Blowing Reed's cover

[JackoliciousLegs]

Reed's looking at buying an E36 M3. From CL:
Year: 1998
Make: BMW
Model: M3
Mileage: 61,529

Dinan Stage 3 Supercharger (Found Here ) $7,000 plus labor
Dinan Stage 3 Software (Found Here ) $500 plus labor
Dinan Stage 3 Suspension (Found Here ) $2023 plus labor
Dinan Front Cross-Brace (Found Here ) $399 plus labor
Dinan Supercharger Pulley Upgrade Kit
17" BBS Wheels (Found Here ) $2,000
AC Schnitzer Footrest and Pedals (Found Here ) $525
AC Schnitzer Shifter (Found Here ) $330
AC Schnitzer Exhaust (Found Here ) $1739.95
Brembo Brake Kit Upgrade (14" Rotors) (Found Here ) $3500
20GB MP3 Player - Omnifi


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$17900...
Ryan, talk some sense into him. Tell him only losers have E36s. BTW, here's a pic of mine:

That's my roommate's Karmann Gaya

[REED]

you bastid - i told you I was going to post on here. Either way, the car is being looked at by the loving hands @ RRT today. No decisions will be made until I hear the good word from them

[ScottyB]

giggity

[CaptainHenreh]

giggity

[WRXtranceformed]

No clutch / drivetrain upgrade with all that power?

Looks really clean and well taken care of though... hope it checks out! 8)

[JackoliciousLegs]

grrr.. where's all the "it's going to ASPLOOOODE" talk?

[CaptainHenreh]

grrr.. where's all the "it's going to ASPLOOOODE" talk?

I dunno. Seems like a pretty good deal to me. 70k miles, supercharged? Sweet.

[E36M3]

Reed,

Assuming everything from RRT checks out.......just buy it.

It drove like a dream and is honestly one of the cleanest E36s I've ever seen.

[Hunter]

Reed,

Assuming everything from RRT checks out.......just buy it.

It drove like a dream and is honestly one of the cleanest E36s I've ever seen.

+1

That looks like one beautiful M3, I'm actually really jealous.

[Mike]

e36m3 + mods? no thanks.

i'm happy i didn't let y'all down. i can guarantee that thing will be a money pit... especially since i don't think reed does his own maintenance.

love,
mikey

[ScottyB]

i'm happy i didn't let y'all down.

hey, i'll be the first to agree...it will probably take the wallet hostage.

but i still like it

[Hunter]

e36m3 + mods? no thanks.

Although, the most failure prone parts of e36's don't really have anything to do with mods. Mostly exploding plastic water pumps, radiator necks, coilpacks, interior body panels bubbling and falling off, electric windows/seats and various other electronic things.

The only common failure item that would be accelerated with mods are the rear shock mounts which will be stressed more with a stiffer suspension. I wouldn't really be worried about the power mods because the engines are fairly bullet proof if they're maintained, and this one appears to be.

Oh and the DINAN stuff was designed to not void the warranties, because of that it's pretty conservative and waaay more expensive than other aftermarket parts.

[Ginger]

... yeah, but whoever owned the car before probably ragged the crap out of it. That's what would worry me.

[WRXtranceformed]

Yeah, but not necessarily. Most people who looked at my STi when it was for sale probably said the same thing, but I babied that thing like crazy. If it was an enthusiast it was likely driven how it should be, but not past the boundaries of seriously stressing drivetrain / engine parts.

[REED]

Well I signed my life over to my credit union today. I must say how impressed I am with the guys over @ RRT. I didn't think it was possible to have such a comprehensive PPI. They really looked into everything that could possibly be wrong with the car. Granted the list they gave back was somewhat long, but the way I look at it - these are (hopefully) the only real problems with the car for the foreseeable future. There were a few more mechanical issues than I was hoping for, but they were nothing really unexpected (RTABS, CABs, guibo).

leakdown #s
2%2%3%1%2%3%

[WRXtranceformed]

What exactly are those problems? Describe the acronyms ha ha

[BLAIR]

sick car.. i would LOVE to own it

[JustinG]

that car is gorgeous, im really diggin the wheels

[REED]

Yeah the wheels do look pretty good. I'm not usually a fan of black wheels, but they do seem to fit this car really well. Maybe in a few months I take them off, I wouldn't be complete opposed to something stock, or at least "look" more stock, maybe just some regular RCs - I don't really need the bling forged-ness.

as far as maintence:

the "guibo" is the front driveshaft bushing and it is a cracked a little

the RTABs are the rear trailing arm bushings

and CABs are just the control arm bushiings

apparently E36 M3s like to eat bushings?

o and the right rear "spring silencer" is cracked - all in all, more work and $$ than I wanted, but I scored a pretty killer deal so I'm not crying just yet

[Feersty]

Nice buy yo. I hope the maintenance doesn't get the best of you!