How much has your e30 cost you?

[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.

[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.

[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

[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)

[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

[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

[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.

[sayed ali]

Near $7000 :)

[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

[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

[Jean]

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

[Cabriolet]

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

~ $26200 as of yesterday haha

well done sir.

[jasonbk]

Car - $4000
Maintenance stuff for a year - about $150
New spark plugs - $50

IS lip - $120
Nardi wheel&hub - $250
Shift boot/ebrake boot/e34 ebrake handle - $35
Gas filler cap - $15
Rear ashtray - $10
City light bulbs - $5
Winter mat - $20

Total $4650

[OniKyan]

I'm at around $5,500. Give or take.

E30 323i - $1,300

Suspension
H&R Race - $500
Shocks - $300
Camber Tops - $150
Front + Rear Strut Braces - $200
Urethane Offset LCA Bush - $100
HD RSM $60

$1,310


Engine/Drive Train
Timing Belt + Water Pump - $150
Carbon Fiber CAI - $80
Long Tube Headers - $500
2.25" Resonator - $80
2.25" inlet > dual 2" outlet muffler - $150
4.10 Welded (Drift diff) - $250
3.46 LSD Rebuilt (Daily Diff) - $600

$1,810

Interior
ZHP Shift Knob - $60
Suzuki Swift GTI Recaros - $150
eBay Fibreglass Bucket - $180
Momo Prototipo - $230
Momo Hub Boss - Free. Found it on a car at the junkyard.
Kenwood Head Unit - Free. Come with the car.
6x9" Speakers in the rear - Free. Birthday Present.
Spacer rings to mount 6x9" - $20
Sony amp from the pawn shop. $20

$660

Wheels
15x7 et25 Meshies - $100
15x8 et15 Nemoto RS - $500

$600

+ Lots of money on tyres because I tear through them in a few months.

Worked out to be $5,680, so I was pretty close with my initial estimate.

[yeaseth]

Car 500
Battery 105
billys/h&r's 300
trunk 60
oil/plugs 60
diff 310
oilhousing 30
seat 50
diff fluid 25
Driveshaft 160
headers 160
muffler 105
timingparts 100
distributor 38
dist rotor 40
otherseat 50
control arm 60
exhaust 300
shift linkage 32
ps Pump 60
tire 25
doorhandle 10
vynalpaint 15
brakes 240
ebrake 25
sways 100
summit seat 150
win motor 35
wheel bearing 90
tint delete 0
m3 rack 130
caliper rbuld 40
diff rebuild 150
tires falken 600
hps pads 30
steel lines 100
momo wheel 250
grip tape 5
fuel gauge 20
rear bearing 70
hr racespings 225
poly ctrlbush 60
perf chip 35
Eibach springs -90
H&R bil -415
rearbush&tabs 200
spoiler&winres -60
welded diff -150
GCcoilover 1200
GC Cam plates 300
Seats E36 -150
pass seat 100
wheels(gold) -650
TRM&RS3's 950
Odds and ends I missed 100
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total $6285