FuturisticConcept Art BMW E36 with a V8 on a bottom dollar budget

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Jdesign said:

At what point would you start to worry about getting pulled over for poor visibility due to salt? 

omg

[patsbimmer1]

Jdesign said:

At what point would you start to worry about getting pulled over for poor visibility due to salt? 
 

I'd be more surprised if THAT was the reason you got pulled over.

[Jdesign]

Drove this most of the winter. Heat worked great, traction was sketchy, but it was a blast. The light bar was the only thing that didn’t survive. The brackets were made from ACM, and I thought they would have been stronger but the cold made them brittle and it came down on the windshield one morning. So now I mounted it to the bumper with metal brackets. It will be more usable here anyways, as before snow, rain, and dust would blind my sight with it on.  Now I won’t be able to run into random shopping carts and road cones without risking damage but oh well.  

I also had to trim a brake shield in the rear. With that, it gave me an opportunity to try out my new shipping scale. These tires are BOAT ANCHORS! 
 

[B C]

If you ever have grandkids, show them these photos. You will be their hero until they realize it was not only gasoline powered, but a V8, and they will forever blame you for everything.

65.8 lbs…
Try running helium in the tires?

[Jdesign]

A good friend of mine shoots rally and off-road race events for fun. I asked him if we could get some shots of this thing. Here are the results. If you are looking for epic pictures of off-road vehicles I suggest you contact Andy. https://noggsphotography.com/

[REKIII]

That thing looks super cool AND amazing.
You need to go full Dan Bilzerian in that last pic and take the shirt off.  There are Lady wibimmer members too.....I think....well....probably not.  But if Ramplesauce comes back he'll like it.

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REKIII said:

That thing looks super cool AND amazing.
You need to go full Dan Bilzerian in that last pic and take the shirt off.  There are Lady wibimmer members too.....I think....well....probably not.  But if Ramplesauce comes back he'll like it.

We did have this one ……

[REKIII]

That's right!!

[Jdesign]

Had a friend over the other day with his new drone. Convinced me we should take this car somewhere cool. Found a crazy place that reminds me of Mars 10mins from my shop. Spent about 3-4 hours there driving around and filming. Not sure when I will have all the footage edited, but man it was epic. Here’s some pictures from my phone. (Also I got stuck )

It rained last night, but here is the aftermath. 

Video of me stuck:

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[Jdesign]

Not sure how the quality of this video will transfer from my phone…. But it’s worth trying. 
 

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[YoungCR]

Quality great, video just isn't cropped right?

[Jdesign]

YoungCR said:

Quality great, video just isn't cropped right? 

I have no idea. It’s like it’s in landscape but then displays portrait. ‍

[Jdesign]

My friend took the footage he had and posted it on his youtube channel. Figured I would share.

[m42b32]

I was watching this video and all the sudden a very recognizable e36 made an appearance at ~20 seconds in!

[Jdesign]

Well its 3 years since I've updated anything about this car. It seems like its time. I bought a set of BC coilovers for it, but then sold them to a friend that needed them in a pinch and he gave me a set of maxpeepees to put on the car so I didn't have to fight with the lifted set. My friend Mark who runs slidesociety has been hassling me about learning to drift with this car and I agreed, which made me make the decision to put it back to a state were I could actually drift it again. Another  friend of mine; Anthony, his brother, and two friends were over at my shop earlier this year and they were excited to help work on this car. So with their help we were able to revert the car back and make a list of changes. Here is what was done and changed;

• Lowered back down on new maxPP coilovers
• New E46 front control arms / Lollies / Balljoints / Etc.
• Install the CF sunroof panel and remove the broken cassette
• Clean out the interior and rid it of all the random clutter that its acquired over time (no more raccoon skull)
• Remove the roof rack and fill the holes 
• Reinstall the fenders and the bumpers
• Install the SLT mirrors
• Mock up and build side skirts and filler vents for the fenders
• Test fit new wheels.

Ive had a set of AREs I really wanted to run but they are too wide for the front (17x11). I also bought a set of 3PC Enkie Winsomes a while back but never mounted tires to them. Well I finally got around to mounting tires and they are pretty fitting for the car. Anthony, his brother, and two friends all took one corner of the car, and together they peeled all the plastidip off of the billet Hawks. I forgot how great those wheels look polished and I cant thank them enough for getting them back to this state, I never would have taken the time to do that.

ARE's

Centerline Hawks

Here you can see the side skirts I'm building. Oddly enough, they are from a Charger Hellcat cut and sectioned to fit. I have material to make a vented fender filler and a functional front splitter as well. 

Enkie Winsomes

Finally my friend Austin came over with his friend and wanted to shoot some pics and video of the car, so here's some pictures I took with my phone of the car that evening.

And after a few months, I did manage to get it out to the Slide society season opener too, but I only got a handful of laps in before the slave cylinder started to fail. Thus the car is now sitting for another date when I have time to fix that add a bunch of go fast engine parts to it. 

I also have future plans to paint the car with a modern looking livery and tint the windows...again. The red tint is still on there, but its completely faded clear. I guess sitting outside for an entire summer really took a toll. 

This is kind of the idea and color palate I have in mind for the livery;