[1013MM] Presents: All's Well. It's Time To Move On A Final And Saddening Farewell...

[romak47]

Guys COME ON!.. where a 1'er brotherhood.. sheeesh...

[Focusedintntions]

Exactly...a brotherhood and siblings always fight and bicker but still love each other lol

[Dmacc]

[EINSER M]

[HACKULO]

rofl

[1013mm]

Originally Posted by 1LazyBmw

Damn can't wait..

Me too. Any day now!

Originally Posted by Sylon

By the title, I thought you were getting rid of the car itself! Glad you are keeping it, can't wait to see the next version.

Also, you left your front plate on

front plate is only removed at shows and meets. Obeying the law is always priority!

Originally Posted by 1fastbmw

I also thought the car was going by the title and instantly thought, damn I'm going to miss the pics. Excited to see whats up next.

Me too!

Originally Posted by stong

gorgeous*

Thanks!

Originally Posted by 130iguy

indeed

Originally Posted by oman135

nice car
i dont like this wheels though !

Originally Posted by 130iguy

imo JZ is a ground breaker in regards to 1er wheel fitment.. no point in resting on your laurels imo

It's alright. An opinion is an opinion. This is an open forum my friends. We are all welcome to say what we want to say. It's not going to be a perfect utopia of everyone agreeing with each other all the time! I'm fine with it.

Originally Posted by Stoutnj89

My friend has a C 350 and changes exhaust and bumpers and paint and wheels and engine mods and.. and.. and..

WHY..? Pick a setup and say hey thats me.. Personally I fell in love with your car when it was by the windmills. WOW was that setup awesome.

Windmills might have a visitor soon

Originally Posted by goeslikeschnell

wait.. hold up...

YOU WERE TRYING TO SELL YOUR USED STOCK BRAKE PADS?
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=385516

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

sorry but it was funny couldn't help it.

Originally Posted by h3opama

There is simply no need for all this hate upon jzhang's ride. Everyone has different tastes with how they build their cars. Some look to build their cars for performance. Others build up their cars for the looks. How they modify their cars is completely up to them. I am sure jzhang understands the potential problems with stretched tires and poked wheels. Please keep the hate to yourself. If you see something you don't like then just click away from the page

Life is about taking some risk sometimes. In my mind, I don't think I made a bad choice.

Originally Posted by Jon.

For a second I thought you were getting a new car from the title haha

Can't wait to see your next set.

Form over function any day

Originally Posted by t02t

Lol awesome pics as always.. too bad your threads always turn into a flame war
looking forward to what you're getting next too!

It sucks, but it is what it is. What can I do? Not much

Originally Posted by Elsabor67

Jz,

Your car is very clean and set the way YOU like it. I'm a go fast guy, but I can definetly appreciate the work someone does on their car to make it the way YOU want it.

Your car is a "10" in my book.

Thanks man!

Originally Posted by Makkasteez

love your ride, i personally like a mix between function and form but those ccws are so sex

Might turn this beast into a track setup once it is all said and done, but we'll see. Rolling in style is cheaper for me than tracking it every weekend.

Originally Posted by 130iguy

you and ianf2002 should get together and see who can run the highest possible rear offset.. +80 seems like something you might be interested in


this is what imagine people like you to look like




As opposed to JZ..

O wow... I don't have sexay grey hair though

[1013mm]

To those that are trying to comprehend my modding...

1. I find form is more visually appealing than function
Understand that I am a photographer, which makes me more of a visual guy than anything. Sure, track cars can look good too, but to me is it practical to drive a loud track car with a huge wing everyday? I don't think so. Yes, we can go into the argument that a track car doesn't have to be loud or have a large wing to be on the track, but let's be realistic here, it's all subjective. I am "driven" by looks. The car as it sits today, looks good to me.

2. I live in Southern California and I am of Asian decent
The JDM cues on my car come from my background influences. I didn't want it to be 100% Euro since I like to be multi-cultural. Living in Socal has given me plenty of influences. As I've said since the beginning, my BMW is somewhat JDM and I like that. I don't want to fall into that "BMW purist" or stereotypical newer generation modded BMW category. In case you were wondering what the stereotypical newer generation modded BMW looks like, it's basically mtech kit + replica wheels, and in the 1-series case, it's CSL style wheel. I can't beginning to even count how many threads I have opened up only to be disappointed to see a rather stock looking 1-series with some CSL replicas. That's fine with me if you like the look, I actually wouldn't mind running some CSL replicas, but I just don't want my car to look like everyone else's.

I've even went as far as to prove my point when I called out most of "Socal's Finest 135i" last year. Lot's have changed, but my thoughts on modding a 1-series hasn't. Everyone should have their own unique style...


Also being a car photographer and shooting so many BMW, I get tired of shooting the "same" car all the time. If you didn't notice by now, every time I shoot at a show/meet I only shoot the cars I like and that are unique. I don't shoot every single car there. Otherwise 75% of the photos will look the same due to the fact that ~75% of the cars that do attend are modded the same.

That being said, I'm an all around type of guy, I like American muscle classics, plenty of JDM, and even pure Euro. I am very open to all different types of styling cues, which is why I attend shows/meets of different makes/styles.

3. I go to shows/meets way more than the track
As I have already emphasized. Just wanted to add here that the large stickers/graphics on my car are on there due to the respect that I have towards my sponsors and supporters. I sport them during car show season which is about to calm down here in Socal due to summer. I do miss my clean look

4. I have less than 12,000 miles on this car in 2.3 years
I work and travel close to home, so what plenty of see as a "restrict" is not much to me. Sure, I have to angle my way out of driveways and avoid major dips/potholes, but that's "normal" to me especially when the freeways here are like mine fields. I still baby this car more than anything. I think the Vegas photos of my car really pushes that point home. The furtherest I've ever gone in this car was to Vegas which is 4 hours away from home. It's not to say I keep it in the garage all the time. Believe it or not it is daily driven. It's just not practical driving a coupe long distance, that's what SUVs and minivans are for.



To be 100% honest, I was very skeptical about driving my car to Vegas, but in the end it came out a winner.

With these few explanations I hope I cleared some confusion to the reasoning behind my 1-series and it's mods. In the end of the day, your car is for you to mod. The correct way to mod your car is to make yourself happy. Let's be real here, it's a pretty selfish world that we live in. I'm not trying to prove here that my car is the hottest thing since slice bread, since you can't really beat a nice piece of sliced bread with some butter or honey (or whatever topping your heart desires... see what I mean by subjectivity?) on top. Mmmm...

[dcho]

damn john, let the haters hate. i'll be blunt for you too - 1addicts is boring because most people have the same $hit. "new wheels and rubber today" = csl reps. but then you have people making their cars too.

i think the 1 series is interesting in the sense that it can be ugly from certain angles but beautiful from others. it takes time to learn and appreciate that and I think you've done everything through your mods and photography to eccentuate the best features of the car.

[adrean8j]

@JZ: Thoughtful and well written! Keep up the good work and I agree with you...dare to be different! BTW remember form can follow function if done right! Now get your butt to the East Coast so you can shoot some of our cars!

[tylerh269]

Originally Posted by adrean8j

@JZ: Thoughtful and well written! Keep up the good work and I agree with you...dare to be different! BTW remember form can follow function if done right! Now get your butt to the East Coast so you can shoot some of our cars!

EAST COAST.... FTW!!

p.s. JZ your my idol

[HotSauce]

Originally Posted by tylerh269

EAST COAST.... FTW!!

p.s. JZ your my idol

+1, JZ your car is one of my favorites on here and the only reason I got my wheels is because I loved how they looked on your car. Can't wait to see what you have next in store

[HebbNH]

Thought for sure you were getting rid of the car when I read the title. Glad you're just changing some things, can't wait to see what's next!

[thez99]

Alright,

Keep chuggin JDM guy, no worries, your car looks sweet, I just stated a few opinions before, never said anyone cant customize their ride to themselves thou. Schells posts were just lame is all..

[Sylon]

Originally Posted by jzhang

In case you were wondering what the stereotypical newer generation modded BMW looks like, it's basically mtech kit + replica wheels, and in the 1-series case, it's CSL style wheel. I can't beginning to even count how many threads I have opened up only to be disappointed to see a rather stock looking 1-series with some CSL replicas. That's fine with me if you like the look, I actually wouldn't mind running some CSL replicas, but I just don't want my car to look like everyone else's.

This is the EXACT reason why I didnt go with Breyton's or any other CSL-style wheel. Everyone has them. I couldnt do that, and it kills me right now that my car is still bone stock. I can't drive a bone stock car around, nor can I mod it the same way everyone else does.

Keep doing what you are doing. Not everyone with a 135i needs to build it to be a track car. There are some people out there that like to focus on the show side of things.

[competition]

Originally Posted by thez99

Alright,

Keep chuggin JDM guy, no worries, your car looks sweet, I just stated a few opinions before, never said anyone cant customize their ride to themselves thou. Schells posts were just lame is all..

Wait what? Now you're saying his car looks sweet? What happened to not replying to this thread anymore?

My posts were lame because I was calling you out?

Since you're such a function over form guy, what suspension mods do you have on your car?

[thez99]

Originally Posted by goeslikeschnell

Wait what? Now you're saying his car looks sweet? What happened to not replying to this thread anymore?

My posts were lame because I was calling you out?

Since you're such a function over form guy, what suspension mods do you have on your car?

Man..let it go

I never said his car DIDNT look sweet, just gave my opinion on a form over function setup is all..you're the one that came in guns blazin. I happened over the thread again n saw the stuff he said later, decided to post again, so

[infinitekidM2C]

In...

[thez99]

All you whores cramming popcorn...gimme sum

[randomquickness]

can I haz some popcorn too? I always enjoy john's threads!

[competition]

LOL you guys and your popcorn

[Makkasteez]

jz i want to shoot some day this summer man!

[derekL]

Haters gonna hatee! Glad you don't let people influence the final decisions about YOUR car!

Soo... anyways.... will we be seeing the new set anytime soon? and when is the next Socal meet? im down to any in the summer!!