So he thinks he can fool me..

[TheBlackKnight]

Wow that shit is hot! Btw, you should race him for shits and giggles! :P

[CleanAzzE30z]

Can you really fault the guy for tryin' though?

Absolutely... cuz when a ricer comes up to him and races him and beats him, they think they beat an "///M3". Eh, but fuck it. free country.

Mariano

[optimusp517]

gosh that's hideous :(

[golde30]

there was a really well done replica for sale in Daly City for $4500 that i looked at about a year or 2 ago. it was Sterling silver, and i almost thought it WAS an m3, until i got close and noticed the 17" ACS rims were 4-lug...then i popped the hood and found an m20b27...also, upon test drive, the car ran like ass. the body work was done REALLY well though, too bad they half assed everything else.

[adept]

Yah I didnt get a pic of the back i kinda forgot when I was walking back to my car, then when I was leaving in the car I snapped that one with my cell. Anyways, it definitely had an m3 badge in the rear... .and the rear looked even more fake than the front.

[Ryan Stewart]

Umm, where is the M3 badge that makes this guy a fake?

I see a NFL car with fender flares and a spoiler. It has an Mpower banner, yeah, but I can put an MPower banner on my car (sure as fuck wont) and I wouldnt be a fraud despite the fact that my car isnt an M3.

The hood is fugly though.

[shiftbmw]

Can you really fault the guy for tryin' though?

[AdironRider]

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

[fretburnr]

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

[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;)

[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.

[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

[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.

[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

[Lair]

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