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Guys help me choose

Wolfgang WG-5500 Deep Gloss Paint Sealant amazon.com/dp/B01AGELUJE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_mJSGzb8HKFZE6

Or

FMS Shiny Polishing Carnauba Paste Car Wax, Car Care, 10.6 oz amazon.com/dp/B01N2O74HL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-KSGzbJ0QE1SS

Love the colour, shame about the stance

blue E60 user, what happened?
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Good enough for the collage?

How about now

>007
Tomorrow Never Dies E38 confirmed
Also get rid of those wheels, disgusting

Does it have to be an M to be included in the picture?

That is a great color, looks stunning on every car they put it on. It's probably airbagged so I don't care about how low it is, whatever floats your boat even if it is looking like you've got a family of obese bears in your car, those wheels though... ugh.

I think only 2 of those are M cars, so no.

Should I buy e60 or e82?

The wheels came with the car and have brand new Michelins on.
I also kinda liked them, but I have shit taste and know nothing about style. Got any suggestions for better wheels? Maybe some Alpina 19 spoke replicas?

I am looking for some deepdish Remotec or Borbet Type A's for my E32 750 though, I like the way they look.

>own a merc
>want to buy something cheap I can trash around and have fun with and to work on and mod
>"time for e30 I guess"
>look up prices
>cry
>e36 is cheaper
>hate the interior
>look up 3rd gen prelude
Seems like a fun little car
should I try to get an e30 or just go for a prelude

Or just try to get used to the E36 interior

If you don't like the E36 interior look at at E36 compacts. I drive an E30 and the first time I sat in an E36 compact I thought "wow this is like a more refined E30".
I really liked it

its not only the interior
I hate the exterior and how much bigger it is than the e30
I just want something small and nimble
miatas are too expensive here

>I just want something small and nimble
what did I say

no man I dont like e36
I would rather get a 2 door than the compact if I went that road because the compact looks retarded

okay well i bought my E30 for $2300 in April. I've had to put about another 2k into it though.
Just keep looking

Should I get the MPSSK for my 440i?

Cruising at 55mph on wet, freshly paved interstate and all of a sudden the car started slipping to the right even though I was going straight. Ended up doing a complete circle around the car next to me before spinning once more off into the ditch.

Surprisingly there wasn't that much damage for impacting at 40+mph; the car didn't even stall. Put a small hole in the front bumper, cracked the paint on the bumper, took out a fog light casing as well as a fender light, blew out a control arm bushing, some dings on the driver side, and made the oil pan hang down. I figured now I have an excuse to get an M bumper lol. However, there's this pretty bad vibration at 70+ and I'm not sure what's causing it.

I was pretty lucky where I landed too because that was the only pocket without thick trees along the entire road.

>hydroplaning in 2017
get some tires that aren't shit then drive off a cliff

once its back on the road join the UNIROYAL RAINSPORT 3 master race.

>mine didn't get into the collage

Anyone here have experience with F30s?
I was thinking of getting an F30 335i as a daily.

sounds like your tires are either bald or shitty

M Pars or Throwing Stars is a must have on the E38

the vibration probably means one of your rims or tyres is fucked

Pic related are M Pars I reckon? I think Throwing Stars came with the E31, I think.
I am really liking the look of those in the pic not a fan of the blacked out mask though.

Yeah they were pretty shitty. As you may have noticed, the car has some shitty stock rims which I planned to replace. Since I'll need new tires too I thought why not burn them down before junking them but I didn't expect to hydroplane so soon

Meh

post another picture, i know i missed some

My mechanic is selling an E38 740il with M Pars but a trashed interior for 2k. It has like 110k miles.

i was from last thread. If that pic won't work, i'll find another

Forgot to ask, should I go for it? It runs and drives, the seats are just bad and it needs a window regulator too
I couldn't fit that picture, do you have another one that isn't as long?

>seats are just bad
meh unless you have a long commute
>window regulator
easy fix
i prefer 3ers but go for it if thats what you like (and have money for occasional repairs)

this one should be workable, i dunno how you want to cot it. Sadly, these are the winter tires and rims...

I own the E30 in the collage, it would be a second car since I really like E38s
I can probably get it for less. I think I'll see if I can go for it
That should work, I can just have some border if I need to.

Any opinions on getting this 318ti?
£650 and 85k miles

that looks pretty nice. is it manual?
I don't know much about euro pricing but in america that would be a steal.
the paint looks like it's in great condition and thats a good sign on red paint

Sold an E93 the other day. Made this video as a souvenir. Thoughts? Miss this fagmobile

vid.me/dN4DN

>Trying to get into making car films for people, maybe get a paid gig and stuff.

the music is... awful

I really like that. The only thing I can say is the audio cuts are a little choppy, but that's understandable.
I like that shot of it next to the E30

we cool as fuck boyz

O kinda regret it now. It doesn't match the car

Thanks man. Yeah is kinda high paced

not to sound whiny, the filming is good, but the music seems more escalade than E93

have some CSL

phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/d/1995-bmw-318ti-5spd/6245981083.html

Was going to make a thread but figured this would be a better place to get an answer. Is this worth checking out?

yeah find an M50 or even maybe S50 in a junkyard for cheap and swap it in
the rest of the drivetrain should mate right up

forgot pic

wow bmwg has a banner now?

only took us a year from when i originally proposed and made some

dont even own mine anymore

e30 soon

Could i just get the head off another e36 motor and throw it in, assuming theres no piston damage? not mechanically familiar with bimmers but damn they gorgeous

For example, I just found this really nice looking one tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/d/1996-s50-bmw-318ti/6248738096.html
yeah i'm surprised by how many people have contributed. maybe i'll add your car in greyscale
yeah if you can find another M44 (any 318i(s)), but since it's had the head off you might want to see if that block is messed up at all from just sitting open like that

how is the Z3? Slow?

that's the first thing im checking if i go see this thing. I really like the purple pain and the fact that its a hatch, plus a 5spd. Would a head replacement be something i can do fairly easily on these? I feel like european cars tend to need more specialty tools but again ive never owned one lol

i'm not an M44 specialist or anything but they aren't crazy complicated engines. lots of people swap the heads onto M42s in E30s so I don't think its that complex

fucking slow and was a sketchy tramlining nightmare on rough roads.

beautiful car though. Miss looking at it and it's massive hood

Do you riek mah caaarrr?

Help meeeee piiiiiiiick

Why can't I find literally even a single non-SULEV 328i?
Should 335's be avoided?

>Should 335's be avoided?

Yes

Should i get an e34 as a first car? Im currently debating whether i should sell my pc to gather the money for it. There are very decent ones for 850-1500€. Im just looking a car to love and enjoy which isnt too expensive

Bump for wax vs sealant

If you stay on top of maintenance they are very good, post links and we can help you beffer

>have changed wiper refills
>adjusted wiper tension
>checked wiper angle
>disabled tension motor
>then enabled tension motor
>wiper chatter and streaking still fucking remains

What the fuck else do I do?

Depends on the model. The M20 and M50 engines are nigh indestructible with very few if any major things to worry about.

M20 is belt driven and M50 has shit stock waterpump and coolant hoses. Those two aside, there's nothing.

18in, 19in, or 20in wheels on an E60? Thinking about some VMR V710s

Should I get an E36 or an E46 as my 2nd car/1st manual?

Deciding factors are reliability/post of parts, though I'd do all the work myself.

If that is original paint it is substantially underpriced. That would be a 25000 Euro car in Germany.

Moved some cars around yesterday, took a couple pictures. My two factory m-sports.

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Thanks for the reply, and yeah manual. just went and got some more pics and while the outside is good, seems like there might be some rust. I guess that's expected for a 20 year old car though. I don't really plan on it being a long term thing, looks nice, cheap and wanted to try and fix it up myself a bit.

19 is the absolute limit if you're not a nigger

Can I join the club?

Not anymore

Got any more pictures? Those are among my favorite bimmers

the M badge is not factory though is it

>work at 2pm
>it's currently 10am
>can't stand watching my car get rained on
>go out in the rain to clean the leaves off
>notice a flat tire down to the rims
>get everything sorted out
>1:30pm
>race to work
>clock in at 1:59:47pm
Sometimes being car obsessive pays off

Turns out the nail came from my neighbor's roofers. Is there any way I can prove it was them and have them pay for it? I just walked out in front and noticed more nails on the ground

I think the e30's came with the M badge from factory if they were factory mtechnic equipped. The 535's I am unsure if the dealer (Japan Corp) put them on or if it was an option on mtechnic equipped e34's.

Last 7 (Vin) on the 535: BF47212

Last 7 (Vin) on the 325i: ae67413

bmwvin.com/

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e34's are tanks. Indestructible.

Hey guys I'm the collage user, I'm out of town until Wednesday, so I won't be able to update it.
I'll be saving all the images and adding them when I get home.
This is correct, but there were no M-Technic sold in America afaik.

We started getting these in Canada from Japan under the 15 year exemption ten years ago. Both of mine are Japan imports.

>aftermarket radiator and shroud on a stock E36 M3
What a fucking waste of money, guys with turbo cars are fine with the stock one.

His car is very much not stock, idiot.

Eurofag here, thinking of swapping a 5.0 into an e30 shell. What do americans think of 5.0 stang engines? and how easy do they make power?
Also looking at other alternatives but I think LS1s are really expensive in europe.

>any E36
>"fine" with any stock cooling system component

"stock"

this

This goes for E46 too.

They are popular because they are cheap and everywhere, I don't think thats the case in Europe tho idk

what trim E90?

Yeah true, I'll have to ask some junkyards or some shit around me if they have any. I know theres a few on ebay.

Yeah the M badge isn't factory doesn't matter if it's m sport or whatever but back then they didn't put the m badge on any car but the M cars unlike what they do today, you might even get some hate from the hardcore bmw guys

the m badge is factory though. definitely was an option