Made the Most of the Perfect Weather Today!

[dfjaws]

Apparently it's still winter. I wouldn't have guessed with the weather we have been having lately. It got up to about 56 today (in central Illinois) so I decided to wash the coupe and go for a drive. I was especially excited about it because its the first time I've been able to clean the car with the new bumper, Mstache, OE mudflaps, and wheels on the car. My TE37's will just be for autocross use now.

Anyways, I took a few pictures! I'll try to get some more next time it's nice out.

_DSC2612 by Alex Jacobson, on Flickr

_DSC2614 by Alex Jacobson, on Flickr

_DSC2604 by Alex Jacobson, on Flickr

_DSC2594 by Alex Jacobson, on Flickr

This might be the best picture I've ever taken of the S54, haha...

_DSC2601 by Alex Jacobson, on Flickr

And finally, a couple cell phone pictures.

Untitled by Alex Jacobson, on Flickr

Untitled by Alex Jacobson, on Flickr

[Mirko]

I contemplated taking mine out today too. But, they salt the roads too much up here to do it. Very nice pictures .. let's hope February is short and warm.

[SaltyNC]

Wow, that's great weather for Illinois this time of year. The Mstache looks great on your car.

It was 68 here in NC. My wife and I took a drive with the top down. It was an awesome day. I think we're getting another 65 degree sunny day, tomorrow. Woohoo!

Salty

[Digs]

Very nice! Great Mstache, hopefully get mine on next week. And those wheels! I think they would go with my colour as well, just wish they did a 19 inch. Still looks sweet though.

Hang on, they are 18s aren't they. E92 M3 right?

Edit: found them 260M

[Vanne]

Sweet pics. Love it. the Stash looks great on the car, job well done.

[Twixboy]

Nice pictures. It got warm up in MA too - around 52 degrees on Sunday. I'm actually starting to see some grass underneath the snow cover on my lawn! But as someone else said they salt the roads up here so I didn't take the car out. It'd be too much of a hassle to turn on the plumbing for my outdoor faucet again, set up the hose, jack up the car and wash underneath. Otherwise, salt would be stuck to the underbody slowly corroding it for the next 3 months. Do you have a simpler way of spraying down the underbody before you put her back into winter storage?

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by Mirko

I contemplated taking mine out today too. But, they salt the roads too much up here to do it. Very nice pictures .. let's hope February is short and warm.

Lol, same here.
It's supposed to be 10C on Wednesday (50 f)
That's crazy for this time of year.

[inTgr8r]

dfjaws the car is looking great.

[dfjaws]

Originally Posted by Mirko

I contemplated taking mine out today too. But, they salt the roads too much up here to do it. Very nice pictures .. let's hope February is short and warm.

Thanks! Yeah, hopefully it stays warm.

Originally Posted by SaltyNC

Wow, that's great weather for Illinois this time of year. The Mstache looks great on your car.

It was 68 here in NC. My wife and I took a drive with the top down. It was an awesome day. I think we're getting another 65 degree sunny day, tomorrow. Woohoo!

Salty

Thank you! I'm really happy with it. It's some great looking, low cost insurance to protect my bumper fangs. I used to have RPI skid plates but I like this much more.

Originally Posted by Digs

Very nice! Great Mstache, hopefully get mine on next week. And those wheels! I think they would go with my colour as well, just wish they did a 19 inch. Still looks sweet though.

Hang on, they are 18s aren't they. E92 M3 right?

Edit: found them 260M

Thank you! they are E9x M3 wheels but they are 219M. Slightly different than the 260M. If you want 19's take a look at the F10 M5 345Ms. They are very similar and 19".

Originally Posted by Vanne

Sweet pics. Love it. the Stash looks great on the car, job well done.

Thank you! I'm really happy with it.

Originally Posted by Twixboy

Nice pictures. It got warm up in MA too - around 52 degrees on Sunday. I'm actually starting to see some grass underneath the snow cover on my lawn! But as someone else said they salt the roads up here so I didn't take the car out. It'd be too much of a hassle to turn on the plumbing for my outdoor faucet again, set up the hose, jack up the car and wash underneath. Otherwise, salt would be stuck to the underbody slowly corroding it for the next 3 months. Do you have a simpler way of spraying down the underbody before you put her back into winter storage?

I didn't spray the underside or anything like that. It has actually been pretty wet/rainy on at least a couple of occasions since the last big salting so the roads are clean for the most part. I wasn't to worried about it.

Originally Posted by inTgr8r

dfjaws the car is looking great.

Thank you! I hope the nice weather lasts for you guys up north as well.

[yousefnjr]

Love the wheels, they look great

[Twixboy]

Originally Posted by dfjaws

Thank you! they are E9x M3 wheels but they are 219M. Slightly different than the 260M. If you want 19's take a look at the F10 M5 345Ms. They are very similar and 19".

Found a set! http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/wtd/5419055551.html

But something tells me 245/40/18 and 265/40/18 tires aren't going to fit.

[dfjaws]

I've run 265/40/18 out back before. It had a slight rub on the fender liner occasionally but wasn't a big deal. I have 255/40 now. The 245/40/18 front is good to go.

[VMRWheels]

Nice! Looks like you have another M in the garage too! Nice little stable!