bmw breakers

[B19 LBP]

as title anyone know of any good bmw breakers that might be breaking m3s ??

cheers luke

[felstmiester]

as title anyone know of any good bmw breakers that might be breaking m3s ??

cheers luke
Hello Luke, what sort of thing are you after, i'v been phoning round all the breakers over the last month. The best one i found was Quarry.

[B19 LBP]

hello dave, hows ur car coming on??

im looking for an m3 bonnet ??

[Mud]

FABDirect are also very good, they have some M3 interior (convertible) so they might have some other parts going

[fan168]

There are a couple of specialist bmw breakers:

http://www.quarrybmwspares.co.uk/

as already mentioned and

http://www.fabdirect.com/

give them a try.

[fan168]

Sorry didn’t mean to duplicate info, just a bit slow in posting.

[M5 SC]

FAB and Quarry are both very good, used Quarry on several occasions and they are excellent.

[B19 LBP]

thanks for all ur help guys :D

tryed both places but no luck :( :(

[felstmiester]

Very slowly Luke, but getting there. Roy has recently had one for sale on ebay. Believe it or not, they are about. None of the breakers have got any though. I'v recently bought mine off Keystomybeemer on here, i paid him £150 for it, thought that was cheap. i have seen a few on ebay recently though. got mine on over xmass, not a strait forward fit, but not to bad.

[B19 LBP]

Very slowly Luke, but getting there. Roy has recently had one for sale on ebay. Believe it or not, they are about. None of the breakers have got any though. I'v recently bought mine off Keystomybeemer on here, i paid him £150 for it, thought that was cheap. i have seen a few on ebay recently though. got mine on over xmass, not a strait forward fit, but not to bad.

yeh i did see roy had one but dont realy want to pay £300 for one as i did have one but sold it when i was going to strip mine :o :o :o :o

and as u say none on ebay at the mo but will keep on looking and found a company to fit my a m3 bonnet for £150 which i didnt think was bad.

also urs looks like it comeing on ok, also have you had a chance to fit the charger yet??

[felstmiester]

yeh i did see roy had one but dont realy want to pay £300 for one as i did have one but sold it when i was going to strip mine :o :o :o :o

and as u say none on ebay at the mo but will keep on looking and found a company to fit my a m3 bonnet for £150 which i didnt think was bad.

also urs looks like it comeing on ok, also have you had a chance to fit the charger yet??
No mate, was gonna get all the parts fitted first, bonnet, m3 bumper, then when i know they fit, strip all the front panel off, fit the charger then get it all sprayed. I'v gotta find a decent m3 bumper still, so i'll keep my eyes open for a bonnet at the same time for ya mate. £150 is good for the fitting though, as you prob know you just have to mess about with shifting the wing in to get the shut lines right. Not sure about the bonnet rams though, i'v read that you have to have te m3 one's to work but have also heard that Mstyle that do the conversion keep the standard one's. i'v got the standard ones on at the mo but think they may give me probs as they dont seem to let the m3 bonnet shut fully, its like when the bonnet is about an inch from snapping shut, the rams are jamming it. wont know untill i get the bumper on and new headlight and adjust it all nd line it up. Keep ya posted though.

[B19 LBP]

yeh cheers for that dave :D :D

like wise i will keep an eye out for a bumper, theres a m3 bumper on ebay at the mo but you will still need the front carrier if ur going for the real thing?? if not y not get one off teddy as his are realy good and you dont have to mess about fitting it.

[felstmiester]

Yeah, saw the one on ebay. Kinda wanted to go for an oem one really. Just wanna get it sorted though. How much do ya reckon i should pay for a cf carrier? I'v seen em go for penuts on ebay one week then hundreds another.

[B19 LBP]

i dont realy know m8, ive seen the same as you some times they go for next to nothing and other times they go for loads,

silly question i know but have u tryed the breakers for one???

[felstmiester]

Yeah, its funny though, the breakers have never got a complete bumper, either just a cover or somethings missing, not bothered bout the mesh, spots just need the bumper to be complete. Ebay seems to be the best for these kind of parts, people snap them up to quick from breakers. as it happens, my very local Bm breakers have got one, but he wants £200 for it.

[felstmiester]

The cf carrier that is.

[B19 LBP]

bloody hell thats alot of money, have u tryed roy for the carrier???

[felstmiester]

No, i'v looked at the pics of Fas's mod when he done it and it doesn't look like the one on his was cf......or am i wrong??. I know that if you get a 03 m3 bumper or later, they fit different. The early m3 bumpers are the ones that fit the non m3's the best. i'm gonna pm roy now.

[B19 LBP]

i dont think roys bk from holiday till the 8th of jan and when i was speaking to roy he told me that if u get an early m3 bumper u dont need to get a m3 carrier you can use the one u have but check with roy ;)

[felstmiester]

K mate, will do. Had any luck with the brake conversion on yours?

[B19 LBP]

no i havent yet, been trying to look into fitting m3 brakes on mine but noone seems to know if they fit and what needs doing to make them fit :( :(

havein new clutch fitted 2mrow so after that i will start looking again, there brembo bbks on e46fan for 330 but its getting them shipped over and the cost :( :(

so might just go for uprated discs for now

[felstmiester]

no i havent yet, been trying to look into fitting m3 brakes on mine but noone seems to know if they fit and what needs doing to make them fit :( :(

havein new clutch fitted 2mrow so after that i will start looking again, there brembo bbks on e46fan for 330 but its getting them shipped over and the cost :( :(

so might just go for uprated discs for now
To be honest with you mate, i think the standard set up with a set of grooved discs, stainless lines, decent pads and fluid would be a pretty good set up, and unless your doing loads of track day, will cope ok. My track day car hasn't got a mega dear set up on it and thats fine, and i would say i brake rreasonably late on he track. Havn't punted no one off the track yet.

[B19 LBP]

i was thinkin of going for some black diamond discs as i had them on my cozzie for a while and though they were good,

what were u thinkin of ??

[Juber]

I had a fantastic offer for Brembo BBK's (fronts only) on Fanatics it worked out to something like £850 inc shipping

[felstmiester]

i was thinkin of going for some black diamond discs as i had them on my cozzie for a while and though they were good,

what were u thinkin of ??
To be honest mate, it depends if your going for the BD discs short term or long term? If your just going at it for a stop gap untill you see a decent second hand bbk then go for the them. If not, and your looking to keep a lower budget set up, wich i think will be more than good enough ( lets face it, a lot of people do the bbk just for looks) then i would go for set with ally bells, this helps so much in heat dispersion, as ally soaks up the heat, therefore keeps the set up a lot cooler. I know you will want a bbk for posing reasons in the long run though so its your call mate.

[B19 LBP]

I had a fantastic offer for Brembo BBK's (fronts only) on Fanatics it worked out to something like £850 inc shipping

did u get them or is the offer still going juber ???

[B19 LBP]

To be honest mate, it depends if your going for the BD discs short term or long term? If your just going at it for a stop gap untill you see a decent second hand bbk then go for the them. If not, and your looking to keep a lower budget set up, wich i think will be more than good enough ( lets face it, a lot of people do the bbk just for looks) then i would go for set with ally bells, this helps so much in heat dispersion, as ally soaks up the heat, therefore keeps the set up a lot cooler. I know you will want a bbk for posing reasons in the long run though so its your call mate.

what ones would u say then dave as im not up on bmw bits yet :o :o

[felstmiester]

Bmw actualy do a set, if you go to a dealer they will look them up for you and give you a price. They are bassically the same diameter of the standard discs but drilled and have the ally bells. Dont buy them from a dealer though. Cooksferry do there for three quaters of the price. I'm gonna go for this kind of set up. There are loads of companys that will do this kind of thing though Luke. Have a ring round.

[B19 LBP]

fair enough m8, i think nick had a set of them on his old car

[felstmiester]

Just phoned Hi spec, they done me a bbk for the cossie a few years back that was really good. There conversion is as follows.

335x32 cast discs with ally bells
Big calipers, choie of colours, either in 4 pot £1,125 or 6 pot £1,246.
They all come with fluid and braided lines.

[B19 LBP]

didnt think of them, i had a set of there bbk but with the std calipers on my cozzie b4 the ap kit, cheers for that dave will look abit more into that :D

[felstmiester]

what clutch have you gon for in yours Luke? coz obviously i'm gonna have to do mine. How long did the standard one hold up?

[B19 LBP]

ive gone for a sach one the same as roy has in his yellow m3 and mine was slipping anyway b4 i had the charger fitted :(

[felstmiester]

Yeah, mines slipping now. If you don't mind me aking, how much was the clutch?

[B19 LBP]

i think the clutch was about £500 + fitting :eek: :eek:

[felstmiester]

Not to cheap then. Might have a ring round. Was that a plate and a clutch or just the clutch?

[B19 LBP]

that was both m8

[sjj84]

Luke have you spoken to Roy about the stoptech brake kits? The stage 2 one looks very tempting and it's cheaper than getting the discs from BMW. For the price of the Hi Spec ones you could probably get one of the BBK's from Roy aswell, and no doubt it'd be better. I wasn't impressed with the hi-spec kit I had a few years back.