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#1. Re: [E36M3] 95 with 7795 miles on ebay - from Rex Tener
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:10:37 -0700 From: Rex Tener <rex_tener@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 with 7795 miles on ebay At 09:33 PM 7/30/2007, Skip Bogard wrote: >I've also been watching his Ebay auctions. He buys/sells BMW wheels. >July 05, Sept 06. Why? He is selling his own or other people's fairly rare cars like the following: 1995 968 Coupe. 3,100 miles (not a misprint). Speed Yellow/ Black. 6- Speed, Sunroof Delete, M030, LSD, Sport Seats. Flawless "as new" stock condition. $39,500. (858) 775-3932 Rex
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#2. Re: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay - from Jason Lombard
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:12:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Lombard <jrlombard@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay Rex, Just did it on my '96. Kind of a pain. There is double stick tape, but there are sheet metal screws as well (four IIRC). Gotta fill the holes, AND then you need to source a high-rear center brake light for the back window if you want to stay 'technically' legal. On the plus side, I sold the wing and paid for most of the project. Jason Lombard '96 Dakar II/Black From: Rex Tener <rex_tener@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay At 07:33 PM 7/30/2007, Kirk wrote: >This one is in the Denver area. Only one place to have it checked out: >BimmerHaus (Bob Tunnell's shop). http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230156038911 I am somewhat tempted on this car ... However, I am not a big fan wings, especially non-factory installed wings. Anyone ever pulled a non-factory installed wing off a car and had the trunk holes filled? Am I dreaming that this wing is held on with double sided tape. :-) Rex
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Value of Low Mileage E36 M3s - from Jay G
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:57:30 -1000 From: Jay G <jguzman@hawaii.edu> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Value of Low Mileage E36 M3s sold my 97 with 65k on it 2 weeks ago for 15k...one of the saddest days for me... minor mods on it, and major maintenance (brakes/cooling/fluids/filters/plugs) done a year ago...extra set of rims and all the BMW stuff i've collected over the years, including a hard copy of the mag that did the "best handling car" article...also had misc bmw parts i've never installed with it... i told the new owner about this list...i dunno if he registered or not...
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#4. Re: [E36M3] 95 with 7795 miles on ebay - from driver8 ///M3
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:49:04 -0700 (PDT) From: driver8 ///M3 <driver8m3@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 with 7795 miles on ebay he mentions that he has the ///M mats and they are still new in box. that seems pretty odd... also, did the 95s come with painted grills? my 99 had a black grill. i mention that only b/c of the "100% bone stock...no paintwork" statement. even with the picky little things, and a drug-induced asking price...that car looks better than my 99 did after 6 months. -------------------- 9 -------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:24:33 -0400 From: Skip Bogard <skip.bogard@alumni.duke.edu> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 with 7795 miles on ebay And, finally why does this "pristine" car have BMW (non-M-stripe) mats? This calibre car should have come with ///M3 mats (or the owner had twelve years to pick up a set! What's up with that?) And with 6400 miles, those ///M3 mats should have looked near new.
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#5. Re: Pork Chop Blues - from Neil Maller
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:47:47 -0400 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: Pork Chop Blues on 7/30/07 6:13 PM, "Jason Thrasher" <thrasher.jason@gmail.com> wrote: > How is it "barely usable"? Because the MaxV Evo II's 2" drop combined with the 3.25" lip extension combine to use up much of the available ground clearance, even by the standards of a track car. It would, I imagine, work fine with a stock M3 ride height, but of course that's not its market. A friend who has the Evo II on his race car has difficulty getting the car on and off his trailer safely. I see broken ones in the paddock, perhaps from unplanned agricultural use. My view is that the lowered Evo II splitter plus a lowered track car equals a bit too much lowering in total. Neil Fort Wayne, IN 96 M3 - Bastard child 03 525iT - Sterling Grey Metallic 05 Mini - Cooper S with LSD
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#6. RE: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay - from Vikas.Sinha@zf.com
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:01:57 -0400 From: <Vikas.Sinha@zf.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay Apologies if you already know this, but many folks who don't want wings just trade trunk lids with someone who does. I've not done it but the number of times I see it listed on various forums leads me to believe that it's not that hard. You still have to wrangle a third brake light, but at least you don't have to fill holes and you might well end up net-positive, $$$-wise. Vik 97 M3/4 > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:30:00 -0700 > From: Rex Tener <rex_tener@yahoo.com> > > I am somewhat tempted on this car ... However, I am not > a big fan wings, especially non-factory installed wings. > Anyone ever pulled a non-factory installed wing off a car > and had the trunk holes filled? Am I dreaming that this > wing is held on with double sided tape. :-)
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#7. Re: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay - from Mark D
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:08:49 -0400 From: Mark D <mdlkml@atari-source.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay Vikas.Sinha@zf.com wrote: > Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:01:57 -0400 > From: <Vikas.Sinha@zf.com> > Subject: RE: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay > > Apologies if you already know this, but many folks who don't want wings > just trade trunk lids with someone who does. I've not done it but the > number of times I see it listed on various forums leads me to believe > that it's not that hard. You still have to wrangle a third brake light, > but at least you don't have to fill holes and you might well end up > net-positive, $$$-wise. > > > Vik > 97 M3/4 > > I have a wingless Arctic Silver that I'd love to trade for one with a wing. In case anyone thinks this is a good idea. I've always thought the wing completes the look of the car. Thanks, Mark
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#8. Rear Wing Removal - from Matt Bader
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:14:44 -0400 From: "Matt Bader" <mbader@exammaster.com> Subject: Rear Wing Removal So, Jason, if I understand correctly, you are running without the wing now. What was your reason for removing it? Weight savings or purely aesthetics? Does the wing do anything for aerodynamics or is it purely an appearance feature? Tia, Matt Bader 98 M3/4 -----Original Message----- From: Jason Lombard [mailto:jrlombard@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:14 AM To: E36M3 Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:12:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Lombard <jrlombard@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay Rex, Just did it on my '96. Kind of a pain. There is double stick tape, but there are sheet metal screws as well (four IIRC). Gotta fill the holes, AND then you need to source a high-rear center brake light for the back window if you want to stay 'technically' legal. On the plus side, I sold the wing and paid for most of the project. Jason Lombard '96 Dakar II/Black From: Rex Tener <rex_tener@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 with low miles on ebay At 07:33 PM 7/30/2007, Kirk wrote: >This one is in the Denver area. Only one place to have it checked out: >BimmerHaus (Bob Tunnell's shop). http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230156038911 I am somewhat tempted on this car ... However, I am not a big fan wings, especially non-factory installed wings. Anyone ever pulled a non-factory installed wing off a car and had the trunk holes filled? Am I dreaming that this wing is held on with double sided tape. :-) Rex
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Rear Wing Removal - from Carlos Lopez
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:05:12 -0400 From: "Carlos Lopez" <clopez98m3@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Wing Removal On 7/31/07, Matt Bader <mbader@exammaster.com> wrote: > So, Jason, if I understand correctly, you are running without the wing now. > What was your reason for removing it? Weight savings or purely aesthetics? > Does the wing do anything for aerodynamics or is it purely an appearance > feature? I like the look of the stock wing but I'm sure it's purpose is mostly cosmetic. It probably provides a little bit of aero but nothing significant in my opinion. I'm switching mine to a LTW style with risers which still doesn't provide that much but enough for a track day type car. I like the wings on M3s (stock or PTG ones), mostly why I like the LTW so much. The cars look naked to me otherwise. Now aftermarket wings... barf. :-) Carlos 98 M3 winged, and soon horsey splittered
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#10. Aftermarket wings on M3s - from Jason Knight
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:46:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Knight <knight2244@yahoo.com> Subject: Aftermarket wings on M3s Hey now, there are some good looking aftermarket wings out there. Let's see.... A little on the small side, but well proportioned with the front aero. Probably also mandated by SCCA: http://www.z28racergirl.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3862 This one is quite nice, and also balances front aero, which would be more visible if the photographer had taken a better pic: http://www.z28racergirl.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=4174 I don't have a better angled shot of this one. It's probably closer to what you label barf, and doesn't have the sculptured shape of the more modern wings on the market (think of the barfy wing on the Corvette C6R). This is the more basic shape, what some call the Liebeck type wing (and similar to the wing my wife has on her car, the real reason I give a hoot about wings): http://www.z28racergirl.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=4171 Then of course there's the ltw wing with risers: http://www.z28racergirl.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3871 And without risers (previous owner of my car pictured here) (and with the baby e30 m3 wing as a bonus): http://www.z28racergirl.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=4177 Having driven friends' e30 m3s, evos, and wrxs, I don't care for driving a car with a wing on the street. I always get distracted when I look in the rearview. Enough about wings, I should get some work done. I tried to find a pic of Jim Bassett's wingless chariot (At least I'm pretty sure it was wingless last time I saw it a couple years back), but couldn't find one on short notice. Jason P.S. Just giving you a hard time about the barf thing. ;-) ----- Original Message ---- From: Carlos Lopez <clopez98m3@gmail.com> To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:13:58 AM Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Wing Removal Now aftermarket wings... barf. :-) Carlos 98 M3 winged, and soon horsey splittered