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  • Vortec97
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    Originally posted by Zwingfilms View Post
    haha, I think that a lot of users on S|W think that lowering your car and getting nice wheels is all it takes to build a car and earn their street cred which is enough to slander other builds. I'm speaking with experience from my motor swap on my Legacy - People need to realize that engine performance and handling and devoting a lot of time, labor, sweat, and research into building a motor is what's important…Buying coil overs/bags/wheels is the easy way out to making your car "cool enough" to hang with everybody else and gives you the right to talk smack…I HIGHLY disagree. Basically you're proving to the world that you have enough money to make your car look cool. - Build your motor first, and then if you'd like to stance it for a nice taste - GO FOR IT. until then, hold your tongue.

    I think Damien Grant from Alaska is a great example to us all. TAKE NOTE

    This is the #arcticbeast built from Damien himself. You may think this is your typical stanced Subie until you realize, the motor is fully built running 35 pounds of boost and comes to a wapping 600whp. It also is stanced with a lot of camber, nice wheels and comes with very tasteful mods.



    Damien stayed with me for the weekend on his way down to California to go to UTI to pursue his passion as an automotive technician.

    Damien is one of the few people I know who I would feel comfortable with him talking smack on S|W however, he's one of the most humble dudes I know.

    I find that true car enthusiasts that have put their time in and built masterpieces like this one pictured above have a much better attitude even about stupid front end conversions or crazy motor swaps.

    I think that social media has become a virtual popularity contest - there's a lot of followers instead of leaders. and it's easy to be rude and critique things behind a keyboard.

    I have a feeling that if any of you met me in real life and I told you about what I did, you'd realize I just have a sense of humor - This response highly is meant for R3VLimited users because the BMW owners on that forum are some of the worst online cyber dicks I know.

    Please read and consider what I say to you whom this applies too.

    I don't think I'm better than anyone, I just want you guys to humble yourselves and treat other humans the way you'd want to be treated. Stanceworks blocked the word ** for a reason. They wanted this to be a community of people helping each other out and encouraging each other - If someone is doing something stupid and they're ignorant, oh well - maybe offer some constructive advice without being rude about it.

    -Zach
    Aha i remember seeing that car around campus, looked sick,

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  • DaguerrotypeI
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    That was fun to see! Killed it on originality!

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  • Zwingfilms
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    Check out what I've been doin lately with my new M3!
    Link Below
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  • R2dmax
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    COOLEST BUILD EVAR!


    .so far

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  • t3rriblet
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    Finally!

    Lets get to work on this legacy now

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  • Zwingfilms
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    So the day I put this car up for sale, it started misfiring.
    I had 3 good offers on the car but had to turn them all down
    due to the car not running right! My garage is occupied by
    my Legacy Shell right now and since it's winter, it's just too
    cold to work on my car outside of a garage. Yesterday I got
    the car towed to a warm garage and found that my distributor
    cap was arcing. Pretty simple fix, drove it home and sold it.




    On my last day of ownership I decided to take her to the
    peak of Capitol Forest in Olympia, WA. I'm really gonna
    miss my GLE30 which I so proudly owned but I don't need
    3 cars and I'd like to get this Legacy build rollin. This gave
    me a good chunk of change to save for a wrecked '06-'07
    WRX or STI donor I plan on buying from an auction this month.



    I'm having a lot of fun with this M3 by the way..first month I've
    owned a RWD car and I was confident enough to take on a good
    sized on ramp, I did it about 8 times New Years morning at 3am.
    here's a video link if you wanna check it out!

    [[[[VIDEO LINK]]]]]vvvv
    My form of celebrating New Years! Car: Techno Violet 1997 E36 M3 Power: 240whp 275hp Nothing too crazy but I'm really proud of myself accomplishing a…




    Final words.... Thanks to all the people who stuck around to see this thing through. I hope you enjoyed this car
    as much as I enjoyed owning it! Super goofy idea, but in the end I think the execution was on point, big thanks
    to my friend Gary for making my silly idea a reality. I don't plan on doing any more front end swaps but I had a lot of fun.

    Enjoy your cars guys...respect others, don't take this shit too seriously and just have fun.

    -Zach
    Last edited by Zwingfilms; 01-05-2014, 03:13 AM.

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  • Zwingfilms
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    Yes it is officialy for sale if anybody is interested

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  • Zwingfilms
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    FOR SALE! 1985 Subaru GL $2,500 Anybody interested? 106k miles, new clutch, pads, rotors, full reseal/timingbelt/water pump - 100% functional from the radio to the AC. Interior is flawless, no rips no stains, needs new rack and pinion because there is some play but that's it.

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  • floatingdino
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    Originally posted by Stephen View Post
    Are you sure? Are you sure its not an gc8 thats been converted? Did they give you a carfax?
    definitely looks like a GC8 to me.

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  • Stephen
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    Are you sure? Are you sure its not an gc8 thats been converted? Did they give you a carfax?

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  • dumped_es300
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    You're selling the Bimmaru?

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  • Zwingfilms
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    Originally posted by scweet14 View Post
    jesus, just read the whole thread....speechless. the amount of work and creativity put into this car. bravo good sir!!
    Thanks man! I'm selling it if anybodies interested! haha just bought an M3, and need money for tires and to build the rally car in the garage.

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  • scweet14
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    jesus, just read the whole thread....speechless. the amount of work and creativity put into this car. bravo good sir!!

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  • Zwingfilms
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    Now I'm a real BMW owner! Excited to take this to the track

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  • Zwingfilms
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    Just to let you guys know.... I just bought a real BMW, in fact it's an M3! Check it out

    Post your build threads here! Keep us updated on what you're doing in your garage.

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