Not for the purists ....

[Brocky325]

Well, i've been throwing this around various BMW forum's just to get reactions really ....Was a low buck project i knocked up over the winter ...but not down the normal route as many E36 's go

[B7]

Not my cup of tea i'm afraid. Don't see the point. Sorry

[march109]

I like it but I'm a sad coont and socially retarded apparently, so its hardly glowing praise.

I'd love it if it had some serious bling in the engine bay for a contrast, an S50 with chrome detailing would look the shizzle.

[toby]

Rat look or t w a t look?

[Ziggy]

Like the idea, but not the bonnet.

[DanThe]

Well done, it looks hideous...

[Sanchez]

You must have been bored last winter

[harry_p]

i like it because it's completely different to the bruvved up e36s, even though i don't really like it

what size are the wheels? 15in e34bbs or larger? hard to tell because the whitewalls seem to pull them out and make them look bigger

[pacerpete]

On a positive note (the only one ?) at least it isn't another sorry spastic golf !

[madaboutthe30]

I quite like it. Its original in a sense that you've put youve used your imagination unlike every other e36 owner which has or dreams of having the e36 kit on their car.

How did you get the rust effect on your bonnet?

[Nobby_N]

I like it, might do it to my touring when rust takes over lol

[Brocky325]

Haha...some very mixed comment's of which i've come to expect, however , none of which at all bother me

It is what it is and the posative comment's far outdo the negative ones throughout the many forum's it has been shown

@ madaboutthe 30....Angle grinder fella...
@Harry....indeed are E34 ET 20 195/60/15

[djk]

I like the 'rat look' - not something I'd do myself, but it's cool to do something different from every other car 'scene'.

[psychochild187]

WHITE WALL TIRES WHOOOO!

i love white walls .


it looks good i think . get a machine gun mount on it as well .

[bmwsport]

Not my cuppa tea but still a good job nonetheless. I think it would have been pulled off better on an older model (e21, 02, e12, e28 etc and possibly an e30. I think the e36 is still too 'new' to be ratted.

[fuzzy]

im not sure. i think id like it if the bonnet matched the rest of the panels.

[E30BeemerLad]

Looks absolutely awesome, was something I was serioiusly considering with my touring, only in satin brown, red cup alloys and whitewall tyres. But most likely going with a Marlboro theme now

[e30bmlover]

Rat look or t w a t look?

im going to go with the latter...

[Ant]

Very heavily influenced by the current trend towards VW type 2 rat buses.

I like it !

Sod the puristini ! original thought FTW !

[GrindCulture]

I do really like rat cars, but I don't like the rusted bonnet, it looks too deliberate, which isn't what rat should be about IMO.

[beemerbird]

I really like it! I am a freak, tho

[kam325itouring]

I like it, deffo different to the usual e36 with m-tec kit!!!!! maybe do the whole car in the rust theme? i thought a few people wouldnt like it. But i think its cool!!!!

[toecutter666]

Love the paint, think i'd have done the bonnet instead, a bit of ww2 nose art on the wing and your sorted

[Brocky325]

I do really like rat cars, but I don't like the rusted bonnet, it looks too deliberate, which isn't what rat should be about IMO.

Mmm..enlighten me on what it's all about then...and if you mention VW , i'll ring your mum

[Ollie_bwoii]

I really like that! The wing mirrors are awesome!

Nice to see something other than a veedub done in the rat style, well in the UK anyway! Rat rods are still the original and best!

[Morat]

Certainly looks better than a standard E36....

[jon552]

nowt wrong with a bit of nato green! i like it, something different not just following the heard. although it needs to have something serious under the bonnet to fully get away with it. imo it just needs a bit of chrome detailing to contrast the matt green thinking about doing something similar to the e30 matt black or messerschmitt grey with chrome highlights pipes etc.


Jon

[Andy325i]

Proper Just needs Big power as said (M62 or S62 FTW)

Andy

[Eddie25]

I respect what goes into something like this but for me it's all about the Satin Black....

[psychochild187]

ive never seen anything like that before






sombody cleaning satin black !

[SLIMADI]

I love it ive got a bit of a rat look on my e30 seems to be a lot of super cars having the satin look done at the mo.

[GrindCulture]

I do really like rat cars, but I don't like the rusted bonnet, it looks too deliberate, which isn't what rat should be about IMO.

Mmm..enlighten me on what it's all about then...and if you mention VW , i'll ring your mum

Excuse me? And if your read back my original comment, you'll answer your own question.

[he30]

Loose the hidious bonnet (3rd ive seen in as many weeks! why?) and paint along with the silly mirrors, and it wouldn't look too bad, on a posative note, liking the white walls!

[Brocky325]

I do really like rat cars, but I don't like the rusted bonnet, it looks too deliberate, which isn't what rat should be about IMO.

Mmm..enlighten me on what it's all about then...and if you mention VW , i'll ring your mum

Excuse me? And if your read back my original comment, you'll answer your own question.

Hang on ....and i'll do this in pic format ..

1..deliberate rusting of bonnet = grinder, all paint ,primer ,filler removed ,add some vinegar and salt water = result in 5/6 days



2..Mother nature way of rusting bonnet = grinder + wire wool , leaving patches of primer , filler & thats it, our climate takes care of the rest ...IMO i feel this gives it more of a dry Cali desert rust appearance...



So in anwsering your " look's too deliberate "comment, it isnt as deliberate as the 1st pic

[GrindCulture]

I see what you're saying there, but it just looks a little strange with just the bonnet rusty is what I'm getting at. Granted though yours does look much better than that E46.