First, your dedication to the hobby and your car is very impressive. Second, thank you for starting this thread as you did an excellent job explaining and detailing what you have done. Awesome photos!!

 

awesome!

i have gone through the csl airbox conversion and i can assure you will be addicted to the sound that thing makes!

good luck on your build! looking forward to seeing the final product. props to you for doing the car right with right parts!

 

OEM CSL goodies always get me excited! Amazing build! If there are any parts that you're sources have issues finding shoot me a PM and I'll make a few phone calls and see what we can come up with for you.

 

Miss my E46 as well,
all you need is a supercharger to complete it
and if you ever decide to sell this thing, please call me

 

It is worth to note at the time I thought the parts and work were done correctly. Over the ensuing months I would find issues with the installs and parts that would eventually end with legal actions being fired at each other. As EvoSport is no longer in business I can now share my stories of the bad work that was performed.
In April 2006 I ordered the rear CSL diffuser in order to complete the back end CSL look. This is not one of the fanciest mods for a CSL but is a good accent piece.



When May 2006 rolled around I went down to Long Beach Again to have EvoSport install a Vorsteiner CSL bumper with fog lights. The bumper itself looked good but I could tell the fitment was not that great. I went with the Vorsteiner bumper as I wanted a CSL look but did not want to lose my break cooling ducts. Sadly I do not have any images of the install images or images from the 2006 Bimmerfest of the bumper. The only Images I have of the new bumper is a photo shoot at Sacramento State in June 2006.

 

Awesome car mate!
Great thread too!!

 

After May 2006 things went downhill with the car. The first of the downhill things I noticed was the bumper fitment and how it was just not quite right. I know this is minor but it always seems to be the little things that bother you the most. Second was the car felt very sluggish at times with the new headers and intake. Needless to say I was not happy with the “supposed” upgrades and was starting to become very displeased with the work done to my car. The last straw was when I was washing the car and I started to have a leak over the passenger side of the car. That was it and at that point I went to my new local shop and said I want all the EvoSport crap off my car.

In December 2006 I dropped off the car at my new shop and started the few month legal fight with EvoSport to correct their shoddy install of the roof. The images below are of the roof prior to the new rood install. Notice the over drilling of the 96 spot welds and the crapy application of the glue on the areas of the roof.

 

2007 New Start Towards The CSL

After several months of dealing with the legal issues of the poor roof install, I finally got resolution and began the rebuilding process to fix my car. The first Item was to replace the roof with a OE CSL roof. The shop that did the install of the new roof did a lot of research on how the factory does the install. Needless to say they did a great job as they had to fix the 96 spot welds and re prep the car for the new roof.

 

Now that the new roof was installed we could start to remove the other EvoSport installed crap. First Item was to install SuperSprint Stepped Header V1, SuperSprint Stepped Race 100 cell cats.







At this time I decided that I would upgrade the cars suspension to a coil over kit. I purchased the TC Kline dual adjustable coil overs, with 500 front and 500 rear springs. I also purchased the TC Kline Camber plates so I could get better suspension configuration.



To help improve engine cooling I had the Turner Motorsports Oil Cooler kit. The size comparison between the stock oil cooler and the Turner Oil Cooler is quite a difference. This is a great system for those looking to protect their investment.







For the transmission I had UUC red transmission mounts installed to keep everything firm and in place.

 

Adam, very nice build. I'm looking for another E-46 M3.
Steel Grey is my favorite color. Glad to see you kept yours and are still having fun with the mod bug. Hope to see ya soon.
M

 

The Last major change at this time was to remove the Vorsteiner bumper and replace it with an OE Euro bumper. I took the CSL splitter off the old bumper and had them custom installed into the Euro bumper so I could get an OE fit and finish but with the Vorsteiner CSL look.





After all the upgrades and changes had been completed it was around mid April 2007. The work was completed in time for me to attend Bimmerfest that year and display my car in the shops booth that did the work. It was my first time being a car on display for a company which was pretty cool.

 

Keep up the good work! thanks for sharing and I love the car.

 

After getting back from Bimmerfest I attend the monthly EuroSunday event where I got to showcase all my new parts and upgrades. I still was running the Powerchips software at this time and still had issue of the car running way to rich.





In August of 2007 I did my first indoor photo shoot of the car and with my girlfriend at the time. Sadly that story did not have a happy ending but in the end was for the best as I meet the true love of my life in the following years. Sadly though this photo shoot is still part of the cars story.

 

The end of the year I did one more photo shoot for a fall calendar. These are some of the best images I have of the car in its older configuration. 2007 Was also one of the last years I would do any modification to the car for quite some time. This had to do mostly with how life throws curve ***** at you and not always helping you achieve your goals.

 

Is it me or those splitters have really bad finish?