Suprise! M3 Conversion Managed to get into PERFORMANCE BMW UK Magazine!

gemini330zhp · 08-07-2011, 10:43 PM

Great Job!!! SICK CAR!!!!

FstopBMW · 08-07-2011, 10:44 PM

looks amazing!!

Pauldramos · 08-07-2011, 11:05 PM

Nice work!!! Congrats.

PKumarM3 · 08-07-2011, 11:09 PM

wait, that is a 335 w/m3 side grilles? come on

pcockley · 08-07-2011, 11:34 PM

i've looked a couple of times and i can't seem to get anywhere near the hp (KW in the real world chaps) rating am i missing something.

Anyway thumbs up for the effort but I too would lose the m3 badges, especially here in Oz!!!

Onurleft · 08-07-2011, 11:50 PM

I think I have a new favorite 335. I love 99.5% the only two things being it seems like you could fit some more meat on the rear rim and the actual M3 badge on it

wisesoul · 08-08-2011, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Onurleft

I think I have a new favorite 335. I love 99.5% the only two things being it seems like you could fit some more meat on the rear rim and the actual M3 badge on it

WTF? It's not an M3, no need for an M3 badge, that screams poser. Debadge is perfect.

Nice body work! Rear fenders are spot on! You should make a template of those fenders and sell them. They are well done!

ngng · 08-08-2011, 12:40 AM

Car looks good, I mean obviously...it looks like an M3. Coming from somebody who converted his S4 to the RS4 widebody, good job! Get rid of the M3 side markers though...cover it up, black it out, who cares. Don't be THAT guy.

MikeyV · 08-08-2011, 12:48 AM

Awesome job, it reminds me of the M3 conversion built from a 320D someone posted here a while back, unlike his, yours has a decent engine which won't let down the looks.

m3ftmfw · 08-08-2011, 12:58 AM

car looks great.. i dont know about posing it as an M3.
my last car was the 335i and now i have an e92 M3. I love my m3 more so than the 335i.

Johndong888 · 08-08-2011, 12:59 AM

wow. normally I am against placing the M3 badges but for your car, I could care less. It looks absolutely STUNNING!! Love it.

Represent the Azns ：）

M5007 · 08-08-2011, 01:22 AM

Nice pics.

Youngen · 08-08-2011, 03:01 AM

A very beautiful car. Love the attention to detail. Props for the hard work, you've created a masterpiece. The first turbo M3!

Fedorov · 08-08-2011, 03:11 AM

Very good job and fantastic color! Nice photos also!

andrew@southernBM · 08-08-2011, 05:07 AM

Thanks Mate

gizmo335i · 08-08-2011, 05:25 AM

My God.....amazing

johnca · 08-08-2011, 06:57 AM

Awesome car awesome pics

G.I.Joe · 08-08-2011, 07:13 AM

Man, you really pulled that off. Greatest looking e92 ever IMO, and I've seen a lot of really nice looking ones too. Congrats on making it to the magazine, you've definetely earned it

335i-boy · 08-08-2011, 08:01 AM

Absolutely awesome car mate. Colour combo, body mods, engine, interior, wheels, everything.

There is a mountain load of work that has gone into this car. Not just the major things but the attention to details that would of required some late night beer and pizza runs for sure.

I can respect people's opinions, but its sometimes hard trying to understand them. The guy puts OEM M3 guards on his car and people get upset because in the absence of anything else, he put on the only badge that he could find there. Please..!! I guess it would of looked much, much better leaving just a hole. Real nice. You need to get up pretty close to those side repeaters to even realise what was written on there.

With a used M3 in Australia costing $125K USD, I certainly think the money spent is well worth it. I wonder what would get the most attention on the street? No, no don't tell me I think I might know

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Anyway thanks to Standard & Poors you might be able to pick up a brand new M3 in the states, for a 1/3 of the price of a used one in Oz. I guess that might devalue an M3 just a little more than a side badge on a non-M car.

Anyhoo, congratulations on a great build. Has to be one of the nicest, if not the nicest E92 getting around.

One of the memorable one's anyway.

SG335Xi · 08-08-2011, 08:10 AM

For the most part; a really great job! Love the color; will definitely make you look twice if you think it's just a space gray M3. =)

That being said; there are a couple of minor flaws from what I can see that separate this converesion from perfection.

The hood / bumper doesn't line up right (as already mentioned, and specifically highlighted in the pic next to the "real" M3). It looks good in the magazine photos though so it must just be the way you put it back on (as you mentioned).

The passenger side skirt doesn't meet the rear quarter quite right, nor does the rear bumper meet up correctly... did they get something a little wrong with the passenger rear quarter conversion?

Overall though; most people would never see that; and the car looks amazing, love what you did with it.

theArgiope · 08-08-2011, 08:59 AM

Holy smokes, $170k for an M3 down on the big party boat.

Beautiful mods.

Wolf · 08-08-2011, 09:24 AM

Ferrari Grey! nice choice man!

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gemini330zhp Major 34 Rep 1,180 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 E90 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: BergenCo NewJersey iTrader: (0)	Great Job!!! SICK CAR!!!! __________________ 2008 Jet Black E90 M3 6SPD no sunroof and 18s to my specs
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08-07-2011, 10:44 PM	#112
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08-07-2011, 11:05 PM	#113
Pauldramos 27 Rep 420 Posts Drives: Dinan '11 M3 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Solvang, CA iTrader: (1)	Nice work!!! Congrats.
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08-07-2011, 11:09 PM	#114
PKumarM3 Air India 145 Rep 1,834 Posts Drives: 2018 Dodge Durango Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NJ iTrader: (8)	wait, that is a 335 w/m3 side grilles? come on __________________ PKumarM3
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08-07-2011, 11:34 PM	#115
pcockley Banned 43 Rep 1,719 Posts Drives: 335 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: sydney iTrader: (1)	i've looked a couple of times and i can't seem to get anywhere near the hp (KW in the real world chaps) rating am i missing something. Anyway thumbs up for the effort but I too would lose the m3 badges, especially here in Oz!!!
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08-07-2011, 11:50 PM	#116
Onurleft Captain 50 Rep 873 Posts Drives: RPM Join Date: May 2010 Location: Baton Rouge and Atlanta iTrader: (0)	I think I have a new favorite 335. I love 99.5% the only two things being it seems like you could fit some more meat on the rear rim and the actual M3 badge on it __________________ Youtube Shenanigans
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08-08-2011, 12:40 AM	#118
ngng Private 0 Rep 68 Posts Drives: Widebody S4, 335i Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Cupertino, CA iTrader: (0)	Car looks good, I mean obviously...it looks like an M3. Coming from somebody who converted his S4 to the RS4 widebody, good job! Get rid of the M3 side markers though...cover it up, black it out, who cares. Don't be THAT guy. __________________ ACNA, BMWCCA, NASA, SCCA
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08-08-2011, 12:48 AM	#119
MikeyV Captain 74 Rep 805 Posts Drives: Audi A6 Avant & A1 Sportback Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Norway iTrader: (0)	Awesome job, it reminds me of the M3 conversion built from a 320D someone posted here a while back, unlike his, yours has a decent engine which won't let down the looks.
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08-08-2011, 12:58 AM	#120
m3ftmfw New Member 2 Rep 22 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Indiana iTrader: (0)	car looks great.. i dont know about posing it as an M3. my last car was the 335i and now i have an e92 M3. I love my m3 more so than the 335i.
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08-08-2011, 12:59 AM	#121
Johndong888 John 75 Rep 885 Posts Drives: '12 M3, '18 S560, '16 G63 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ iTrader: (9)	wow. normally I am against placing the M3 badges but for your car, I could care less. It looks absolutely STUNNING!! Love it. Represent the Azns ：） __________________ Current - 2012 AW/FR E92 M3 \| 2014 AW X5 \| 2015 MB S550 \| 2016 RR V8 (White FTW) Mods - BPMTune Stg1/Servo, Euro Visors & Side Mirror, IND Gloss Blk Pkg, OEM Perf. CF Trim/Spoiler, Grills, Lights, Pedals, Umnitza V4 AE, ModeCarbon GTS V1, 19" HRE P40 Sold - 2008 BSM/Black E92 335i
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08-08-2011, 01:22 AM	#122
M5007 Major 71 Rep 1,410 Posts Drives: 2014 M5 Competition Package Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Orange County, CA iTrader: (0)	Nice pics. __________________
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08-08-2011, 03:01 AM	#123
Youngen Private First Class 15 Rep 119 Posts Drives: 118d Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Europe iTrader: (0)	A very beautiful car. Love the attention to detail. Props for the hard work, you've created a masterpiece. The first turbo M3!
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08-08-2011, 03:11 AM	#124
Fedorov Lieutenant 162 Rep 460 Posts Drives: BMW 330i G20 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden iTrader: (0) Garage List 2020 BMW 330i G20 [0.00]	Very good job and fantastic color! Nice photos also!
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08-08-2011, 05:07 AM	#125
andrew@southernBM 169 Rep 1,537 Posts Drives: M2 G87, M4 G82 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia. iTrader: (0)	Thanks Mate
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08-08-2011, 05:25 AM	#126
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08-08-2011, 06:57 AM	#127
johnca Second Lieutenant 12 Rep 289 Posts Drives: E46 Slow CSL Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0)	Awesome car awesome pics __________________
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08-08-2011, 07:13 AM	#128
G.I.Joe Major 30 Rep 1,041 Posts Drives: E92 335i 2008 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark iTrader: (0)	Man, you really pulled that off. Greatest looking e92 ever IMO, and I've seen a lot of really nice looking ones too. Congrats on making it to the magazine, you've definetely earned it __________________ E92 335i 2008 Space Grey 6MT \| Pure Stage 2 turbos \| Motiv PI \| Trueform Tech Intake \| Quaife LSD \| M3 Suspension kit \| Öhlins Road & Track Coilover \| DEFIVfab N54 diff lockdown kit \| COBB PTF E85 Map \| Fuel-It Stage 3 LPFP \| NGK 5992 plugs \| Wagner FMIC \| Wagner 3" DP \| Milltek exhaust \| Tial BOV \| SPEC Stage 3+ clutch \| SPEC Steel SM Flywheel \|
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08-08-2011, 08:01 AM	#129
335i-boy Lieutenant 15 Rep 457 Posts Drives: E92 335i M-Sport Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Absolutely awesome car mate. Colour combo, body mods, engine, interior, wheels, everything. There is a mountain load of work that has gone into this car. Not just the major things but the attention to details that would of required some late night beer and pizza runs for sure. I can respect people's opinions, but its sometimes hard trying to understand them. The guy puts OEM M3 guards on his car and people get upset because in the absence of anything else, he put on the only badge that he could find there. Please..!! I guess it would of looked much, much better leaving just a hole. Real nice. You need to get up pretty close to those side repeaters to even realise what was written on there. With a used M3 in Australia costing $125K USD, I certainly think the money spent is well worth it. I wonder what would get the most attention on the street? No, no don't tell me I think I might know . Anyway thanks to Standard & Poors you might be able to pick up a brand new M3 in the states, for a 1/3 of the price of a used one in Oz. I guess that might devalue an M3 just a little more than a side badge on a non-M car. Anyhoo, congratulations on a great build. Has to be one of the nicest, if not the nicest E92 getting around. One of the memorable one's anyway. __________________ 2008 E92 335i M-Sport \| Sapphire Black \| Sunroof \| Creme Beige \| Poplar Grey \| Logic 7 \| 6AT \| 19" AG M359's \| Michelin PS4S \| LUX V3 \| MHD V5 E40 \| Steve AZ Walbro inline \| Vishnu DCI \| BMS CP \| AR Design Catless DP's \| Forge DV's \| Helix IC \| (Stock Cat. back) \|
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08-08-2011, 08:10 AM	#130
SG335Xi Private 5 Rep 79 Posts Drives: 2008 SG 335Xi Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Minnesota iTrader: (2)	For the most part; a really great job! Love the color; will definitely make you look twice if you think it's just a space gray M3. =) That being said; there are a couple of minor flaws from what I can see that separate this converesion from perfection. The hood / bumper doesn't line up right (as already mentioned, and specifically highlighted in the pic next to the "real" M3). It looks good in the magazine photos though so it must just be the way you put it back on (as you mentioned). The passenger side skirt doesn't meet the rear quarter quite right, nor does the rear bumper meet up correctly... did they get something a little wrong with the passenger rear quarter conversion? Overall though; most people would never see that; and the car looks amazing, love what you did with it.
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08-08-2011, 08:59 AM	#131
theArgiope Private 1 Rep 70 Posts Drives: 2011 e90 M3 Join Date: May 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay Area iTrader: (0)	Holy smokes, $170k for an M3 down on the big party boat. Beautiful mods.
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