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bought this cheap few months ago... since then,had paintwork done, pair of wings set of wheels, wee headlamp mod, gtr front splitter,

also soon to be m3 evo running gear and i have m3 contours for it too

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I like it :cool:
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I'm not a fan of green cars but that is VERY nice! :cool:

I'd Keep the style 32's over the contours.
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Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:23 pm

bss325i wrote:

I'd Keep the style 32's over the contours.
i agree barry 8)
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Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:27 pm

I'm not a fan of e36's tourings, especially boston green ones. But im loving this alot! :cool: I'd be tempted to leave the current wheels on too.
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Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:46 pm

ive had 2 of these...i'll tell you something you need to do pronto....take the black plastic lock surround off the boot and put some kind of sealent along the top edge as it is a mega water trap and rots out the two lights in there and everything,ive lost two boots to this! nice car!

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Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:37 pm

Very nice. 8)

As above, I'd be keeping the Style 32s - more of a sleeper. In addition I'd remove the front GT splitter.
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Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:44 pm

Nice :D
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Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:57 pm

cheers for the comments.... i think once the running gear is delt with the contours will do themselves justice :cool:
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Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:07 pm

I like that! :cool:
M20B25 actually :)
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Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:41 pm

Very nice mate. Keep the 32's. That looks bang on the money :)
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Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:59 pm

Touring ftw! :D
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Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:11 pm

I like it as well winkeye
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Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:35 pm

has she got the 2.8 to go with the show? does it drive like a bus on 18's?
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Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:35 pm

That's a nice looking motor mate. I like Contours but those 32s look so 'right' I wouldn't change them :cool:
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Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:12 am

That is a very nice looking car, in that colour it looks stunning !!
(I agree about keeping the wheels too)
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Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:16 am

I have to say, I think contours are massively underrated.

When I got my m3 I couldn't wait to take them off, bit after refurbing them and putting back on temporarily they really grew on me and I will probably keep them on for good now.

I don't think photos ever do them justice, they don't really show off the dish nor the complex curves of the face.

Ive seen a few m3'd touring on contours and they look superb. Saying that, he multispokes ou already have look great too.
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Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:01 am

Very nice. She wasn't even dry after her bath! I agree with everyone else about the wheels.

This is largely off-topic but I've always thought it and am hugely reminded here... The side skirts on e36s look odd. They don't look right to me at all. The lines don't make sense. An attempt at producing a slender 'hipped' area just leaves a line from the rear that goes nowhere. Am I alone in this thought?

To my eyes, every suage line and bodykit line makes sense on an e30.
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Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:26 am

bss325i wrote:I'm not a fan of green cars but that is VERY nice! :cool:

I'd Keep the style 32's over the contours.
Dunno - a set of Contours does look good on a slammed moredoor/touring.
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ultralinear wrote:
This is largely off-topic but I've always thought it and am hugely reminded here... The side skirts on e36s look odd. They don't look right to me at all. The lines don't make sense. An attempt at producing a slender 'hipped' area just leaves a line from the rear that goes nowhere. Am I alone in this thought?

To my eyes, every suage line and bodykit line makes sense on an e30.
The m3 salons had plain colour coded skirts, not the swoopy 'm3' style ones, I think tourings look better with the plain ones too, but everyone doing an m3 replica always bungs on coupe skirts.
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Andyboy wrote:
bss325i wrote:I'm not a fan of green cars but that is VERY nice! :cool:

I'd Keep the style 32's over the contours.
Dunno - a set of Contours does look good on a slammed moredoor/touring.
Don't get me wrong, i think contours are cool, i just think the 32's look really good on this touring.
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Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:44 pm

Not keen on green but love what you have done :cool: :cool:
They don't make bm's like this anymore!..They should.
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all ive done is the wheels and splitter and tint the inner lamps

the car is a factory m sport 323i 2.5 which comes from bmw with the full kit INC the "swoopy" m3 skirts. i havnt fitted them.

i think the contours as previously said are going to look spot on and as asked.."does it drive like a bus on those 32's" simple answer is no. the car drives spot on. i dare say if it was on cheap coilovers or something it would drive like a turd but its on eibach springs and the drive is superb.....

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Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:47 am

Looks spot on Baz .It will be an awesome motor with the m3 running gear. :cool:
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I like that :cool:
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Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:23 pm

ive got e92 m3 wheels, genuine not reps... 8.5 and 9.5 x 18

what do you think yey or ney ??

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Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:31 pm

very nice!
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Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:19 pm

They will look awesome. Looks like the arches may need rolling though.
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Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:37 pm

i have the proper arch tool at work so thats not to much bother
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i didnt even realise you could get the new m3 on 18s. theyre a much nicer looking wheel than the 19s all the ones ive seen have been on.

i like them a lot, will be very interesting to see them fitter properly 8)
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:26 pm

harry_p wrote:i didnt even realise you could get the new m3 on 18s. theyre a much nicer looking wheel than the 19s all the ones ive seen have been on.

i like them a lot, will be very interesting to see them fitter properly 8)
looks like i might not be doing this now. wheels and car likely forsale....
going to see a moredoor m3 on saturday :cool:
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:29 pm

I don't really like those wheels on and E9x M3 but the look like they will really suit the E36!
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:32 pm

I think I'd rather have the E9X on 18's.
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:27 pm

These are the best E92 M3 wheels imo.

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Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:42 pm

Forgot about those.
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