Worth Repairing?

[hafa_adai]

Looking to get some opinions on this car. Pics below. Is it worth the repair involved or should I sell or part it out?

The car was hit while parked. As you can see in the pics the damage included the control arm, headlight area, bumper, driver door. In addition the inner fender area was pushed in so I doubt a fender would line up properly. I did replace the driver side control arm and the car is drivable in it's current state.

I took it to a few body shops to get an estimate and most didn't really want to touch it. One shop said they would be willing to literally bang out the inner fender area enough that so they could put a fender on it for about $300.

1990 325i AT

[Big Willy]

I'd try to bang out that myself with a hammer, it would still drive and look fine. The frame looks tweaked though, which explains why not many repair shops wanted to even touch it, requires too much time to make it perfect for the job to be cost effective for them.

[5Toes]

Swap it all over to a nice car. Or part it

[merrrr]

that thing will never drive the same again. shes toast

[Pantless Spency]

tis a shame :/ i'm in the bay too if you decide to part it out i want your head!!! i think mine may have a crack/leak somewhere :/

[hafa_adai]

Yeah, I was leaning that way. Though I may try to sell it whole.

[hafa_adai]

I decided to put a fender on and see how far off everything was. Now I think I may try to push it back and save this car.

[JT325is]

save it, ive seen worse.

[325ix]

At least try and save it. It doesn't look too bad. Tell us how it goes.

[e30Hungry]

its worth trying to fix, but if you decide to part out ill buy your dash. ( if it has no cracks ) :up:

[BrettsE30]

It is fixable for sure. It's just not cost effective. Anythings fixable of you've got time and money. Or beat it back and make it a racer or somethin.

[416stroker]

Id be worried about the strut tower being bent. had one hit verry simular and it moved the tower over a few inches.

[hafa_adai]

A bit of progress.

[hafa_adai]

Test fitting everything together. With a little more tweaking the car will live on.

[Bimmerista]

Good man