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Mat Armstrong's non-running M3 has a broken-spring problem too

A suspension overhaul shares the screen with a previously unseen storage barn full of supercar projects.

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REBUILDING MY NON RUNNING BMW M3

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1:34Armstrong shows the Murciélago Roadster's disassembled interior and replacement V12 engine.
4:15The collection tour enters a previously unseen barn used for temporary car storage.
7:10He explains the M3's Copart purchase and engine failure from oil starvation.
9:11The front suspension comes apart for an adjustable Bilstein coilover installation.
15:55Rear suspension work reveals a broken coil spring, which Armstrong identifies as an MOT failure.
19:10The barn tour reaches his repaired blue Porsche GT3 RS, originally salvaged after Florida water damage.

Mat Armstrong reaches the back of his blue BMW M3 and finds another item for the repair list: a broken coil spring. The car already has an engine-failure story. Even before it runs, there is work waiting underneath.

"REBUILDING MY NON RUNNING BMW M3" has drawn about two million views since yesterday. On Mat Armstrong MK2, his more laid-back second channel, the upload mixes hands-on suspension work with a tour of a barn where he temporarily stores his cars. It is part workshop session, part chance to catch up with projects that don't always make it onto camera.

Armstrong explains that the damaged M3 came from Copart and suffered engine failure through oil starvation. Here, he tackles its suspension, fitting adjustable Bilstein coilovers supplied by Motec Performance. At the front, the job involves transferring the original top mount and reconnecting the wiring and drop links. At the rear, the broken spring makes the replacement more than a cosmetic upgrade: he points out that it would fail an MOT.

Between those jobs, the camera wanders through a collection with plenty of repair history of its own. A Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster has a stripped interior and a replacement V12 engine. A McLaren 600LT came from Cyprus after a crash; his rebuilt 720S prompts a discussion of maintenance and software glitches. Then there is the blue Porsche 911 GT3 RS salvaged after water damage in Florida.

The glimpses of off-camera work have become a running joke in the comments, while other viewers ask for the return of six o'clock uploads. One compares the garage to a GTA collection. The M3, meanwhile, still needs the decidedly real-world business of springs, mounts and bolts.

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