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Originally Posted by Jon8710
dropped my CSL of today for the sub frame repair, they need the car for 1 month with a man working on it the whole time !
trust me if you get it done properly it is more than £1000
try more like £5000 and as for head gasgit it may be £200 from barrys motors down the road but i wouldnt trust any one apart from G- DOG to sort mine out
one word
warrenty !
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Jon you are right in that to replace the whole rear boot floor is approx £4500, rather than £1000. However these boot floor repairs are a decent compromise for cars that are outside of manufacturers warranty, as a fair few E46 M3's now are. Only time will tell if the repair is substantial enough
I think it's fair to say the same with regards to the BMW replacement floors as well, yes they are slightly different and have the resin filling but only time will tell if its right or not. They didn't get it right the first time round!
Again with head gaskets, if you have a BMW warranty (which I have said on many occasions is definately worth the money) then great. However to pay retail price for a head gasket repair at a main dealer is going to be considerable. For CSL's you can maybe justify it against the value of the car, but a 2002 M3?! Dont think so. As long as you have an experienced technician at a reputable garage with the special tools for the Vanos timing its a fairly straight forward repair. Time consuming though, approx 1.5 days from drive in to drive out.
Straightsix - yes Stuart's car has done 170k, this includes numerous track days
We felt the engine had lost its performance a little, we had some S54 bottom end spares kicking around so we rebuilt it during the quieter winter months. As you rightly say there were no issues with the head gasket.
Sorry been up to my nuts in it today (funnily enough doing a boot floor repair) I'll post the head gasket photo tomorrow for sure.