Restoring to Stock - 283,000 mile BMW E36 M3 - TWE36M3 Begins

My new-to-me, 1997 BMW E36 M3 sedan. 283,000 miles, ugly wheels, a faded and tattered front end, and many other problems rearing their heads... A full project indeed.
Regardless of the imminent long list of things the car will eventually need, I still have a theory around what one FIRST does upon purchasing a car to clean up. A polish here, and easy bit of parts swapping there, proper tint and wheels.... and so on.
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Music (licensed through Artlist.io):
ABE - All in Your Stride
Shahar Haziza - Betula Lenta
Shahar Haziza - Tilia Americana
ATELLER - Good for Me - Instrumental Version
Isaac DaBom - Downtown Dreamer
Yarin Primak - Buss It

[@nxw-here]

Sammmm!!!! Great start and it’s looking great! Looking forward to the next chapter. Love the hair too!

[@oldcarproblems3332]

Love the work so far. The Contours make all the difference!

[@philippemousques5515]

The hair 😂 One of the best things about your content is that you can do both (professionalism and entertaining) at the same time.

[@jordanmowday]

Looking like the Winter Soldier for a sec 😂 Holy shit what an absolutely fantastic video, dude.

[@willjam465]

What a great cosmetic transformation! Bringing it back stock looks sooo much better imho. I have a ‘97 M3/4/5 that I have spent a ton of time and money the past 3 years refurbishing; love these cars. Great to see another individual caring for the classics as well!

[@TurbineResearch]

Didn't realize how bad the paint was before. IRL it looks like fresh paint from all the work you put in 🤘

[@darrylhoward767]

Car looks great.....miss my 1997 Estoril blue M3 ......

[@jensenredd4939]

I wish everyone did this. I can’t talk to much because I’m upgrading my car. But I definitely want to buy neglected-ish cars and restore them.

[@pilliger101]

Great car and great video! Can’t wait for future episodes

[@maxdaines8510]

Clean dude!! Beautiful, shiny, really impressive hair Car looks alright too

[@rrrandomman07]

Holy shit that rear tint came off like butter. I replaced some failed tint on the rear of my legacy and sure woulda been nice to know that trick. I wrecked my defrost and wasted hours scraping

[@cameronhuthert3692]

Nice man! I have a 97 technoviolet coupe. Bought it with a blown head gasket so it’s getting a rebuild. I wish I had the confidence to go at the paint like you did, mine needs it bad.

[@michaelopere5424]

I prefer the E36 BMWs that came equipped with factory rear window blinds.

[@alohxandre]

Awesome video dude 😉

[@JB-E36]

Great stuff man!

[@BrokenQuattros]

I like how your tires has bmw Motorsport colors

[@SamHurly]

Had the same thought!!

[@jacobrocha5734]

Dang! What a transformation. That’s a lot of tedious work. I’m also glad to see the Rogaine is working so well.

[@justicegoble4324]

Man I'm impressed with how well that single stage polish or whatever did, I'm going to have to try that out.

[@FleshStorm999]

great filming, subbed instantly!

[@jinendow]

such a good transformation. can’t wait for part 2! had to do the head gasket job on mine a few years back as well

[@DannysGarage]

Man, the fact that you found a Hellrot car that still had enough clear coat to wet sand is notable... I don't remember the last time I saw an E36 with *any* clear coat here in Arizona.

[@StimpxL]

glitter was from a girl that asked me to homecoming 😂. could never get rid of all of it!

[@SamHurly]

Glad this info is cleared up, it is EVERYWHERE in my garage lol. Vacuuming from underneath seat cushions and beyond it as we speak.

[@fpb3rd]

will this be a manual swap? thanks for going into details with paint etc. going to use some of these tips on my sienna rot E39 project

[@SamHurly]

Glad you got some value from that- and yep going manual, just dropped the next video today where that auto gets addressed and removed forever.