WTB: 89-91 325i Sedan 5-Sp Manual (Bay Area, LA, SD)

[crawlcontrol]

***UPDATE: Bought one locally today. Thanks everyone.***

Hello, been reading the forum for a while but first post here. I'm looking for a 89-91 325i 4-door sedan with 5-speed manual transmission. No coupe or automatic please. Color will be either white, gray, or black. Must be relatively clean and accident free. No swaps or heavy mods. I appreciate what a lot of guys did with their swaps and heavy mods but I'm just looking for a relatively stock one.

My budget is open depending on the condition of the car. I already own 3 cars so I'm not in any rush to get a car. I'm in Bay Area but willing to pick up the car in LA or San Diego if it's worth the trip. Thanks guys.

[ME30W]

This would be a long ways from cali, but trust you are getting a trouble free DD quality car:



1989 325i with ~145k Miles. Alpine White


Drivetrain
Timing belt, plus, wires, cap/rotor replaced shortly after I purchased the car around 130k miles
Head was rebuilt to OEM spec at 135k Miles
Car was converted to a 5 speed around 138k, and included:
Transmission rebuilt by Drive Gear
Brand new clutch & Flywheel
Rebuilt 3.73 LSD Diff
Rebuilt driveshaft
Z3 Short Shift Kit
Rear main seal
Trans mount
Diff Mount
Rear subframe bushing
Remus cat back


Suspension/Steering
At 140k Bilstein Sport Shocks w/ H&R Sport Springs
New Bushings all around
At 145k E36 non-M steering rack, new tie rods + alignment

Wheels & Tires
15x7 Ronal R10 Turbos
Wrapped in 205/50/15 Dunlop ZII’s with less than 3k miles on them

Aesthetics/Electronics
Exterior:
IS front lip and rear spoiler
Euro trim
New Roundels
New kidney grill
Morimoto HID Kit, 4300k Bulbs
Interior:
Mtech 2 Steering wheel
ZHP Shift Knob
Becker Mexico Headunit with 10 CD changer in the trunk
MB Quartz door speakers all around
Mercer Tweeters
Alpine Amp in the trunk to power speakers



I have full documentation of everything, and I am sure I am missing a few things. If you send me your email address I can forward some pictures over. Feel free to call Guten Parts to ask them about the car. They are arguably the best e30 shop in the country and have done all the work on my car.

Asking $9k, could do a touch less with bottle caps and I keep the ronals.


Let me know...

[crawlcontrol]

ME30W, looks like a great one you have. I have a couple potential candidates in CA to check out, will try to avoid long distance travel.

[4door30]

Seems to be a lot of people are looking for e30's in the Bay Area right now. Good luck on finding the right car. I was looking for (and bought) exactly what you are looking for and I love it!

[crawlcontrol]

Thanks man. 4-door 5-sp is definitely harder to find than a coupe, but they are out there. I'm expanding the color and looking at a few right now.

[ME30W]

ME30W, looks like a great one you have. I have a couple potential candidates in CA to check out, will try to avoid long distance travel.

No worries. If you change your mind just let me know, happy to work out shipping..etc

Good luck with your search!

[frolf]

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[4door30]

Pics of what you got? Glad to hear you found one that was worth it!

[crawlcontrol]

Don't have any good pics right now. Need to do a detailing and also fix up a few small things. Already ordered euro smileys and grills...

[4door30]

Don't have any good pics right now. Need to do a detailing and also fix up a few small things. Already ordered euro smileys and grills...

Nice! Some people don't care for Bronzit, but I really like it especially on a clean example. Enjoy!

[crawlcontrol]

Thanks. I'm pretty happy about the purchase. After some small enhancements like smileys, grill, basketweaves, maybe IS seats, it should look decent.