oddest thing...
i pull into parking lot on my lunch break and park next this 4-door gray-green metallic bimmer. upon pulling in i saw it had a "M3 xi" badge on the back. too my knowledge, there is no such thing. upon closer inspection, i noticed it had big m3 wheels, 18", maybe 19"... it also had the trademark m3 gills on the side fenders.

so i'm like... ok. this guy went all out and got his fenders done. big deal. the back obviously isn't m3 style tho. however, the whole front bumper was that of an m3. ok fine, he got his front bumper done too. now, i get out of my car and notice the thing that tipped the scale. this guy had a SMG tranny. i would've taken a pic of it with my camera phone, but i didn't wanna look too conspicuous snapping pics at this guys car. it was a chromed out smg shifter and all. interior had the m3 style seats as well.

could it be? some guy wanted an m3 really badly, but also wanted a 4dr w AWD, so he bought a 330xi, got the fenders done as well as the front bumper (guess he didn't like the back kit, couldn't tell u why), slapped on m3 wheels, swapped seats, and dropped an SMG tranny in there? thats alot of dough. think he even possibly has an m3 engine as well??? or does this guy have a good ass hook up in germany?

either way, it was pretty pimp

 

if you have the money anything is possible

 

i think its a waste

 

I don't know what he did, but the chrome surrounding the taillights, trunk plinth, and M3 gills looks ghetto.

 

isn't the SMG available in the 330 now?

 

Not on the Xi models.....standard 330 yes.

 

not according to bmwusa.com

 

he was soo cheap that he didnt even paint his side mirrors.

I hate people somtimes.

 

garbage knock off, thas not even an m3

 

It would be a fake.

 

As Beltfed said, I agree that the chrome around the back and gills is ghetto

 

:ghey: ricer....

 

prob just bought the M3 badge from ebay and slapped it on

 

that chrome side fender doesn't look right either

 

They come in all shapes and sizes. Sad.

 

is that even the m3 front bumper?

 

325i as well. A 32k car with SMG and sport.

For the $$ spent on fenders, wheels, bumper, and crap he could of picked up an 01-02 M3. 40k to be a poser.

 

What an idiot. Total poser.

 

Pic number 2 shows a 330 exhaust, not the dual dualies like that on the m3. This guy just riced out his beemer, what a shmuck.

 

German rice.

 

 

I hate fake cars.

 

Did it have the paddles? Otherwise it was a 6 speed with an smg knob.

 

I thought that you could get a SMG Tranny in a 3-Series, because I saw a 3-Series drop-top at the dealer one day a few weeks back with SMG. I didn't notice if it was a 330ci or a 325. Oh, and that car is definitely riced out, although if he has a fake M3 badge, maybe he has a fake xi badge as well. Anyways, the tail lights are ugly as sin.

 

that ish is ish

 

Don't mean to hijack the thread, but what is the SMG tranny all about. I went looking at some M3's the other day and noticed that option. It was a Sunday, so the BMW place was closed.

Thanks

 

 

No doubt. You can buy the gills and cut the fenders to match.

It's BIMMER. Not Beemer. Bimmer is for cars, beemer is a motorcycle. :P

I'm guessing there was no SMG tranny in there... you can buy the shifter from parts dept. Should be a direct fit to a 330/325 car.

Chrome tail lights? Does anyone have a gun?

 

SMG = Sequential Manual Gearbox

Imagine having an auto tranny that shifts 2-3 times faster that you could shift in a man. tranny car.

They're fairly amazing. 6 levels of shifting. Level 6 is like a normal auto. Level 1 is like driving an F1 car.

Pop the control on Level 1 and floor the car... tires come off in 1st, 2nd, 3rd - no sweat. Very, very cool.

 

fuck that fake shit, juss save up and get the real one