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    Posted: 04-March-2003 at 17:30

Hi hi

I just want to share some photos of my wee dakar yellow compact with you guys and gals; I had it over a year now and done quite a few classieee nothing too OTT modifications ....

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Engine
1.9 litres M44 engine
Viper Forced Air Induction Kit
Free-Flow custom Twin system Exhaust

Suspension
Bmw Compact Sport Set-up
Ac schnitzer Lowering Springs
Ac schnitzer Struct brace
M3 GTR lower struct Brace
Eibach Adjustable Anti-roll Bars Front and Rear

Brakes
Bmw Compact Sport Brakes with Disc front and Rear with Std BMW pads

Wheels-Tyres
7.5 x 17inch Bmw Motorsport 5 spoke open-style wheels
Wrapped in Goodyear F1 215/45R17 tyres

Bodywork
BMW Dakar Yellow Paintwork limited to 150 in the UK
Bmw Compact sport edition Bodykit; Bumpers, front splitter, mesh, side skirts, rear bumper lower black splitter.
AC Schnitzer door mirrors
Rear deck Reitzer spoiler
35% Pentagon window Tint

Interior
Full Black oregon Leather Interior
Front set of Sport seats, M3 steering wheel with matching yellow trim.
Front air rest
AC Schnitzer metal short shift gear changer
AC Schnitzer metal hand brake
AC Schnitzer Pedals
A few interior silver parts

Security
Pioneer DEH-P7400MP MP3 headunit
JBL front speakers and tweeters, rear 6 x 9 Speakers
Alpine 4 channel Amp
Acoustic rear parcel shelf

 

Tell me what you think of it (nice or not for you)............it will be getting sold later in the YEAR

Take Care

Chrissss

 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-March-2003 at 19:40

Chris

You've got a lovely looking car there, I'm a sucker for Dakar Yellow my mates got an M3 in that colour and I drool everytime I see it.

You're right nothing ott but you must have spent a pretty penny or 10 on this car

btw if you're selling it later in the year what's next in line

stevie

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-March-2003 at 20:42

Hi hi Stevie

cheers for the response ma, yeah spent quite abit on it was the ACS stuff which cost abit...the short shift cost £460, mirrors £460 and the front struct brace £200 odd. Only thing it lacks is a real set of ACS wheels but these style of wheels only came in 8.5x17 and the rear e30 set-up can only take a 8.0x17 or 8.0 x 18incher so i had to settle for a set of replica....

Might actually take all the ACS stuff off and sell them privately If the dealer i sell it to gaves me the same trade in price with/without the parts i will take them off......

I will be selling it in June-ish time when I finsih University so much coursework; I'm thinking of a Golf anniversary version or a Honda Civic Type-R to name a few....

I feel like a change now from the bemmer.......

PS; I was checking out the post you have to copy the link and paste it manually on the web address to see it......

Take care

Chrissss

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-March-2003 at 22:30
Sweet car. When you mention the M3 GTR lower brace - is that also known as the cross-brace - OEM equipment on M3 Cabriolets? If so, did you notice any differences with it?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-March-2003 at 22:45

hi hi webdunk

I'm sorrieee can't help you out here because I fitted the lower cross brace with the top ACS top brace and Eibach adjustable anti-roll bars all three together at once.....

All I can say is the guy who fitted the stuff does alot of racing and re-builds alot of high performance cars and said the lower cross brace in his opinon more affective than the ACS one on the top.

After the three things were fitted together the car handled alot tighter with less body roll and more feeling on whats happening with the black stuff.....But also fitting also this stuff plus the lowering springs the car is harder to know where its limit is; compared to before it was really predictable

PS; Wedunk if you are fitting the X-brace you neeed some special tools to fit it successfull i think theres a few nice write up on it on the net....(take it easy with the fitting I've heard some dreadfull stories of it being fitted!!!)

cYa

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-March-2003 at 10:10

Chris,

Just a wee note about the Type-R mate, fore warned is fore armed etc..

I bought one for my wife for a birthday present when they first came out (2001)(managed to get a cancelled order).

Very fast car, great handling etc.. everything a hot hatch should be.

Assembled by bakers or butchers though, never made in a car factory!

It was an absolute joke, a nightmare! Kept finding screws and little plastic covers in the footwells.

Glad to see the back of it now.

Scariest part is though, we'd park it in the drive, and on occassions we found it at the bottom of the drive!

Yes, we really really did apply the handbrake, garage looked at it on a number of times (it required 14 clicks to put the handbrake on very securely). The straw that broke our backs was when it rolled down the drive and crashed into a pallet of monoblocks we were about to get laid.

Complaints fell on deaf ears, Honda couldn't care less, fixed it and traded it in on her birthday for another new car last december.

Last point, the dash is made of the hardest, easiest to scratch plastic in the world.

Oh, and up until we got rid of ours, you were stuck with the standard honda radio. The slot is a funny shape and there was no adaptor plate available.

Sorry to be the prophet of doom.

GTi anniversary though, mmmmmm, thats sounds a much better prospect.

Cheers!

Scott

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-March-2003 at 17:50

Chris

Golfs are now for Grandads and hairdressers, 10 years ago they were fun cars but they're now too long in the tooth, too soft, too heavy, too slow, too common

stevie

 

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