Round 3....another M3 build

[hinrichs]

Nope never owned a volvo

[Buick40]

It's awesome to see how far this build has come along!

And were you on Volvospeed? I think I remember that sig, haha. You had a sweet, slammed silver s70? Sometimes I miss my Volvo.

[xxcody2130xx]

Those flares look really good man, they go well with the huge wing and the rest of the track parts

[hinrichs]

Finished my passenger fender install friday night, but still have a lot to trim on that one I think. I should have my replacement springs this friday, hopefully sooner and then I can loose the front spacers or drop to a 5mm from the 12.5mm. I currently hit the bumper while turning so I need to figure out where to cut that.

I rolled the car outside however over the weekend to see what it looks like all together. Rear 1/4s are in, and I am currently fighting with condor and ups since they lost my rear window.

DRIVER FRONT by minthinrich, on Flickr
DRIVER SIDE by minthinrich, on Flickr
SIDE-REAR by minthinrich, on Flickr
DRIVER CORNER by minthinrich, on Flickr
BOOTY SHOT by minthinrich, on Flickr
REAR MEAT by minthinrich, on Flickr

[hinrichs]

Knocked out the passenger rear last night after turning the car around.

Laid down a lot of tape and marked where the fender will sit and so I can mark a cut line.

passenger rear 1 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Then cut away. This side wasnt as bad after cutting the driver side first. There is more metal like everyone says on the passenger side however. Peel that away and then I trimmed the inner panel shorter so I could hammer it up and flush with the outer skin.

passenger rear 2 by minthinrich, on Flickr
passenger rear 3 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Trimmed and ready for welding. Luckily the undercoating didnt burn as much on this side vs the driver side. Still took my time going back and forth. Doesnt look the best but you dont see it.

passenger rear 4 by minthinrich, on Flickr
passenger rear 5 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Hit it with seam sealer, and then undercoating which I will spray a few more times once I get a chance. Still need to do the driver side as well with the seam sealer and coating.

passenger rear 6 by minthinrich, on Flickr
passenger rear 8 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Riveted the fender on after trimming for the side trim, and its on for good. I noticed a lot of people use 2x as many rivets on theirs, but this amount held up on my friends car so I dont see needing more. Passenger front flare shows up tomorrow which shouldn't take long. Its already cut out so all I need to do is trim the flare and drill the holes into the fender. If we dont get the snow they are talking about, I will get some pics of it outside and complete, or I will load it up on the trailer and take it to work for a mini photo shoot.

passenger rear 7 by minthinrich, on Flickr

[Quillhill36]

Whatever you do, you will still have the most track ready car currently on s/w lol. go all out with gold chrome lmao.

[hinrichs]

I can do multiple parts and cut it that way which really wouldn't be that hard. I also have friends for full wraps and such and could make anything much easier than me, but I dont really want to spend that kind of money on this car. Most of the stickers other than my door/number/name are coming off currently since a few parts have changed. Not sure if I will do the fender roll call again or not.

Not sure if my family business will make it back on either.

[Quillhill36]

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https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fst.automobilemag.com%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F11%2F2018%2F07%2F1992-BMW-E36-M3-GTS3-front-three-quarter-1.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.automobilemag.com%2Fnews%2F14-cool-bmw-race-cars-from-lemay-americas-car-museum%2F&docid=NvZHJCVRJHhx-M&tbnid=vPEniA_2RHTR-M%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjP_pP54tHeAhXro4MKHbhEDvoQMwjCAShDMEM..i&w=3112&h=2044&bih=626&biw=1366&q=e36%20race%20cars&ved=0ahUKEwjP_pP54tHeAhXro4MKHbhEDvoQMwjCAShDMEM&iact=mrc&uact=8

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my favorite (obviously not a 36 but simple concept, with good color contrast)

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj2goOm5tHeAhVEzoMKHQibCscQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fndondhot.blogspot.com%2F2015%2F09%2Fbmw-race-cars.html&psig=AOvVaw3p28XY8Vqvn9uemW_YiCJN&ust=1542212378811177

Soooooo many cool liveries though. Could even remake the hotwheels/toyo livery. Otherwise, make a giant sturgeon on the side and name the car dogfish. or sandshark. lol

the 24" thing really limits it, dang.

[hinrichs]

Recreate a super cool old racecar wrap.

I keep thinking about that, but not many of the real cool bmws that raced were coupes. The sedans however there was so many good ones. Hard part is I can only really do designs 24" wide at home.

[Quillhill36]

Recreate a super cool old racecar wrap.

[hinrichs]

I am going to think of something to do on the car over the winter, just not sure what pattern or design I want to go with. Need to order new vinyl anyway.

[Quillhill36]

Not trying to thread jack Hinrichs but here ya go

I hope he takes this as inspiration to cut some new vinyl for his own. be cool to see what he'd come up with.

Also cody, message me, I wanna talk about that wrap.

[xxcody2130xx]

Not trying to thread jack Hinrichs but here ya go

[Quillhill36]

My rondel is covered by a pentagram and a flying pug lol

Show us lmao

[xxcody2130xx]

+1, but didn't you know it was ruined as soon as they put a roundel on it? lmao. Your car is making me **** coupes even less. flares look awesome. anyone ever mold those in? They follow the oem lines pretty damn well.

My rondel is covered by a pentagram and a flying pug lol