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Old 12-24-2014, 05:13 PM   #31
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So, is there an option for stamped vs. non-stamped with that being the only difference between the two?
Yep plus the polished do not say motorsports on them, ie stamped
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Old 12-24-2014, 05:15 PM   #32
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So, is there an option for stamped vs. non-stamped with that being the only difference between the two?
Stamped are painted.
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Old 12-24-2014, 05:18 PM   #33
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For embedded brake dust, Sonax is good.

For really nasty stuff, muriatic acid is really, really effective. It saved my Superleggeras from the embedded PFC97 brake dust when I was ready to refinish them.

Before claying, I highly recommend spraying the car with Iron-X. It's basically Sonax for the car's paint but works better on the regular paint for whatever reason. (It's also safe to spray the paint with Sonax, but the Iron-X works better.
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Old 12-24-2014, 05:25 PM   #34
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Mine may be too far gone. Assuming I keep the M3, I'll get the LTWs refinished when I get the car painted.
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Old 12-24-2014, 05:34 PM   #35
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Mine may be too far gone. Assuming I keep the M3, I'll get the LTWs refinished when I get the car painted.
If the finish is intact, muriatic acid is amazing. Rinse the hell out of them afterwards.
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Old 12-24-2014, 06:59 PM   #36
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Yep plus the polished do not say motorsports on them, ie stamped
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Stamped are painted.
Ach so...............I never knew there were different variants of the same wheel. Thanks for the schooling...........I'm becoming more interested in both the E36 and E46 M3's again.

Edit: I just dragged out of my all-things-automotive file drawer M3 brochures from '95 and '97............in the '95 brochure it displays a pic of the stamped version and in the '97 the non-stamped. While I have them both open (just for kicks and grins) other differences were Daytona violet available in '95 and Techno-violet in '97, and Avus blue being replaced by Estoril and also the addition of Byzanz. Interior differences were black cloth in '95 being dropped at some point and Anthracite added........and in the leather category Champagne was discontinued at some point after '95 with Magma and Natur added (Black, Gray and Mulberry being holdovers).

Sorry to hi-jack the thread, but with all of the experience here with E36 and E46 M's I might be commencing a separate thread to bring all of this institutional knowledge together for plebe's like me.
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Old 12-25-2014, 11:13 AM   #37
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came back to my car after surfing this morning with a guy looking in the windows. A bit awkward at first but he then said he was amazed how clean it was. Second or third time this has happened, kind of cool for a ~10k car.
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came back to my car after surfing this morning with a guy looking in the windows. A bit awkward at first but he then said he was amazed how clean it was. Second or third time this has happened, kind of cool for a ~10k car.
SURFING!?!?!?

F-U it's 2 degrees here.

(well kept e36 M3s are great looking, Estoril is really sharp)
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SURFING!?!?!?

F-U it's 2 degrees here.

(well kept e36 M3s are great looking, Estoril is really sharp)
sorry but I surfed right here this morning

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