my E36 m3 project

longtran · #1 10-20-2010, 04:59 PM

Whats up guys, I am fairly new to the E36 scene. I picked up my e36 m3 back in April of this year as a parts car for my E30 325is. After all said and done, I sold the E30 and repaired the E36.

here's how the car was after the frame was straighten.

after some deciding on the color, I decided to stick to the OEM color cosmo black. I also bought some OEM DS1 stock wheels.

a couple month later the wheel of choice was 17x8.5 et 13 BBS RS all around. I already knew I was going to an aggressive offset so I had the body shop shave my rear fenders before paint.

decided on gold rivets

got the barrels back from refinishing. The inside barrel was polish as well. :buttrock

the next setup was suspension. ST suspension was the coilover of choice. (thanks George)

coilovers and wheels are on.

Found out 1 week in advance the car will be at Formula D in Irwindale, so I had to put the car together asap. all molding was replace with OEM parts.

whats formula D without Sparco seats (thanks Alan)

picked up the reiger GT lip

got the car detail from Intense Detailing (thanks Rene)

pics at forumla D

a couple weeks later, found out it was going to SEMA. :thumbup:

added a SEIBON CF hood ( thanks Mike ) pics courtesy of EAS

Last week, I was browsing bimmerforums, i saw a set of rims for sale that i feel in love with. I had to have it so I sent the member a pm. 2 weeks later this...

wheel specs 17x9 et -7. I was able to shave the hub 8mm. so current offset is +1

front tires falken 205 40 17
rear tires falken 215 40 17

(big thanks to the crew over at Tire Central)

here are current picks of the car. it was at Gymkhana Grid over the weekend

professional pics will be taken by 1013mm soon.

more to come......

Big thanks to Ivan, Rene, George @ KW, Alan @ sparco, falken tires, Tire Central, M1 auto body, Mike @ JMS, Mike @ SEIBON, James

without these guys, my car will not be where it is today.