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BMW E91 Wagon.... everyone is doing bags, why not external reservoir coilovers
Wagons are either loved or *****. Some people see no point to them, while others think they are awesome. Mine personally, does everything.
The Beginning:
Got the car from a lady in Santa Barbara. This was sign unseen. She had posted two crappy photos on Craigslist. After settling on a price with her I made the trip from Cupertino area to Santa Barbara. About a 4 hour drive.
When I got there I found out the wagon was actually the sport model. Every single option minus HID lights and heated seats. I did not want Xi as I live in sunny California.
Car had 112k miles and still running strong. The lady I got it from was the original owner.
First day I got it home.
I told myself the car would be left alone and used as a DD, but whats the point of a daily driver if it's not somewhat fun
That being said I got E90 M3 wheels.
This is where my love to keep meaty tires on this car started. This was the stock M3 size. 245/40/18 front and 275/35/18 rear
The front bumper was damaged underneath from the previous owner so I had a good excuse to buy a different bumper. Thank you SpeedElement.
Three weeks later I came up on a cheap set of megan coilovers
My buddy at SSCustoms decided to help me wrap the car. Wrapping the whole car with his help was cheaper than getting the front bumper painted by a good shop.
I threw the stock wheels on for now. Also I got M3 sideskirts. Have no photo of them off the car. We decided to try the full side in one shot.
Girlfriend put in a lot of work. She got really good at wrapping while learning from my friend
In the process I ended up getting Depo Projector headlights and HID's.
Boom! Done
Doing a lot of driving and one of my commutes being a mountain road (since I'd rather take that than get stuck on the freeway) I decided to go crazy and get a set of KW Clubsport Coilovers. SpeedElement hooked it up big time and I'm still thankful for their support.
And here it is with KW Coilovers
Then the next thing that came was wheels. BBS CH wheels are always a classy go to wheel
I ***** the stupid curb rings on the wheels so I took them off, also my NEW plates came in. WGNLIFE
Then came the Falken RT615 tire, Whispbar's and Inno Case roof box
At this point my girl and I decided to go on a Rally. We decided to take the wagon over our E36 M3 and E46 M3 we currently had at the time.
Yeah, we had the cheapest car on the rally and we had a blast. People kept asking us questions about it. They could not believe we kept up with them through the mountain roads we had driven through. Guess the KW Clubsports and Falken RT615k tires really did their job
And on the way back home from the event. Still proud of this car. 1000 miles along supercars and it did not skip a beat.
After the Rally we decided it was time for a color change. We decided to do a darker color
And here it is
And decided to go a different route on wheels.
And different coilovers. Eibach R2's with external reservoirs and Vorshlag race camber plates
Stay tuned
The Beginning:
Got the car from a lady in Santa Barbara. This was sign unseen. She had posted two crappy photos on Craigslist. After settling on a price with her I made the trip from Cupertino area to Santa Barbara. About a 4 hour drive.
When I got there I found out the wagon was actually the sport model. Every single option minus HID lights and heated seats. I did not want Xi as I live in sunny California.
Car had 112k miles and still running strong. The lady I got it from was the original owner. First day I got it home.
I told myself the car would be left alone and used as a DD, but whats the point of a daily driver if it's not somewhat fun
That being said I got E90 M3 wheels. This is where my love to keep meaty tires on this car started. This was the stock M3 size. 245/40/18 front and 275/35/18 rear
The front bumper was damaged underneath from the previous owner so I had a good excuse to buy a different bumper. Thank you SpeedElement.
Three weeks later I came up on a cheap set of megan coilovers
My buddy at SSCustoms decided to help me wrap the car. Wrapping the whole car with his help was cheaper than getting the front bumper painted by a good shop.
I threw the stock wheels on for now. Also I got M3 sideskirts. Have no photo of them off the car. We decided to try the full side in one shot.
Girlfriend put in a lot of work. She got really good at wrapping while learning from my friend
In the process I ended up getting Depo Projector headlights and HID's.
Boom! Done
Doing a lot of driving and one of my commutes being a mountain road (since I'd rather take that than get stuck on the freeway) I decided to go crazy and get a set of KW Clubsport Coilovers. SpeedElement hooked it up big time and I'm still thankful for their support.
And here it is with KW Coilovers
Then the next thing that came was wheels. BBS CH wheels are always a classy go to wheel
I ***** the stupid curb rings on the wheels so I took them off, also my NEW plates came in. WGNLIFE
Then came the Falken RT615 tire, Whispbar's and Inno Case roof box
At this point my girl and I decided to go on a Rally. We decided to take the wagon over our E36 M3 and E46 M3 we currently had at the time.
Yeah, we had the cheapest car on the rally and we had a blast. People kept asking us questions about it. They could not believe we kept up with them through the mountain roads we had driven through. Guess the KW Clubsports and Falken RT615k tires really did their job
And on the way back home from the event. Still proud of this car. 1000 miles along supercars and it did not skip a beat.
After the Rally we decided it was time for a color change. We decided to do a darker color
And here it is
And decided to go a different route on wheels.
And different coilovers. Eibach R2's with external reservoirs and Vorshlag race camber plates
Stay tuned
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