[Kailec]

Originally Posted by elroy443

thanks for this, think I'd like to change the back bumper too though if I was gonna do it, yeah I'm based in belfast

If you're in the UK check out CazuaLLUK and his YouTube channel. I believe he's a forum member here too, he has links to everything he's done to his car. Anyways you've already been given a long list of stuff to do to your car, it all depends on what makes the biggest difference to you and what your budget is. The first thing I did was get a carbon spoiler and black double slat grills. Really made the car look sportier for sure and relatively cheap to do. Looking at your car though I would say the biggest thing you can do bar none would be your wheels. They really detract from the look of your car and definitely makes your car look older. I would say browse around online for stuff you may like, be it OEM, aftermarket or replicas. To answer your earlier question about the difference between M Sport and M3 conversion, no real difference other than the looks. If you were to do a whole legit M3 conversion, the answer would be A LOT!

Interestingly enough me and KC328_F30 seemed to have got our cars around the same time, but whereas he went the M Sport route I went thr M3 route. We both stated with the same base Luxury line however. Here's pics of mine I took a little while ago to compare:

Day I bought it:



The difference new wheels make alone:



M3 front and sides, M Sport rear, M3 style CF mirror caps, CF spoiler:





Tinted fog lights (brackets were painted white by mistake, need to find time for them to fix it for me):



Next on the agenda for me is steering wheel and brake upgrade probably.

[elroy443]

Originally Posted by Kailec

If you're in the UK check out CazuaLLUK and his YouTube channel. I believe he's a forum member here too, he has links to everything he's done to his car. Anyways you've already been given a long list of stuff to do to your car, it all depends on what makes the biggest difference to you and what your budget is. The first thing I did was get a carbon spoiler and black double slat grills. Really made the car look sportier for sure and relatively cheap to do. Looking at your car though I would say the biggest thing you can do bar none would be your wheels. They really detract from the look of your car and definitely makes your car look older. I would say browse around online for stuff you may like, be it OEM, aftermarket or replicas. To answer your earlier question about the difference between M Sport and M3 conversion, no real difference other than the looks. If you were to do a whole legit M3 conversion, the answer would be A LOT!

Interestingly enough me and KC328_F30 seemed to have got our cars around the same time, but whereas he went the M Sport route I went thr M3 route. We both stated with the same base Luxury line however. Here's pics of mine I took a little while ago to compare:

Next on the agenda for me is steering wheel and brake upgrade probably.

I've watched the CazuaLLUK on youtube, his first car was the same colour as mine so I was interested seeing what he did. I list of where he got his parts would be handy if he sees this, car looked fantastic

ah yeah the alloys are the first port of call, well after the grills, purely because thats a 20 minute, £30 change.

what are you thinking for brakes?

[Kailec]

Originally Posted by elroy443

I've watched the CazuaLLUK on youtube, his first car was the same colour as mine so I was interested seeing what he did. I list of where he got his parts would be handy if he sees this, car looked fantastic

ah yeah the alloys are the first port of call, well after the grills, purely because thats a 20 minute, £30 change.

what are you thinking for brakes?

Haven't decided if I want to get the red M Performance or the blue M Sport. Red is my favourite colour but I think blue looks better with the white car. You could just contact him directly for help on where to buy in the UK!

[elroy443]

yeah blue with the white would be sweet, the double grill fins are nice right enough too

tried there but he doesn't receive private messages, im sure i'll work it out

[Kailec]

Originally Posted by elroy443

yeah blue with the white would be sweet, the double grill fins are nice right enough too

tried there but he doesn't receive private messages, im sure i'll work it out

Message him/comment on YouTube maybe?

[7iM3less]

Originally Posted by Kailec

Haven't decided if I want to get the red M Performance or the blue M Sport. Red is my favourite colour but I think blue looks better with the white car. You could just contact him directly for help on where to buy in the UK!

The blue are recessive, less noticeable - I?d consider red if you want a statement piece. I?ve had mine on my car for less than a week and I have people staring at them all the time when I?m on the road.

[MaximusJ]

Originally Posted by elroy443

you have to have front plates in Ireland and the UK. I had an A5 before this and would've liked nothing more than to get rid of it, dont mind it as much on the f30

Gotcha. Since it wasnt the same color; I really thought it was one of those fake plates or something.

[Kailec]

Originally Posted by KC328_F30

The blue are recessive, less noticeable - I?d consider red if you want a statement piece. I?ve had mine on my car for less than a week and I have people staring at them all the time when I?m on the road.

Red is always sexy! But blue to me is BMW since it's in the logo even. When I think red Ferrari and Corvette comes to mind instead. That and you surprisingly don't see a lot of blue calipers in cars, at least in my experience in Toronto...

[MaximusJ]

Originally Posted by Kailec

Red is always sexy! But blue to me is BMW since it's in the logo even. When I think red Ferrari and Corvette comes to mind instead. That and you surprisingly don't see a lot of blue calipers in cars, at least in my experience in Toronto...

Very true.

Yet, the first thing I do on my bmw's is to remove anything that is colored or chrome lol.

Calipers will be a challenge tho on my latest one tho. Not sure yet how i'm gonna tackle this one.

[7iM3less]

Originally Posted by Kailec

Red is always sexy! But blue to me is BMW since it's in the logo even. When I think red Ferrari and Corvette comes to mind instead. That and you surprisingly don't see a lot of blue calipers in cars, at least in my experience in Toronto...

To your point I think BMW does own the blue calipers too.

[Kailec]

Originally Posted by KC328_F30

To your point I think BMW does own the blue calipers too.

That being said if I got the deal you did I wouldn't hesitate.

[Kailec]

Originally Posted by MaximusJ

Very true.

Yet, the first thing I do on my bmw's is to remove anything that is colored or chrome lol.

Calipers will be a challenge tho on my latest one tho. Not sure yet how i'm gonna tackle this one.

You could always paint them if you don't wanna swap them out. I'm debating getting vinyl wrap for the chrome exterior trim too.

[eluded]

M3 emblem on the back.

[jmg]

Maybe it?s just me, but the M3 conversion without the wider track looks funny to me. The M Sport bumpers look much better with the F30 proportions, and it?s more affordable. MSport front and rear bumpers, rear valence and trunk lip and blackout grills, wheels and you are good to go!

[elroy443]

Originally Posted by jmg

MSport front and rear bumpers, rear valence and trunk lip and blackout grills, wheels and you are good to go!

yeah exactly this pretty much

anyone have any experience of remapping?

[rockymtnpilot]

The F30 has beautiful lines. Do something to accentuate them.