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      01-08-2015, 09:23 PM   #89
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First, great pictures.

As for the car... It's a 435i with an M4 nose and trunk. Take off the M4 badging on the side and it's fine.

Can't people imagine someone already owning a 435i deciding to go this route? I'm not sure selling a 435i you already own to buy an M4 is small financial jump from this.

I am definitely not one of them, but you had to know the readers vomiting at M badges wouldn't be fans of this conversion.
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Nicely done, What size are those wheels? 20"?
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Can we all just start ignoring posts like this?

The car looks great.


car is dope; modding is fun; that's what this is all about

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First, great pictures.

As for the car... It's a 435i with an M4 nose and trunk. Take off the M4 badging on the side and it's fine.

Can't people imagine someone already owning a 435i deciding to go this route? I'm not sure selling a 435i you already own to buy an M4 is small financial jump from this.

I am definitely not one of them, but you had to know the readers vomiting at M badges wouldn't be fans of this conversion.
No way of getting ride of the M4 badging on the side unless someone makes one without it.. its a whole strip and would leave a hole if removed. (its glued in)

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      01-09-2015, 12:07 AM   #93
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On the main page.

I see nothing wrong with this, on previous generations this was often done.
+1 see you get it! Same thing happened when E9x M's came out! The regular E9x's were getting M3 front ends. I see nothing wrong with it.
I don't think we have a problem with the front/rear bumpers, it's just another aero kit. The problem is having the fender vent which has the M4 badge.
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I think it looks great! Keep us updated on the mods
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Thanks for starting that with no offense. Otherwise, I would have been offended.

No offense, but it's retarded to spend several thousand dollars on original M4 parts and labor to retrofit onto a 435i. At the end of the day, it's not an M4, and OP has likely spent thousands more than the difference in cost between an M4 and a 435i anyway. Adding an M4 front end is also not "making something unique" because guess what...now it just looks like an M4 from the front. How unique is that? But, yes, the M4's front end certainly does look better.

OP asked "what you guys think?" Remember?

Similarly, I laughed at a guy on another forum who was about to spend $10-15K modding his 435i who was unaware it still wouldn't be as fast as a stock M4. He then sold the 435i and bought an M4.
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What the streets need more fake M cars and badges. Please stop promoting this Bimmerpost
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I'm with this guy. If you have an M, have an M. If you don't, don't pretend.
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Why do all that? With all the money you spent, you could have just gotten a M3 or M4, or at least leased one.

Makes no sense.
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Why...?No...Especially the M4 side badge!!
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Sad part is there are many other better looking M4s that could be featured from the M4 section. This fake one makes the cut though
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I think FC4 is right on point with most of his comments on most of these posts to tell you the truth. Bet lots feel the same way but won't write anything for fear of mods interupting.
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If it's a 435i, keep it a 435i.
Don't make it what it's not.
- Have any of you put money into this car?
- Are any of you going to be driving this car?

If the answer to both of these questions is "NO", why do you even care?
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think if this was done on a 435iGC, it would've been a different story
Very good point. I would love to see that done! I'm sure its coming soon.

Just wrap fender grills all black to hide the M4 emblem if it cant be removed. I am sure LTMW can also sand, fill and paint that area with the emblem for a cleaner, proper look.

OP, car looks great!
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First, great pictures.

As for the car... It's a 435i with an M4 nose and trunk. Take off the M4 badging on the side and it's fine.

Can't people imagine someone already owning a 435i deciding to go this route? I'm not sure selling a 435i you already own to buy an M4 is small financial jump from this.

I am definitely not one of them, but you had to know the readers vomiting at M badges wouldn't be fans of this conversion.
No way of getting ride of the M4 badging on the side unless someone makes one without it.. its a whole strip and would leave a hole if removed. (its glued in)

It would be very simple to modify the side trim to no longer have the M4 logo.
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Why didn't you just get an M4?
No offense FC4 but I see a lot of your posts like this..."Why didn't you just get a ..." Some car enthusiasts like to mod and yes it may have been easier to just get a different car but part of the fun is modding and making something unique. If you don't understand why people spend the time and money to mod then perhaps you are on the wrong forum?
I think it was a valid question that the poster could have answered vs the need for you to do the valiant and defend.
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Thanks for posting that. I had missed it. I guess I sort of get it. Not everything has to make sense.
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Thanks for starting that with no offense. Otherwise, I would have been offended.

No offense, but it's retarded to spend several thousand dollars on original M4 parts and labor to retrofit onto a 435i. At the end of the day, it's not an M4, and OP has likely spent thousands more than the difference in cost between an M4 and a 435i anyway. Adding an M4 front end is also not "making something unique" because guess what...now it just looks like an M4 from the front. How unique is that? But, yes, the M4's front end certainly does look better.

OP asked "what you guys think?" Remember?

Similarly, I laughed at a guy on another forum who was about to spend $10-15K modding his 435i who was unaware it still wouldn't be as fast as a stock M4. He then sold the 435i and bought an M4.
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There's modding and i can appreciate dropping the car, custom wheels, and other tidbits, but modding it to look like another car is not the same. Putting a power dome and side vents which is only unique to a true M car is pretending. The car looks good though, looks like a nicely modded M4, but it isn't. would have been more cost effective to do a 2 year lease on the 2013 and get the M4 once out. The argument of getting the car in 2013 and can't wait doesn't make sense because he had to wait until the oem parts to become available to do the conversion. Same wait time, higher cost, and still a 435 at the end of the day. I get the culture of modding and see why some people spend $20k on a $15k car, but they are truly making it unique. This is a conversion and the only mods are the drop, trunk, and CF front spoiler add-on. In my book, conversion != mods. This is not even a true conversion, just a cosmetic one. If you want to see one, go to Audizine where someone in SoCal wanted to be the only S4 avant in the U.S. And he bought an S4 sedan and an A4 avant and literally swapped all the mechanical parts. I can respect that even though it still boggles my mind why someone would spend the money when he could have had an e63 AMG wagon for the total cost of the project.


I think the modded F32 looks terrific. Although I would not mod my 335i M Performance, I respectfully disagree with the above quotes on a few points:

- In Canada, the M3 equipped with the SAME options as my M Performance 335i xDrive is 32k more (40k with the CCB), or 80k vs $114-121,000. Am including every bit of financing and taxes. Price wise, if someone adds 5k on aesthetics, hard to disagree with them. In the US the ratio difference is similar between a fully loaded M3 and a top of the line 335i.

- It is very true that if I were in the US M3 is the way to go for that amount of money, BUT only in the warmer states. In the Snow Belt no reasonable BMW owner drives his M3 on black ice, snow, slush and the Canadian pellet sized hail of salt chips on our highways. Even with winter tires, RWD owners have had too many incidents in the snow zones, and why RWD have all but disappeared in the F30 lineup. It is inefficient and not attractive to use an M3 as a DD in all conditions. Many owners drive their M3 sporadically, and, in my town, 5-6 months tops. For some, the F30/F32 is the main or best DD option. Others may not be able to even insure an M3 due to other factors.

- When Florian Nissl drew the M3/M3 lines, his #2 designs went to the M Performance parts/F30. Deliberate, to keep the M3 / M4 line more 'exclusive'. More 'athletic.' BMW's own words. That aside, FLorian's M Performance 2nd rate design is so well done, that 9/10 people mistake my car for an M3 even at a BMW dealership, until they look at it more carefully. Outside, virtually every guy girl or cop believe its an M3 and am done trying to explain why it is not. I now answer "Look more carefully, what do you think?" There is a significant visual blur between the F30 and M with the M Performance lineup, and the first poster is not at fault the least. What is or can be called pretense, is the M splattered all over the M Performance parts (not the least the black skirt on my car), yet it’s not an M3. That is BMW's doing.

- On hot summer days, the engine gets hot with spirited yet not uber forceful driving. Since this engine is way more powerful than much older less powerful BMW cars and engine that did have the hood vents, BMW should have offered it for the N55 engine as well.

If some members want to bypass the M Performance parts and go for the M3/M4, I think it a smarter aesthetic choice than keeping the M Performance. But if someone has already bought the M Performance and paid top dollar, that would make no sense.

Took me about 100 hrs to learn all the codes and options as the forums and data sheets built up and helped me. My assessment is that BMW has got it all wrong with 4-5 F30 335 sedan car lineup offering, a poor confusing choice:

- 335i base. Poor drive and looks for a 2012+ BMW.
- 335i M Sport without Adaptive M or M Performance brakes etc.
- 335i M Sport with Adaptive, or M Brakes, either or or some M Performance parts;
- 335i base or M-Sports modified by owners with Dinan stuff and thousands of dollars doing or undoing crashing suspension mods;
- 335i M Performance Edition, top of the line, M Brakes, M Exhaust, MPPK, Aeros, Adaptive M, nicest to drive 335i configuration and closer to what BMW ownes demanded.

BMW should offer:

- 335i base with some nice options, and
- M335i S335 or 335i M Performance or 335i Sport with the uncompromising 3-series drive users demanded but got let down on the base model and a first rate, close to M or similar but unique look. No overlap with the base 335i Series. Price would be kept reasonable through factory assembly of most ‘M’ or Sport options.

M3 is a terrific car to get but with key sub-options: HUD/M race wheel and the camera+ sensors. Right now these are hidden in 9k worth of packages. In 2018 I think Cam/sensors are becoming mandatory, so BMW and Porsche will be short-circuited 9k worth of options they forced for just camera and sensors.

The documentaries suggest that BMW lacked a coherent vision, and mostly due to no anticipating the demand, success and appeal of the M and M Perforrmance line-up aesthetics and performance, and did not integrate properly in their Marketting and offering strategy. When reviewed initially by Top Gear, the 335i lost two points on looks alone and it was a correct assessment.
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I changed my rear into M4 look with oem parts, the front follows
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I changed my rear into M4 look with oem parts, the front follows
http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...=987043&page=2

looks great !!
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I will have badges wrapped soon but car still has some new wheel changes this month and adding the rear carbon spoiler. I will post updated pics soon. I asked for everyones opinion thanks for being real guys.
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So I have not been on here in a while and here are the new mods done for 2014.Let me know what you guys think?
Looks great.

I personally think a great project to complete would be to repeat this mod on the 435i M-Sport Gran Coupe. With no M4 Gran Coupe in the works, I'd love to see what the GC would look like in M4 clothes!
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I changed my rear into M4 look with oem parts, the front follows
http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...043&page=2
Looks great what wheels are you running ?
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Looks great what wheels are you running ?
8.5x20" et 35 front tires 235-35-20 with 5mm spacer
10x20" et 40 rear tires 275-30-20
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i usually don't like conversions like this, but you nailed it
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