E36 Widebody Build

[KürBFèéleR]

I cant wait to see the finished result.goodluck

[CaptainSlow]

after all of the fiberglassing, bondo, and all of that shit, wont this car weight more and be less safe than what it originally was....?

Why would it be less safe?

[blowntwofive]

in all honesty i feel your getting too the point where you are just all over the place personally id put the factory nose with an m3 bumper and make it clean and if you dont like the e36 lines then buy something else

[Paltsu]

From this pic you can see, how this mashup fucks up all the lines. There are reasons why people design these cars in production, there's not a single line or thing that works in that front end. No flow in any directions, the weight doesn't settle and bumper really looks like it's just a straight line in 10 degree angle downwards. You need shape and lines that follow it.

[JC.]

me on the other hand...

[bmw4sho]

u got big balls

i been around this game a long time , stereos in the late 80s n 90s lowrider super shows wit my candy 5.0, import boom thru the 2000s wit my bmw, IT takes balls of steel to do what you are doing wit probally zero exp. I am willing to bet 98% of the people would write a check to the bodyshop and say c ya in a month, I applaud you, People like you wit your attitude helped make import and euro scene what it was , keep it up , and i wish you well,

[K.rischan]

^This.


I'm not a friend of e36's with an e46's front end/hood/light swap. But i'll stay tuned and check how it'll look like once done.
I wish you good luck and hopefully everything will be like you expected it to be.

[X5X]

^
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This

[MikeG]

Keep going!!

[Angelic0-]

in all honesty i feel your getting too the point where you are just all over the place personally id put the factory nose with an m3 bumper and make it clean and if you dont like the e36 lines then buy something else

x2

[mo diesil]

after all of the fiberglassing, bondo, and all of that shit, wont this car weight more and be less safe than what it originally was....?

only if he drives it,

[crf1877]

I Hope you Upgrade that engine or your body kit is useless lol!

[Mark Ostrowski]

Okay since this thread got bumped I'll update the small amount of progress i have made, school started again so i have less time to work on the car, but i will be working on it.

some things to get out of the way before i start:

Keep going!!

I know you personally have been following this thing since back in its bimmerforums days, just thought I would let you know I really appreaciate the support

if you dont like the e36 lines then buy something else

cool. I'll make sure to completly disregard that comment.


Okay. Now that that's done here is what little progress i have made:

I got about 1/2 the hood shaped and primed, will have to go over it a couple more times but you can start to visualize what the finished product will look like:







and finally a little something to help look at the proportions and lines on the car:

often times when drawing it helps to hold up your picture to a mirror to check perspective, it gives your eyes a "fresh" look to your drawing because your eyes don't recognize it a first. So using the same technique i will try to show you how my lines are actually turning out:





scroll through that a couple times to get a better grasp on how it will look.

and just quick heads up, the bumper and fender are not finished at all, there are still gaps and shapes to correct.


Finally, I would just like to give input on my rational on this front end conversion:

(note: Try to keep in mind that this is not your car, it is my car, and i have decided to convert the headlights on my car. That being said, you don't have to like it. I did it because I liked it, not because you liked it...keep in mind when commenting..esp you E36 guys )

-I **** the E36 front end, there is a reason it never went down as an "iconic" bmw like the E30 and E46

-If you don't think E46 and E36 stying work together, look at your nearest Mcoupe roadster

-last point: I AM NOT TRYING TO CONVERT MY FRONT END INTO AN E46! I am simply trying to re-design my car to make it more modern, I want people who don't know a lot about cars to not be able to guess the decade in which my car was built..this was the whole point for this entire build.

so let me just restate that: I'm not trying to make E36 LOOK LIKE E46, i would have just gone and bought an E46, I am trying to use lines and stying cues that made the E46 such an appealing car, and integrating them into my car in such a way that IT ENHANCES THE APPEARANCE, aaaand i end up with a really unique one of a kind car that is exactly what i wanted.


Sorry about the caps, i just tried to highlight main points since reading is apparently a lost art..

[Rally]

Gives it a sinister look...very fitting for an extreme widebody.

[Kielan]

Front reminds me of a Z3M front now. Not sure if want, but I want to see more progress.