How much has your e30 cost you?

[EThirty318i]

Car $650
m20= already had
belt, H20 pump=$100 ish?
JOM coilovers $400
all Poly bushings $260
Khumo Ecsta XS' $453.**
IE3's & Billy sports $780ish
lightened flywheel $100
17lb injectors Free
TRM chip $115
173 ecu Free
z3 1.9 SS Free

A lot more, just can't find the file I had every record in

[gr8skyr]

325 ix cost since new, and my cost

Two part answer here, since I've got service history going back to 1,200 first service ( $41.95 on 4/6/88).

1) These are PO costs, exluding maintence like service 1/II, headlights, roundles, brakes, oil, all that BS.

$1,061- "dissassemble reassable cylinder head ( new valves, rocker arm, timing belt ( I assume failed at 90,000 miles/ 6 years)
$175- door lock cylinder
$150 receiver dryer a/c
$419 drive shaft
$575 steering rack
$217 control arm/ bushings/ ball joints
$286 throttle body assembly
$786 AC compressor
$ 400 transmission seal
$800 oil pan gasket ( labor mostly)
$ 390 muffler ( part/ labor)
$ 233 fuel pump
$ 1665 clutch-flywheel-pressure plate+labor
$238 rear Bilstein shocks
$900 front shock/ tube/ insert (parts labor)
$360 fuel pressure regulator
Total major expenses =$8,655
These mostly exclude labor costs- 2 sometimes 3X part costs.

( added up parts/ labor for larger items totalling about $14K 1988-2010



Part 2) How much has this cost me? Owned since May '10
$3,000 '88 325ix, 222,000 miles.
$ 420 (CV boot kit, r12/r134 A/C conversion. recharge.)
$254 oil filter housing, power steering hoses parts/labor
$ 160 Polk MM5251 front component mids/ tweets/ crossover
$ 360 Polk PA1100.5 5 channel amp
$ $35 JL 12' sub in box- used
$ 400 install system ( including head unit/ rear speakers)
Total I'm into this thing for= $4,629

[e30trooper]

car- $1000
oil pressure switch - $8
swapped my euro bosch smileys with fx-r bi xenon new phillps bulbs - est $400+
matt b mtech shift boots with momo shift knob - $50
rear plate filler - $35

ive had this car about 2 weeks now :)

[stamar]

What can I count my labor as? Can I only count the parts?

car 1200
tires 300 i bought new tires with the car so I consider this a non maintenance item. Consider the car cost 1500 then how can you have a car without tires?
csb guibo mmounts trans mounts parts 150
hoses 30

polish wax glaze and leather dye condition crap 80 it all seemed cheap but i got a lot of crap/
head unit 70
headlights 15
I guess I wont count oil but i will count
3 quarts redline trans/diff fluid 40$
20$ coolant.
25 o2 sensor
20 plugs includes some seafoamdeleted
1925$ in parts

even at 10$ an hour several hundred dollars fixing stuff. If everyone gets to write off their mechanic bills I need at least 500$

I bought like 25 in paint and sandpaper for the front valence.

[Jboss12]

Car- 300

Timing components- 50
Clutch- 50
Rear bumper- 70

Grand total- $470



Needs suspension refresh badly, feels like a wagon

[tg318is]

I'm in that ^ ballpark too :(

[Car Addict]

well since the winter e30 is
$500 1990 325i
$700 rebuilding top end, rear brakes and diff
that one is $1200

the pretty show baby lets see
$2800 1991 318is
$1000 suspension
$1000 head unit, subwoofers, amps, speakers
$2500 first respray plus body work
$800 18" breyton sport magics
$725 Nitto neogen tires
$215 braking system refresh
$3254 second respray and body straightening major reconstruction after crash
$617.34 timing system refresh. Blunt can confirm
$100 crack free dash
$200 dynamat'd entire interior and trunk
$300 rim straightening (Damn you 30 series tires and new england roads)
$225 Nitto neogen tire (damn flat ruined my night with a lady friend)
$170 shiny new steering wheel

$13,906.34

plus looking to place an order within the month for a bunch of suspension bits. should be right around $700

Grand total
$14,606

that is not including small and emergency repairs like fuel pumps, oil changes, or a bunch of minor cosmetic changes; Eg. is lips, trim pieces, lights.

[bestwheelbase]

First E30 cost $3,500 and the M20 exploded within six months. Oh memories.

[Hans Gruber]

A/C repairs (A/C has since been deleted)

Deleted ac in Az...makes me sweat just thinking about it.

Silly to post my totals since i JUST bought the bugger in december but...
car:$4 grand in PRISTINE condition
coils$1500
m54 330i long block $600
depo euros $200
$2300 w/o car so far lol

[tttoon]

I promised myself never to do this. Amounts are approximate and some include labour.

Car - $4500 (1991 AW2 318iS with M50 swap already done)
Various emission repairs - $800
Cat - $200
Tires - $460
Radiators (2) - $500
Cooling system overhaul - $300
6 new coils, spark plugs - $300
A/C repairs (A/C has since been deleted) - $800 total
Exhaust mod, headers - $500
Rear shock tower brace (for coilovers) - $300
Steering rack (Z3) - $250
Wheel refinish - $650
Spacers (4x25mm H&R) - $230
Suspension (AST Sportline 2 with extra front spring set) - $3000
AKG Bushings - $250
Front Brake kit (Massive race kit) - $1200
Rear Brake refresh - $300
SS Brake lines - $100
Seats - $400
Steering wheel - $300
French Hella smilies - $100

I sold the Vogtland springs - -$80
I sold previous 15mm spacers - -$40

Items in RED have since been proven to have been useless, almost 100% money thrown away. So I could have had an s50 in there by now for the same money. But what are you going to do.

Total is $13340, forgetting some stuff. Makes me a little sick to my stomach. I spent too much money in the first month of ownership that now does not make a difference. Plus ditching the A/C at the first sign of trouble would have saved me tons. But I can say it does really well on the track and makes me very happy as a DD every morning. I'll probably never sell it. Outside of an s50/52 I do not foresee anything big I would want to change this year.

[willworkfore30s]

Car- $250
Good motor- $300
Sold bad motor- -$230
Wheel bearing- $77
Newish motor mounts- free from the guy who bought my old motor

$397 for a stock well running 318is

[SpecM]

Car 2300
5-speed swap 500 ish
Timing belts x 3 = 90
Plugs x 36 = 80
Suspention repairs 400
Oil and fluids 300 ?
Cooling system rebuild 800

Other stuff ???

Probably over 4500


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[Cabriolet]

Are we including maintenance items and tires?

nope, read my first post

[BMC227]

Don't know, don't want to know LOL

[long tall eta]

maybe the real question should be, how much would we have spent if we didn't have such a tight nit comunity that is willing to help each other out with not only a wealth of knowledge, but dirt cheap, quality used parts.