Engine runs rough for the first 30 seconds upon cold start up. This is a common problem for all M3s, but mine is slightly worse due to the fact that the car has a low compression headgasket in there(runs richer than normal). Problem goes away after about 30-45 seconds.
Brakes- Probably will need new pads in the next 5-10k miles. If you want, I can get you new pads/rotors at a heavy discount.
Missing Passenger side Fog light - someone stole it at the mall. Hope to have it replaced by the time the car sells.
BMW Roundel Emblem- old looking, also hope to have it replaced by the time the car sells.
Other than that, the car drives perfectly fine. No checks engine lights or anything. Car is ready for daily driving or to have a turbo/supercharger thrown on it.
Reason for sale: Getting a new car
Asking price: 12,000 obo.
Some random pics I have, but I will have newer updated ones sometime this week:
http://www.lotmeet.com/pictures/03242005/008.jpg
http://www.racingbrake.com/main/gallery/img2_lg.jpg