e36 M# Lightweight on eBay

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The"god-awful" wing came with the car, it was in the trunk and made the smaller DOT approved one taller by adding spacers, stock except you had to put it on. I believe that turned up exhaust is also stock.

From BMW World, "BMW placed several options in the trunk, which the user could install if desired. Why did they put them in the trunk? Because if BMW found out they were installed, it would void your warranty!

Designed for racing only, the performance options were:

An oil pan with a dual pickup. The dual pickup helped ensure constant oil flow in hard cornering.
A non-DOT spoiler to increase down force. The spoiler does have a penalty of a few mph at high speeds.
The spoiler included an upper GT Race wing with two spacers. The spacers could be used to raise the upper wing further into the air stream if desired, like in the above picture."
 
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Interesting! I've seen several M3 Lightweights, but all of them had the stock spoiler that was available on the regular E36 M3s. This is the first one I've seen with that type of wing.

Even so, I still think it looks weird and "tacked-on."
 

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Most did not put it on with the extensions because was reported to "void" the warranty and was deemed "racing only". I do not like the shopping cart style spoilers either!
 


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