An example of a car that should have been left as it was is this particular BMW E36 3-Series, a vehicle that has been customized with a stunning wide body kit. This particular improvement gives the BMW a more aggressive look. The only available picture of this vehicle, however, shows the viewer something completely different. The picture captures the exact idea of compromises that are sometimes made in order to have a cool ride. For this particular example, the owner of the BMW E36 3-Series in the picture is forced to remove the rear fender of the added body kit every time he decides to stop for fuel.

As absurd as it may seem, some people are willing to accept such huge compromises in order to impress those around them with their ride. This is not necessarily something bad. If someone decides that they want to sacrifice their time for the sake of their beautiful vehicle, it’s their business. The absurdity of the matter comes from the fact that simple tasks, such as fuelling, are turned by some added upgrades into difficult to manage experiences. Is it worth it? For some it is, for some it is not. It all depends on how you see things. If you favor practicality, such upgrades are definitely not for you.

Taking a look at this particular photo of the BMW E36 3-Series reminds us that sometimes sacrifices are to be made if you want to own a really unique vehicle. While such upgrades may cause you a lot of trouble, the gained popularity might just make all that trouble worth it. There could be a chance that this particular BMW E36 3-Series owner is waiting for the right time to modify the rear fender of the body kit, so as to gain easier access to the fuel flap. We will probably never find out if this is the case.

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The E30 and E36 are still the most crowd pleasing models they ever made. The first of which really suffers for its age due to a relatively small engine.

If you’re one to love styling and looks but don’t want to settle for measly power, you’re certainly going to be following this example of tuning from the Netherlands.

In keeping the sleeper feel, the exterior of the E30 3 Series remains almost untouched. The only thing they updated is the alloy wheel set.

The wheels appear to come from a E46 M3 but they are needed in order to cover the brakes of the E36 325i this car uses. More swapped bits come into the equation later on.

Nobody’s telling us where the upgraded rear differential came from but the radiator is also from the E36, albeit the 324td model and so do the leather seats.

All of these updates are there to prepare us from the main courses. The typical miniature four cylinder engine is replaced by a massive 4.4 liter V8 engine from the E39 BMW 540i.

The new engine swap in this interesting tuning example produces 286 horsepower and it uses a six speed manual gearbox, also from the E39 but this time it’s the 535i unit.

It may be a bit of a Frankenstein creation but as the bits come from some interesting BMW models and have been designed to easily take the stress.

As seen on autoblog.nl

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While the body may come from an E30 BMW 3 Series Touring, the engine under the bonnet comes from a considerably more powerful M3.

And it’s the updated E36 version of the M3, the first such model to showcase the S50B30 3.0 liter straight six under its bonnet.

The new E30 BMW M3 Touring is actually made out of several donor cars, most of which where originally wrecked. The list includes an E30 3 Series Touring, an E30 M3 and the E36 M3 that gave up its engine.

There are plenty of E30 BMW M3 EVO II parts mixed in but there’s quite a few custom tuning bits as well such as carbon fiber and serious mods.

BBS brakes, AC Schnitzer tweaks for the interior and body kit as well as some factory M3 bits being used in the front and rear suspension.

In other words, this old school family car comes with a special 286 horsepower from its mighty smooth power delivery engine and it can properly handle it.

What I find remarkable is that this one off wasn’t built by some snotty tuning company or some expensive coachbuilder but by a bunch of passionate guys.

They went on to make the best of everything from three dying cars and produced something quite impressive.

Also worth noting is that the one off E30 BMW M3 Touring was then sold on eBay. The winning bid was just 45.000 USD.

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