Hello R3V! I am new to the forums here, and have been reading and lurking for a few months now. I have been driving a 1988 735i since i was 15, as it was a hand me down from the family. i don't have many pictures of it but it has 225k miles and was repainted professionally a few months ago.It is completely stock and in my mind fantastic shape for an e32. i also autcrossed it a few times.
About 4 weeks ago I purchased my first car, a 1988 325i 4 door 5 speed.
I was thrilled, but after the work i put in it, i realized that if someone who didn't really care about it had gotten a hold of it it would be in the crusher. 171k miles on the car, original timing belt, and a 4 inch section of oil pan gasket just gone at the rear.
This is the picture of the day after I purchased it.I put it up on ramps to inspect it some more and looked at the oil leak i discovered before the purchase. I was relatively disappointed to find it was not coming from a loose oil filter as i hoped, but rather from the oil pan gasket at the rear of the engine. I looked it up and realized what i had ahead of me. it would be fun. so i put the car in the back of the garage the next day and up on jackstands, where it was for 2 and a half weeks.
during said time i did a timing belt replacement, and all the accompanying parts listed on te pelican parts website. I then replaced the driveshaft ( the old one had a horrible CSB, and i figured the u-joint was probably sloppy and caused this), and had the instrument cluster repaired. So now, my e30 is mechanically fairly solid.
Here is a picture of my e30 and a friend of mine's tr6. So i thought it would be fun to introduce myself here toe the forums and join the community!
So now for your input, i have two possible routes i may go with my ongoing project. the first one is to do the plastic bumper swap, 15 inch basket weaves, and is valence and spoiler, along with bilstiens and upgraded brakes. no power upgrades for the moment but maybe in a few year throw in a turbo. The other option is to go with the classic and stock look. modifications would include tweed floor mats and a wooden shiftknob, basketweaves, and other smaller things of that like. I am currently getting the car cosmetically restored ( i have 2 doors and a fender - it was in a small parking lot accident ( door over extended, the hinges and frame are fine, dented the door and fender) and there's an unrelated small dent in the other door: maybe opened hard into a wall or something).
About 4 weeks ago I purchased my first car, a 1988 325i 4 door 5 speed.
I was thrilled, but after the work i put in it, i realized that if someone who didn't really care about it had gotten a hold of it it would be in the crusher. 171k miles on the car, original timing belt, and a 4 inch section of oil pan gasket just gone at the rear.
This is the picture of the day after I purchased it.I put it up on ramps to inspect it some more and looked at the oil leak i discovered before the purchase. I was relatively disappointed to find it was not coming from a loose oil filter as i hoped, but rather from the oil pan gasket at the rear of the engine. I looked it up and realized what i had ahead of me. it would be fun. so i put the car in the back of the garage the next day and up on jackstands, where it was for 2 and a half weeks.
during said time i did a timing belt replacement, and all the accompanying parts listed on te pelican parts website. I then replaced the driveshaft ( the old one had a horrible CSB, and i figured the u-joint was probably sloppy and caused this), and had the instrument cluster repaired. So now, my e30 is mechanically fairly solid.
Here is a picture of my e30 and a friend of mine's tr6. So i thought it would be fun to introduce myself here toe the forums and join the community!
So now for your input, i have two possible routes i may go with my ongoing project. the first one is to do the plastic bumper swap, 15 inch basket weaves, and is valence and spoiler, along with bilstiens and upgraded brakes. no power upgrades for the moment but maybe in a few year throw in a turbo. The other option is to go with the classic and stock look. modifications would include tweed floor mats and a wooden shiftknob, basketweaves, and other smaller things of that like. I am currently getting the car cosmetically restored ( i have 2 doors and a fender - it was in a small parking lot accident ( door over extended, the hinges and frame are fine, dented the door and fender) and there's an unrelated small dent in the other door: maybe opened hard into a wall or something).
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