Making your own M car

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So story goes ...

I wanted a hatch back but just couldn’t get on with any of the 1 series offerings . Perfectly good car my wife daily’s a 140i . It just didn’t feel special to me but I wanted a small hatch so I decided to create an M3 compact of the e46 variant . My question is has anyone else built one of these on here? It’s been harder work than expected ....

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Nice one for that not sure if this guys replaced the Whole front end tho? that’s we’re the fun begins engines exhaust easy easy body work has took a lot of brazing

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Not hard if you know the cars . But it’s not just engine I’ve swapped diff custom prop shaft Porsche brakes etc etc . To be honest not much point in doing a coupe you can buy a real one ! I’ve only done the compact for rarity really

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Schermerhorn said:

Indeed, something like a Compact would really appeal.


I was also thinking about the possibility of having a project E36 Touring M3 too; Estoril blue and Sunflower wheels. What a sight that would be.

Indeed done the touring thing about 3 years ago she’s buried away at the back of garage she’s running a complete e36 evo setup



That’s front end going on the compact to remove them god awful lights an nice flared m3 arches

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Exhaust system went in this evening just lining her up an making fill piece for the old hole