Unbelievable Nut & Bolt Restoration on BMW M3

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Unbelievable Nut & Bolt Restoration on BMW M3

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Жыл бұрын

Watch us painstakingly restore the underside of this 2006 54,000-mile BMW E46 M3 SMG Convertible.
This work was carried out in 2021 and although the car had travelled a mere 54,000 miles, it seems that 15 years had taken its toll on the underside as many areas were showing signs of distress.
We found various amounts of corrosion on the hardware (bolt-able items), and a notable amount also on the chassis.
The owner has zero plans to sell this vehicle and knows its very much a 'keeper' so he reached out to us in regards to a Redish Motorsport Underside Restoration.
We first carried out an appraisal where we could assess and record the vehicle's condition.
This is the first stage of any sort of underside work and it's known as an RACP Check & Report.
You can read more about it here:
www.redish-moto...
Once we'd carried out our thorough 5 hour report on the vehicle and recorded even the most smallest of defects like incorrect fixings, or missing clips, the owner had a very clear picture of what items needed attention.
It was decided a Redish Motorsport Underside Restoration would be beneficial for the vehicle, but better still a Nut & Bolt Restoration where there wouldn't be a single old fixing used.
Every fixing was purchased brand new, but rather than just installed, they were sent for Zinc Plating in a Yellow Passivated finish.
Then, to enhance this procedure even further, the owner wanted to 'up the ante' and go one further, so we had all 5 pieces of the exhaust system blasted and plasma coated by ‪@Zircotec‬ .
This process took 180 hours to complete.
Thanks for watching and apologies to anyone who can't spare the 2+ hours to watch the entire video.
We appreciate some of the video may be a little repetitive but feel it's worth including all the clips we recorded.
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@jonnybarker2031 Жыл бұрын

When the guy restoring your car has a favourite bolt you know he's got that attention to detail 😆. Great work

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

So true!

@jhanraycorpuz6245 Жыл бұрын

@@RedishMotorsportbmw I’m high hungry I want I’ll GM 😅MISS YOU 979

@jhanraycorpuz6245 Жыл бұрын

The Uu e be yet You L

@therealvictorpo Жыл бұрын

Here 1:24:47

@markg8703 Жыл бұрын

😊😢🎉l m BM l q V.😢

@deankalsevicius7610 Жыл бұрын

I could imagine reversing and taking a 20 mile detour to avoid a puddle 😁

@gerardduncan1040 3 ай бұрын

I've always maintained that if I hit the lotto I will be taking my collection of BMW's to Reddish for a full on resto!

@darylmorse Жыл бұрын

I've watched quite a few of your videos, but not recently. I'm just blown away by this restoration. No question that your skills have elevated to a very high level over the years of doing them. I think there must be a few people from the factory taking note. As the owner of a 2002 M3 with 35k kms, I've spent quite a bit of time underneath my car. It's pretty clean, since I've kept it off the road when the weather isn't nice, but this car is truly like new, even better than new. Considering how little extra work it would have been to drop the engine and transmission, I'm really surprised that you "spent hours" masking, when you could have dropped them and cleaned them up to the same standard as the rest of the car. Anyway, I can't imagine how much this restoration cost, so I guess you had to draw the line somewhere. Well done!

@mikebader3863 Жыл бұрын

Love the attention to detail and level of knowledge to even be able to identify incorrect fixings and features on a 15-20 year old car!

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike, means a lot.

@ChrisNLger Жыл бұрын

Never seen such a professional and amazing job! Incredible

@imfuctifino Жыл бұрын

Superb attention to detail, I've had my e92 worked by these guys, can't recommend them enough

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your kind words.

@chrisg4rr377 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely sick as fuck. I could happily sit in the cinema and watch this on a massive screen with a bucket of popcorn

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support!

@theequalizer3330 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see the look on the MOT testers face when it goes in for a MOT. I’d imagine he would be spending more time admiring it than testing it. Fantastic work guys, definitely another one to be proud of.👍🏽

@evaniezzi Жыл бұрын

Wow this may be the only E46 in the world that isn't leaking! Beautiful job!

@scott4036 Жыл бұрын

Superb! Wish we had one of you in the states

@newtechgs7471 Жыл бұрын

It's great that people are willing to spend the money to keep these lovely cars going

@themysterybmw7261 Жыл бұрын

That is an absolute masterpiece, my anxiety as the owner come next mot would stress me out knowing they'll get metal pry bars to all that nice new powder coated suspension. Ud have to get them sign a damage waver before mot hahaha

@matthewgramuglia4263 8 ай бұрын

Is there a business in the USA who can do this kind of work? It’s incredible

@Nicesh007 Жыл бұрын

People admire nature landscapes. For me this is the best thing I can see in my life. My dream is a brand new E46. Insanely beautifull? Your work is WOW. Not enough words to express what I feel.

@adrianrandall2395 Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant. I am contemplating having my E30 M3 restored and this is so helpful.

@garylawlor6308 Жыл бұрын

I watched all 2 + hours, I think it would be helpful if you could add the costs in stages to give viewers some idea on planning some work from your company. Total wow factor and it’s giving me insight on products I can use as Im working on my 08 R56 Cooper D👍

@lewiskrammer7157 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely 👍🏼

@Thomas88-_- Жыл бұрын

This really tightened up my jeans. Awesome work brothers

@faulkie666 Жыл бұрын

Took my M3 here and they were great! Definitely coming back when they get a gap.

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark!

@louiswalter4543 Жыл бұрын

Wow amazing work ! I look the complete 2 hours so much details .. it’s better than new. Awesome 👏🏽

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@guymanicone7921 Жыл бұрын

I like multi-part series. You're doing a great job, never bored watching.

@DoubleDeckerAnton Жыл бұрын

Fantastic restoration, covered in extreme attention to detail

@therealvictorpo Жыл бұрын

Great work. Can you advise how does one avoid having their car underbody getting to such bad shape in the first place ?

@sealslayer Жыл бұрын

Don’t drive in the snow or rain 😊

@twinturbo1989 Жыл бұрын

I am always fascinated, with your videos I have seen so many undersides of e46s and I dont even have one anymore. Wonderful work. pleasure to watch.

@ScottMicciche Жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning work.

@arealsourapple Жыл бұрын

I'm so stoked to watch this.

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@TomB1988 Жыл бұрын

Incredible work. Although, I was starting to get a headache towards the end. The underside is now better than new and 'perfect'. I do think this chasing perfectionism is a not always healthy - you could argue a perfect M3 is a brand new one or one with very low miles too. This car could be considered imperfect due to the fact it isn't original. How many miles did these cars manage before the boot floor area starts to crack from new? Slightly scatty reply as I'm in a rush. Thanks for the video :-)

@rolyace0993 Жыл бұрын

Boot floors could go early or last - depends how the car has been driven. My thoughts are that an SMG car, driven hard, will be the first to have the RACP, as the gearshift, especially on the quickest setting, really gives the rear end a kick. Eventually all will get some cracking - this one had no visible cracks but just the two hidden under the diff carrier bushes, which no inspection would have found, unless the diff carrier had been dropped of course, but who does that when buying!

@rolyace0993 Жыл бұрын

Some modifications were made by BMW on later cars but they can still crack.

@465painkiller465 Жыл бұрын

Very informative to me as I am currently restoring my own non m3 e46. I found lots of trapped corrosion between the floor and transission tunnel leg. Nice idea to cut it off rather than tackling from above which I started out doing.

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@xsteveoxsteveox Жыл бұрын

i live in the US, but your care, and attention to detail is superb. well done guys. if was in the UK or anywhere near you. i have a '21 m2 comp id gladly take to you 15 years down the line!

@btwbrand Жыл бұрын

This is the type of work you have done now rather than later. The process will be easier for both them doing it and your cost as the client.

@daevid21 Жыл бұрын

New cars will be junk in 15 years lol

@xzing7 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy now before everything goes electric. And fuel prices will be $500. A litre.

@xsteveoxsteveox Жыл бұрын

@@xzing7 there is no physical way everything will go electric. California is learning that right now, the electrical grid can’t handle everyone having a 30 amp charging station in their garages. They have rolling blackouts daily. The infrastructure just isn’t there. No way small town Nebraska can handle it. It will never happen lol.

@sanderbhuis Жыл бұрын

If money does metter this is the way to go!! A low miles car as this deserve this!! Great video love the details.

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more! Thanks.

@redsteal92 Жыл бұрын

More than 2h of perfection! Awesome

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@stevenpower3780 Жыл бұрын

not one second to short. Great work

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@leem3 Жыл бұрын

Well done guys, excellent work carried out with true passion 👌👍

@kyleaiken4903 Жыл бұрын

Still here till the end mate, bloody French cars, never ends does it! I’d love to see you track it, with one/two modifications every time to see the time differences to see what mods do the most on track! Keep up the good work 👍

@adcampo7601 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing job. Not a dollar spared. Better than factory new. I can't imagine how much this cost. I'm not a 2006 M3 convertible SMG M3 is worth the investment.

@sealslayer Жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning work, I’d be scared to drive it now 😮

@jamjestlx Жыл бұрын

This is unbelievable! Amazing work!

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@maxplank4083 Жыл бұрын

Amazing detail......

@JmanRx81 Жыл бұрын

Literally better than new.

@odortiz Жыл бұрын

such beautiful attention to detail.

@K-S-Y123 Жыл бұрын

Love the before and afters at the end of the video!

@YootubeUK Жыл бұрын

Blimey! Really impressive but your work and finish always is. Nice video.

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@PawnshopmikeATL Жыл бұрын

I wish I was this passionate about ANYTHING!!!!!! You sir are an amazing creature !!!!

@helmsman6542 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning mates!

@orestsvilsons3205 Жыл бұрын

This is what you call loving your job👍

@dobermansnp Жыл бұрын

I've never seen some thing like this before!! Its absolutely amazing what you did!! Congrats!!

@zyrrre Жыл бұрын

This is phenomenal! Can someone bring you any car other than a BMW for a similar underside treatment?

@wadehampton4499 Жыл бұрын

Great work as always by James and the team at Redish. If I ever buy an M3, I know where I'm taking it for care and attention.

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thanks Wade!

@JP212nyc 8 ай бұрын

That is one lucky M3 ! 👍

@yamahattr6006 Жыл бұрын

Nice job looks amazing the mot man will love looking at that beautiful job

@rolyace0993 Жыл бұрын

You are right - he does!

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ripptorr Жыл бұрын

ths channel should have 10 mil subscribers

@andrewthompsonuk1 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I watched the whole thing!. Hypothetically or not so hypothetically, how much would it cost to bring a "brand new" BMW up to this standard?

@dropsey3007 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work honestly some of the best restoration quality ive ever seen, and i watch a lot lol

@SpArTaNmAnR Жыл бұрын

What was the total for this whole process? Definitely a bucket list item lol

@TheIS300Kid Жыл бұрын

Easily $10,000 with parts and labor

@firdausHITMAN 10 ай бұрын

excellent work gents. sadly the UK climate and roads aren't conducive for motor vehicles namely of the performance variety. this makes it a hard place to live in when one is a petrolhead to see our beloved M cars suffer the dreaded corrosion and rust issues.

@firdausHITMAN 10 ай бұрын

not withstanding the above we got that doucebag mayor of London Khan destroying the city with his bs ulez scam, 20 mph speed limit, narrowing of the roads and heavy penalties. people, we need to throw this greedy megalomaniac scum bag out and the likes of him and then start to put London back to where it belongs which is for the people and some of us petrolheads.

@nunoolivera1973 Жыл бұрын

Hello from Spain is a very job 👍👍👍😁😁😁 congratulations.

@ianmangham4570 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful underneath with those skid trays 🤠🤟🙏,wonderful break pipes

@yavorkasterliev4976 Жыл бұрын

This time it is even more amazing! Next time I expect you to start galvanising components 😂

@KRmotorsports Жыл бұрын

El sistema de refrigeración en los autos mid engine hay que colocarle el refrigerante por bombeo a presión para que cargue completamente y no le queden bulbujas de aire,vas a tener q montar una bomba eléctrica para que le ayude a la bomba mecánica del K20 ya que no es de alto flujo,ya q eventualmente cuando logres hecharlo a correr cuando haga fuerza se va a calentar,pasa los mismo en los Toyotas MR2 cdo los haces K serie swap, el viaje de el agua es muy largo

@herridge819 Жыл бұрын

Looks a cracking job!

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Tim82621 Жыл бұрын

unbelievable car and work

@gerard7997 Жыл бұрын

nice diagnosis!

@jac1793 Жыл бұрын

im really impressed you guys take your work very seriously. I would bring my car to you guys but it's a Toyota!

@HiruS22 Жыл бұрын

Really interesting to watch, but a bit depressing for those of us who own E46s that we think look ok for corrosion when we look underneath and now know they’re rotting away in all sorts of hidden areas 😢 Don’t think I could justify spending £31k to have mine restored, I’m afraid I’ll just have to move on when it finally crumbles.

@vesuviusenigma7739 7 ай бұрын

Yes,sir! This guy sounds like an MIT PROFESSOR.

@janpittner5024 Жыл бұрын

this is my dreamwork

@daves4026 Жыл бұрын

Wow beautiful work.

@keyo525 Жыл бұрын

Good man on the rear zink paint- as you said some internal wax after will be better then factory- far too many welders doing the bare minimum and not buying these products in and using them - aka means they will rust pretty sharpish .

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@TexaZ3 Жыл бұрын

Great work. I'm stunned the gearbox and engine were not at least dry-ice cleaned though. Why?

@michaelchueh Жыл бұрын

good stuff. Would have loved to hear the engine on your first fire up at the end!

@parisbmw320 Жыл бұрын

Could you recommend a proper cavity wax? I did the subframe with your kit a couple of years ago and would like to keep the insides rust free

@Amrablack Жыл бұрын

Very very, vvvbvvbeeeeeerrrryyyyy wellllll work

@Andrewlone174 Жыл бұрын

One day i'll bring my car there

@florinlepadatu5648 Жыл бұрын

That's the way to do it! Absolutely superb! Congratulations! Maybe you could aqua blast the oil pan and transmission pan while you were there changing the oil and gaskets. Also I wonder if you also clean the engine bay compartment. If there's no secret perhaps you could mention the cost for each project you present...

@mikebader3863 Жыл бұрын

Has to be £30k all in for this, maybe more 😮

@arealsourapple Жыл бұрын

@@mikebader3863 wouldn't be surprised. Over 400 pounds for just that pile of fasteners, and THEN the labor of zinc coating them, gives a good idea of the no compromises nature of the project.

@rolyace0993 Жыл бұрын

Gearbox when the clutch gets done. Sump pan when the rod bearings get done.

@btwbrand Жыл бұрын

If you want to refinish the gearbox and engine surfaces without removal then consider CO2 cleaning. Vast majority of the surfaces will simply be dirt and grime covering the original finish.

@polloloci21 10 ай бұрын

This is amazing. Would love to do this to my e30 but…..it probably costs more than the car 😂

@peterolsson193 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful, I can just watch this all day long! :D I have one question though, have you given any thought on hydrogen embrittlement when coating nuts and bolts? I'm currently restoring a bmw on my own, at a smaller scale but still. And I bought mostly new nuts and bolts from bmw but unsure how handle protecting on them, kind of worried about hydrogen embrittlement with anodizing, especially when it comes to suspension bolts of 10.9 and up so I'm not sure what route to go for there.

@btwbrand Жыл бұрын

You obviously were not paying attention. They didn't anodize , they plated. Anodizing changes metal structure of aluminum, titanium, magnesium and other metals with no iron content. The finishes they used were all surface additive using powder coating and metal plating. Even the aluminum parts they had were not anodized but instead coated.

@peterolsson193 Жыл бұрын

@@btwbrand I guess you were the one that wasnt paying attention. Large pieces were powder coated and are a non issue but it doesnt matter if you call it anodizing, electroplating or whatever, the fasteners were protected by using electrolysis which releases hydrogen and in turn cause hydrogen embrittlement. There is no way around it except for instant heat threatment which is not 100% either.

@thebigmacd Жыл бұрын

@Peter Olsson OEM bolts are electroplated. This isn't a nuclear reactor. Cars drive around just fine with undercarriage bolts half rusted away.

@peterolsson193 Жыл бұрын

@@thebigmacd Nope, oem 10.9 and up bolts are never electroplated for this very reason. Bolt heads sure do rust but it will take a whole lot of rust for it to affect the tensile strength of the bolt whereas hydrogen embrittlement could cause a high carbon steel bolt to snap in half like it's made of glass. Not sure why people question this, its a fact that it happens. The question is how to alleviate the issue and still protect the bolts, zinc flake coating seems like an ok choice and probably what most oems use but doesnt seem very diy friendly and maybe not as long lasting.

@firstnationsindian8062 Жыл бұрын

Investing in a dry ice machine will result in a huge time and labor savings. Just a suggestion. Nice work.

@FIGURRE30 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the incredible video!👏🏻 Please tell me how much such a restoration cost? At least approximately. 🤔 I also really want to carry out a complete restoration of the car's undercarriage. 😊 I will be very grateful for the information👍🏻

@Arrozconchopsticks Жыл бұрын

I wish I knew how to do this type of stuff. My E90 needs it.

@ceesoprinsen3832 Жыл бұрын

Factory new!👏😎

@darrenboston342 Жыл бұрын

Stunning work James 👍 Having this done now on E46 M3’s will almost certainly increase the value of the car & the owner has piece of mind for many many years!👍 I’d say there’s at least 40/50k worth of work there

@JohnyMcNeal Жыл бұрын

If they removed all the rust in almost full percent then 100k km if driven in winter too. If not driven during winter when chems are sprayed onto the road (road salt and so on...) then I would say definitely 2-3 decades. Only my opinion tho, its impossible tho to remove 99-100 percent of the rust this way.

@joebenson658 2 ай бұрын

What was the total cost on this job ?just curious amazing work

@halexic1 Жыл бұрын

This looks like pure art. I would be feared to use it after this. I never had BMW, and not planning to have one, but I watched with a pleasure (ok, I fast forwarded, can not invest 2 hours)... What is the cost of this restoration? I will try to guess... 15.000€?

@jensduhem8904 Жыл бұрын

Prob more like 20k

@shaun1887 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t even come close , brakes alone would be 3k

@bmwfnatic5899 Жыл бұрын

The owner of this car posted on a forum that all the parts he bought + the bill from redish came out to 31.000 gbp / 35.000 eur

@halexic1 Жыл бұрын

@@bmwfnatic5899 Was too optimistic. However, great job and nice that they saved one more great car.

@rolyace0993 Жыл бұрын

And this was done before BMW started hiking up their prices. Couldn't imagine how much it would be now - well I could - but don't want to.

@st170restoration Жыл бұрын

Top job!!

@RedishMotorsportbmw Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@aaronbligh3619 Жыл бұрын

Very detailed,

@BrokenAdam770 Жыл бұрын

IMPRESSIVE!!!

@gbmwp Жыл бұрын

Can you tell again how you remove the wax or the products they used to protect the car underneath? Which products?

@jasonmills4053 Жыл бұрын

I don’t completely understand the reason for expending so much time and money for a BMW M3 from 2004? Is there something spectacular about this era car that justifies this amount of work? Is this unique to the UK for some reason? I owned an E92 and was happy to be rid of it. What am I missing?