How much has your e30 cost you?

[Wh33lhop]

Shit, after all you guys I don't feel so bad sitting at around $7500.

$1200 car
$1200 M50 and various gaskets/seals plus exhaust work, minus M20 money
$2500 GCs, sways, suspension arms, E36 rack, bushings, S4.10, brakes
$1000 TRM C1s and tires
$600 Luke box/Obcon/amp
$500 bixenon retrofit
Plus another few hundred for other misc (seats, dash, odo gears, etc).

Not including the various items that are no longer on the car (maintenance etc).

Probably another $50k in blood, sweat, and tears.

[AirplaneBuilder]

im at about 5k including car with 91 vert, m50, 5 speed swap, 2 pc style 5s, new top, seats, and a respray.

Your doing it right!!

god why did you have to start this thread lol
it forces me to realize my e30 insanity :weak:!!

so far ive got just over 32,000.00 into it not including the cost of the car (5200.00).
next week it goes in for radio = Mcintosh Mx406, amp = mcintosh MC440M or ZUKI 5 channel, speakers ? not sure yet along with a custom sub box.

also getting hood and new OEM fender painted and installed.

so ruffly 41,500-42,000.00 a the end of next week, and if the paint job doesn't hold up (im praying it does) ill be getting it painted again at the end of next summer so you can add another 4500.00 to that.....:(

Your doing it wrong... Yea your car looks nice but over 40k and it ain't even an m3....

[619E30]

I'm in about 8k and I bought the car for $150.00, yes, that is correct.

[OniKyan]

Every time I buy a car, I make an Open Office spreadsheet of my exact plans, research the interwebs for the best prices and knock it off piece by piece.

To date on my 323i I have spent:

2 Door 323i (Euro) - $1,300

Suspension
H&R Race Springs – $500.00
RSM – Meyle HD - $60.00
Front Shocks: KYB Excel G - Commodore - $250.00
Rear Shocks: KYB Excel G - Falcon - $150.00
Urethane FCAB - $50.00

Engine Parts
Ryco Z63 Oil Filter - $20.00
Ryco Fuel Filter - $20.00
GMB Water Pump -$83.00
Spark Plugs – NGK BP5ES - $27.00
Timing Belt & Tensioner – ContiTech - $50.00
Thermostat - $50.00

15x7 et25 meshies - $100
3.46 6 bolt (small case) LSD - $500
4.10 6 bolt (small case) open centre (for C&P) - $200
Suzuki GTI recaro seats - $150
Silence Power Steering Delete - $50


Plan to spend another 3-5k doing the brakes, chassis, bushes, sway bars etc.

Zender front valance, Kamei boot spoiler and full respray are on the cards after that.

[Ian Bowers]

Your doing it right!!



Your doing it wrong... Yea your car looks nice but over 40k and it ain't even an m3....

It's not about doing it right, or doing it wrong, it's about love for your car. If he can afford it, why do you get a say in the way he spends it?

[Threehz]

Jesus I can't imagine how some of you spend so much money!?

Actually, how can you spend 40k on an E30? I mean even if you aren't frugal about things?

[jeffnhiscars]

Do I even want to do this on my 318i....ok..the big stuff w about 70k miles driven

car $3400 (in 1998 $$)
5 spd swap parts 900 (no laughing)
V12 Ferrari engine swap 26,000
headers & full Ansa cat delete 650
JB Racing Aluminum flywheel 500
16" BBS RK's w tires 1300
e36 rack 150
Ferrari engine delete -26,000
drum>disc conversion (pending)
Eibach Prokits & BS Sports 635
Front sport seats 75
134 conversion maybe 700

That puts me at about $8000. Total engine expense for 13 years...probably $300 total.

All the fun Im still having driving it...priceless !!

[PeteD]

^ too bad about the Ferrari engine delete.

[nomansland92]

Ill give this a try but i know i'll be forgetting alot.

paid 1800 for car.
100 timing beltand w/p
420 shocks
100 fog lights
150 plastic bumper swap
50 afm
150 cap, rotor, wires
150 exhaust
300 brakes
100 braided steel lines
100 head gasket
200 fenders
50 starter
1200 wheels and tires
50 dme

about 5000 give or take

by the end of the winder will be another 2-3 thousand because I'm repainting it and suspension work.

[White325is]

Your doing it wrong... Yea your car looks nice but over 40k and it ain't even an m3....

Meh, With the euro engine under the hood makes up for it.
Not only that, he pays people to do his work. swap, stereo, paint.
Most of us adding it up have built our own cars.

[NWUnFitted]

$1,500 (car)
$600 (m50, tranny, Ecu)

more $$$ to be spent later :neutral:

[sharky]

probably have 30K into it but all the labor was done by me and I have made some really good deals along the way to make the real money out of pocket much less but yeah quite a bit and I couldnt be more happy with a 500whp, s52, early model, euro evrything and Alpina tribute with all real alpina parts.

[noE30]

I've probably spent around $7k total, including the purchase of the car. By next spring I could see it being around >$9k since I've got to finish my suspension work, wheels & tires, plus odds and ends.

[Balleristic31]

I'm in a little over 11k. And that's as a high school student working at mcdonalds... :roll:

[PeteD]

I'm in a little over 11k. And that's as a high school student working at mcdonalds... :roll:

You are awesome. Reminds me of my highschool days with my Eclipse GSX.