I BOUGHT THE CHEAPEST BMW M2 COMPETITION IN THE UK! WRECKED!!
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2022
- In today's video we finally get to look at the wrecked/salvage BMW M2 i've been hiding for months, let's see what's wrong with it...
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The fact there isn't many parts available for sale yells me it's worth more in bits
Maybe not one of your better buys Dean, you must have a very understanding wife that's all I can think of.
Excited for the content of this one. The panels are going to be a challenge to source. Your dry smile said it all as the plastic crunched and the metal creaked. Brave man! Brilliant channel.👍
Best way to repair any BMW front suspension in my experience is change the whole corner for a complete undamaged item, you will chase your tail as you will find alot more damage to parts that actually look ok. Its always impossible to tell looking at them. Usually you find this out at alignment time. There is no profit to be had in repairing salvage like this. You will find once your finished you could of bought a straight one for the same money. There is only one winner buying from Copart & that is Copart themselves, every time. Been at this job for 40 yrs & the salvage job is waste of time now.
I'm in agreement minus one option you missed. There's probably plenty of money to be made breaking this car. It'd be a shame to if it's savable, but in terms of the smartest option financially (well apart from not buying it in this first place lol) it makes the most sense.
You're forgetting about the CZcams revenue. This rebuild would be 20+ videos and the content would make the car repair almost free.
Salvage rebuilds uk seem to make a decent living out of damaged repairable but they are a lot more experienced than most.
Love this series. Love an M2 competition! Looking forward to the next instalment 👍🏼
Looking forward to seeing the rebuild, good luck parts hunting 🙏👍😃
Fabulous project. Looking forward to the next one.
Dean got big job on there good luck look forward to seeing the rebuild 👍
Interesting video Dean looking forward to seeing the next one 👍
Ouch! I'd say it's been spun (hitting a few things along the way) and then gone backwards into a muddy ditch, looking at the state of the exhaust etc. Let's hope it's not too battered underneath.......
Good work on the wheels Dean, it's got a lot of potential!
Lovely, gonna watch every video👌
That looks like it's spun and 'reverse entried' into something, whatever they hit probably fell onto the roof. Since there doesn't seem to be any damage to the paint finish I don't think it's rolled at all
I agree with this theory
My thoughts exactly, probably ended up in a ditch when you look at the tailpipe damage and mud that had to be removed from them. Agree on the roof too, some pretty hefty stuff growing in hedgerow’s.
Pretty much my thoughts.
yep, say someone having a bit of a "driftking" moment, lost control as they had no idea, span out, front corner impact first, then side and reversed entried into say hitting a sign post or something? That then fell onto the roof?
Good luck on this one!! That's looks like a bit of a challenge but I reckon something has fallen on the roof, possibly. Looking forward to see this get underway!
Depends how much Dean paid for it
Another channel had one of these that was to badly damaged and apparently parts are hard to get it worth more in parts either way good luck with it love your channel..
I've been wanting a *2 series* for a long while but I've got to say the *M series* cars are so much better looking this was a good buy looking forward to this rebuild 👏
Love it dean. You've got your work cut out with this one by the looks of it. But it's gonna be a beauty when it's done 👍😊
Great video. I'm worried about that roof tho!
Great video,with what you have to work with not that bad,keep doing what your doing and carry on.😎😎😎👍👍👍
You are a mad man. Will be interesting to see what you do with it
Hey Dean, this is going to be another awesome series 😎😃
You pick the most amazing project cars...as Phil Collins once sang in the 1980's...your cars are "Against All Odds". Makes for Excellent viewing. Thanks
Great work and patience
Big Kahunas dude! Good luck!
plus side... Both reverse lights work.. Looking forward to this fix Dean :)
Good luck with this one Pro .Regards from Holland
Last build I watched was the Porsche. Looking fwd to this one as its totalled🍿🥳
Looks like an immense challenge and I’m anticipating quite an eventful strip down. I winced as you kicked and pulled the pieces clear of the offside wheel …
Certainly looks like you enjoy a challenge Dean 🤣 but from first glance this could be an interesting rebuild IF the parts are available and not too expensive.
Yessss BMW content! Glad to see it 👌👌
Rebuild will be expensive but an awesome car.. looking forward to next vids on it
Good night everyone liking all your videos keep it going dean
Awesome car! Espesh as I don’t particularly like bm’s But this m2 comp is a sweet car- obv once it’s fitted! Do these have carbon roofs??
Does it have the optional indicator pack? 😄 Joking aside, looking forward to this one! Good luck mate. 👍
What a cracking car. Those last few moments before the accident were a bum clencher for sure! Will make great content 👍🏼👍🏼
Mint car Dean can't wait to see you fix it
Great buy
Great video mate
Looks like a competition between Matt Armstrong as to who can buy the car with the worst damage. At least it looks like you don’t have to change out the dash. Interesting rebuild and good luck.
This will be an interesting build, considering that the spare parts are scarce. For me it doesn't ring a roll over. Looks like it came from a muddy ditch though 🤔. Can't wait for the build.
Nice motor when finished 💪
Genuinely i think it looks a lot worse than it is. Good that you’ve got the headlight remnants in the boot. Worth seeing if you can reuse the ballast/led control module as that would save a new one having to be programmed to the car?
Looking forward to this one 👍
Great project. Love it.
More brilliant content Dean!
Good luck with this one hopefully you get it up n running…
It's definitely been on its side m8. Partly rolled over / on its side, ditched. Loving the vids great stuff 👍
No roll but slide damage after someone tried drifting but part rolled and hit the roof possibly. Crack on mate, love to do it myself 👍 good buy 👍
One good thing, Dean. The reverse & brake lights work. Good luck with it mate!
Yes, but what about the indicators?😂
Great car and hopefully restored to as-new. I don't think it's rolled as the highest point of the roof is untouched, as is the shark-fin aerial. Maybe caught a tree-branch on its way backwards into a ditch. I seem to remember there were not many options (less than a handful) available on these so most of it is standard. M2 aficionados / owners will correct me. Can't wait for more!
Thought it looked awful at first but you might have got away with it. Doesn’t look as bad
Looking forward to this one!!
Looking forward to this rebuild! You've got balls. Can you find out from an HPI whether it was stolen/recovered?
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Hi Dean. I dont think it rolled over or on it's side, because the wing Mirrors seem ok. Something must have dropped on the roof.
Great vídeo!
Looking forward to this build but it looks like a hell of a lot of work
It has the Plus pack and Comfort pack, so quite well spec'd
Think its been crashed on a track, looking forward to this build, plenty of content here with this car can't wait nice one Dean.
Nice projects you have, I just wonder if you start a little bit too many rebuilds before you finish any off…..
This will be brilliant series good call on m2
Another great build!!! So much goin on… hard to keep up… lol
I'd say a rather big spin of at a few revolutions ! Good luck
Shame it's not a vag, but it makes a change, looks a lot of body damage though, looking forward to the rebuild on this, well done.
Brave buy . But fixable at the end of the day . Love channel this be a interesting one for us 🤛
Tend to lose door mirrors when cars are rolled. Looks like something dropped onto the roof. If the roof lines haven't shifted has the steel stretched?
Carbon roof time?
It's one complete basket-case after another!! I love this channel.
Rear wheel drive, I'd say spun into a ditch. That door glass close might be a worry, if the roofs moved? Lets see what awaits you underneath! Nice buy for the Channel
Nice reason to fit a carbon roof. Looks to have m performance coilovers on it which is a nice bonus. I suspect it’s tuned as well
Also all the rad packs and stuff are identical to the m3/4
Roof damage may have been from the lamp post the car clipped. Them LED lamps are made out of metal, are heavy and often break off when hit, mud in tail pipes!! car towed backwards out of ditch 🙂
Great project for the channel and I think someone has jamp on the roof as there is not enough damage for a roll over.
Looks an expensive project with limited used parts so best of luck with it dean
I don't think that the badge was scratched😅 You've got your work cut out there. It'll be interesting.
Do you think something could have fallen on the roof? If it had rolled wouldn't the damage be more across the roof?
Made my day pretty good 😃😀
Love this, that roof would freak me out though 🤣
Looking forward to this project, but I’m biast! The perfect opportunity for a carbon skinned roof there mate!
Very excited about this one ☺️
Awesome project.
I have some Autoglym SRP if that helps Dean , only joking looking forward to this
Yep, that's gone backwards through a hedge/fence/gate, probably via a ditch. It hasn't been inverted otherwise airbags would've no doubt deployed...
Hi Dean, what tool did you use to open the inner rod end
I’ve restored a written-off Z4 and an X3 before, and these BMWs always end up costing more to fix than you think! If you’re willing to keep the car then it’s “worth it” as it’s cheaper than buying an undamaged one, but I wouldn’t expect much profit in selling it on. The write-off history always puts buyers off (even though it shouldn’t really make a difference if the car is restored properly, in my view).
I always found panels to be cheap to source but stuff like headlights are ridiculously expensive. The airbag units are usually expensive as well (unless you can find reconditioned ones).
I don’t think this has rolled but wherever it landed, something like an overhanging hedge or branch has pushed down the roof on impact maybe? Hard to tell without seeing the car in the flesh.
New roof needed. Get it on a jig as well
I am going with track day crash. Spin on wet grass with long slow slide down tyre wall and then possibly had the barrier land on the roof. No air bags must have been a "soft" crash imho. If it had hit anything hard there would be a lot more paint missing. If it had gone in a ditch there would be a lot more grass and mud. Its certainly a weird one.
Lovely inside
That is showroom fresh compared to the M240 Salvage rebuilds uk bought recently!🤣
Dwlooooolouder haha 🤣 agreed
I bought the cheapest VW up! in my region, considering that the car is well maintained with just 101.000 km. It has hail damage and in general the paint is quite battered... I always lovingly refer to it as the shabbiest up! in Germany. But the car serves its purpose and is incredibly cheap to run, also because it has no features, let alone air conditioning.
I even think that the dents from the hail damage make the car a bit more aerodynamic, would explain the good fuel economy. I like to buy cars with damage like for example my Miata NB which I bought with a broken vinyl top for a stupidly low price, considering it was a rust-free exemplar.
What competition did you WIN or LOSE Dean 😂, gosh that looks and is going to be so expensive to repair especially if no secondhand cheap parts around but great content for us 👌🏻.
All the clutch smoke when trying to move the forward 😆
Looks to have option packs
M2C Sport Comfort Pack (£1,800)
-Electric Front Seats with Driver Memory
-Heated Front Seats
-Reverse Camera
-Wireless Charging
-Comfort Keyless Access
-Exterior Folding Mirrors
M2C Plus Pack (£1,485)
-BMW ICON adaptive LED Headlights
-19" Black Bi-Colour 788M Alloys Wheels
-Harmon Kardon
-Sun Protection Glass
looks like you might have lucked out with this one. most of it looks like it's just replace parts. I was surprised when you said the sub frame wasn't damaged.
Having been involved in trying to get a Group A Escort Cosworth rally car onto a trailer after it hit a heavy steel gatepost on a rally stage at Weeton Army barracks, which ripped off the entire left front strut, we put a trolley jack under the chassis leg on the left hand side and managed to drive the car on with only 3 corners.
A wheel skate with castors under your left front wheel would have done a similar job. Might even have steered.
Good luck with the M2 !! you’re going to need it I’m afraid ..engine sounds in need of attention could be real issue.. you’ve mentioned having issues finding used parts another big factor to consider. The roof looks like concern to me ..it’s stacking up could well be money pit
Engine sounds awful to be honest, I would of left this one well alone! But if you have sponsors that not all bad 👍🏻
Yeah I'm sure I heard it knocking on the second start up. I'd get the oil and filter out asap to have a look for "glitter" before investing any serious money in it.
Looking forward to this one!
It may be possible that rather than a rollover, something may have fallen on the roof, a tree or maybe something else, rollovers tend to damage the entire roof and usually windscreens and rear windows get smashed.
Pretty sure the mirror would be gone of it had rolled on its side, looks a pretty good car.
Bit of T-cut it’ll be fine!!
since the side morriw are fine, it has not rolled over. but hit soft thing at speed. this is a good long term fix I think. but a good one.
Change or the arms for brand new ones. Don't play around with them. Buy lemforder, they are OEM
We repaired a M2 that had a crash, massive money in parts. All the ducts and trims added up to a fortune. He ended up fitting carbon fibre wings as they were cheaper!
Should be a good build but the damage is weird. Part of me thinks the car was parked as the airbag never went off but then that does not explain the mud also the roof damage is odd cause the c pillar does not look out of shape yet that roof is in
That looks like its slid off a road into a ditch and tipped up on its side, hence the roof damage against a tree or similar. Good luck, going to be a challenging build!
I did that
Sounds very low on oil. Top end tapping like mad. Potential blue smoke from the exhaust when reversing in. Should be fun to watch this.!
Did hear and see that . Been upsides down or almost
An odd mixture of damage, the roof looks almost as though it was pushed in by something smooth and padded. The mud and other problems, no blown airbags, very odd. Was it malicious damage? Looking at it, I hope it was cheap, fixing it may not be, good luck, I fear you might be in need of a large quantity of that rare commodity. The last time I had a BMW was in the early 1970s, I did not go there again.
Hopefully the car can move in a straight line again. Good luck.