Rare - Bmw M3 E36 Sedan - White On Black - Modifications Like Crazy - Pampered on 2040-cars
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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1997 BMW M3 Sedan - Rare e36 Four Door - Alpine White over Black
Pictures: <a href="http://s1132.photobucket.com/user/MPRESV/library/BMW%20M3%20Sedan%20-%201997%20-%20For%20Sale">Copy and paste the link to the left for pictures</a> Alpine White over Black 1997 BMW M3 sedan. In short, I have babied this car for the several years I have owned it. It has been taken care of and been overly pampered. It lives in a garage, but it is driven. It does have 215k miles on the clock, but please read the list of rework below. It has been gone through...very completely. It is a 4 door sedan. Rare for en e36; BMW only produced them in 1997 and 1998. Yes, it is an automatic...but...it has a 3.91LSD diff not the stock 3.38LSD. This is quicker off the line than a stock diff 5 speed...feel free to do the math if you'd like. Sure top end is limited, but seriously...who does 150? I want this car to go to an enthusiast who will treat it right. I already have my other car. This car came from a Dr in SFO around 2005-ish and I know who the local owners have been. I do not know the Dr who was the original owner. I'm just going to provide a list of the mods the car has to keep it easy: Suspension - AST 4100 Coilover Suspension - VM Front Camber Plates - Rogue Engineering Front Strut Brace - RTAB Limiters - Alignment by Texas Track Works (ask Forest, he knows the quality of this car) - 17x8.5 Kosei K1's Front and Rear (uber rare period wheel) - Front H&R Wheel Spacers & H&R Extended Bolts Engine - Ferrea Valves (50k miles ago) - Supertech Valve Springs and Ti Retainers (50k miles ago) - ARP Head Studs (50k miles ago) - Cometic Head Gasket (50k miles ago) - DrVANOS Rebuilt Unit Installed (50k miles ago) - RC Cleaned Injectors (50k miles ago) - Stewart Water Pump (50k miles ago) - Silicone Coolant Lines and Intake Tubes - Custom (well done) Intake and Big K&N Cone - New OE Oilpump w/Z3 Pick-up Mod and tack welded nut (last year) - New OE Radiator (last year) - New OE Coolant Overflow (last year) - New Bosch Rebuilt Alternator (last year) - ASC Delete (traction control, reversable) - ABS Disabled (also reversable) - NO Check Engine Lights are On! - Motion Motorsports Front Aluminum Undertray Body - Never repainted that I can tell, all VIN tags are there - No hail damage or anything funky - Rear (body taped on) Lip Spoiler - Fog Light Delete (wiring is still there if you must) - HID 8000k with glass Depo Lenses - LED License Lights to match hue of HIDs in Front - I would sand and repaint the front bumper cover if I wasn't going to really drive the car Interior - Factory Black Leather - As a '97, it does not have the ugly door panel airbags (plus in my book) - It also does not have the '98MY rear headrests (another plus being a driver's car) - Newer 3 Series Rearview Mirror with Security Beacon (wired and works) - Lower driver bottom seat side bolster could stand to be recovered - Headliner needs to be done (I was kicking Alcantara around...just didn't do it) - Steering wheel is worn (A guy in Germany 'tanik' on eBay sells redone wheels for around $300, your option) - The light in the clock portion of the OBC looks to have gone out. At an angle, you can see it works. This is only on the little clock part, the main OBC light is perfect. - Floor mats, are fairly new and in good shape - Alpine CD Head Unit with XM and iPhone cable in the console - Hardwired for V1 Detector up by the Mirror - CD Changer in Trunk (sounds like it works, actually never tried...I have an iPhone) - Trunk, clean and it does hold things - Full tool kit including Roadside card are in the trunk INCLUDED With the Sale - New A/C Compressor, Expansion Valve, and Dryer (not needed, but I keep extras in case the time comes) - CV Rebuild Kits for all Four Joints - Extra Head Gasket (OE style) - Extra Valve Cover Gasket - The Bentley Manual (the thick book) - Misc bits of crap I have collected (clear lenses, spare parts, etc.) What else? Hell it has even more stuff...this is long enough. Here is video of the car idling: <a href="http://youtu.be/eVmOtLSq7uM">Copy and paste the link to the left for video</a> Video shows that there are no check engine lights or ECU codes being thrown. It is from a non-smoking household. The airbag light is on. Had it diagnosed at Autobahn BMW and was told there is some switch under the driver's seat causing this. Had considered switching to a euro wheel, so didn't have them fix it. As for why I'm selling...I have a commuter car, a truck, and a vintage race car. It was this or the vintage race car and the old Datsun won. Just really don't need 4 cars and it would be silly to keep funding that many. If you are SERIOUS and you know what you are looking at, please contact me. It is rare and should be treated as such, as I did. These are going up in value like the e30 M3's have. Ask questions, I'd be happy to answer them. |
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