need opinion on turboed 325is!

[MitchFong]

what do you guys think of this 87' 325is for 5500.00? I dont know much about turbos so i was wondering if i could get an opinion on this car. Sold my 325e and now i have more money and i came across this one this morning. What do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4578143818&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

that is the ebay link. Thanks for any information you can offer, im nor familiar wil turbo chargers...

[Digitalwave]

It looks like it might be worth the money, but its somewhat shady to me. There aren't any pictures of the whole car, and certain parts of the car are missing from the photos. Who knows what the rest of the interior looks like? And the car has been repainted, so it's hard to tell the quality of the paint from the photos.

I don't know what the picture of the Wilwood caliper is for. But hey, its an M30 swapped car with a turbo so it would be a lot of fun. I'd say it should be checked out in person if you are serious about it though.

[Addissimo]

It looks like it'd be a nice car if you have about $4-5k to put into it...

[MitchFong]

why would i need 4-5k to put in it? what does it need??
i will be flying to toronto to drive it back but i requested photos of the interior and the whole car already. Ill see how they look but it would be a very fast car to drive, im just wondering if it is high maintenance..

[e30evolution]

the interior looks beat.... and that means the car most likley wasn't well taken care of.... the seller didn't even take the time to clean the car for the auction, and he took terrible pictures.

if the owner is that lazy about posting the auctions, it makes me wonder how many shortcuts were taken elsewhere on the project

[Digitalwave]

the interior looks beat.... and that means the car most likley wasn't well taken care of.... the seller didn't even take the time to clean the car for the auction, and he took terrible pictures.

if the owner is that lazy about posting the auctions, it makes me wonder how many shortcuts were taken elsewhere on the project

That's what I am thinking.

[MitchFong]

Thats a very good point, i just found this one that is all original so i can do my own modifications that i think it needs..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-BMW-325IS-5-Speed-FAST-RACING-RIMS-TIRES-INCLUD_W0QQitemZ4577728920QQcategoryZ6007QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

much nicer looking car but it has 3 basketweaves and 1 bottlecap.. kinda odd looking

[A_325i]

Thats a very good point, i just found this one that is all original so i can do my own modifications that i think it needs..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-BMW-325IS-5-Speed-FAST-RACING-RIMS-TIRES-INCLUD_W0QQitemZ4577728920QQcategoryZ6007QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

much nicer looking car but it has 3 basketweaves and 1 bottlecap.. kinda odd looking

"1987 BMW : 3-Series 325IS V6"

LOL first e30 V6 ive ever seen damn that thing must be rare :roll:

[MitchFong]

well obviously its strait 6, must not know anything about his car...
oh well its in good shape, all im looking for.. i dont care if he thinks it has a four cylinder..

[MitchFong]

is this 'is' missing something from the back bumber?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-BMW-325IS-5-Speed-FAST-RACING-RIMS-TIRES-INCLUD_W0QQitemZ4577728920QQcategoryZ6007QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Digitalwave]

is this 'is' missing something from the back bumber?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-...QQcmdZViewItem

No.

[MitchFong]

weird, just doesnt look right. Would look nicer with something to fill the gap behind the rear wheels, looks odd to me.

[decay]

my opinion? stop looking for cars on ebay; go to autotrader, cars.com, or craigslist if your area is supported.

[MitchFong]

yea i went to auto traders and didnt have much luck.. i live on an island in canada with a total pop. of 500000, we dont even have a bmw dealership so as you can imagine there is not a large market for e30's.. only a few here and they are all rust buckets for the most part...