It's sure good to be back in a Cecil!!

[Das Chin]

This is my second CSL and drives nice and tight and performs just as a CSL should, tape over the mileage and you would be hard pressed to guess she was over 100k.

It was Nathan's car and what a true gent he was to deal with as he has had some mares of people ringing up after a rather silly thread on PH!!

its really for high days and holidays as a 3rd car so the mileage should even out over the years. I done about 700 miles in the e30 last year at best. much older and more fragile than a CSL. will be SORN over winter I think.

Spec:

Car registered 18.09.2003
Full spec - xenons, PDC, climate, business radio etc. rain sensor
112,400 miles
CSL plaque
Re-trimmed steering wheel with aftermarket paddles (still have the unmarked originals)
Recent clutch at BMW April 2012 - carried out under BMW warranty
Subframe replaced under BMW warranty Jan 2012
AC Schnitzer rear exhaust and Miltek centre section
FBMWSH at Murketts apart from the last service inspection 2 which was carried out by the dealer at an independent BMW specialist
Running in service carried out at 1180 miles by Murketts
Refurbished (red) AP racing set up front and rear
All keys, CSL handbook etc. included

Pics:


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interior:

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garage queen ;-)

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/WP_20130901_011_zpsff2692d7.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/WP_20130901_011_zpsff2692d7.jpg.html)

The APs are just bonkers. need a public health warning on the back!!

few bits on order such as new side grill badge and px side CSL sill plate.

rear seat console and SMG tower need a refurb.

might chop in 100 cell cats n rear box for standard.

the motor for the Carbon box flapped has packed up but Nathan got a new one before I bought it and that's in the deal. its jammed wide open at minute...oh what a hardship that is ;-)

DC

[E46CSL]

:thumbs:

[Rick H]

Your car looks absolutely stunning :smt055 - I'm jealous as hell, and I don't know why because I've already got one ! ! ! !

[Yanto]

Nice one, enjoy.

Last sub 21k car without a story to be sold ever IMO :beer:

[mattCSLnut]

She's lovely mate :smt055 and what a steal @ £20.5 K :wink:
How does it feel having that CSL grin On the second time around ? :-D

[Das Chin]

feels very good matt and hard to explain really to people.

its the noise from the airbox that always starts the grin from the induction at low speed, then its just gets wider and wider as you press on

I love the balance and grip of the CSL and the general environment of it too.

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Nice car looks mint :thumbs:

[martin770]

May aswell just leave the flap open !!!!
Car looks great :thumbs:
Dont get the stigma of a BMW over 100k They are desighned for a lot more than that !!!! I had an M3 E36 track car with 160k and it just kept going....
Have fun and enjoy.
If you fancy swapping exhausts let me know. Cheers Martin

[glendog74]

Welcome back to the fold and enjoy! :thumbs:

Car looks great - it doesn't matter about the miles as it has been looked after properly.

I would remove the intake flap though - they are only ever a PITA! ;)

[Das Chin]

martin you have PM

[benfj180]

Hi Das Chin,

Looks mint mate, really happy for you. Condition on pics looks superb........out of interest, and you dont need to answer if you dont want to, but is she still on the original engine?

Cheers and enjoy

Ben

[Das Chin]

fine ben. yes original engine. engine numbers match that of the original supplied with the car.

[uncle benz]

My OCD is twitching at those locking wheel nuts not being in the same place on each wheel...

[cslsuperfan]

My OCD is twitching at those locking wheel nuts not being in the same place on each wheel...


great minds!!

[Das Chin]

well UB you can sort that when I come down to switch exhausts if you like ;-) see you soon old boy.

[jonnysideways]

It was Nathan's car and what a true gent he was to deal with as he has had some mares of people ringing up after a rather silly thread on PH!!

DC

My bad... Its was my Thread, though it genuinely wasn't meant to be silly, or cause anyone any issues!! I guess the issue with the internet is once you post on the internet you never know where the tread goes.

I think in the end though, as with my tread on here it has shown that you can not get a cheap CSL which is great for the owners.

Again, sorry if it encouraged some none genuine callers!

[Das Chin]

thanks to martin for meeting half way and hope all went well on way back.

those rear clamps are fun...not!! got there in the end.

huge thanks to uncle benz for doing the work. great coffee too!!

brace of cesils:

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car had been polybushed when bmw done rear subframe repair and new rear springs too:

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kept 100 cell CATs:

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some uncle benz action:

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[martin770]

Nice to meet you nick, yes those clamps were a nightmare !!!!
Was good to see the Cesil's together.
Thanks once again Martin

[Das Chin]

car came with a dodgy flap (ooh err missus) set up on the CSL air box. previous owner kindly sorted out a new one under warranty and sent on.

its on hell of a unit:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20130913_003_zpsa490c4e9.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20130913_003_zpsa490c4e9.jpg.html)

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20130913_004_zps16b3c2d1.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20130913_004_zps16b3c2d1.jpg.html)

off with the old:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/WP_20130927_003_zpsfe5c32b4.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/WP_20130927_003_zpsfe5c32b4.jpg.html)

the car used to run flap open all the time which was fun but I wanted a working sport button and response from the car so nice to have sorted.

getting car to where I want it to.

next up is to get cracking with the clay bar to really get a good shine on.

[Olive]

Just looks like new one ! :smt055
I almost like the color ! :-D

[Das Chin]

so I had heard a lot about this detailing malarky and the clay. I bought a bar of that Bilt Hamber stuff in regular and some new polishing cloths.

car was clean, had a quick wipe out then got the plant sprayer out to wet the area and clay.

OMG what a difference it makes. I started on the bonnet of Cesil and it felt like sandpaper so I was like WTF is this. I thought my car was clean!!

you don't need to press hard and just the weight of yr hand, with a forward/backward motion. Within a few strokes you can feel the area getting smoother and all the grit / dirt particles coming off.

I had to dry off, then wet area next to it with a bit of overlap. Once i had done the bonnet it felt so smooth! I ran finger over area and onto the wings. They felt like a bit of sandpaper!!

put some decent autoglym polish on the bonnet and wow it just looks n feels awesome.

I have still got to do rear wings n bumpers.

the amount of crap that came off the roof was unreal. It was really rough and it took two lots of going over to get super smooth.

this bilt hamber clay is unreal and really worth spending time n money on. Sorry if you know this already but I cant believe I had not used before.

makes sure you use loads of water and lots of patience too. If u drop the clay then bin it straight away too.

DC

[mattCSLnut]

Sounds like you're having a Eureka! moment there mate :wink: :hahaha:

[Neil M]

Just goes to show you're never to old to learn new tricks - Keep of rubbing!:thumbs:

[Das Chin]

yes it was Matt tbh. I had no idea. brilliant stuff.

[shimmy]

Excuse me, but is this on about washing your car?

Shouldn't this be in the 'Home and Garden' section :gayfight:, moderated by Glendog.

[Neil M]

Excuse me, but is this on about washing your car?

Shouldn't this be in the 'Home and Garden' section :gayfight:, moderated by Glendog.

Ha, ha, No - it's about him washing his car - the one that he's glad to be back in. I just hope he managed to remove all that vandal (spray paint) damage to his front and rear plates, without too much effort!:thumbs:

[Das Chin]

finally got the trim bits that have been carbon hydro dipped by a friend back on the car to replace the OEM trim and well happy. pretty good match to OEM as well.

the rear view mirror had leaked so that trashed the window switch and SMG trim. door handles were scratched up as were the dash trims. rear console was cracked and scratched too so at £550 for a replacement from BMW I was looking at other options.

have kept the original 'titan silver' trim as not everyone's cup of tea in carbon effect.

window switch area:

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dashboard trim area:

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door handles (funny light with flash I think):

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rear seat console:

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http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20131031_012_zps0c81d3ed.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20131031_012_zps0c81d3ed.jpg.html)

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20131031_013_zps84d1e59a.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20131031_013_zps84d1e59a.jpg.html)

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20131031_016_zps3301577b.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20131031_016_zps3301577b.jpg.html)

has defo sorted out the rather worn and scratched painted areas of the car.

[benfj180]

Looks proper mint! :notworthy:

Will you disclose total cost of getting this done das chin?

[Das Chin]

sent you a pm ben and i can.

[shane@mbtech]

It costs peanuts to dip trims.

I personally think it looks naff as it's not even a close colour match

If however your carbon console was the same colour it would look great.

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Looks good shame about the colour difference :(

[Das Chin]

it looks less obvious in natural light. Those pics had a flash and it really does pick out the colour diff.

each to their own lawsy but looks a lot better than the old knackered titan silver trim.

[shane@mbtech]

it looks less obvious in natural light. Those pics had a flash and it really does pick out the colour diff.

each to their own lawsy but looks a lot better than the old knackered titan silver trim.

Naff was a bit harsh, I just meant the colour difference, if it all matched it would be superb

[shimmy]

Reminds me, I must protect mine from the mirror leaking;)

[shimmy]

I wonder if it is caused/accelerated by the car being kept outside in the heat in the summer?

[shane@mbtech]

I wonder if it is caused/accelerated by the car being kept outside in the heat in the summer?

Prob more so the cold weather. down at -*c then quickly superheated when you drive with hot air blowing in car. ??

|Who knows. Just get rid. Who needs auto dimming

[shimmy]

Can you just remove the auto dimming part?

[sailorbaz]

Can you just remove the auto dimming part?

Apparently you can drain the fluid out in a controlled manner, reseal and replace the mirror. How true that is, I don't know but it leaves you with a mirror that doesn't dim automatically.

[sjb]

Regarding the rear view mirror have a look at this thread on ******* ;)

http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=82329

[Das Chin]

she's up on blocks (not that time of month ;-0 )

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20131104_011_zpsec1e8ad0.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20131104_011_zpsec1e8ad0.jpg.html)

hairy chest tyres back on (right handful in the cold and noisy on the road but sweet when warmed up)

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20131104_012_zpsb4c56fdb.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20131104_012_zpsb4c56fdb.jpg.html)

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20131104_013_zps9e41a0be.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20131104_013_zps9e41a0be.jpg.html)

brakes looking healthy and found out its been polybushed at front too. result. rear has been done too


http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20131104_007_zpsda664396.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20131104_007_zpsda664396.jpg.html)


http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20131104_009_zps4e9a40a9.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20131104_009_zps4e9a40a9.jpg.html)


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[Das Chin]

side kick plates back and now sorted. great work by Paul Pooler from H20 transfers in the midlands.

still got originals on car and will tuck away. these were ones that had peeled and lacquer gone so prepped and sorted.

very happy with them and proper CSL sticker under the lacquer:


http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/20131203_145557_zpsf5512686.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/20131203_145557_zpsf5512686.jpg.html)


had the door handle re done as well:


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fook me its cold out there!!

[mattCSLnut]

Looking good Nick :smokin:

[phil_robinson]

Looks stunning pal. I love the look of the AC Schnitzer backbox combined with the CSL diffuser. I know it's a bit marmite but I think it's awesome!

[Das Chin]

side skirts fitted on both sides and really happy with the look and finish.

drivers side:
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PX side:

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so much better than the OEM ones which were looking a bit tired. still kept originals if ever needed in the future.

[Levente]

its nice but its too much i think now it does look like a crappy OEM part which you see on the US m3 cars.

[CraigMillwardCroft]

its nice but its too much i think now it does look like a crappy OEM part which you see on the US m3 cars.

Don't hold back with your comment :whistle:

[shimmy]

Don't hold back with your comment :whistle:

He's right, they do look shite.......but them OEM ones look like cheap shite as well :thumbs:

[Rick H]

We do like to spoil our girls with diamonds and furs.

[Levente]

sorry but the oem looks alot more stylish and thousand times better then this. im all for changing some carbon parts but this i wouldnt change. ok but thats my opinion

[Das Chin]

each to their own. That is why i kept all the oem stuff safe in the garage if ever i sell can,easily be put back. The oem side sills are not great up close and new carbon effect ones look a lot better up close.

[shane@mbtech]

each to their own. That is why i kept all the oem stuff safe in the garage if ever i sell can,easily be put back. The oem side sills are not great up close and new carbon effect ones look a lot better up close.

Marks little asian child workers, in an old garage in bonnie scotland, can do the carbon laying to match the original.

See his products in the for sale section. :thumbs:

[derek]

Marks little asian child workers, in an old garage in bonnie scotland, can do the carbon laying to match the original.

See his products in the for sale section. :thumbs:

He has now outsourced to china with a call centre in India due to volume of sales

[Das Chin]

got the old girl out today as not been started for 4 weeks I think. where did that go! not bad for a car with 112k miles ;-)
has faired well in the garage, on the trickle charger and under the cover:


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[mick csl]

Nice car mate:drool: My car is for 4 months in the garage under the cover:banghead:.

[Mike R]

Lovely - would never tell it is over 112k :).

[cslsuperfan]

Nice car mate:drool: My car is for 4 months in the garage under the cover:banghead:.


+1 .....4 months on the 30 Jan 14 :smokin:

[martin770]

Lookin good Nick, Its a great feeling starting up again...Like a new toy :thumbs:

[jonnysideways]

Looking well Nick. Mines accumulating dirt, still being used as a daily driver.

The pilots are really coming into there own now, handy really, as there never seems to be a good dry run home form work.

[Das Chin]

new handbrake grip cover sourced from BMW.

also got a new leather gaitor to go on as well.

will fit at start of april when she comes out to play ;-)

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[Neil M]

I always think that the handbrake boot looks completely out of character being the only leather piece of trim on the car, perhaps on a par with the painted rear console, (just little things that niggle)
If I were to replace mine I think I'd opt for Alcantara. I'm sure Jack at Royal could soon sort one out.:thumbs:

[mattCSLnut]

I always think that the handbrake boot looks completely out of character being the only leather piece of trim on the car, perhaps on a par with the painted rear console, (just little things that niggle)
If I were to replace mine I think I'd opt for Alcantara. I'm sure Jack at Royal could soon sort one out.:thumbs:
Agreed :thumbs: Maybe we should ask for a "group buy" from Jack ?

[Das Chin]

finally got the bits on the car and looks much bette with new grip and leather cover:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20140505_0011_zpsee74cd21.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20140505_0011_zpsee74cd21.jpg.html)

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went to brands yesterday to watch mate race in saloon cup awesome action.

put some new bolts and nuts around engine bay to tidy up (things like headlight holder nuts that always rust)

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20140415_020_zpsc431cf57.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20140415_020_zpsc431cf57.jpg.html)

200 Cell CATS are back on. bit quieter, less free at top end but car no longer stinks of fuel. it used to go like a stabbed rat after 4k rpm with no cats to block and induction roar was much louder. its not a track car so back to OEM.

[shimmy]

Nick

Looks great for an old dog.

Can you post up the part numbers for bolts/screws and hand real items. I need same!

[Das Chin]

oil n filter change today as was over a year old. thanks to Scotts Performance in Dartford.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20140515_006_zps14adcbe1.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20140515_006_zps14adcbe1.jpg.html)

was not too bad a colour and only 2k miles old:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20140515_009_zps7c378855.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20140515_009_zps7c378855.jpg.html)

guess where my finger has been :hahaha:

car took around 6.5 liters of Castrol TWS (10/60) to get it to the 1.0 marker on the measurement. does that sound about right?

Interior trim back to OEM colour (titan Shadow)

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20140515_012_zpsc1bfd1c1.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20140515_012_zpsc1bfd1c1.jpg.html)

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also tried out the SMG area in alcantara which matches the steering wheel and handbrake grip. Carbon dipped stuff is off.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/NLW73/M3%20CSL/WP_20140515_014_zps07aa9eea.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/NLW73/media/M3%20CSL/WP_20140515_014_zps07aa9eea.jpg.html)


Over and out, DC

[E46CSL]

Looking good :thumbs: