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Think it may be time to sell my BMW


So it’s feeling like the time is coming, after 5 years of ownership and many travels and fun day it feels like time to move on. I worked out how much including the car I had initially spent on maintence and mods and it totalled nearly 38k

brief run down of costs

car £15k

Vanos solenoids(plus fitting) £700

rainbow subwoofers (plus fitting) £400

coil packs & spark plugs (plus fitting) £700

H&R coilovers montube(plus fitting) £1600

pheonix racing charge pipe £169

vrsf 3inch downpipes £359

turbo smart re circ bv £244

bms intakes £136

2 oem boost solenoids £197

bms oil catch can £178

quantum 44 ff-2 wheels £1600

carbon rear diffuser £200

big toms intercooler £500

M3 control arms £474

M turbo aluminium inlets £375

Rb pcv valve £48

valve cover gasket x2 £120

m2 1 step colder spark plugs £135

valve cover £356

oil housing gasket £350 (including fitting)

new set of dunlop sp maxx £550

custom valved straight through exhaust £750

csf rad £700

m3 mirrors £500

m3 look side skirts £190

lci tail lights £500

carbon interior parts £250

Interior leather refresh £600

respray (front & rear bumper, 1 wing, mirrors and side skirts) £1100

rear bumper respray £250

pure stage 2 turbos £1500 (sold)

pb brakes 10pot front 6 pot rear £1500 (sold)

m4 gearbox £500 (sold)

g plus intercooler £133 (sold)

m3 brake booster £150

dual oil cooler setup £220

carbon grills £100

steam cleaned engine £220

water pump and thermostat (plus fitting) £750

water pump £250

index 12 injectors £574

m3 interior £350 (to be sold)

ambient air temp sensor £6

upgraded halos £60

Misc fitting charges £2200


grand total of £37349

minus sale items £33849


with lockdown and everything going on at this moment I have pushed back plans of new car till next year but I’m currently looks at either a new m5 or a Alfa romeo giulia quadrifoligo. in the ideal world I would love to keep this and keep it as my project car whilst also still buying one of the cars mentioned but at the moment that doesn’t look likely!


i will keep you guys updated on what happens next

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