So he thinks he can fool me..

[adept]

Saw this fake e30 m3 yesterday while cruising around San Francisco. This was near Haight street. Huge "///M POWER" banner, fake spoiler on top of a normal trunk, carbon fiber hood, m3 fenders... nice bbs rims at least...

[aschmidt]

Neat..

[Jand3rson]

That picture makes my neck hurt.

[asubimmer]

that thing was posted up about a month ago, when someone was askin about just m3 fenders on the front.

[McCoolidge]

God thats ugly. Who originaly thought that CF was good looking without having ANYTHING else on the car CF?

[adept]

Sorry guys I fixed the picture now.

[Lair]

The fastest way to spot a fake is by looking at the windshield.

[Mike325]

The fastest way to spot a fake is by looking at the windshield.

What are the differences with the non ///m and the ///m cars? I know noob question

[Van Westervelt]

Its pretty easy to tell that car isnt an m3. front valance, bumpers, lugs, windshield, rear clip is totally off, and I am sure it has newer tails.

[fretburnr]

What are the differences with the non ///m and the ///m cars? I know noob question

just to name a few:

wide box-flared fenders
different, taller trunk panel with spoiler
different, longer, more-raked C-pillars with corresponding rear windshield
m-specific plastic bumper cover front and rear, skirts to fit the wide fenders
5-lug setup with different front swaybar attachment points
sport seats with horizontal stitching, different 2-person-specific rear seat
s14 engine (not that you could see it from the outside)

check out these examples:

Its pretty easy to tell that car isnt an m3. front valance, bumpers, lugs, windshield, rear clip is totally off, and I am sure it has newer tails.

actually the ///m has the small/older tails

[Lair]

The regular E30 uses a rubber gasket to hold the windshield in place. The gasket is a separate assembly, and needs no adehsive to retain the glass. The glass itself has no frit band applied to it at the factory. A frit band is the black stripe that you see 'painted' on the outer circumference of the glass. It's a baked-on ceramic coating that allows urethane adhesive to bond to the glass.

The E30 M3 uses a urethane adhesive to actually bond the glass directly to the body of the car. The outer edge of the windshield has a frit band, which is easy to spot. The M3 also has a narrow rubber strip that fills the outer gap between the glass and the body, instead of the wide rubber gasket with locking strip that the regular E30 uses.



All the E36 cars use identical windshields. All are bonded to the car, and any E36 coupe windshield will fit any other E36 coupe. Same with the sedan and the ti.

[Mike325]

The regular E30 uses a rubber gasket to hold the windshield in place. The gasket is a separate assembly, and needs no adehsive to retain the glass. The glass itself has no frit band applied to it at the factory. A frit band is the black stripe that you see 'painted' on the outer circumference of the glass. It's a baked-on ceramic coating that allows urethane adhesive to bond to the glass.

The E30 M3 uses a urethane adhesive to actually bond the glass directly to the body of the car. The outer edge of the windshield has a frit band, which is easy to spot. The M3 also has a narrow rubber strip that fills the outer gap between the glass and the body, instead of the wide rubber gasket with locking strip that the regular E30 uses.



All the E36 cars use identical windshields. All are bonded to the car, and any E36 coupe windshield will fit any other E36 coupe. Same with the sedan and the ti.

Yes, that is what I ment (the windshield) I know what an e30 ///m looks like duh;)

[fretburnr]

woops - you said n00b question, thought i'd go to the start ;)

[AdironRider]

Goooooo, to bad not many people can recognize an old BMW m3 and might actually believe that.

[shiftbmw]

Can you really fault the guy for tryin' though?