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      10-06-2017, 08:04 PM   #1
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So I got to work today and saw this parked in front of me (funny angle as the passenger side rear wheel was up on the grass, gangsta style):



Debadged so can you guess what it is yet?

Nope, you’re wrong, it’s actually......drum roll...



...an M3 - the badge on the front gave it away .
Hats off to the owner as they obviously wanted a Q-car and went to great lengths to achieve this including:
Swapping out the quad exhausts for a single smaller diameter one on one side, changed the rear diffuser for...er...no diffuser, changed the front bumper to a standard one, changed the front bonnet for a standard one with no bulge, changed the wing mirrors to standard ones...etc etc.
The amount of work done by the owner to dupe people into thinking it’s a lowly 318i is astounding - overall I think they’ve disguised the potent 460hp under the bonnet extremely well don’t you?
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      10-06-2017, 08:35 PM   #2
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It looks just like Marks M3. 😂😂
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Bizarre to see someone going to such length and sacriface the looks
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So OP didn't do his research before posting!
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Oh god they changed the engine too? Amazing dedication.
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But surely those values don’t take into account the M3 badge?!?!?! It must add at least 20k
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Epic fail.
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don't think u got the sarcasm
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      10-07-2017, 02:53 AM   #10
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OR it is a 318 with M grills...
Here to explain it to the American audience.......

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Why o why would you put an M3 badge on it
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Now that's what you call a proper sleeper!!
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Tsk Tsk. Us true M owners are not happy about cars like this.
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Thank you. Anytime I jump into a British forum you guys remind me that you don’t like Americans. Get over it.
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his post deleted too, thats just new low for some
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Dead give away M3/4 don't have front fog lights! Or one exhaust pipe!
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his post deleted too, thats just new low for some
But quoted for posterity!
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They’ve even changed th3 interior.
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Haha brilliant!
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Holy Thread Resurrection Batman!

Sorry, but it seems like lots of people at my work love these stealth Beamers so I thought I'd report one more. This one is an M3 cleverly disguised as a four-pot 325D :



I think the fact that the '3' and the 'M' don't actually line up means this must be a special edition version (like a CSL or something....)
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Holy Thread Resurrection Batman!

Sorry, but it seems like lots of people at my work love these stealth Beamers so I thought I'd report one more. This one is an M3 cleverly disguised as a four-pot 325D :



I think the fact that the '3' and the 'M' don't actually line up means this must be a special edition version (like a CSL or something....)
More likely to be an AMG version
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