NJ B.S. Thread

what shop is this? Do you work on M cars ?

 

Autocouture Motoring. Yes, we specialize in them.

 

Went there years ago when Sal ran things

 

Oh nice! Yea that was before I got here. I've been running it for the last 6 years. Left for a short while and came back a few months ago and now run the operations.

 

awesome. I’ll be in touch, wife’s e90 may need a visit / rod bearings.

 

south jersey, near philly/cherry hill

 

for sure man, we do more than probably anyone in the country lol. Just DM me when you want and we can talk outside of here. I don't do sales but I can set you up as I was the GSM for a long time prior to this run.

 

There’s plenty of detail shops in that area that will apply ceramic coatings

 

Where are you guys located and what would be the ballpark cost for a third gen ceramic coat?

 

My buddy Ricky Moran does all the welding for east coast supercharger. (732) 619-4762

or call Ron Bilotta’s welding in sewell +1 (856) 430-2667 . He can definitely weld titanium. But his work on my 1989 aluminum boat was superb.

 

Yeah I can see that on google, I was just looking for any real world recs from people who have found places that they like and trust

 

Bonehead performance isn’t too far

https://boneheadperformance.com/

I’ve used them for a set of headers and I believe this is who @HomerTaco uses for grills

 

Thats good to know. I have a 05 M3. Its a garage queen and only has 25k miles. But if I ever have any questions on it, I will let you know

 

Niceeeeee! I had 2 e46 m3's in my time. Yours must be a peach at that mileage. Yea let me know! Happy to help.

 

I'll speak with them and let you know. At the moment there are 3 levels to it. level 1 is Exo, level 2 is CSL, Level 3 is CSU from Gteq. There's more to it, I'll DM you today.

 

I like the guy I used and my friend's brother clear-bra'd his entire Sierra as well as used to do incredible detailing, but I'm about 2 hours from Philly area so unless you would want to drive all that way can't really provide a recommendation.

-J

 

Yeah my mom special ordered it new back in 04'. Black convertible(unfortunately), imola red interior, brushed aluminum trim and 6 speed. She bought it as a secondary fun car but she never really drove it obviously. So I have become care taker of the car since she hasnt touched it in a decade or so. It is mint and stock. Its my rolling savings account that I plan to sell one day as im just not crazy about it

 

That's awesome it stayed in family though! The e46 is a bit of a labor of love between VANOS, Rod bearings, Valve adjustments, cooling system woes, subframe and then all the other BMW things.

 

Exactly. Luckily due to the fact that it has been babied and the low miles, the subframe is fine and havnt had any issues with the other stuff. But it has had a few random things fail. Its a nice car to drive and its pretty fun but just not my style. But I know low mile, stock 6 speeds are going up in value. The convertible kind of hurts the desirability of it but the color combo and 6 speed helps. Im just gonna keep driving it every now and then to keep it going and keep it in mint condition so I can sell it and fund a garage addition in another 10 years or so lol

 

LOL I hear ya, that is a good plan especially if you have the means to store it and keep it in this current condition.