E36 "donor" car???...looking for shell E36

[m3kindaguy]

hi...just checking to see if anybody might know where i might find an E36 body/interior for my project car?...missing or blown engines are just fine...just need solid body & interior got a big project in mind but need the "donor"

[Mortiorchis]

I hope you aren't trying to convert something into a phony M3

[m3kindaguy]

no..never...i bought a used m3 engine/supercharger ...lots of work done to it...i just need to find an E36 to put it in..prefeably m3 body

[skawful]

find a 93 318 or 325... then start from there... get it in mint condish with work needed on the engine... it will take time to find but search ebay/autotrader

[Hoppy's535i]

find an M with bad paint, light body damage, so u can use the chassis, then use the body pannels from another car

[m3kindaguy]

yah..thats the thing..i cant decide if i should start with the 325 which would be cheaper or the m3 which would be more "real"

[gotKRAUT]

i say find a high mileage 318 and dump that hooptie motor out and throw in the M and leave the 318 body and badging...sleeper

[gotKRAUT]

why dont you find an E30 and put it in that? you would destroy all....except for maybe a 2002 with the same setup lol

[m3kindaguy]

well...im still looking ...im thinking i might have to go with the 318i body since they seem to be cheapest...just cant seem to find one with black interior since thats my favorite...but i might be being too picky too. lol ghead

[Hoppy's535i]

well if u want performance you will have to work on the suspension cause the M motor will wieght more than the 1.8. and the 1.8 suspension isnt up to par with a true M

[m3kindaguy]

the m3 engine/supercharger set-up i bought also comes with the full m3 suspension...shocks & lowering springs...& the guy has the m3 rear differential to swap also....so that should work right?..if i get the 318 or 325 donor?

[bmwm3lvr1015]

just try finding a m3 shell. cause unless you have the m3 lower and upper control arms that have the M badging stamped on them its not really worth it
that and the fact that the control arm are thicker. M3 chasis pull the motor. price should not be an issue!!!

[nameless08]

yes indeedy, some really jacked up stuff happened to the chassis of my 325, the connections from the cross member and the diff ripped a whole right through the chassis.... the chassis for the e36 M3's are slightly modified...


here's one... make the offer.. call these guys up, i dont know if you're interested in buying this.. really nice color though

http://www.readytofix.com/Inventory/...Flood_Blue.htm