My 1989 BMW E30 328iSC (m52 swapped, IS trim)
Before:
So my silver coupe was wrecked, but I got a fat check AND I didn't have to buy the car back. I quickly decided I'd rather move everything to a new shell. So I picked up a white vert for $500, with less than 200k on it. Only downside was that it last drove in 2007 and had a broken timing belt.
I've had the car for nearly a year at this point, just about touching every nut and bolt on the car. Here is what I've done to the car so far:
- Swapped engine for an M52 + G260
- M50 manifold swap
- E91 brake booster + reservoir relocation
- Oversized front sway bar
- M3 control arm bushings
- 3.73 LSD
- Stock/new rear subframe bushings
- Stock/new rear control arm bushings
- Stock/new front control arms
- Stock/new rear shock bushings
- Rebuilt OBC unit (LED light bar)
- New DEPO headlights
- Repro Euro grilles
- New trunk seal
- IS rear spoiler
- IS front air dam (WIP)
- Brand new BBS 15" Euroweaves
- Custom exhaust, S52 headers + E30 cat and muffler
- Rebuilt shifter bushings + linkage
- Rust repair in the typical spots (driver's side below gas pedal, passenger side below firewall)
- Reinforced rear subframe mounting (on one side at least, see post #26)
- New parallel flow condenser
- Z3 fast rack
- New power steering pump (still whines)
- Complete respray of Alpine White II
- DIY shadowline of trim
- Replaced odo gears + cluster batteries
- Rebuilt power antenna + new bushing
- New trunk pressure equalizer seals
- Shark fin/3rd brake light delete
- New sound system with custom sub box
- Replaced gas tank
- OEM fuel pump
- OE/Bosch fuel filter
- Rebuilt blower motor
- Garagastic X-brace
- New leather on seats
- Repainting all interior components back to the proper Natural Beige
- New shift knob
- New convertible top
- New windshield + seal + locking ring
- Wiper arm rebuild
Whats coming up next is:
- Leather wrap on steering wheel
- New convertible top seals
- Maybe head swap + s52 cams (or schricks, who knows)
- New tail lights (if I can find them)
- Properly fix glovebox
- Add harness grommet for M52 harness
- Replace A/C compressor + expansion valve
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