Redeem myself?

[BahnBurnerE36]

So a lot of you have been giving me sh*t after telling you the modifications currently on my car, and the ones I plan on doing in the future. Yes I welcome the criticism, as this is my first European car. But I still have a broad idea of what is cool with any "style" I guess you could say. A lot of you have REALLY clean ti's on here. Honestly, I'm more of a "cartoonish" look guy. I love retardedly negative camber, stupid stretched tires, hood rides, cars literally static dropped so low they are always dragging, etc. Whether you like the route my ti is going or not, it is me, and it fits my budget.

Only reason I made this thread is - I have some decent pics of my car now that I'll put up this week. If you guys like even the slightest detail on my car then let me redeem myself

[cooljess76]

Hey man, it's your car. Some people like the slammed and stretched theme and others like the high performance side of things. That's the cool thing about our community. Most of the e36 owners view the Ti as an inferior vehicle to their otherwise "classy" 15 year old coupes or sedans. Here, we all love the hatch. While I'm not a fan of certain mods that make our cars look cheap, I do appreciate the work that's involved as it's a sign of love for our cars. Not everyone uses their 318ti as a race car and not everyone uses it as a show car. Our mods reflect the individual's taste and personality. When it's all said and done, it's nice to look at your car and know that it's not like anyone else's.

And consider yourself redeemed, you were never a bad person in my eyes. Can't wait to see the pics of your progress!

[tiFreak]

I love the VW style too, not to many stretched and poked ti's out there

[BahnBurnerE36]

Thank you guys. Currently I am just lowered on Bilstein non-adjustables, I will be taking those off shortly and setting them aside for the future (unless anyone else wants to buy them ). I will be cutting springs and don't want to ruin those. Hopefully I will be as low as my old Civic hatch, you couldn't slide a pack of cigarettes underneath it. I'll put pics up of it as well.

Current tires are 185/65's on a 15" wheel. Not much of a stretch, but noticeable to the trained eye. Soon to come is also -2 camber all the way around. I love upwards of -5, however on our vehicle you have to purchase expensive shims to do so. I'd rather put that money into my Dinan chip

[mohaughn]

Shims cost next to nothing.. 25$ for a really well made set, you could piece together a kit for even less at home depot, but I wouldn't advise doing that as most home improvement stores don't really carry high quality hardware.