E36 coilovers installed (SLAMMED CONTENT)

[Dricebrug]

Originally Posted by ElricE36

Yes .... paint job was done by previous owner. It is all done with BMW colors .... Brilliant Red / Alpine White III / Avus Blue. Been building it for the last 2 years. Bilstein PSS9 coilovers / Remus Cat-back / S52 engine swap w/ OBD1 coversion / AA chip / UUC E34 clutch / UUC 8.5 lbs flywheel / EvoSport Power Pulleys / M3 front brake conversion / 325 interior (tan) swapped out with black M3 Vaders / custom door panels (blk w. silver carbon fiber insert).

Future plans include Mashaw PTG widebody kit, Euro 6-spd, and possible forced induction.

Sounds like a nice car...

But no one would ever know by looking at those stripes and ebay headlights.

[328iboy]

Originally Posted by Dricebrug

Sounds like a nice car...

But no one would ever know by looking at those stripes and ebay headlights.

the ultimate sleeper

[ElricE36]

Originally Posted by Dricebrug

Sounds like a nice car...

But no one would ever know by looking at those stripes and ebay headlights.

Headlights have been replaced with DEPOs.

[Mark Ostrowski]

Originally Posted by bjh102

mark im going to respond to your post later i just have wayy too much to write on it.

^ yeah np, i respect your input

[E39ofmine]

Looks great

[whiteknight]

Yeah, PM when your ready to toss the wheels. Are they all the same? They are all Z3 fronts right? Where do you actually live? Just wondering what shipping would be to Oregon.

[E36RJBMW]

Originally Posted by bjh102

mark im going to respond to your post later i just have wayy too much to write on it.


but e36rjbmw

ground control goes lower than anyone right out of the box. and you get custom spring ratesand lengths.

My buddy is a track/street school kit or whatever the fuck its called and he is all the way down on his and before I sold my e36 i was not even half way down in the front on my DDM's and sat a good inch or two lower than him....on DDM's right of the box you can just about lay frame at full down.

OP if you do swap out I'd go with DDM, their race kit is out now too, for like 1k i believe. 750 for their street kit and I had mine set at 25 clicks, no adjusters in the rear perches still in, and fronts not even half way down and I was slammed. Handled and rode awesome.

[ZimDoc]

Originally Posted by E36RJBMW

My buddy is a track/street school kit or whatever the fuck its called and he is all the way down on his and before I sold my e36 i was not even half way down in the front on my DDM's and sat a good inch or two lower than him....on DDM's right of the box you can just about lay frame at full down.

OP if you do swap out I'd go with DDM, their race kit is out now too, for like 1k i believe. 750 for their street kit and I had mine set at 25 clicks, no adjusters in the rear perches still in, and fronts not even half way down and I was slammed. Handled and rode awesome.

Spring sizes play a large roll in how low you can go. GC Coilovers allow you to change out springs due to the large track/race needs for different size and rated springs. Your buddy just had the normal springs for the kit, if he/most people on this forum knew something about suspension and such he/most people on this forum would know to order the shorter springs.

[LongBeachM3]

racelands ftw haha

[Mark Ostrowski]

Originally Posted by whiteknight

Yeah, PM when your ready to toss the wheels. Are they all the same? They are all Z3 fronts right? Where do you actually live? Just wondering what shipping would be to Oregon.

np.

im not sure if they are all the same, but the guy i got em from said they fit e36, and they fit my car just fine so i think you'll be fine.

i have no idea, like i said i just got them from a guy who said they fit an e36, they could be all fronts, but they have some lip in the back so i dunno? they will def fit your car tho

in illinois

prob like $100-$200

[Schalldampfer1]

I could buy them and you wouldn't have to ship them since I live in your neck of the woods...

[Dmyerzzz]

I can't wait to get my racelands for christmas. The price turned me off at first but with people running them on the forums without any problems and my friend just put them on his GTI they seam amazing for the price. Seams like a good price for a coilover set up just for a daily, your car looks amazing btw

[bjh102]

Originally Posted by Mark Ostrowski

hey, i totally agree with you just want to add some stuff to your comment: the car has to be done by April (this includes BIG brakes slotted +cross drilled, w/ 2 or 3 piston calipers for front, widebody, BBS lm's + Tires- i have michellin pilot/sports wrapping the wheels pictured, the coilovers that i just installed, some $500 HID's with angels, half-clear tails, roll-cage, racing seats, steering wheel, weight reduction, CSl style hood w/ vents made out of carbon fiber, cams, turbo, repainting white, tinting lights yellow, carbon fiber canards, and if i still have time + money, M3 engine swap.)

^ so as you can see, i haven't really skimped out on expensive quality parts e.x. i could have bought angel eyes, but i bought HID's w/ angels, also im planning on at least cross-drilled or slotted and cross drilled, 12" inches or more, with at least 2 piston calipers. also i am getting AUTHENTIC bbs lm's not cheap crappy reps, those come with a heafty $4,500 price tag in the size im getting hence the sponsorship (4.5k is better than nothing right , and its not like 500, its 4-5k, some people on this forum hesitate even spending $150
so the car will be on the street and running by the beggining of spring at LEAST


i do everything myself, i don't trust other people to work on it, the guys just recently for example that swapped out my wheels overtightened with an air gun and stripped the lug nut so now i have to get an entire new set.

but this will be installed in a professional auto bodyshop,

also i really respect you, and totally agree with your opinions, except i coundn't spend money on expensive coilovers because then i couldn't get the widebody i promised them the car would have, and to make the widebody look good it has to be slammed so i cut a corner. Yes a very important corner, but one that saved me a TON of money in short term, but i PROMISE they will eventually get swapped out once the car is done...but hey give me a break here, i paid for all this crap myself im only 15 barly have any free time with work + school + car.

as for the sponsor, make a quick list of what you would do to your car IF you had 4-5k, they were going to give it to me for whatever i wanted, i just chose the wheels because they were very expensive and i feel that i just HAVE to have em to complete the new look i am building

heres what i would do if i were you.

skip the cf hood

that alone plus paint on just that single item is going to cost you what a set of ground control coilovers will.

also dont waste your time building a turbo and doing cams on your m50 motor. just wait on that until after the show. or just swap an m3 motor into it. it will be cheaper than the turbo set up.

im not doubting you in this build by any means but honestly if you are building a full rollcage getting the whole car painted white installing a wide body and installing the rest of the parts yourself you will not be finished by spring. im just letting you know that it isnt going to be a simple task by anymeans.

if you can do it i will take this all back and say that you are the man for pulling it off.

i just looked through the list of parts you have lined up for it and no you didnt skip out on anything. you did however buy more parts than were really needed to pull off the look you were going for.

like i said i hope for yoursake more than anything you can come through and pull this off.

good luck with it. if you do need help with anything let me know.

also you said you bought the lms custom made to fit the wide body..... but how did you manage to get the right width and offset so you arent either poking wheel or sunken in without having the measurements with the widebody installed.

[Mark Ostrowski]

Originally Posted by bjh102

heres what i would do if i were you.

skip the cf hood

that alone plus paint on just that single item is going to cost you what a set of ground control coilovers will.

also dont waste your time building a turbo and doing cams on your m50 motor. just wait on that until after the show. or just swap an m3 motor into it. it will be cheaper than the turbo set up.

im not doubting you in this build by any means but honestly if you are building a full rollcage getting the whole car painted white installing a wide body and installing the rest of the parts yourself you will not be finished by spring. im just letting you know that it isnt going to be a simple task by anymeans.

if you can do it i will take this all back and say that you are the man for pulling it off.

i just looked through the list of parts you have lined up for it and no you didnt skip out on anything. you did however buy more parts than were really needed to pull off the look you were going for.

like i said i hope for yoursake more than anything you can come through and pull this off.

good luck with it. if you do need help with anything let me know.

also you said you bought the lms custom made to fit the wide body..... but how did you manage to get the right width and offset so you arent either poking wheel or sunken in without having the measurements with the widebody installed.

too late on the hood, it was only 750, and mine is dented from an accident, needed to get a new one anyway

and OHHH YESS!!! ^ i am so gonna do the swap first then , great idea, cuz ill prob wear down my engine with a tubo, and i can get more hp without the downside of the excessive wear, this was an idea running through my head just wasn't sure of "when" i should do it.

as for the roll cage, i have a highschool buddy with a porsche 944, him and his friend found some discounted "basic-level" roll cages that are apparently really good, so he'll hook me up. Were also gonna do a track day with all the guys at are school who have some reasonably nice cars, as soon as spring sets in, he found some tracks that let you in at 16

i know i can come through with this, i kinda have to, but there is thanksgiving, and winter break, where i get to work on the car all day every day, i have some highschool buddies and some bodyshop guys, and a mechanic also willing to help troubleshoot/fix/help with the build aswell, so 3 weeks should be more than enough

thanks and like i said i really appreciate your input, has made me rethink a few things.

also about the wheels, i just meant that was an estimate of cost at the estimated size i calculated i might need. Basically i know from research that the widebody is 4 inches wider, so then i just used an online offset calculater to estimate using my current wheels how much wider wheels i would need, of course i will have to measure an EXACT offset/width once i get the widebody on

[Bmwman528e]

Please post pictures of the car with the M roadster wheels on the front and the back. I might want to run this setup on my wifes drop top.


Thanks

[DrLivingston]

Originally Posted by Bmwman528e

Please post pictures of the car with the M roadster wheels on the front and the back. I might want to run this setup on my wifes drop top.


Thanks

I will bring over what is clearly stated on the other failed thread this boy wonder started. Your going to be waiting a while. Remember he said he only got to the fronts?

I'm glad everyone on here is supportive of this young mans build. But with such a extensive parts list, that frankly gives me a headache to read, we're forgetting the obvious; he HAS only a $200 set of coilovers ( half installed) and a so called widebody kit that is of the same quality as my mother's Tupperware collection but with worse fitment. You can say I am being to harsh, but with multiple people asking multiple questions pertaining to what should be a real build, and watching him only evade and elude answers, only proves this is some hoax. Please shut me up and start your build thread you keep talking of starting. Post what you HAVE, not what you want. Use more time taking pictures, rather than photoshopping them. I don't think there's one picture of your car as a whole, you even near your car attempting to put a wrench on it ( unless you count the blurry faced, looks like its cropped, pasted, and copied next to a widebody kit pic in the other post) or a table with parts you've accumulated. Never mind this ridiculous motor your coming out with ( 500 hp was it? ohhh on low boost too, right?) I'm sorry, if he was asking for advice on how to further his bimmer I would be supportive, which is what I have been since I been a member. But his cocky nature, evasive answers and steadfastness that this will the the next 325i gracing the cover of Bimmer is why I say these things. You talk a big game, but can't answer small questions.

How can you give a company a product description of coilovers when A. you could of only put the car in forward and reverse up and down your driveway because your FIFTEEN. and B. you said the handling was much more "responsive"?? Let's say you were a rebel and took that F&F 325 on your backroads, how in the world do you give any feedback with the front of your car slammed on Pep Boys coilovers and the rear all jacked up on springs like your in some eurotrash IHRA funny car? Don't get all hopped up boys and girls he really doesn't have "sponsers" he has A sponser. Singular. And I'm putting money on it that IF you do get these BBS' it may just be right around X-mas time, so we can conclude the sponser is the Interantional Bank of Mom and Dad. He has YET to answer why a machine shop ( his sponser) has anything to do with racing or this gem of a bimmer to begin with. Especially fronting 5k for wheels? I'm getting nausea from breathing in all this bull.

If you wanna be billy bad ass, build a F/I sleeper, keep the 325 badge on and forget all the things that make you look fast. But hey misery does love company, so you'll have plenty of friends...

[328iboy]

^^ that is worse than killing babies..

[owwwch]

wow

[Bmwman528e]

The whole sponsor thing is bull probably but the wheels do look good on the front.

[Derek Zoolander]

Dope. Curious to see the rears..

[DrLivingston]

Originally Posted by Bmwman528e

The whole sponsor thing is bull probably but the wheels do look good on the front.

They do actually. Ride height and tire size are factors as well. Is your wife's car stock?

[Bmwman528e]

Originally Posted by DrLivingston

They do actually. Ride height and tire size are factors as well. Is your wife's car stock?

No its lowered now. But it is getting Racelands on it next weekend when they arrive. (puts flame suit on)

[DrLivingston]

Originally Posted by Boris1111

So cheap parts can't be quality parts now...

Everyone needs to have $1500 coilovers when you are going for aesthetics or you just suxxors.

No cheap parts mean they're cheap parts. If you want to half ass something do it right and cut your springs. Don't be slightly ghetto, go all out. A part is not just a part. Sure a coilover is just a coilover when comparing the words, but do you not account for the engineering and R&D that goes into providing true competition handling? Do you think the crew at AST is like "man finally all the months of prep and field testing paid off, especially with a price tag of $199.99...you know, just to be fair" No. Take apart two coilovers such as even KW and Raceland and examine the rates, rebounds, adjustability and parts inside as a whole. A car isn't just a car, which is why you drive a BMW and not a Daewoo. You pay for what you get. There's an old saying - Horsepower costs money, how fast can you afford to go.