1998 BMW M3 Sedan - NEW PRICE $11,888!
• 121,100 miles
• Black exterior, Dove interior
• 5-speed manual transmission
• Power – windows, locks, seats, mirrors
• Dual zone climate control
• Sunroof
• Heated leather seats
• Harmon Kardon stereo with 6-disc changer
• 11-button OBC – some pixels burnt out – will discount price accordingly
• Hamman 17x8.5” with new Kumho Ecsta MX 245/40/17
• Staggered Double Spoke II wheels with Bridgestone Blizzaks at xx/32” (I will measure, but they are about 50%)
• It has every option except for the lux package (which I wouldn’t want), no rear spoiler, no cruise control and no fold-down rear seat.

Maintenance – records available
• All brake calipers rebuilt – preventative maintenance
• Replaced cooling parts, preventative maintenance – thermostat and housing, water pump, radiator, hoses (records available)
• Loctite and staked oil pump nut
• Changed cabin air filter
• New outer tie-rods
• New front control arms and bushings
• New Delrin rear trailing arm bushings
• New rotors
• New brake fluid – Motul RBF-600
• Oil changes – Mobil 1
• Washed and waxed regularly

Mods
• Ground Control coil over springs with height adjustable perches and Koni rebound adjustable shocks and struts, strut mounts swapped left-to-right for more negative camber
• Conforti carbon fiber air intake
• Conforti chip
• Borla cat-back exhaust
• Turner rear camber arms
• AC Schnitzer shift knob, e-brake handle, pedal and dead pedal covers
• HID headlights
• Optima gel cell battery with custom aluminum battery hold down bracket
• JT Designs front aluminum underbody panel
• Rubber winter floor mats, two sets of carpeted mats

Condition
• Driver’s seat has wear – see pictures
• Steering wheel has minor wear, not enough to warrant replacement
• There is a tear in the right rear seat back where my wife improperly installed a child’s car seat  - see pictures
• The rest of the interior is in very good condition – never smoked in

Mechanical
• This M3 has been prepped for track days. Unfortunately, I’ve only had time to do one event at Road America last year – about 250 miles on track with no problems, and one event last week at MAM – again, car ran great, no problems. The suspension is a great compromise between street and track.
o Reliability - The cooling system has been well maintained to ensure proper reliability on track (records available).
 The oil pump nut was Loctited and staked on to the oil pump shaft so the gear won’t come loose.
 The outer tie-rods were replaced as preventative maintenance to avoid any on-track loss of steering “incidents.”
 The front control arms and bushings were also replaced as they are considered a wear item, especially when the car is tracked.
 The rear trailing arm bushings were replaced with Delrin bushings.
 Performance alignment
 Ground Control rear shock mounts (sometimes the stock mounts fail, allowing the shocks to poke through into the trunk, not good – the Ground Control mounts eliminate this potential failure mode)

Niggles
• The car is almost 10 years old. It is rust free. The paint is shiny and I wash and wax it regularly. There is normal stone chip wear on the front bumper cover and behind the wheels – rocks like sticky tires. There are a few blemishes in the paint that I will try to show with pictures – nothing major. The car looks like a well cared for, 10-year old daily driver because it has been well cared for and driven daily- about 10 miles to work, 10 miles back home, 5 days a week. It is certainly not trashed or anything, just the usual wear and tear.
• The shifter sticks in the 5-th gear gate when it is not warmed up and the weather is cold. During the summer it is fine, even when the transmission is cold. This is a common problem with BMWs of this vintage. The spring loaded centering bushing that BMW first used was designed with tolerances that were just a touch tight. This means that when the transmission is cold the bushing can stick, leaving no centering affect for the shift lever. Once the transmission warms up and everything expands, the bushing comes unstuck and works fine. BMW has a kit out that has replacement parts to fix this problem – I have the kit and it will go with the car. Personally, I wouldn’t worry about it unless you ever had to pull the transmission out for some reason as the only way to install the kit is with the transmission out. There is a thread a mile long on Bimmerforums.com about this issue.
• That’s about it for niggles and annoying little stuff. The car runs, shifts, stops, turns and drives great. Clutch is good, no slippage. AC works fine, everything works. Track it, autocross it, drive it to work – gas and go – repeat.

Reason for selling - I want an E36 M3 convertible.

Contact info: Dave Flaherty, davidmflaherty@yahoo.com, 319--610—6777
Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa – about 5 hours from Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Road America , 2.5 hours from Minneapolis, 1.5 hours from Des Moines. We have an airport in Waterloo, Iowa, airport code is ALO.

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Date Mileage Maintenance
9/30/2003 New fuel filter, diff lube, trans lube
3/3/2004 Stainless steel brake line set
3/4/2004 86416 Replaced thermostat housing w/new aluminum one
4/12/2004 4 Hamann HM3 17x8.5" wheels
7/29/2004 New left front brake caliper
8/2/2004 91336 R&R driver's door handle
12/17/2004 New radiator
4/28/2005 M style oil cap
8/29/2005 Shark Injector from Turner Motorsport
10/10/2005 JT Designs aluminum front underbody panel
11/30/2005 New spark plugs, coils and spark plug connectors
12/3/2005 New cooling fan
1/23/2006 Waterpump, drive belt, fan belt
6/1/2006 110000 Bled brake fluid - Motul RBF600
7/10/2006 112000 Replaced cracked rubber intake boot
8/1/2006 112500 Rotated Tires
8/22/2006 113000 Installed new lip spoiler (car didn't have one when I bought it)
9/15/2006 113500 Loctited oil pump nut, new control arms and lollipop bushings, 4-wheel alignment, changed oil/filter Mobil 1 10W30, changed power steering fluid, rebuilt brake calipers, new tie rod ends
4/1/2007 117000 New Kumho Ecsta MX 245/40/17 tires
4/30/2007 117000 R&R rear trailing arm bushings with delrin from Turner Motorsport
5/9/2007 118683 Align rear suspension
8/1/2007 120000 Replaced LF wheel speed sensor, rotated tires
9/10/2007 120717 R&R Tie rod ends + realigned
9/13/2007 120000 Flushed brake fluid, ATE Super Blue, changed oil/filter Mobil 1 10W-40

hey, just to help you out. Limit the pics on this page. I'm on a decent connection and it is taking a while. It seems like some are duplicates. If you reduce it and put a link to the full list of pics it will help your sale I bet.

Price reduced to $13,000.

Man, if you were closer.

Fly to Chicago - I'll meet you at the airport. Do track day at Road America, drive home. :redspot

Unfortunately, time does not allow me to do so.

Hi, Im not seeing the HID lights in any pictures and how many miles on the coilovers? They are lookn kinda rusty and old. I guess what I am tring to figure out is if they need revalved soon? Thanks

Hi, Im not seeing the HID lights in any pictures and how many miles on the coilovers? They are lookn kinda rusty and old. I guess what I am tring to figure out is if they need revalved soon? Thanks

The HID are just the bulb replacement style. They aren't angel eyes or anything.

The struts/shocks were put on by the previous owner in 2004 when the car had about 80k miles. Car has 121k miles now so the Konis have 41k on them. They work fine but if you are going to track the car and adjust them alot I would at least get new rears. The rears on the car are the kind that you have to take the whole shock off to adjust - you would want to get the externally adjustable kind.

Also, revalving Konis is typically more expensive than buying new ones. Unless you want a custom set-up.... :)

$12,500 --- new price. :)

Buy me - take me home - put me in your garage - post pix to Bimmer Forums. :)

Any takers at $11,975? Car is operating at 100% perfection and all the maintenance is up to date. Looks good too, if you couldn't tell from the pictures.

any issues with car? does it need anything? brakes?

any issues with car? does it need anything? brakes?

Brakes are fine. No issues with the car. I am a maintenance freak.

ugh.you live so far away.i live in upstate NY.

New price - $11,888.

The only thing holding me back is the miles.....hmmm

Any interest in a trade for a 2000 4runner limited 2wd, I am looking for a auto-x car for my wife.
Herbert

This is a good deal on a well cared for and well maintained car guys!!!!!!!! Someone buy it before I have to, ha ha.

Any interest in a trade for a 2000 4runner limited 2wd, I am looking for a auto-x car for my wife.
Herbert
Your wife does auto-x?!?!


I'll trade you :naughty

9750 firm without hamanns give you 10,5 with

bump for a clean Iowa car.

how is this m3 "track ready"............

Herb, not interested in the 4Runner. Thanks, though, they are nice.

dinanm60 - PM or email me with your offer - davidmflaherty @ yahoo.com

Thanks,
Dave

#1) All M3s are "Track Ready" out of the box! #2) All major maintenance items are taken care of and it has a nice suspension setup, thats all you really need. My 2 cents. BTW I might be interested in trading one of my M3 Track Cars for that 4 Runner, get ahold of me. Thanks

Yes, and no. The cars do have some things that need attention, especially now that the newest 1999 E36 M3 is 9 years old. I wouldn't track one with out some prep. New control arms, various bushings, tie rod ends, rear shock mount, cooling system maintenance and the oil pump nut. That plus racing brake pads would be the minimum in my opinion. (Hope I didn't forget any of the basics). :)

#1) All M3s are "Track Ready" out of the box! #2) All major maintenance items are taken care of and it has a nice suspension setup, thats all you really need. My 2 cents. BTW I might be interested in trading one of my M3 Track Cars for that 4 Runner, get ahold of me. Thanks

I agree with you, it is nice piece of mind to have all of that done before tracking the car. I have to admit there were a couple of times I was short on money and time in the last few years and I switch M3s alot. I just Tech Inspected it, made sure nothing was loose or sloppy, checked the bushings, RSMs, made sure Brake fluid and Oil was fresh and pads had good life and went to the track. I had just as much fun and ran bumper to bumper with all of the guys that had all of the expensive mods ect....... safety is always first though. These cars are bulletproof!!!!! My last M3 had 186,000 miles on it and I tracked it 13 track days and drove it to and from, the only thing I changed besides the brakes and brake fluid and oil all year was the drive belt. Amazing!!!!!!!!!!

Yep - they are amazing cars for the money. What groups do you run with at Black Hawk Farms? I've always wanted to drive that track and it's not too far from me.

Anyone have a convertible and want a sedan?

I will look around, im pretty connected on BMWs in the area. E36 or E46 Convertables?

I Instruct for both Windy City BMW and Badger Bimmers so I run the Instructors Group. Badger at Blackhawk is cool, they let the Instructors switch around and run in different Groups. If you ever do a Badger Event let me know, my e-mail is: jleeder1@aol.com. Later, Paul

Your wife does auto-x?!?!


I'll trade you :naughty


I talked her into it this season, so we'll see if she really gets into it. Sorry not for trade/sale she's that good to me. I married WWWAAAYYYY out of my league.:alright

Nice

Sent you a PM.

PMs and emails responded too.

I just pulled the Delrin RTAB bushings as I don't think they are right for a street car. I put new stock ones back in with Vorshlag limiters. The car is going to the alignment shop tomorrow.

Last week I replaced the original rubber caliper bushings with the brass ones (got them from Pelican Parts). All rotors were measured and are well within spec (thickness).

This week I am also going to rebuild the front brakes again as the dust boot in the right side came loose (?).

I will look around, im pretty connected on BMWs in the area. E36 or E46 Convertables?

I Instruct for both Windy City BMW and Badger Bimmers so I run the Instructors Group. Badger at Blackhawk is cool, they let the Instructors switch around and run in different Groups. If you ever do a Badger Event let me know, my e-mail is: jleeder1@aol.com. Later, Paul

Do you instruct with MC @ Blackhawk also? I had an instructor there last year who had a prepped E30... you?

BTW, this car is soooo tempting, but I'm going back to school, so cash is going to be tight even with a hi-miles non-M.

great looking car. sounds like it has been nicely prepped/modded.

nice car, tempting

Sold Sold Sold!!!!