How much has your e30 cost you?

[Dj Buttchug]

im into e30s for a light 20k. maybe more.

[GillesBigCowboy]

5 of them (4 still running, the other still has lots of parts)... about $27K total, but even I know I can't trust my memory on this.

[tino225]

thats why e36 fans r making fun of us...it cost to renovate a e30.they r rare especially here in NYC

[butters]

Some of these make me feel not so bad.

I paid a high price for my '91 4-door a few years back because it was mint and PO was meticulous. Over $4k.

Major purchases include
S50/ZF swap parts
rebuilt ZF
full rebuild on the S50 (all told has been a metric shit ton)
exhaust fabrication & parts
complete black vinyl sport interior, armrest/headrest, mint condition incl. carpet
complete stereo (PO had solid head unit, went through Luke while in OR, actually one of my more reasonable "investments")
wheels & tires
cluster refurbishment, ashtray gauge package w/senders
complete ground control / koni setup with modified strut housings

I keep a spreadsheet for everything. Rather than to say that with wheels & tires (which I might consider wear items that go on any car) I'm pushing $19k, I'd phrase it as being kept under $20k. Yikes.

[phreshkid]

When owning e30s, I put over $20k into them. I've been balls deep into 2002s for a little over a year now and I have $30k in those.

I just can't drive a car. I have to do it up all perfect, which costs way too much time and money.

[lukeADE335i]

M30 swapped e30...

Purchase: $3500 (mint car)
Full poly Bushing Kit / Adjustable Strut Tops / Bilsteins / Eibachs: $1200
M30 swap: $1400
HD Clutch Kit: $600
Custom Sport Exhaust: $850
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TOTAL: $7550
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Crashed the car...
Panels / Paint: $1600

TOTAL: $9150
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The car is mint, and goes like a cut cat, so with current e30 prices down here I should get darned close to $10k for the car if I sold it, so I am currently ahead by approx. $850.

Who said e30s are expensive :)

[MR E30 325is]

I don't even want to think about how much I have spent on E30's since I bought my first one.

I will estimate it to be in the tens of thousands of dollars. Just had 3000 dollars worth of work and parts put into my E30.

Hurts my head to look at my stockpiled receipts.

[Beau B]

I don't even want to think about how much I have spent on E30's since I bought my first one.

Nothing good can come of this..

I have had multiple E30's, 2x with S50/M50 swaps, one turbo, and now a pristine 88.. I have put way more money into them then I have ever gotten out, but part of the fun is trying to make a car as perfect as you can and enjoying it.

I sleep well knowing that I still have not lost as much money on my cars compared to if I would of purchased new ones and tried to sell them after driving them for a few years etc..

[FlexdXJ]

$1500 for the car, $50 for an ignition switch and $75 or so for stereo stuff. I have a feeling the starter is going and it needs a blower motor. Now the jeep........i would cry if I tried to total that up.

[KIRIEIW]

Car was free from a friend (blown head)
$900 parts car, totaled (86k original miles with perfect interior and dash)
$150 tow
$150 tints
$70 zhp shift knob
$30 shifter boots from r3v member
$30 tail light seals
$40 eBay fuel pump
$60 oem projector headlights
$60 euro grills
$100 muffler
$300 random pelican parts like fuel filter, new motor mounts, things you do while you already have it apart
$650 euroweaves
$90 husco arm rest
$100 late model valance
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$2,730 plus more I'm missing so under $3,000 or a little more give or take ;D

[MT325is]

How much has your e30 cost you?

Bought mine for 1800 from second owner. Everything was good except for clutch an trans.
Buff $150
Trans $300
Clutch $150
Axles $140
Headers an exhaust $150
Bavarian auto sport order $1125
Bmw dealer $110
Rotors $127
Tps $76
O2 $80
Coolant sensors $30
Starter $120
Z3 rack $460 with tie rods
Afm $40
=$3232
=$5032 with buying the car
And the car is still a stock baby!

[MT325is]

How much has your e30 cost you?

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[ClayW]

$600 purchase price + ~$3,000 in parts in the last year
= $3600 total.

New shocks, bushings springs, Z3 rack, and tie rods. Fixed a bunch of little things. Swapped the dash. Rebuilt the brakes. Changed out leaky oil seals. Did plugs, injectors and a few sensors. Fixed the odometer and a few gauges. Added a voltmeter and replaced the 6 button OBC.

[Simple_Smith]

$6,500 into the 87 +all the turbo parts I've been collecting
$2,500 into the 89 +all the 5-speed parts I've been collecting

Should be right around $15,000 into both by the end of winter

*shudders*

[DIIRTY-30]

Purchased for : $1500

Invested : $3200

Total to date : $4700 and some change.

Rebuilt, replaced, and upgraded everything from top to bottom.