e30 m3 replica with m-power engine on ebay

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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:13 am

NO ASSOCIATION with seller

look quite nice

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-M3-Estoril-Blue-
E30_W0QQitemZ250024505828QQihZ015QQcategoryZ9837QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:16 am

item no 250024505828
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:18 am

not a bad copy actually, at least it has the correct boot lid and rear window/roofline trim
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:19 am

My thoughts exactly, nice colour aswell.
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:23 am

Its worth that to break it!!
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:25 am

Probably the best coppy i have seen. Even got the s14 and bootleg gearbox. Not fibreglass also.
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:26 am

One of the best copies iv seen, has to be worth it at that sort of money!
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:28 am

Ben guess what?, it's local, also from High Wycombe, as my brother has just pointed out.
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:33 am

BUGGER!


Just what i need, someone driving around in a fake stealing all my individuality :x Think there is only 1 other one the area and its a bit of a dog.

Hopefully it will be moving well out of the area - somewhere up north or in scotland would be good
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:35 am

I dont want it up North!!!
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:05 am

Thats bloody good. If nonone told me id think it was real.
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:37 am

he has even done the rear window from the look of it..
Got cable ties? Get diffin..

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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:38 am

wonder what manifold he used to get it to fit to a RHD car?

looks OK, but the front and rear screens aren't bonded and the roof line/back window profile is still not correct...
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:23 pm

Looks okay... but WTF is going on inside? Nice dash install. :mad:
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:30 pm

i think id buy it... thats why ive bidded :mad:

dash install is totally wrong but hey..... lots of nice power there. Its not a bad copy at all i dont think, nice rims, nice colour at a fraction of the price of a real one, hopefully winkeye
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:36 pm

Go for it twig, if you want me to go and have a look im happy to help. Come to think of it, i can even deliver it for you! Im coming up your way very soon :D
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:49 pm

looks lovley, would love to modify a car like that, simply becaus ei could never insure an m3, how much would it cost lads just to make the the car look like that on the outside?
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:51 pm

why not just bid on this one.......

To do it properly you will almost need a full M3 shell!
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:56 pm

excellent looking car.
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:12 pm

m3ben05 wrote:Go for it twig, if you want me to go and have a look im happy to help. Come to think of it, i can even deliver it for you! Im coming up your way very soon :D
how could i refuse that winkeye

how much is it worth tops? dont wanna over pay for it, some chavvy mods there which i dont like and would have to change but what would you guys say this was REALLY worth???
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:16 pm

Well its basically an M3, it has everything!

I think it will either go for OTT money (4k+ IMO) because chavs can insure it as a 320i or it will go sensible money because its not an original M3.

Personally i would consider anything under 3.5k to be a good deal if its in decent condition.

Let em know if you want me to check it for you mate

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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:16 pm

Whoever it is has done a good job - except for that PS2 instal :? Makes me wonder how other jobs are done which are 'out of sight, out of mind'... though in saying that if I'd probably still buy it :D if I hadn't ploughed all my money into me own car 8O
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:19 pm

well to be honest ben, i feel this is going to go way over the 3.5k mark i really do. i can just about afford 3.5k with selling the borbets and selling the golf im currently running about in "its a nail" ... would you chuck £3.5-£4k at it, if it were your money? Honest? i totally agree its an m3 in a sense but in many other ways it isnt :? it will always be a replica, never the real thing. do you think id be wasting my money?
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:19 pm

It has the aerodynamics but not the torsional rigidity of an M3 I'd say.

Seam weld it and fit a cage and it'd be 'as good' (kind of)

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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:22 pm

£4k would buy you a 'real' nail of an M3...

This is perfectly useable.

Anymore than £4k is too much though. I'd have thought £3.5k is more realistic. How much would all the parts cost to do it yousrself?
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:22 pm

Looks like a stolen doggy councilled M3 with a 320 log book, it wouldn't be the first and i am sure it won't be the last.
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:26 pm

i agrre with pete on this in a way, although he does state on a question answered that it says 2.3er on the log book! possible its been done properly but its still not the real thing, maybe im best saving for a nicer one, when im 50 or something :cry:
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:58 pm

Honestly mate, i would chuck 4k into this if i was in the market. Your getting a car thats 95% an M3 for not much money.

It looks to be in great condition with reasonable miles.

Yes, you can buy a shagged M3 for 4k but then how much will you need to put in to get it right? Iv always been told a good M3 costs 10k, regardless of how much you actually buy it for.

This will never be an M3, nomatter what you do but at that money i wouldnt complain!

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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:06 pm

m3ben05 wrote:Honestly mate, i would chuck 4k into this if i was in the market. Your getting a car thats 95% an M3 for not much money.

It looks to be in great condition with reasonable miles.

Yes, you can buy a shagged M3 for 4k but then how much will you need to put in to get it right? Iv always been told a good M3 costs 10k, regardless of how much you actually buy it for.

This will never be an M3, nomatter what you do but at that money i wouldnt complain!

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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:38 pm

:lol:

Dont mention the fact that you will get much more female attention with the M3 - may not help your case :D
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:38 pm

jaistanley wrote:It has the aerodynamics but not the torsional rigidity of an M3 I'd say.

Seam weld it and fit a cage and it'd be 'as good' (kind of)

Jai
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:13 pm

Looks pretty decent, but i have to say how much would it have cost someone to perform all that body work? A bloody lot i reckon. I mean why bother??

Secondly, will it have all the same suspension geometry? After all that makes up a big part to the legendary handling that is the M3.

If it goes for a price it'd be worth buying and tracking. Id still feel short changed, knowing that i dont actually own an m3.

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