Should I sell my E30? Rusting Body

[wholethingoff]

I bought an E30 a couple of months ago.

I just learned that the body has cracked around the struts and firewall and that it could cost me $1,200 to $2,000 to get that sorted with the body.

I paid around $5,000 for the car because it has big brakes, 5 lug swap, and an SR20DET. I am already about $700 deep with other repairs and registration.

Should I continue with the body repair or sell it?

The body work guys said it'd better if I sold it but I just need another opinion.


I made a thread of it a while back so here's the link to that thread.

[Cletonius]

Why not buy a shell with a blown up engine/trans and swap everything over?

[ME30W]

I'd say just throw a little jelly on the rust spots, let it dry and you'll be good for a few months

[Cephas]

I've heard of this happening but have never seen it. Where do the strut housings crack?

[Bearmw]

Maybe learn to weld.

[Teknik22]

welding would be the easiest thing to do even if you cant lay beads just do a bunch of spot welds or buy a shell and swap everything and sell ur shell cheap