How much has your e30 cost you?

[Cabriolet]

Pretty rough but not far off, not counting any maintenance obviously.

~ $26200 as of yesterday haha

well done sir.

[Jean]

I kept an .xls for the first two years, then stopped after it hit 5 digits. Probably 25k by now

[Oly_Schmidt]

Some of the posts are making me pretty happy with what I've got in to my M50 sedan build.
This is the first street car I've done a spreadsheet on.

1986 325e Sedan 600
sold front seats -80

1992 325i engine donor $500,
after parting out rest of car $0

325iX brake booster 130
e34 oil pan & parts 165
clutch, e28 motor mounts 385
resurface flywheel 68
water pump, pulley, t-stat 88
headers 110
oil pan gasket, wiring cover 96
guibo, intake gaskets, other 75
starter 125
air filter 15
exhaust system 411
wiring covers 86
e10 brake reservoir + grommets 47
title xfer, tags 115

Superfluous parts, Bonus parts
hood badge 20
tires/wheels 1021

Total $3477

Still to come
Springs
Shocks
Suspension arms/bushings
Projector headlights
A/C custom hoses & service
Miscellaneous small repairs
Estimate another grand or so.

As it sits now.


My racecar is closer to 14 grand

[88e30ix]

I am in for ~10K
Bought for 2k
Restor for 3500
Parts and maintenance about 4200
And there is still room for improvement!! :D

[sayed ali]

Near $7000 :)

[rocco16v]

6 years ago i bought mine for 2k and since i have about 7k into it. a lot of maintenance, and majority was shop labor from when i was younger and needed to have them do the work for me. since i have had a lot less in to due to me working on it myself.

[Buzztt]

got mine last week, been an expensive weekend of online andf forum shopping, prolly do not wanna keep track of what i'll be spending on this thing

[dannyyisntt]

My e30 cost me my virginity at a young age and six years of my life in a Russian labor camp. Not necessarily in that order...

Really tho I'm probably in the $4500-$5000 range with the initial purchase/transport home and m30 swap

[ruizl300]

1984 318i
Car: 1400
Alternator: 180
Seats: 60
Suspension Upgrade: 150
Brake Upgrade: 200
IS Spoiler: 10
Misc: 60

Total: 2060 (as of labor day)

[pandaboo911]

Car - 1250
motor - 2300
parts for motor - 813
Mishimoto rad - 205
engine/trans mounts - 57
driveshaft - 90
differential - 260
THR CABs - 175
Rally road oil cooler cap - 240
VANOS rebuild - 110
clutch / flywheel - 767
AC Condenser - 102
SPAL fan - 105
AKG shifter - 341
Gauges - 93
oil cooler setup / fittings - 62
Euro bumpers - 650
Full mtech 1 kit - 942

Total - $8562
not counting thing sold

[N10S]

89 325is

Initial cost- $900

After control arms & bushings, two tires, rear shock mounts, driveshaft guibo and center bearing, minor exhaust and engine items, many various misc items, and sport seats replaced, I am currently at around $2500.00 invested at this point.

The small misc pieces can add up thats for sure.

[dontrusthise30]

As of last week: $25,511.46 :( I should have never started a log book. Only paid 3k of it for the car itself.

[Kershaw]

once you pass $10k you start thinking, "man, i could have bought an m3 for this money."

[dontrusthise30]

Haha exactly. I think about everything else I should have bought instead.

[GT BMW E30]

once you pass $10k you start thinking, "man, i could have bought an m3 for this money."

Really......once you pass 10k. I hear you totally. Looking at what I have totally invested and spent so far.
I am thinking, "man, I could have imported a m3 vert" :D