Bring a Trailer Auctions, E30 edition

[2mAn]

1989 325i Convertible

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-bmw-325i-convertible-52/

[E30 Wagen]

Avus is a cheat code. Love that color. I'm surprised that car didn't sell for higher, though I suspect if it was CA legal it would've fetched a bit more.

Seems like a fair price to me, even a little high I'd say. Nice rust free chassis and paint looks really good but there's a lot of things on this car that bother me that should have been addressed imo, especially when paying $31k for a paint job. Also unless the electric sunroof was swapped for a manual crank I don't think it's a 325is.

[varg]

That blue S52 car was gorgeous but that sale result must have been super disappointing!

Idk, but these prices seem ridiculous. Sure probably a lot of body work in that paint work. But both numbers seem excessive.

I just flipped through the paperwork on that paint job, they were charging $60/hr for labor which seems pretty normal. Lots of hours though, 40 in color sanding and buffing the body, 33.33hrs in the "paint job" (I'm assuming this is just spraying the base and clear?). Scary stuff. Looks like a good paint job in the photos, but a lot of stuff is only visible in person. I would expect that the paint is flawless on every square inch of the car with that much work in it, a single fisheye or nib would be grounds for an american chopper style meltdown

Avus is a cheat code. Love that color. I'm surprised that car didn't sell for higher, though I suspect if it was CA legal it would've fetched a bit more.

Some of the details probably hurt it too. Spending $37k on paint and PPF then leaving a big chunk of wiring harness just hanging there at the firewall with no covering, no bracket for the diagnostic plug, and leaving a hole in one of the mufflers unrepaired, make it make sense!

[2mAn]

More like LMAO 1989 325i Touring.

Calling a kit "live to offend" doesn't make it exempt from being absolutely hideous. poor car.

If you look at what it looked like before, they definitely ruined it

[Il Duce]

LTO 1989 325i Touring
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...5i-touring-15/

More like LMAO 1989 325i Touring.

Calling a kit "live to offend" doesn't make it exempt from being absolutely hideous. poor car.

[2mAn]

LTO 1989 325i Touring

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-bmw-325i-touring-15/

[2mAn]

1988 M3 EVO 2

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-bmw-m3-evolution-ii-5/

[2mAn]

Hennarot 1984 325e

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1984-bmw-325e-25/

[Il Duce]

Supercharged S52 swapped 1989 325i

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-bmw-325is-109/

Blue is pretty damn good too!

Avus is a cheat code. Love that color. I'm surprised that car didn't sell for higher, though I suspect if it was CA legal it would've fetched a bit more.

[2mAn]

1986 325e

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986-bmw-325e-49/

1989 325i Convertible

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-bmw-325i-convertible-49/

[2mAn]

1987 325iS

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-bmw-325is-153/

[2mAn]

1987 325i Convertible

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-bmw-325i-convertible-77/

[2mAn]

1989 325i

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-bmw-325i-204/

[Reichart12]

Supercharged S52 swapped 1989 325i

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-bmw-325is-109/

Blue is pretty damn good too!

In July-December 2020, it was sanded down to bare metal and received a glass-out repaint in Avus Blue by Kaiser Kars of Compton, California, which included replacement of body trim pieces and totaled over $31k. XPEL Ultimate Plus paint protection film was subsequently applied to the full exterior in December 2020 at a cost of ~$6,500.

Idk, but these prices seem ridiculous. Sure probably a lot of body work in that paint work. But both numbers seem excessive.

[lukeADE335i]

The Alpina B6 is awesome - will be interesting to see what it goes for at the end of the auction.