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

[straight6pwr]

i see red dots...be careful #baldessari

[Jdesign]

straight6pwr said:

i see red dots...be careful #baldessari

Yeah, that was me spraying Transparent red over the black fender first to see what would happen. Both of the front fenders are plasti-dipped over white, and it sucks soooooo bad. I hate that shit with a passion. So once I cut the fenders all to hell, I have to soak them in vinegar to get all the plastidip off and decide what to do from there.

[Jdesign]

Not much has happened in the last few days, work and an exhausting weekend left me very little time to mess with the car. I did manage to find some images with the red halos installed. I also added an HID to the drivers side headlight. I need to wire the halos into a separate switch as well, currently they are just part of the running / parking lights.

[visian]

Might I suggest footwear of choice for this vehicle?

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[Jdesign]

HAHAHAHA, I was thinking more like this @visian

 

[straight6pwr]

Air Mags!

[Jdesign]

@straight6pwr You win.

[Jdesign]

Spent some time working on this pile over the holiday weekend. I managed to get the seat bracket made, and mig welded it together using the old seat rail bases. I also found some matte black vinyl I had laying around and made a window banner which I managed to destroy applying it myself. I will make another when I have an extra set of hands. I also ran wiring for the red halos to the factory fog light switch instead of a toggle. 

After all of that and I had the seat bolted into place, I started looking at the Hydro lever and where I planned to mount it wasn't going to work. I have since ripped out all of the center console and Im thinking I might have to weld a plate next to the shifter on the trans tunnel to make a nice spot for it.  I thought mounting this thing was going to be easy.

Le sigh 

I also noticed now that the car is back on the ground that is seems to be leaning or lower on one side...... Thinking back to adjusting the coilovers, one side was off about 20mm or so compared to the other side. I think there is something funky going on here......  It could also be Im just seeing things as its really really hard to tell exactly with the bashed to complete shit arches.

My E30 was slightly lower on one side too. 

Wait, just did some research, Its lower on one side from the factory for "balance" with a driver and no passenger. Neat.

I added this power switch when I first got the car because of the crazy, stupid, hack wiring and components that would stay on with the ignition off, and I cant remember if I mentioned it or not. I have since fixed 94.7% of the wiring issues, but an external power switch still seems like a nice safety feature.

[m42b32]

Jdesign said:

but an external power switch still seems like a nice safety feature.

That's awesome haha, nice security feature. Only thing I'd worry about is some punk turning it while you're sitting at a red light...

[Bassboy3313]

m42b32 said:

Jdesign said:

but an external power switch still seems like a nice safety feature.

That's awesome haha, nice security feature. Only thing I'd worry about is some punk turning it while you're sitting at a red light... 

Thought the exact same thing

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[Jdesign]

Honestly I'm more worried about the red key falling out, even though it locks into place when "powered"

In other news, I mounted a PS reservoir from my e30 in this car last night, and am going on my lunch break to have the high pressure line custom made. Pics will come once that's complete.

[GunMetalGrey]

Jdesign said:

This picture makes me happy. 
It looks so beat and worn, but not like it wasn't taken care of while doing so. 
That was a confusing sentence

[straight6pwr]

Jdesign said:

. I also found some matte black vinyl I had laying around and made a window banner which I managed to destroy applying it myself. I will make another when I have an extra set of hands.

wrinkly old man balls window banner.

Dave - school him on applying the vinyl wet.  you blew my mind when you told me it could be done, and I'm sure it will solve the problem here.

[B C]

There is such a difference between what Jason is doing and your run-of-the-mill crappy car build.

The run-of-the-mill crappy car build:  intentionally rusted body panels, or fenders draped entirely in stickers/wraps, an aluminum tow-hook, Domo-kun drift charm, pink dildo shift knob, some idiotic windshield banner that attempts to label the style and status of the individual driving it, and either extremely cheap wheels or extremely expensive wheels. The intention is attention. Show up to Automotion and get 1000 likes on Instagram then go home and feel hollow because deep inside you are an asshole and you know it.

Jason's build:  Ratty piece of crap build with genuine creativity and an overall cohesiveness. The entire car takes on a theme which drives the style and direction of the build instead of random aimless "mods". Its art. Balldesacki should take note. It has some sort of goal other than being an attention-whore on wheels. This is why I enjoy like this car/build despite not subscribing to this particular genre of automotive enthusiasm.

keep on keepin on

[Jdesign]

@straight6pwr Good point! Ive partially wrapped cars before( I didnt finish because it wasnt my car) Using liquid helps a lot! I guess it was kind of like an "AH HA" moment and I just started doing it without thinking when I found the roll of vinyl lol.

@Snap Thank you so much dear Sir, your kind words mean a lot to me. I want it to look like a car existing in the wrong era, a shitty period of time that has yet to happen, but I certainly don't want to make it look like its tossed together to get there. I really cant wait to start actually doing some fabrication and tin work and creating some drastic craziness to set it off. Everyday, I fix one thing, then 10 more ideas flood the list of what I could do, and I am enjoying every second of it, I'm glad you are too.

[GunMetalGrey]

Wait, you tried to do that banner dry?!? You are a madman!

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

Wait, you tried to do that banner dry?!? You are a madman! 

Have you seen the rest of the car? I will take that "madman" comment as a compliment.

[GunMetalGrey]

Jdesign said:

Have you seen the rest of the car? I will take that "madman" comment as a compliment.

In all fairness I almost like the wrinkles lol. 
You should have done the banner in diamond plate vinyl, it's the cool thing to do.

[Jdesign]

Saw this video on Facebook, realized that it needs to happen. I am going to start collecting calculators, old radios, and other random electronics. If you have some, send them my way.

I also made some quick mock ups of the control levers so I can get a better idea on proportions and mounting location for the hydro brake.

[KaiserRolls]

That looks like an electrical fire waiting to happen lol