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    Quote Originally Posted by awp235 View Post
    Looks lik eyou're in need of a BigDuckClub kit. Built for setups exactly like this, and survives damn near anything you throw at it.
    Ehhh I think what the OP is doing will look way cleaner.


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    Lots of truth there. I just read higher up to see that he's doing the body himself. Will be awesome.
    Keep it simple: half gutted '01 330i, welded diff, BC coils, SLR Super kit

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    Quote Originally Posted by awp235 View Post
    Looks lik eyou're in need of a BigDuckClub kit. Built for setups exactly like this, and survives damn near anything you throw at it.
    Hell yeah.
    Reasonable prices too.

    Track is Track.

    This is ain't no Cameron/Gordon car.

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    Still interested in what body style OP will be mimicking/copying?
    There has to be a GOAL.

    Please show image of "prospective" result.

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    Quote Originally Posted by milKt View Post
    Hell yeah.
    Reasonable prices too.

    Track is Track.

    This is ain't no Cameron/Gordon car.

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    Still interested in what body style OP will be mimicking/copying?
    There has to be a GOAL.

    Please show image of "prospective" result.
    Look in the rides/style section for a blue e36 m3 (most likely from 4-5 years ago)


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    Quote Originally Posted by GG///M3 View Post
    Look in the rides/style section for a blue e36 m3 (most likely from 4-5 years ago)


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    https://www.bimmer-mag.com/issues/13...les/blue-magic

    this one?

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    Quote Originally Posted by chikinhed View Post
    The plan is to graft on larger fender arches, like the e46 330i front fenders,
    Reading back, my comprehension needs work.

    So you plan to mimic the E46 lines.

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    Quote Originally Posted by et89 View Post
    Correct

    Quote Originally Posted by milKt View Post
    Reading back, my comprehension needs work.

    So you plan to mimic the E46 lines.
    Nope it still looks like an e36


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    Quote Originally Posted by chikinhed View Post
    Close but it’s actually an F33C which is an aerobatic Bonanza. Apparently its the last aerobatic Bonanza built.

    I have to get new 18x10.5 wheels and I can’t decide between the ARC-8’s or the SM-10’s. Let me know what you guys think.....
    I am biased on the dished ARC-8s personally. They just look so aggressive and fit the E36s style so well. I get compliments all the time on them. I just wish I could run the fronts without spacers and clear the Stoptechs. Had to roll all 4 corners and run some negative camber on all too. 18x9s ET30 on all 4 corners

    Here they are on mine

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    I’d like the same lines/look as stock with larger arches to accommodate the tires. Think Hard Motorsport flares without the seams or screws. I would like to figure out how to reduce the exposed frontal area of the front and rear tires..

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    It looks like you have the v2 flares.

    This is from the link posted earlier.




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    I'm pretty sure the E36 in the photos that jakermac posted used E46 M flares. It's too much IMO. The Estoril one above is much more OEM looking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R.Thomas View Post
    I'm pretty sure the E36 in the photos that jakermac posted used E46 M flares. It's too much IMO. The Estoril one above is much more OEM looking.
    The estoril one uses E46 Non-M front fenders.
    I want to do the same to my rear fenders.
    like this great example:
    http://www.speedhunters.com/2017/12/...t-cohesive-m3/

    I am just to much of a pussy to do it myself, and too broke to pay someone for it, so that might take a long time.

    Very curious to see how the job on yours will end up Chikenhed!

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    The estoril M3 is local to me but I’ve never seen it other than in photos. I believe he is running 285’s but says he can fit 295’s. IMHO the front of the front arches doesn’t look right, like they had to do something funky to get the front of the e46 arch to work. I’ve given the shop one e46 front fender to cut up and see if they can use it but the owner said that it’s most likely that they will just make the arches instead as they will fit better. When you take an arch that is not meant to fit and you try to make it fit then you end up with thing looking not quite right like the estoril M3 or the Lang M3 above. That said, we don’t know all the challenges ahead to fit the tires or the vision my body guy has from the info I’ve given him, which does include pictures of both cars and pointing out their flaws. One of the constraints I gave him was that the flare can’t go into the gas door.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chikinhed View Post
    The estoril M3 is local to me but IÂ’ve never seen it other than in photos. I believe he is running 285Â’s but says he can fit 295Â’s. IMHO the front of the front arches doesnÂ’t look right, like they had to do something funky to get the front of the e46 arch to work. IÂ’ve given the shop one e46 front fender to cut up and see if they can use it but the owner said that itÂ’s most likely that they will just make the arches instead as they will fit better. When you take an arch that is not meant to fit and you try to make it fit then you end up with thing looking not quite right like the estoril M3 or the Lang M3 above. That said, we donÂ’t know all the challenges ahead to fit the tires or the vision my body guy has from the info IÂ’ve given him, which does include pictures of both cars and pointing out their flaws. One of the constraints I gave him was that the flare canÂ’t go into the gas door.
    Sounds very good! The black one in the speedhunters article is for me the one that did the best job of the 3 cars mentioned here. It is below the gas door as well, which makes it look like it is stock.

    Doesn’t look like he can fit 295Â’s though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by et89 View Post
    Sounds very good! The black one in the speedhunters article is for me the one that did the best job of the 3 cars mentioned here. It is below the gas door as well, which makes it look like it is stock.

    Doesn’t look like he can fit 295Â’s though.
    That’s because that human is a stance human.

    They like wide wheels with thin tires. A special kind of human


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    Also known as a “stancy nancy”, as the OP likes to call it.

    https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...-upgrade/page2

    I laughed out loud when I first read that post.
    My first e36 was a bit stancy Nancy.

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    Any details on the driveshaft?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rajicase View Post
    Any details on the driveshaft?
    What kind of details would you like?

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    How is the progress on the car/bodywork?

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    Quote Originally Posted by budgetbmw3 View Post
    How is the progress on the car/bodywork?
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    The car was dropped off in December. I was at the shop two and a half weeks ago and all that was done was new collars/spring seats were machined to fit the front tires closer to the coilovers and spray foam had been applied to the wheel arches on the right side and sculpted into flares that match the original flare shape but are big enough to accommodate the 315s. The flares also extend lower than stock to try and cover most of the extra frontal area the tires have to smooth out the airflow around the tires. They needed my approval of the shape before proceeding with starting on the metal work which I gave them and they also wanted me to get them fiberglass front and rear bumpers for ease of modification. All the fiberglass bumpers out ther that I’ve found so far are from a cheesy body kit or are bad copies of a stock front end. VISracing sells them but they don’t have any actual images of the bumpers and last I heard they were about 6-8 weeks away. I’ve emailed them for an update. With social distancing and the great weather we’ve been having it would be perfect to go for some long drives in the twisties. I’m pretty frustrated at how long this is taking but the shop has had many people off work sick on and off over The last few months. The plan was to have it done for the end of March, now I’m just hoping to drive it before summer is over.










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    Looking good! Any pics you can share of the process will be appreciated.

    One of my coworkers races a vintage nitro dragster and the summer schedule had them at Mission. I was hoping to make it up there to watch them and maybe meet up with some of the BC crew. Then this virus happened

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