Not chosen by Hogwarts or Sauron, but chosen by you, the customer who wants his BMW’s life to be improved. If you have a Bavarian product that has lost its way, this is where it goes to a weight watcher program.

Actually, that’s not the most comprehensive part of the discussion. There is some weight loss, but it’s more of a makeover and gym schedule.

There’s some carbon fiber bits here and there and something in there that has Race Prep Weight Reduction package written on it but we get to find out later about that.

Starting off with the 335i’s twin-turbocharged 3.0 liter straight six engine, a massive amount of modifications is swung at it.

Its N55 stock power gets ramped up with a Signature exhaust system, an A+ ECU Management system and a Stage 2 Flash chip, an upgraded downpipe and finally, a custom charge pipe.

A new body kit comes fitted from Active Autowerke, featuring some carbon fiber, extended side skirts, replaced rear view mirrors and extended lips.

Finally, the list of changes comes with forged alloy R10 wheels. They are from the Strasse Forged collection, feature polished step lips and gloss black inner barrels.

These are borderline touching the fenders now that they’re riding on a set of Eibach R2 Coilovers instead of the standard suspension.

All I wish is I knew exactly what power gains we can expect from this.

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Some, much like the BMW 135i we see here will not be wearing anything special in terms of badge but it seems to be filled with the passion of the owner.

The owner’s name is Ryan and he’s from Sacramento. We don’t know more about him and frankly we’re not very interested in his personality.

We’re much more interested in that of his car. Thanks to some wise decisions and (we’re guessing) considerable investments, he got himself a wonderful little driver’s car.

He didn’t mess around with the underpinnings of the BMW 135i, he didn’t gut its interior out and he didn’t feel the need to tell us anything about the engineering heritage of his creation.

That’s quite a breath of fresh air compared to the rather boring press releases of most established tuning companies.

The point of this car was to give it a distinctive look. The green tweaks of the alloy wheels, side mirrors and tow hook help and so does the rear spoiler.

The true star of the newly tuned BMW 135i is the carbon fiber wide body kit that was fitted to the small sedan.

We don’t know how much the weight drops by once its installed but it should be quite the considerable amount, some 200-300 lbs perhaps.

The photo shoot of the special occasion was taken care of by 1013MM.

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