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Oct 10, 2011
By John Zhang
First of all let’s just get this out of the way, this is a show car. What is a show car you may ask? A true show car forgets everything function and embraces everything form. Show cars are made to look good and grab attention whether it may be good or bad attention. This 2007 BMW 335i, also known as ‘Blurple’ online and at shows, is a show car. The whole purpose of it is to stand out at shows. Why? Because showcar.
Let’s go back about a year and a half ago. Many of you may have remember seeing this car or photos of it floating on the internet somewhere. At the time, it was known mainly because of it’s custom neo chromed Work Meisters. Also during this time, it was already a full-fledged show car. Car shows go through seasons and in order to consistently win, changes are made during the “off-season” every year which is very similar to race cars or track cars. See where this is leading? If it wasn’t clear, different people have different approaches to things. You can build a trailered race car or you can build a trailered show car. It might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but Blurple was built to do one thing and that was to grab attention at shows.
You either hate it or you love it. There’s really no explanation to the modifications when it comes to show cars. It’s just made for show. Some pay for track days, while others pay for show spots. We can all argue about its looks for days, but ironically that’s what a “good” show car does, it sparks conversation. Good or bad it leaves an impression.
There are so many photos of this car online that we seem to miss the small details. The interior was done. Nothing was left untouched, everything down to the plate frames has been customized in some way, shape or form. The “ornaments” might not be your thing, but the models love them.
It’s won so many best of shows that it even has it’s own Facebook fan page dedicated to itself. Something that is worthy of bragging rights to say the least.
Since this shoot was short and sweet, we’ll keep this feature short and sweet. This is how the car looked about 2 months ago. Currently the daring shade of pink has been uninstalled and Blurple is now in it’s off-season phase which means changes are about to be made. This is the last you’ll see of this Blurple with pink. And if you were wondering, Gram Lights do come in pink from factory.
One more look at one of the most unique show BMW’s ever.
Oct 10, 2011
By John Zhang
First of all let’s just get this out of the way, this is a show car. What is a show car you may ask? A true show car forgets everything function and embraces everything form. Show cars are made to look good and grab attention whether it may be good or bad attention. This 2007 BMW 335i, also known as ‘Blurple’ online and at shows, is a show car. The whole purpose of it is to stand out at shows. Why? Because showcar.
Let’s go back about a year and a half ago. Many of you may have remember seeing this car or photos of it floating on the internet somewhere. At the time, it was known mainly because of it’s custom neo chromed Work Meisters. Also during this time, it was already a full-fledged show car. Car shows go through seasons and in order to consistently win, changes are made during the “off-season” every year which is very similar to race cars or track cars. See where this is leading? If it wasn’t clear, different people have different approaches to things. You can build a trailered race car or you can build a trailered show car. It might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but Blurple was built to do one thing and that was to grab attention at shows.
You either hate it or you love it. There’s really no explanation to the modifications when it comes to show cars. It’s just made for show. Some pay for track days, while others pay for show spots. We can all argue about its looks for days, but ironically that’s what a “good” show car does, it sparks conversation. Good or bad it leaves an impression.
There are so many photos of this car online that we seem to miss the small details. The interior was done. Nothing was left untouched, everything down to the plate frames has been customized in some way, shape or form. The “ornaments” might not be your thing, but the models love them.
It’s won so many best of shows that it even has it’s own Facebook fan page dedicated to itself. Something that is worthy of bragging rights to say the least.
Since this shoot was short and sweet, we’ll keep this feature short and sweet. This is how the car looked about 2 months ago. Currently the daring shade of pink has been uninstalled and Blurple is now in it’s off-season phase which means changes are about to be made. This is the last you’ll see of this Blurple with pink. And if you were wondering, Gram Lights do come in pink from factory.
One more look at one of the most unique show BMW’s ever.
