FOR SALE 1990 325I AVUS BLUE PICS

[Jarvis]

k whats the labor cost to do a conversion (I have all the parts
in my parts ca which is manual)

Most people have been doing the swap in sections over several weeks.
If you're mechanically inclined and have all the parts ready, then set aside a whole weekend - there's a great how-to thread on the forum with detailed pictures, instructions and suggestions for every step of project.
Maybe a person who has done it before could pull it off in one full day if absolutely nothing went wrong. You'd have to shell out a lot of dough to have a shop do it for you.

[Digitalwave]

I would guess $1,000-1,500 just for the labor to have a shop do it.

[Bimmerfanatik]

I would guess $1,000-1,500 just for the labor to have a shop do it.

If you're considering buying an auto and paying a shop to convert it to manual....

...buy a manual. It'll be cheaper - guaranteed - in the long run. These cars are only cheap if you do it yourself. Yes, this car is beautiful, and would benefit nicely from a 5 speed swap - but it's not worth paying someone else to do it.

Beautiful car - I love all BMW blues :)

[Marvin_Hecht]

Yeah my eta is a manual, and I have been driving it for the last 19 years -
I recently chipped it - is a blast. Any auto BMW that I have driven is approximately half the fun--with the possible exception of a 540iT that I test drove where the power was so incredible it made up for the automatic.
Why did the seller have a nice automatic painted and mod it, argrghghghgh.

Recently have learned some DIY things after my own clutch / flywheel / shifter went out and cost me $2,500 from my "former" mechanic to fix. But a conversion is too big of a project -I can't even get myself to really get into doing the timing belt on my non-runnning car.

[golde30]

k whats the labor cost to do a conversion (I have all the parts
in my parts ca which is manual)

does an E tranny bolt up to an I motor?? i thought i heard that the trannys are different...dont quote me on that though....

[Digitalwave]

k whats the labor cost to do a conversion (I have all the parts
in my parts ca which is manual)

does an E tranny bolt up to an I motor?? i thought i heard that the trannys are different...dont quote me on that though....

Yes they bolt up.

[Marvin_Hecht]

And BTW I have not heard from the seller--has anybody else?

[brodee]

BTW is Avus Blue a BMW factory color or is it unique?

Avus first showed up on the '95 M3. It wasn't available again until about '98 on the 328 and then again on the e46 M3. IMHO it's the best color ever! Of course I may be a little biased, here's a pic of my '95 M3.



Free bump....

[jajou318]

How man cars do yo uhave brodee, damn.

[brodee]

How man cars do yo uhave brodee, damn.

I don't have the M3 anymore. I just have the e30 and the 2 e34's now. Plus my truck and my Harley :D

[JPL]

dig the color wish i had money

[ProBimmer]

that's a nice looking Foh Doh. drive it until the auto tranny explodes and THEN do the 5-speed swap.