Mike's E28: You Either Love It or Hate It.

[MeFryRice]

I caught up with Mike at the IA gathering in Nashville during the summer. At the time, his car was in a stage that many people hated, especially fellow Bimmer owners. Well Mike has changed the look of the car again which I sure will cause even more hatred. I have to give him credit for being original and now worrying about what others will think. :p

Before:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3517158109_5ea1005a8b_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3757266246_468fef5f39_o.jpg

Now:

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http://www.stanceworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSC2241-as-Smart-Object-1-copy.jpg

http://www.stanceworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSC2188-as-Smart-Object-1-copy-398x600.jpg

http://www.stanceworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSC2127-as-Smart-Object-1-copy.jpg

http://www.stanceworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSC2274-as-Smart-Object-1-copy.jpg

[mustangtomiata]

exspensive paint job, don't think its gunna lasty too long :lol:

[DecoyOctopus]

rust never looked so good hahah

[Roadster]

Absofu**inlutely love it.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Absofu**inlutely love it.

:lol: :lol: I saw this and thought of you.

[mustangtomiata]

I think its awesome too, i also just realized the trailer has BBS's also. :D

[jester911]

I find it hard to take any car seriously that has jaws painted on it.

[DecoyOctopus]

I find it hard to take any car seriously that has jaws painted on it.
lol hahahaahahah i mean if it was painted on the side of a war plane would it be different?

[scandmx5]

i'd like it if it was decked out in swastikas and SS emblems :lol:

[Sawyer]

I've always been a fan of Mike's cars in that past and this one is no different. I love it!

[oldgrayfrog]

What young men who don't ever want to get laid again do to their cars... Yup that'll do it.

[Sawyer]

Except by the girls who understand it. They're the only ones worth keeping anyways. ;)

[jester911]

lol hahahaahahah i mean if it was painted on the side of a war plane would it be different?

Yes it would. Seeing the jaws of death come down on you before you die is apropos. Seeing those same jaws on the side of a car...not so much.

[mustangtomiata]

Except by the girls who understand it. They're the only ones worth keeping anyways. ;)


100% agree

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

It's not my style but I can see what he has going on and appreciate it. It's well done and does have style, I wouldn't drive it though.

[nickt93]

I've seen a few other cars with the intentional rust. I never really totally understand it. The article below gave me a little more perspective on where he's coming from. The car looks hard, but the wheels play a big part in that - the contrast between the clean baller wheels and the rest of the car is hilarious.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/4042749899_ec9488b4ca_o.jpg

[oldgrayfrog]

LB, Steve should get down on his knees each and every day and thank his Lord and Savior, 'cause you are the only woman I know that would "understand" 90% of what goes on around here, let alone think the rust mobile is a suitable dating transport.

[scandmx5]

why the hell hasnt tibbett posted yet
since he's the goddamn pinnacle of all bmw knowlege according to him :lol:

[Beastinthebushes]

I liked the bright orange rust better, its still a cool looking car. Original at its finest. I saw it at some giant VW thing in Helen this year. Got some pics cause I was so intrigued. I should really get a photobucket or something so that my pictures are just attachments. Whatever. Just thinking out loud.

[LagunaRoadster]

I like the original thinking from this guy. Its hard to be different, but he pulled it off. Props.

[Atlanta93LE]

I'm of the "Hate It" variety. But then, even stock I think they're ugly as sin.

[deerock]

i effin love that car. its quite possibly the sickest thing ive seen. i got an invite to go to the stance works show simple clean in january so ill be reppin it up in FL!!

[nderwater]

i think it's badass. it makes me want to find a big-six e12 to paint like a messerschmitt.

[RotorNutFD3S]

I'm not a fan of that style, but agree he has made it different and distinct. And if he's happy with it, that's still all that matters at the end of the day. I had someone call my car the ugliest pile of sh** they ever saw today, just goes to show not everyone likes the same thing. lol

[Animus21]

I had someone call my car the ugliest pile of sh** they ever saw today, just goes to show not everyone likes the same thing. lol



Thats.......just...ugh. I give up.

[caseyfoster]

I dont care how original you want to be, that is ugly as sin. And no girl would want to ride in it.

[Doppelgänger]

If you're using your car to try to impress girls...well... yeah, the only ones you'll be impressing are the ones you pay...or maybe the dumb hoes you pick up from onlinebootycall :lol:


I'm not "in love" with Mike's car, but I do like it and I would rock it. Also, that isn't his only car, he's got several other BMWs as well

[oneslammed10ae]

omfg i love this thing so much i really like the war plane thing its sick props

[wildfire0310]

I give the guy credit. I am not a fan of the style, but I do like it from an artistic standpoint.

[quadmasta]

Giant VW thing in Helen is Southern Wörthersee

[simontibbett]

Ugly...............

[Beastinthebushes]

Giant VW thing in Helen is Southern Wörthersee

That was it! i couldnt remember, lot of vee dubs, huge caravan on the way down, with police escort in some areas, we should do something like that for rpseed this spring, we be rollin deep!

[chic]

like the car - not the colors or anything .... =/

[chic]

If you're using your car to try to impress girls...well... yeah, the only ones you'll be impressing are the ones you pay...or maybe the dumb hoes you pick up from onlinebootycall :lol:


I'm not "in love" with Mike's car, but I do like it and I would rock it. Also, that isn't his only car, he's got several other BMWs as well


hahahahaha

[FlipKing]

I like the originality of it. But if I rocked it, it be glossy black

[jzilla]

how long till this is an open wheel car?

[simontibbett]

I like the originality of it. But if I rocked it, it be glossy black

See it was cool when it WAS in fact original.

[MoD_Scotty]

I appreciate the guy wanting to be different, and I kinda dig how the car looks (minus the chain door handle).

I just think he should have been a little more accurate (putting a paint scheme from an American P-40 Warhawk onto a German car doesn't make any sense to me).

http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/ftp/images/aviation/military/warbirds/p40-warhawk-1.gif

[Doppelgänger]

nom nom nom nom

[Dr.Drew]

I wish I had the stones to rock something that insane. Props

[Acro]

I really like that a lot. I'd definately rock it, and dun hafta worry about picking up the girls ;)

[Spark!Plug]

no fix it tickets for the windshield? crazy. "nice"

[FooSchnickens]

Friends, don't let friends hoodride their cars.

It's played out now.

Seriously.

QUIT IT.

[GraffitiPanda]

"rusting a car can be done properly" AMAZING job on both id like to bounce some ideas off his head..... i need someone with the ballz to do things like this to help me figure out what to do with my car....

[simontibbett]

Balls? It requires balls to do that now? LMFAO.

[GraffitiPanda]

Balls? It requires balls to do that now? LMFAO.

it taskes balls to stand out... idiot

[simontibbett]

it taskes balls to stand out... idiot

No it doesn't...lol...it just takes being a normal person and not a nut swinger. There are tons of cars that stand out, doesn't mean anyone has balls, so I guess all emo kids stand out too because they wear clothes that tell look at me I'm depressed?

[GraffitiPanda]

I'm not playing this game with you Simon.. Go break another Miata... And learn how to stay on topic.

[DecoyOctopus]

"rusting a car can be done properly" AMAZING job on both id like to bounce some ideas off his head..... i need someone with the ballz to do things like this to help me figure out what to do with my car....

tell me about your ideas. you can bounce your ideas off my head if youd like. i has balls.

[simontibbett]

I have balls too...I guess every VW owner, rat rod owner, etc do too if just rusting a car makes you have balls.

My Porsche had some rust around the battery tray, I have huge balls.

[MeFryRice]

My Porsche had some rust around the battery tray, I have huge balls.

:lol:

[LostSoulMiata]

...and I get called a ricer :rolleyes:

[GraffitiPanda]

well this cars inspired me to design a new piece for my car :) ill do a write up!

[DecoyOctopus]

...and I get called a ricer :rolleyes:

lol of the century

[DecoyOctopus]

well this cars inspired me to design a new piece for my car :) ill do a write up!

what something rusty?

[mustangtomiata]

I'm not playing this game with you Simon.. Go break another Miata... And learn how to stay on topic.

don't think simon's miata was broke too often....


And I must be super redneck hoodrat baller because my tractor and all associated equipment are covered in rust!!!! BYAH

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

And now it's dead thanks to a speed bump...

The Loss of a Friend on Vimeo

More on it here..

The Loss of a Friend. - StanceWorks

[MeFryRice]

I talked to Mike earlier today and he's very bummed about the car which I can understand. I would be too. :(

[GraffitiPanda]

wow... i think i honestly shed a tear over that thread... that was my favorite BMW over any i have ever seen... its like losing a child it really is... i felt similar when the white car died... that little white miata made me so many friends and had so many story's to tell... it truly is depressing EVEN if you have 30 cars to lose one that has sentimental value of that degree its truly heartbreaking.... truly truly heartbreaking... honestly if i had the money i would buy the shell and have it welded to a giant cement block with a plaque to tell its story... truly my favorite car ever posted on here... and i never got to see it in person... and im just about to get some real wheels soon i was going to ask if he wanted to do a photo shoot... seriously my girlfriend is making fun of me rite now because of how sad reading that thread made me....

R.I.P rusty... u wont be forgotten... hopefully i can build a clone one day in your memory. Respect...

[Sawyer]

Aww... That's horrible. Poor Mike. :cry:

[GraffitiPanda]

Anyone have his email I'd like to let him know how inspired I was by his car...

[nickt93]

Anyone have his email I'd like to let him know how inspired I was by his car...

It's in his profile on the linked forum: SpasticDwarf@gmail.com (http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/member.php?u=3#)

[nickt93]

I thought this car was dead. Resurrected?

http://jalopnik.com/5651022/meet-rusty-slammington-m5-gets-chopped-slammed-and-rubbed-the-wrong-way

[Beastinthebushes]

Wow, that's awesome. Some people refuse to let things die. More power to him!

[MeFryRice]

He did this swap quite some time ago. It made an appearance at both the VAG Fest as well as Import Alliance in Atlanta earlier this summer.

[Sawyer]

I still love it. Partially because it's become so ridiculously over the top.

[Stealth97]

I hated it before, but it's better now :)

[friday]

I really like the chopped roof and metal dash. So nasty and cool looking, its like some wild mad max car.

[Spark!Plug]

i saw a thing about the car with the jaws on speedhunters.com and they sanded it down IIRC and then rubbed it down with diesel oil to get the patina, so it's not a rust car.. rough car?

[xHotwirex]

its sweet man and that little trailer is ******* awesom

[dingo7]

YouTube - ams evo8 querter mile run and its running 8.42 nowI find it hard to take any car seriously that has jaws painted on it.

[Sawyer]

That's a video of an Evo??

[wildfire0310]

That's a video of an Evo??


I think he is trying to say that a car with jaws painted on it can be evil, and bad@$$

[Sawyer]

Ah, I didn't even notice the jaws on it. I gotchya now. :)

[Beastinthebushes]

Ah, I didn't even notice the jaws on it.


Its because it was going crazy fast!

[wildfire0310]

Ah, I didn't even notice the jaws on it. I gotchya now. :)

Its because it was going crazy fast!


nah.. you know she was looking at its sexy a$$ :lol:

[dingo7]

^word!