My M's: E36 M3 AC Schnitzer CLS and E46 M3 (Pic Heavy)

My M's: E36 M3 AC Schnitzer CLS and E46 M3 (Pic Heavy)

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shibby!

921 posts

197 months

Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Dont mean to be rude, but I dont get the CLS, I saw it for sale a while ago on the cutters website and wondered why is it so expensive!

So why is it worth so much? as far as I can tell its an m3 evo with a wide arch bodykit.

Like I said, dont mean to offend but why?

DubsterACS

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51 posts

160 months

Tuesday 1st January 2013
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melvster said:
O/T topic slightly but is that an AX GT hiding at the side of the garage ?

Edited by melvster on Tuesday 1st January 11:32
Yeah its an AX, but its just a Forte, the special edition that got the GT bodykit, it was my first car I bought when i was 17 and had the opportunity to buy the same (unfortunately not the exact one) a few years ago. It is a bit neglected I must admit, I plan to work on it this year.

DubsterACS

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51 posts

160 months

Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Leins said:
Was parked up beside your CLS at the NI Show this year. Great car, and looks even better than it does in the pics!
Thanks, you're right, its very hard to capture the lines of the wide arch conversion in photographs, it has real presence.

DubsterACS

Original Poster:

51 posts

160 months

Tuesday 1st January 2013
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shibby! said:
Dont mean to be rude, but I dont get the CLS, I saw it for sale a while ago on the cutters website and wondered why is it so expensive!

So why is it worth so much? as far as I can tell its an m3 evo with a wide arch bodykit.

Like I said, dont mean to offend but why?
No offence taken, a lot of people don't 'get' this car. Arguments have gone on about this car on other forums and I don't want it to start here. One thing I will ask though, how do you put a value on rare cars? For example, E30 M3's are going for serious money at the minute, they are brilliant cars but are they worth what they are being sold at? Maybe, maybe not but people are willing to pay for them.

mat430

176 posts

188 months

Monday 2nd September 2013
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did you sell the car in the end ?

Jayyylo

985 posts

146 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2013
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Matthew, from what I know the e36 CLS has been kept due to it being so rare and the OP has decided the e46 M3 is currently for sale.

DubsterACS

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51 posts

160 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2013
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The above info is correct! Keeping the CLS and doing a bit of work to it over the coming winter months. Have also got the E46 paintwork sorted recently along with genuine CS alloys and Eibach Lowering springs, here's how its sitting now:

















DubsterACS

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51 posts

160 months

Thursday 20th February 2014
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So the E46 went and got a trade in against it....which turned out to be a gem of an E34 M5 3.6!

1991 in Brilliant Red
114k with full service history and folder full of history
Barn stored for past 4 years due to slight technical fault (turned out to be something simple but previous owner lost interest)
Put back on the road in July last year, traded into me in November.





Got it onto the RR at an event in December, was very pleased with the outcome, it ran 311.4bhp!






So far I've done the following work:

Got the radio working!
Fuel lines and brake lines replaced
Rear axle bushes replaced
Propshaft joint replaced
Fluids service - oil, diff and gearbox

Pleased to report it drives like it should, and (now) handles properly.


I honestly wasn't expecting to like this car as much as I do, its fun to drive and built like a tank. Currently SORN'd like the M3 but can't wait to get it back on the road.

Further plans are:

Clear indicators
Paintwork is tired but will detail it. The only rust patch is on the sunroof and the car came with a new one in the boot so just have to fit it.
Drive it!!!

ciaranthemurph

278 posts

205 months

Thursday 20th February 2014
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What a collection of cars. I didn't like the ACS Evo to begin with, but it's growing on me, it's very period! Love the E34 too, would be great to have one of those tucked away in the garage!


melvster

6,841 posts

184 months

Thursday 20th February 2014
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Loving the E34 thumbup

Amirhussain

11,486 posts

162 months

Thursday 20th February 2014
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Love the E34 too, my all time favourite M5

Leins

9,410 posts

147 months

Friday 21st February 2014
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Nice E34! thumbup

What exhaust is it running, can't quite tell from pics if OEM or not? I've an Eisenmann Sport on mine, and the noise with the windows down is fairly impressive. She likes the odd pop on the over-run too, which is very naughty for a 4door exec saloon! smile

dudleybloke

19,717 posts

185 months

Friday 21st February 2014
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i believe thats the very schnitzer that was first owned by a lad who used the same gym as me back in 1996/97.
his best mate had the same model m3 in the same blue (could have been slighty different shade as im slighty colourblind) and when they parked up next to each other you could realy notice the difference between the two.
its a totaly different car from the m3 in so many ways.

glad to see its still in good condition.

DubsterACS

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51 posts

160 months

Friday 21st February 2014
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dudleybloke said:
i believe thats the very schnitzer that was first owned by a lad who used the same gym as me back in 1996/97.
his best mate had the same model m3 in the same blue (could have been slighty different shade as im slighty colourblind) and when they parked up next to each other you could realy notice the difference between the two.
its a totaly different car from the m3 in so many ways.

glad to see its still in good condition.
Like this?



Thanks, it doesn't see the light of day much, only 68k on it. I've had it since sept 2008. Don't suppose you would still see that guy who owned it? He was the original owner if it was 96/97. Would be great to get a chat with him!

As far as I know the exhaust is OEM, i love the way the car is so silent from inside but yet outside it sounds like a mad thing! Such a well built car, interior is faultless in it. As soon as I get it detailed I'll post more pics.

dudleybloke

19,717 posts

185 months

Friday 21st February 2014
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iv not seen him in years as im not living in the same area as back then.
i love all the schnitzer details on it. the more you look the more parts you find with their logo on.



Edited by dudleybloke on Friday 21st February 13:43

g3org3y

20,606 posts

190 months

Thursday 27th February 2014
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What a great collection over the years. Thanks for sharing cool

DubsterACS

Original Poster:

51 posts

160 months

Thursday 3rd April 2014
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  • Update of work**
I had to enlist the help of a fellow detailer due to my own time constraints but over the past few saturdays we've been working on the M5. You can see a few before shots above but here is one in the sunlight to show just how bad the paintwork was - its suppose to be brilliant red but as it had been lying stored in a barn for a number of years, the paintwork had faded badly to a soft red/orange colour with lots of swirl marks.





I was in charge of the prep work so it was washed, tar remover used on it followed by Orchard Autocare Iron Cleanse:



First run through wasn't too bad but we're weren't happy:



While we tried to figure out what best way was to approach it without destroying the paint, I decided to have a play around with the rear lights - a lot of people were against me putting clear rears on so i compromised.....



And also dismantled the front end for the fitting of the clear fronts and took into cleaning the chrome rings:
Before-

After -


I also got stuck into the front black grilles to get them back to being black again. Peter, my mate who was doing the hard work, decided that the Meguiars DA Microfibre system was the best way to approach the paintwork, here's a before and after close up:



- this is how it looked after the first pass:





And i eventually managed to get the front clears in along with the nice clean grille!


Clear sides fitted also, and along with chrome bulbs all round:



The car was then finished with Orchard Autocare Speed Seal applied by the DA and buffed off by hand. I also got all the rubbers and black plastic parts cleaned and fed and left to dry in the garage for a week. Got the car out on the driveway on saturday for a few pics of how it sits at the minute - I was very very pleased with the results!!














Unfortunately the bonnet, door mirror covers and front bumper were beyond saving, the bonnet has lacquer peel and the front bumper the paint is flaking off so it is going in to get those parts resprayed.

I then plan to drive it.....lots!! I'll get some decent pictures up as well, those were only taken on the iPhone, some using the HDR setting but i know they're not great.

melvster

6,841 posts

184 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Magnificent thumbup

DubsterACS

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51 posts

160 months

Thursday 26th May 2016
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Taking a night to catchup on forum threads and all, thought I would update this one....

I've now sold the E34 M5 but before I did I got the front end resprayed and detailed the car and enjoyed it for a while. Had a friend take some professional photos of the car so here are a few of them:




















bigalx

135 posts

119 months

Friday 27th May 2016
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Both the M3 and M5 are heaven.

I've been offered a Dakar Yellow CS convertible by a friend of mine whose recently restored it. Seeing it in the flesh the wide arch kit really does look incredible and so different compared to the photos. The car was an insurance write off - mainly from what I gather down to the front bumper being the £1500 and it was stored after it was written off. Sadly I cant convince the missus to let me have it. I'm lucky enough to have an Estoril Blue E36 M3 Convertible already which never stops to bring a smile to my face when I take her out but seeing one of these in the flesh they really are something special.

Good luck with the cars - the perfect combo in my honest opinion and likely to give you cost free motoring since both of those are surely going to go up in value - I was looking at E34's to replace my daily (E90 330i) but again I cant get the man maths to work with my missus!