2002 BMW M Coupe. Imola Red/Imola Red and Black Leather. 58k Miles. Rod Bearings done. Randy Forbes Subframe reinforcement included if desired.
2002 BMW (E36/8) S54 M Coupe
Imola Red Exterior
Imola Red/Black Nappa Leather Interior
1 of 678 S54 M Coupes
#538 of 678 S54 M Coupes
1 of 21 2002 Imola/Imola M Coupes w/ Sunroof
58,100 Miles
Street Equipment/Options:
- S54B32 Inline 6-Cylinder Engine
- 5-Speed Manual Transmission
- Sport Mode Enabled (looks factory w/ ASC Button)
- Ireland Engineering Green Rear Subframe Bushings
- 3:15 Limited-Slip Differential
- M Leather Steering Wheel
- Auto-Dimming Rearview Mirror (w/ Solid State Internals)
- Sport Seats (w/ Delrin seat bushings)
- Thayer Motorsports Seat Tilt Kit
- Heated Seats
- Alpine Stereo w/ Bluetooth
- Harmon Kardon Premium Sound
- Illuminated M Shift Knob
- Alcantara Shift Boot
- Leather Z Imola Armrest
- Cup Holder
- Air Conditioning
- Cruise Control
- Paint-Matched Rear Hatch Trim
- Clear Side Markers
- Glove Box Sag Reinforcement
- Super Sprint High-Performance Cat-Back Exhaust
- Randy Forbes Coated Rod Bearings/ARP Bolts (done at 57K Miles)
- 17-Inch Style 40 Roadstar Wheels (refinished in Chrome Shadow)
- Fresh Tires of your Choice Mounted
- Entire Car Wrapped in Xpel Self-Healing PPF
- Long Term (3rd Owner), Purchased Jan 2007
- No Signs of Trunk Floor Spot Weld Failure.
Mods/Track Equipment:
- Sparco EVO II US Bucket Seats Modified to Fit M Coupe
- VAC Motorsports Fixed Adaptors w/ Anti-Submarine Mount
- Schroth 6-Point Harnesses
- HMS Motorsports Bolt-In Harness Bar (triangulates through rear cargo hard points, no permanent holes)
- Momo Steering Wheel
- Condor Weighted Shift Knob
- 3:73 Limited-Slip Differential
- Motion Control Triple Adjustable Remote Reservoir Coil Overs
- Adjustable Sway Bar Links
- Turner 30mm Front Sway Bar
- Rear Sway Bar Installed, but Disconnected
- StopTech ST40 Front and Rear Big Brake Kit
- 2 Sets Apex Arc-8 Forged 9x17” Front and 9.5x17” Rear Wheels
- Falken Tires (mounted)
- Hoosier R8 Tires (stickers)
- The Suspension and Brakes have 1000 Miles, and zero track time on them.
Issues:
- Slight notchiness going into third gear.
- The paint gauge report does show some areas being painted (this would have happened very early in the M Coupe’s life).
- Unrelated to this, there is minor damage on the Carfax due to being tapped on the rear bumper when a traffic light turned green on the drive home in West Virgina. The damage was superficial at best, and I had it repainted back in Colorado.
- There is one small area where the paint lifted and was matched on the front of the hood. It was touched up and is visible in the right light under the Xpel clear film.
- There is a small impression on the passenger side rocker from offloading from a tow truck when I got a flat tire years ago. It’s only visible from underneath or at extremely low angles.
This is my personal M Coupe. I’ve owned it since January 2007, and 25,000 miles. It was genesis, the car that started it all for me and Glen Shelly, and the only car I ever really wanted. I searched for two years to find it, from 2005 to 2007, and stumbled on it at a small dealer in Manassas, Virginia. He had received it wholesale from Fairfax BMW, who had taken it as a trade-in, but they didn’t want to list it because he still had a bad taste from selling them new in 2002 despite the premiums, they were pulling in 2007. I was the first person to call, and the dealer in Manassas held it for me for a week. I bought it in Colorado, and it has been my legacy car ever since. The decade of the aughts was a glorious time to own a clown shoe and you can see my progress with the car under my handle, Cloudbase, on the Z3 group in Bimmerforums.com. Later it was featured in the If the Shoe Fits, It Must Be a BMW M Coupe episode of Petrolicious and the sequel Alter Ego video on the Glen Shelly Auto YouTube channel. I’ve used it as a fun weekend car, a DE car that I came up through the BMW club with, and a NASA TT car. All stock parts are included, and no permanent modifications were made. I can put it perfectly back into stock or sell it in any configuration in between.
$75k in current form:
MCS 3-way remote reservoirs coilovers.
Stop-Tech ST40 BBK.
Sparco EVO US Seats on VAC adaptors.
HMS Direct fit triangulated harness bar.
Multiple sets of forged APEX Arc-8 wheels.
3:73 LSD.
Super Sprint exhaust.
Sport Mode enables.
All mods reversible and all stock parts included.
$60k in perfect stock from:
All stock interior parts have been stored in climate controlled conditions.
Perfect Chrome Shadow wheels.
Tires of your choice.
Full self-healing PPF on every panel.