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dyintorace
dyintorace Dork
3/25/09 6:51 p.m.

How are you Mark?

While not a fan of the color or the interior, the body kit actually reminds me of some of the race versions of the e36 M3. Given the right livery, it might be kinda cool.

Such as:

ignorant
ignorant SuperDork
3/25/09 7:11 p.m.

purple..

clear tails..

zee ruined.

Apexcarver
Apexcarver SuperDork
3/25/09 7:14 p.m.

paint + stock tails + wider tires to suit the rims - some tacky bling= saved

stuart in mn
stuart in mn Dork
3/25/09 7:16 p.m.

Yup, it would be impossible to unbolt those taillights and put some stock ones back in. I assume the owner likes it, so who am I to say anything about his personal taste. After all, it's not like it's the last one on earth.

PHeller
PHeller Reader
3/25/09 7:25 p.m.

I'd easily rock that. Aside from that odd fuel door thing and the clear tails, it's pretty clean car.

Purple would take some getting used to...

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
3/25/09 7:29 p.m.

I agree..... smoke the lights, stock fuel door and I'd be ok with it

Rusnak_322
Rusnak_322 New Reader
3/25/09 7:43 p.m.
Grtechguy wrote: I agree..... smoke the lights, stock fuel door and I'd be ok with it

+1 - but I would get some sheepskin seat covers and try to paint the rest of the leather (pleather) black and lose about 300lbs of electronics.

wherethefmi
wherethefmi Reader
3/25/09 7:47 p.m.

yeah not that bad really, I think there's more than 300#s of electronics weight you could lose there, sheesh.

SlickDizzy
SlickDizzy SuperDork
3/25/09 7:52 p.m.
Datsun1500 wrote: The strange part is the paint is factory.

known as Technoviolet IIRC, really cool color.

mad_machine
mad_machine SuperDork
3/25/09 7:52 p.m.

technoviolet... not one of BMWs prettier colours

dyintorace
dyintorace Dork
3/25/09 8:13 p.m.
mad_machine wrote: technoviolet... not one of BMWs prettier colours

Oddly, there were two purples! The other was known as Daytona Violet.

z31maniac
z31maniac HalfDork
3/25/09 8:24 p.m.

Horrible.

But I do like wheels with a lip and stretched tires if the car has a good low stance. I've actually got my custom 17 x 8 4x100 et 25 Work Emotion CR Kais for my e30 for sale.

That way I can run a more inexpensive street wheel with a lip and stretch. Then buy some 15s and Rcomps for auto-x/hpde use.

ReverendDexter
ReverendDexter Reader
3/25/09 8:54 p.m.

At least it's not some totally obnoxious shade of purple....

I'd rock it if I could get the stock shift knob and steering wheel back.

docwyte
docwyte New Reader
3/25/09 9:01 p.m.

Wow, someone spent a lot of money to do that...

RandyS
RandyS New Reader
3/25/09 9:03 p.m.

I have a technoviolet and like it a lot. I get nothing but compliments from everyone I meet.

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair Dork
3/25/09 9:28 p.m.

i'd drive it.

snipes
snipes New Reader
3/25/09 10:11 p.m.

the gas filler door says it all. money does not buy taste.

1slowcrx
1slowcrx Reader
3/25/09 11:03 p.m.

I just puked a little

gamby
gamby SuperDork
3/25/09 11:36 p.m.

I don't like the interior or the tails, but outside of that, it's OK. It's very much an artifact of late 90's extreme BMW "tuning". I seem to remember seeing quite a few of those bodykits around the web.

The interiors screams "90's". lol

curtis73
curtis73 Reader
3/26/09 1:06 a.m.

If I saw that car in a parking lot I would consider performing my first act of vandalism. I can understand if some white-trash hick wants to rice-out their Cavalier, but to spoil a Bimmer like that is just odd.

That crap doesn't add anything to its performance, so why would you ugly it up for no reason? Seriously... a body kit, ricer taillights, and a berkeleying CHROME PEP BOYS GAS CAP GLUED TO A SQUARE GAS DOOR???

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

I hate it. It makes me think of this:

Luke
Luke Dork
3/26/09 2:24 a.m.
gamby wrote: It's very much an artifact of late 90's extreme BMW "tuning". I seem to remember seeing quite a few of those bodykits around the web. The interiors screams "90's". lol

Unfortunately, those '90s era mods didn't age very well.

But at least it's not plastered with ///M badges.

Jay
Jay HalfDork
3/26/09 4:27 a.m.

Bodykit... awesome.
Purple colour... awesome.
Interior... not bad, at least it's not red or orange.
Wheels... awesome.

Taillights... fail.

All things considered... Ya, I'd drive it.

petegossett
petegossett Dork
3/26/09 4:32 a.m.

Buy it, park it, wait 40-years. That car will $100k on Barrett Jackson, or whatever has replaced it by then.

confuZion3
confuZion3 Dork
3/26/09 7:44 a.m.
dyintorace wrote:
mad_machine wrote: technoviolet... not one of BMWs prettier colours
Oddly, there were two purples! The other was known as Daytona Violet.

Three: don't forget about Merlot! While technically more on the red side of things, I still consider it purple--and I LOVE it! Don't know if you could put it on an M3 at any time though--I saw it on the early Z4s.

mad_machine
mad_machine SuperDork
3/26/09 8:47 a.m.

it is nothing a trip through ebay could not fix for a few hundred dollars

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