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Originally Posted by IEDEI
i get that. but the whole beauty of the 1M is that they HAD to flare the fenders to fit the E9X M3 parts underneath. The cosmetics were functional....not for design....well not primarily for design.
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Wider wheel base is functional in and of itself.
The beauty of the 1M in my eyes is the deliberate disregard for performance numbers and the total free design vision of the BMW engineers while they scrabbled through a box of E82 135i parts and a box of E90 M3 parts to make their dream raw fun drivers car a reality.
So given that the beauty of the 1M is a raw feeling, or rather a tangible emotion, I have no issue with folks trying to snag bits of that beauty for their non-M 1er. That is what being an auto enthusiast is all about.
I haven't seen a poorly done conversion yet. They have all been done out of the same love of design and driving that those original BMW engineers started Project Pyrat in the first place. And not one of them has had a ///M badge stuck on the back either. Respect.