FS: '95 BMW M3 in SoCal
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Car Info: E36 M3
FS: '95 BMW M3 in SoCal
It's time for me to move on, so I am reluctantly selling my car 
My dad bought the car new in Aug of '94. For 10 years it was his weekend car, and basically just sat in the garage during the week. In 2005 we moved, but to a house which did not have a garage. The car sat outside in our front yard and was basically not ever driven for almost 9 months. It got to the point where I decided to sell the cars I had, so I would be driving this car instead of it just sitting under the sun baking. I have driven this car pretty much daily since the the beginning of 2006. However, it has still been parked outside.
- 1995 M3
- Just reached 73k miles
- Clean title
- Mobil 1 every 3k miles (originally 15w50, recently changed to 0w40)
- Steel impeller H20 pump @ 40k miles
- BMW coolant only
Performance:
- Autothority chip (~'96 install)
- Autothority intake (~'96 install)
- Old-school Borla cat-back (~'97 install)
Suspension:
- H&R Race (new install)
- New factory struts
- New '96+ strut hats swapped
- Original shocks (20k miles on original)
- New factory rear shock mounts
- BMP adj. rear lower control arm (~'00 install)
- BMP front & rear strut tower bars (~'00 install)
- TMS spherical rear trailing arm bushings ('06 install)
Brakes:
- New BMW Motorsport front rotors
- New factory rear rotors
- New Axxis Ultimate pads
- BMP stainless steel braided lines (new install)
Exterior:
- Max Velocity Hardcore splitter
- Fenders rolled and pulled
- Fog lights removed
Interior:
- Stock non-heated "vader" seats
Wheels/Tires:
- ModBargains Staggered CSL Reps in Hyperblack (18x8.5, 18x9.5)
- 245/40/18 Avon tech M500 tires all around
The car was in a very minor incident. My dad was pulling the car out of the garage and managed to scrape alongside our other car :rolleyes So the car was partially re-sprayed back in ~'98.
My dad originally had on Eibach ProKit springs and Bilstein Sport dampers. I then had the car on Tein Basic coilovers, then GC/AD coilovers, and now recently back to factory dampers and H&R Race springs.
The car runs very well. Motor feels fresh as compared to many other E36 M3's with higher mileage. I had just recently passed smog and gotten registration.
I suppose I got greedy and went too wide and high profile on the tires. The front rubs generously, while the rear only rubs under much compression. A little more negative camber would seem to solve that up front though...
I have tracked the car twice in my short tenure with it. The car has never been "off course" and there were never any problems whatsoever on the track (nor off it for that matter).
The A/C has slowly gotten less and less cold. I suppose a freon re-charge would help here. The radio is also locked, as my dad forgot the radio code he had input. The paint is the main concern here though... From the time it spent sitting in the sun, the paint has dulled considerably. There is not much shine in the paint anymore.
Anyway, I am asking a VERY reasonable $11,000 for the car.
Pictures will be posted shortly...
My dad bought the car new in Aug of '94. For 10 years it was his weekend car, and basically just sat in the garage during the week. In 2005 we moved, but to a house which did not have a garage. The car sat outside in our front yard and was basically not ever driven for almost 9 months. It got to the point where I decided to sell the cars I had, so I would be driving this car instead of it just sitting under the sun baking. I have driven this car pretty much daily since the the beginning of 2006. However, it has still been parked outside.
- 1995 M3
- Just reached 73k miles
- Clean title
- Mobil 1 every 3k miles (originally 15w50, recently changed to 0w40)
- Steel impeller H20 pump @ 40k miles
- BMW coolant only
Performance:
- Autothority chip (~'96 install)
- Autothority intake (~'96 install)
- Old-school Borla cat-back (~'97 install)
Suspension:
- H&R Race (new install)
- New factory struts
- New '96+ strut hats swapped
- Original shocks (20k miles on original)
- New factory rear shock mounts
- BMP adj. rear lower control arm (~'00 install)
- BMP front & rear strut tower bars (~'00 install)
- TMS spherical rear trailing arm bushings ('06 install)
Brakes:
- New BMW Motorsport front rotors
- New factory rear rotors
- New Axxis Ultimate pads
- BMP stainless steel braided lines (new install)
Exterior:
- Max Velocity Hardcore splitter
- Fenders rolled and pulled
- Fog lights removed
Interior:
- Stock non-heated "vader" seats
Wheels/Tires:
- ModBargains Staggered CSL Reps in Hyperblack (18x8.5, 18x9.5)
- 245/40/18 Avon tech M500 tires all around
The car was in a very minor incident. My dad was pulling the car out of the garage and managed to scrape alongside our other car :rolleyes So the car was partially re-sprayed back in ~'98.
My dad originally had on Eibach ProKit springs and Bilstein Sport dampers. I then had the car on Tein Basic coilovers, then GC/AD coilovers, and now recently back to factory dampers and H&R Race springs.
The car runs very well. Motor feels fresh as compared to many other E36 M3's with higher mileage. I had just recently passed smog and gotten registration.
I suppose I got greedy and went too wide and high profile on the tires. The front rubs generously, while the rear only rubs under much compression. A little more negative camber would seem to solve that up front though...
I have tracked the car twice in my short tenure with it. The car has never been "off course" and there were never any problems whatsoever on the track (nor off it for that matter).
The A/C has slowly gotten less and less cold. I suppose a freon re-charge would help here. The radio is also locked, as my dad forgot the radio code he had input. The paint is the main concern here though... From the time it spent sitting in the sun, the paint has dulled considerably. There is not much shine in the paint anymore.
Anyway, I am asking a VERY reasonable $11,000 for the car.
Pictures will be posted shortly...
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