so just to catch you guys up, i am now currently in santa cruz, beginning the 09 spring quarter.

During fall quarter i did these modifications to my car:

-B&M short throw shifter - i picked up this normally 250$ part from some guy on craigslist for 40$. installation was a sinch, you pretty much pulled out the stock shift linkage and drop the short throw in!

-keyless entry - picked up a pretty simple one off of ebay. nothing too fancy, just lock and unlock. the funny thing is that you hook it up in the trunk along with the electric trunk latch!

-next up was a license plate trim plate. i painted this, the front grilles, and the lower "i" lip all black. this went along really well with matching the shadowline trim and well as a good contrast to the color of my car!

- i then went and picked up a set of rear clear smoked tailights. to go with these, i had to order red bulbs because the lenses were clear. these, along with the license plate trim made the back of the car look much cleaner than stock red lights.

- cruising bimmerforums.com i ran across a lady that was selling a set of hella US ellipsoid headlights for 50 bucks. i was low on cash and wasnt planning on buying these, but they were just too good of a deal to pass up. so those swapped out really nicely. it entailed getting rid of one of the 3 wires going to the sealed beams, then bridging a fuse over so the low beams stay on when you hit the brights. the only catch was that one of the bright lenses is cracked, so i went ahead and bought some yellow lamin-x for the fogs and brights.

-over thanks giving break i got ahold of a red iS rear spoiler, but it was red. along with this, i got some identical wheels to mine, with good tires on them. i did this becuase my tires were showing the bead! so what i did about the spoiler was i sanded it down, and then hit it with 3 coats of the same kind of black i used for the grill and license plate trim. i then drilled holes in the top of my trunk and then bolted it in!