BMW 335i Individual Phoenix Yellow build thread aka Bumble Bee.

[martymil]

I picked up this beautiful individual Pheonix Yellow 335i for a steal of the century.

Its a 180k km unmolested in any way 335i owned previously by a very mature older gentleman.

Goal is to run around 450 hp and keeping it reliable.

so the parts list

HPF Intercooler, kicking around my shed from the good old days which is perfect for
the street on stock turbos until we finish our new custom ic.
Bucketless 535 LPFP
BMS Filters.
Eldor coils.
Bosch sparkplugs
VTT inlet pipes
VTT RHD outlet pipe as the factory one is terrible on RHD severely restrictive.
Plazmaman Manifold
Our custom charge pipe with turbosmart gen V raceport
VTT billet custom painted Rocker Cover in Pheonix Yellow
Host of fuel system mods to remove restrictions.

Its basically going to be a nice cruiser we can take to some local car shows.

 

[NoGuru]

Sweet car Marty. I have never seen that color in person but I bet it looks amazing.

 

[martymil]

It was an e46 m3 colour, I've got access to the full bmw history of the car and it started its first 12months as a demo car and looks like is was ordered to show the 335 off to new buyers.

 

[martymil]

Spent all day pulling and pushing dents out of the car, surprisingly the yellow hides everything really well but not from the led light.

Now the paintwork is flawless besides the front bar which I'm going to replace as it took one to many hits from gutter scrapes.

Going to PPF it and make a bar protector for it like on my 1m.

Trying to source a wavetrack LSD or go all out for a m3 rear end and a hp28 for a totally bullet driveline.

Thinking of a dct but hp28 makes more sense.

Initially I was going to build this on a tight budget but things change and the imagination is running wild.

1m is going to be put on hold for now till the new PD supercharger is finished I've been hearing about, more on that later when I get more info.

 

[martymil]

New wheels and ps4s rubber, pictures don't really do these wheels justice.

They look so freaking hot on this car.

 

[Neophyte]

I seen this one on gumtree. I had no idea this colour even existed for the e92's. Very lucky!

 

[martymil]

The car is such a great condition, it looks better than most cars with half the km's.

Been working on it in my spare time, when its fully finished I'll post more pics.

Wait till you guys see whats getting done to it, it's going to blow people away.

 

[Neophyte]

The car is such a great condition, it looks better than most cars with half the km's.

Been working on it in my spare time, when its fully finished I'll post more pics.

Wait till you guys see whats getting done to it, it's going to blow people away.

Looking forward to the progress for sure!

 

[martymil]

New cf replacement mirror caps, not naming the company because the fitment was the worst I ever seen.

Lucky I was able to salvage them and with a lot of trimming, grinding, cutting and sanding I was able to make them fit.

The actuall finish is great on the outside lol.

 

[Neophyte]

Suits it! Glad you didn't go with those fake m3 style covers.

 

[martymil]

I really like the 335i mirrors, I found the m3 mirrors whistle at around 60mph with the windows open.

I have them but won't be using them.

 

[martymil]

Added a new rear boot spoiler in real carbon fibre, i think it complements the yellow very nicely.

 

[martymil]

Painted the center console last night and Installed the Inductive phone cubby hole instead of the ashtray.

Wireless charging and logging now not an issue.

Turned out really nice compared to the factory offerings, was thinking of painting it phoenix yellow but I think it would have been a little much.

Got to paint the gearshift plastic or get a new one.

 

[aus335iguy]

I did the inductive charger/sunglasses cubby and wished have done it sooner.
Nice car Marty

 

[martymil]

Thank you dude, just waiting on some parts to arrive and finish some custom fabricated parts for the engine.

The 1m n54 was something but this will hopefully knock peoples socks off.

The n54 is a quite nice looking engine when done properly.

 

[martymil]

Installed new coil overs to find out the 31306775098 bearings are shot, never pays to try and save money.

Have to wait for delivery from Germany as not available locally.

 

[martymil]

I refurbished my gorgeous 19" VMR wheels, there was nothing wrong with them but these wheel companies really skimp out on the finish.

 

[martymil]

Installed and coded the m4 seats in the car today, full functionality and heating.

The only thing I had to code out is the passenger occupancy mat as they are very different between the F and E series.

 

[martymil]

How cool does it look at night

The m4 comp seat are the bomb and cost a small fortune but totally worth it.

 

[martymil]

Been grabbing some real bargains with the Facebook fire sales.

Picked up GTR bonnet, CSL trunk and m3 style guards all in carbon fibre for the 335i.

Need to get them to the paint shop.