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2 x 1994 E36 M3 resto/mod thread and 2001 E39 M5
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Low N Slow
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All I can say is....OH MY WORD!!!!!
I read every single page on this thread.....the attention to detail is stupidly good! Love it, can really see you have a deep passion for the brand.
all the best....:clapper:
I read every single page on this thread.....the attention to detail is stupidly good! Love it, can really see you have a deep passion for the brand.
all the best....:clapper:
Beamer
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Elton_LV said:Hi Fanatics
I posted that I'm loving a1exander's restore and build thread (awesome work he is doing. http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=58768, and that we have done one as well, was quickly told that pics are a prerequisite [WINKING FACE]. I guess it's only fair that I share some of the blood sweat and tears that went into E36 M3 no.1 and currently going into E36 M3 no.2
M3 no.1 was bought for my cousin as a Christmas gift, the seller/owner promised that she was in good condition and not a lot needed to be done.
Now I'm not the most mechanical, handy man sort of guy. The seller had a lot of paperwork on the car that he had spent money on.
On seeing the car it looked ok, not great but ok, since I had flowed down the DBN to see the car, I didn't feel like going back empty handed, so we struck a deal, little did I know that the Christmas gift would be a work in progress gift for a month.
A month meant that he would get the car just after Christmas, but, BIG BUT, we needed it to be perfect.
My cousin thought I purchased it for me. And visited the workshop regularly to see the progress and was wondering why Bruce and team worked till all hours of the morning trying to get her perfect. Little did he know....
E36 M3 no.2 was for meeeee.
In my late teens and early twenties I watched and adored them flying by. Promised myself one day I would own one.
Saying that I've owned an E46 M3 Cab, 997 Carrera's, a few E30's (ps looking for a clean one now 325is [WINKING FACE]) E39's 540i's and currently have a mint E39 M5, and have owned quite a few other cars
I started the thread on another site not knowing about Fanatics.co.za.
After reading the site/forum for about two months now. I have finally found a SA site that love life and cars as much as I do.
Below is the site I started the thread on but will continue it here....
And below the thread is a teaser of how my cousins car came out and looks now
http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60248
Hope you guys enjoy the Thread as much as we are enjoying the cars.
Wowzers! Shes a beauty!
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Elton_LV
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Haven't updated here in a while, not that there has been much done to the M3, I've driven it for maybe 700k's
I did decide on another full detail of the car and a ceramic coat coating.
Take my hat off to modern car cleaning and paint protection technology.
Here some pics of how it came out
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I did decide on another full detail of the car and a ceramic coat coating.
Take my hat off to modern car cleaning and paint protection technology.
Here some pics of how it came out
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RAArmstrong
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Absolutely stunning!
I dunno how you've only done 700km with it?! I'd just want to drive it and drive it and drive it and drive it
I dunno how you've only done 700km with it?! I'd just want to drive it and drive it and drive it and drive it
SylisM
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Man oh man that was so vivid that I felt as if I was there.Elton_LV said:While wheel alignment was being done, I could already picture myself enjoying the car on the drive home.... Been looking forward to her being properly stanced, Tyres, Springs, shocks etc so that I could post a pic of how well the M3 looks at my perfect ride height.
Makes me think of that song. "They see me rolling"
Took the opportunity while the car was up on the lift to take an undercarriage photo
Tyres on, wheel balanced, alignment done and car stanced as I wanted. I climbed behind the steering wheel with a massive grin on my face.
Today would be the first day post all the work we have done that I push her a little harder and maybe a lot harder. It's been +- 500k's of soft driving bedding in the brakes and 60k's of allowing the spring and shocks to settle in.
Edenvale I'm thinking to myself, (as it's where I have gotten the tyres sorted).... I remember primrose hill, the long straight leading up to a gentle left hander, medium right and into a hard left before reaching the top and coming all the way back down.
Fire up the car. Reverse out and onto the road. Warm up, warm up, warm up. I'm constantly looking to see if she is warm enough.... Traffic light by Renault Route 24 I notice quite a few admirers of the car, I even get a hoot from another E36 driver.
By the time I reach the main road, the car is warm.... Left towards Primrose Hill I go. Looking to try get to the front of every robot not to have a slower car in front of me, to enjoy the legs the car has. 1st, 2nd, the car is so clean through the gears as I hit 3rd, motor breathing, engine revving and the exhaust giving out an amazing tone. Car feels balanced weaving through traffic, the grind of the brake pads against slotted brakes sends chills down my spine.
Finally the road ahead leads to Primrose Hill. Into 2nd my foot hits the accelerator, foot flat on an open straight, sprinting down the straight she's revving to 7000rpm before I change into 3rd then into 4th, change past a car before the slight left hander comes up, lightly on the brakes, back into 2nd as I ease her into the corner, floor her as I get half way though the positive camber corner. (What a beautiful piece of road) squatting and with only the slightest hint of body roll she slings out the corner. My word, the scream of this M3 coming out the corner at 7000rpm is just something else. No point int changing up as the right hand quickly comes up. Pushing her to 7500rpm before climbing hard onto the brakes to put her into the right hander whilst gripping down on the wheel. Ease onto the gas as I exit the corner until my foot is flat against the floor, sprinting up the hill I realize that Bruce has built and setup one hell of a car, everything feels just right, so balanced, very responsive, knowing every bolt is torqued correctly and that not many E36 M3's would perform and handle like this, all this gives me so much confidence behind the wheel.
Up over the hill I make a u-turn at the first traffic light. Grinning and smiling (I must have looked like a right chop for those driving past as I u-turned), looking forward to rocketing back down.... ( I didn't rocket her down as quickly as I would have like too as I remembered, that although I think I drive pretty well, it's been a long long time since I've driven a car without traction control and with the power under the hood I could easily land up coming down the hill sideways or seeing, road, bush, road, bush, road, bush. I drove home pushing her though every gear and enjoying every braking moment as I knew it lead to the accelerator, that was until I got home. Into the garage she goes, left her idling for a cool down and some circulation as I walked around such an amazing car, (only some people will understand my next sentence) enjoying the smell of oil, brakes and rubber, something modern cars seem to have lost. Leaning in to turn her off, I quietly thank Bruce for taking the time and having patience with meticulous me, to build a car that I totally cherish and appreciate.
Here she sits for me to smile at every time I walk into the garage.
For now the M3 has taken my favourite parking spot in the garage.... It's so amazing to me that it has replaced what is below for now
I'm now so looking forward to seeing Greg's new project..... http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=59154
Twincam Shark
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Damn nice
DINODENASH
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