My stanceworks debut... not ideal, but it'll do

[hi its me alec]

First of all, sick forum Mike :alright

I still need to find the time to get my stance on (i.e. lower my offsets 5mm all around, new spacers. New thread when that time comes.) But I did put in these awesome seats, so the car feels amazing now. Sucks that they're different colors but oh well, I'll fix it soon if you know what I mean ;)

This next part is copied and pasted from e46fans

Well first of all I'm an idiot, I unplugged the driver seat harness with the battery plugged in, which triggered the airbag light. It was funny because I had it unplugged earlier (all carefully and sh!t too) but when it came time to test the seat for movement, I had to take it back out right away and I totally forgot about the battery. I've warned people about that a million times lol :dunno: meh

And yes, I know that the seats are gray in my tan interior. My answer to that would be, I don't have a care in the world when I'm driving it! This is just what the car was missing all this time (besides a 5sp, yes)... can't wait to go rippin and not slide around anywhere :D

I also got some new front tires, with a little bit of stretch and poke. In the near future (prob tomorrow or the next day) I'll be putting my 5mm spacers in back, and switching to 10mm in front. 8.5 et38 with a 225 tire seems to have perfect clearance for a 10-12mm, so hopefully 5mm will be totally rub-free.

I hope you guys are excited as I am to see these seats recolored. :excited:


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the old seats were just way too gay
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2185/img2074b.jpg (http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img2074b.jpg)

[hi its me alec]

and here's my most recent photoshoot of the exterior

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[southpaw]

Welcome Alec!

[SeanDub]

Spacers for sure, but nice car and welcome!

[M.Burroughs]

Thanks for signing up Alec! As always, I'm a huge fan of your car. Subtle, simple, and clean- more e46s should look like that.

Love this one:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3333631061_6794b2543e_o.jpg

[southpaw]

Subtle, simple, and clean- more e46s should look like that.



Iseehowitis. :shifty

[Pswirley]

Iseehowitis. :shifty

+1


but seriously Alec you have a dope car. I don't know where you are going on the interior, but based on your exterior tastes I will assume that you have a plan and it will be executed properly.

[B Rod]

^Very well said. Looks great though. Is the front bumper custom molded?

[hi its me alec]

Well... I might just get some gray back seats and call it a day. You know, start a new 'trend' - tri-color mismatched interior

[hi its me alec]

^Very well said. Looks great though. Is the front bumper custom molded?

Yes it is... oem mtech2 front with a molded fiberglass arqray lip. i love it to death, needs a splitter though.

[c-ron]

Looks really good man, now bring that front down a little more.

[schroedin]

I dig the factory color AEs, and I love that color. So hawt!

[Digitalwave]

I want that color in the worst kind of way.

[SeanDub]

I want that color in the worst kind of way.

The kind of way where you'll rape babies to get it? Or some other, even worse kind of way?

[Ollie]

Color is soooooo sick. Nice e46s.

[Dmasters]

Good choice of wheels on the green E46;)

[schroedin]

The kind of way where you'll rape babies to get it? Or some other, even worse kind of way?

:rofl

[Dr.AK]

Welcome man.

Your car is one of my fav E46s, if you push the wheels out some more, it'll be the sexiest E46 I've seen yet.

[BeastinM3]

Sick E46

[Dubmd]

lol at the fries
looks awesome alec!
i do miss the black moldings tho

[vdubkid]

A very nice car. Really like that color too.

But where are some of those locations? Is that near the U maybe?

[Travis]

Im diggin your front bumper setup, i like it alot. Sweet pics too!

[mimalmo]

Hey Alec. Congrats on getting those seats in (finally!). Cool to see a few more of the Minneapolis folks here.

[NegativeCamber]

Subtle, simple, and clean- more e46s should look like that.


aka simple green. :rofl http://www.home-ec101.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/simple-green.jpg

nice ride alec. i was a fan when i saw it over on the other site.

[punkhop83]

damn thats such a dope ass color!

[Chris@MemoryFab]

Alec,

you so fresh son;)

cant wait till ya die the m3 seats and do the carpet black:)

[hi its me alec]

here are some better daytime pics.. from today

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[SeanDub]

Such a clean car, but man those rears need spacers!

[schroedin]

God damnit this is my new favorite color on E46s.










Istillloveblackpleasedonthurtmebrandon

[mimalmo]

I looked at the space between the rear fender and your wheels last weekend - you're lucky if there's 3mm there! How are you going to fit a spacer in there?

[hi its me alec]

I looked at the space between the rear fender and your wheels last weekend - you're lucky if there's 3mm there! How are you going to fit a spacer in there?

i went from 235 to 225 in the rear and i definitely have some extra room in there. i'm going to try moving my 5mm from front to back, and putting 10mm in front

here are the last 2 from yesterday

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9829/img2129k.jpg (http://img269.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img2129k.jpg)
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[Niterider03]

Your car looks awesome. Im loving that color.

[hi its me alec]

Good choice of wheels on the green E46;)
and you have a nice interior ;)


lol at the fries
looks awesome alec!
i do miss the black moldings tho
me too, i'm going back to them ASAP. i have about half a set sitting in my garage, i'll probably order the rest from the dealer pretty soon. these painted ones are far from perfect...


A very nice car. Really like that color too.

But where are some of those locations? Is that near the U maybe?
yeah, it's all at the U. the night shoot was all places along east river parkway and 15th Ave, the day shoot at the top of the ramp is on Oak St.

[vdubkid]

yeah, it's all at the U. the night shoot was all places along east river parkway and 15th Ave, the day shoot at the top of the ramp is on Oak St.

Damn, right in the city. I'm out in Minnetonka so that's quite a hike to such nice locations. I gotta do some better scouting.

[FetusGoulash]

Beautiful, is that a factory bmw color? i have never seen it before. What is it?

[schroedin]

This is the color of my car on Gran Turismo :eyebrows

[hi its me alec]

Beautiful, is that a factory bmw color? i have never seen it before. What is it?

It's Meergruen (Seafoam Green) Metallic, BMW #393.

In other news, I put the spacers on today after work and NO RUBBING! :eyebrows +5mm all around did wonders.

Going out to take pictures now.

[junjdm]

sick rides!!!!