Fix it, Sell it or Part it

[nrubenstein]

Not worth it. Floor pan rust would not be a big deal, but the rusted body panels and need for paint make it far too much to bother with.

[MattAvino]

just drive it.

[M-technik-3]

Part it or find another chassis.

[Chriskbmx]

i would just patch the floors and drive it. you said you were gonna use it as a driver and the car seems pretty decent minus the rust. so fix the structural rust and drive the hell out of it.

[oliver.r]

dont sell it, its just going to be another persons problem at that point.
part it out. triple you rmoney and dump the body

[King Mufasa]

^^^ he prabably needs the parts or the body

[evandael]

read xworks' thread: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=148000


buy an angle grinder, a mig, and take it on!

[CabbE30]

I chose part it since there was no "drive it" option.
Drive it to the ground & part what's left.

[mclawrence]

tough call...are you sure its a 88 4door ix? i thought all 88's were 2 door manuals
good luck

[sweet6e30]

poor e30

[GT BMW E30]

i would think that the rusted body panels being easier than floor. Painting car is not an issue. I have a good connection for that.

Not worth it. Floor pan rust would not be a big deal, but the rusted body panels and need for paint make it far too much to bother with.

[GT BMW E30]

ix steering rack is different. so yes

tough call...are you sure its a 88 4door ix? i thought all 88's were 2 door manuals
good luck

[Larzzz]

Id try to fix it. But how much would you want for that rear plate filler??

[Holland]

I have seen Norwegian builds, where 97% of the car was rust. 8 months later the car is a 900bhp monster...

[Komzorz]

Might just look worse than it is. I had flaky nasty rust in my old beetle that I could hop up and down on after I wire wheeled and POR-15'd it.

Take a wire wheel to it and see what's left. If it's not affecting the structure / rigidity of the body, get some POR15 and some POR-patch and go to town.

I see too many people parting savable e30s because they're still common enough to throw away. Ten years from now, when the cars cost 2x as much for even rusty shells, guys that threw away non-structural rust cars will be kicking themselves.