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Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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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.Supercharged S52 swapped 1989 325i
Blue is pretty damn good too!Comment
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Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
Make R3V Great Again -2020Comment
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Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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That blue S52 car was gorgeous but that sale result must have been super disappointing!
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
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!Comment
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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.Comment
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1989 325i Convertible
Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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Yup, the classic BAT '89 "325iS" with non premium sound rear deck, no map light mirror, no power sunroof sunroof, or decklid spoiler.
The door jam sticker on an '89 325i reads "325iSA", where the real iS door jam sticker reads "325is".
Funny how they slip through the cracksComment
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1992 325i Convertible
Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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Ehh I want to get mad about this take but something about this car looks off and I definitely agree it looked better before.
That said, I generally like the LTO kit.
I think people begged Khyzyl Saleem for bodykits based off his renders for like a decade before he caved and I'm glad he did.
Yeah it's extreme, but when these came out, people were slapping those hideous pandem overfenders on e30s and claiming it looked good. This kit basically curbed that completely because instead of a cancerous blob, it follows M3 lines a lot more and pulls in some Gr.4 E9 and Gr.5 E21 things.
IronFreak 's shop car is what I would call a proper execution of this kit, even if I think E50s are the ultimate e30 wheel and turbofans are cool.
Mush Taq's old one is also proper. More recent build with the new massive wang on the back. Love me a throwback livery
I'm sure very few of us would want to do something like this because it's too extreme and too far from what an E30 is.
I also don't understand a lot of choices. I get "fast wagon good" and stuff, but it still feels weird to do this to a touring.
Most expensive bodykit vs cheapest ECU/injectors/wideband, but I get that the turbo setup was preexisting.
Originally posted by priapismOriginally posted by shamesonComment
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Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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