WE BOUGHT A $2000 BMW E36 M3! How Much Will It Cost To Fix??

Can you believe that we got this 1995 BMW E36 M3 for only $2000??? It came with a clean title and even two keys! We bought this car from Copart in San Diego back in May of 2019 but it was way worse than we had expected it to be. Because of that it sat at our shop in California and then sat at our property in the Carolinas for close to 2 years before we finally got it back on the road. Check out our last video, linked below, to see how it looked before we got it back on the road.
There are so many issues that we need to fix on this car, especially the cosmetics. Watch as we estimate how much it would cost to get this car back to a clean stock condition. We also go over the current market for e36 m3s and previously sold listings on bring a trailer and cars and bids.
Still not sure what I want to do in terms of building this car but I wish BMW had put the S54 in the E36 M3 from factory since the current S50 in it is so underpowered. Maybe we will do just that! But first we have a lot of other things to do!

Fixing and Roadtripping this E36 M3:

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[ionvasiloi]

So you just literally need to replace quite everything. Nice deal!

[razorrich]

Great vid guys! After hearing your thorough analysis, I vote for restoring on a budget.

“Worse than orange peel, more like paint roller peel” comment was just hilarious!

[erickharran]

The most underrated YouTubers for BMWs or Machanic in general you are a professional you conduct yourself very cordial you are humble and by far very unique and very skillful thank you for your videos thank you for the information I hope you excel in your channel on YouTube because your conscience is very clear very understood and you’re a straightforward person thank you

[QQ-hmnu]

Very underrated channel. knowledgeable, clear, entertaining, and have good film quality. keep it up.

[ZHPBrent]

Watching you guys fix up this M3 is what i wanna see! Buying a clean car is half as much fun as building it.

[satdcntga]

I have a 2002 e46 M3 with 89K miles that has a damanged front end I am working on. I would love to see you restore one. Your videos are so helpful for us Bimmer owners. Good work!

[BaoTieuActor]

Bring it back to it's former glory and save another e36 m3 from dying!

[Ross]

Looking forward to watching this later. Keep up the great content 👍

[grantschmidt]

I think it would be cool if you did a more budget build, unfortunately it doesn't look financially smart to restore it fully with all the things you listed

[stephenbyers]

Love the channel ever since I picked up a 325i sedan 1st bmw I've owned

[ShannonFLHI]

Fix what you need to keep it running without breaking the bank. Modified or stock, I would go the cheaper route of the two.

[finessedyawife]

Love your videos bro. Without you I literally wouldn't have known so much about my car. I respect you and appreciate you alot brother. My dream build is the e46 ls3 build

[ralphrotten]

SELL IT 7K. Take profit and buy clean M3.

[aah]

I still reckon it would be great content for the channel. Of course you can go and buy one, but I think a lot of viewers here would like to see a project like this from start to finish, perfecting a classic.

[pebprb]

Vader seats... unique, different, beautiful and for the same price as some sports?! VADER 👍
Continues to do an excellent job for the whole world. BMW ❤❤❤

[friguy]

A DIY'er can build a car for much less than you are talking about. You are buying parts at places because you need them right away. If you shop on Ebay and other used parts as well that are shipped parts are much less. As well if it is a DIY (as you are the pro most DIY person I could imagine LOL) the labor cost is all time and not cash. I drive a 2002 330CI converted completely to a 2006 E46 M3. It cost me a total including the car of $9000.

[rudeboys]

I think the paint job price is way too high really. I think around here in North Carolina you can get a great paint job for $2000-3000, that $7000 paint price must be California prices.

[ohrandyrandy]

Exactly how much I paid for my 1999 Convertible Automatic M3... then put 30K into it. I'm getting my money's worth because my car is now showroom and it's hella fun to drive. Original engine and trans with 174K miles, got it with 163K on the odometer. Got the hardtop and the LTW wheels. My car looks brand new. It literally blows people's minds when they see it. Estoril on Dove Grey FTW.

[hulk-smash-deez-hose.]

Love your passion for bmws👍 great channel keep bringing us more videos boss.

[notam]

Jason! been a long time viewer since 2015 from when you had your big shop in NC! I hope all is well, I've noticed your uploads # have really dropped. YouTube's algorithm is known to not favor someone's videos when they're inactive for a bit. I recall you saying that you used to do paint/body work in your old shop. Considering how much the youtube auto body scene is booming I wouldn't be surprised if you make a video of you repainting the m3 it could possibly blow up easily. Especially if its one of those 8-10 min style video. The reason I say that is because people want short term gratification when viewing videos and could possibly rake in a-good bit of views for painting the m3. Plus it defiantly needs exterior love! A fresh black respray would look mean and you'd be surprised how much of a mirror finish you get when spending a little time sanding, buffing and polishing with a DA polisher, most the time you can sand out all orange peel and runs to make it like glass. I hope you see this comment and hope all is well at your new shop space. (Maybe a series of a turbo build/body resto on the e36?)