What was the FIRST thing you bought for your E30?

[325e '87]

I got 2 e30’s last year.

The ‘87 - timing belt kit, water pump, oil filter/plug, plug wires, plugs, cap and rotor, oem cat back.

The ‘89 - timing belt kit, water pump, cap and rotor, oil filter/plug.

Many many things since then but they’re both running beautifully and I think my favorite things so far are new coolant hoses (complete) and the MTech 1 for my ‘89.

My son just got his license and the ‘87 is his so he ordered stuff on his own recently. He just deleted the power steering and got new intake manifold gaskets/oil tube rings and replaced all his coolant hoses. He’s having fun with it and so am I.

[roguetoaster]

Technically, a Goetze head gasket for the first E30 I purchased, which I still have 9 or so years later. Then the rest of the stuff for the head gasket replacement.

It was a lot to spend right out of school, I remember that much.

[LateFan]

Alternator and battery, to get it home!

[rturbo 930]

I think it was a shifter and knob. Mine was badly worn out, and the knob came off shifting into second while driving the car home.

[Rennsport]

New motor... bought it with a snapped timing belt.

[e30austin]

A 385mm MT2 wheel a couple weeks after I bought it. Barely had enough money to get to and from Seattle to pick it up. Oh, to be a young, broke high school kid again.

[TobyB]

Cage.

https://www.facebook.com/godspeedfab/

Thanks again, Robb.

Fortunately, I haven't used it yet.
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[Javier h]

I remember it clearly: a new transmission!

[ColdAccord]

an e36 m3

[nando]

This was like 15 years ago now but I think it was a new front driveshaft - the PO replaced it but they put it in dry (the splines need lube). It took me like 5 years to figure out the problem and I havent stripped one since.

[wholepailofwater]

I got a 98 M3 for $100 (blown motor)
spark plugs
cap and rotor
timing belt
water pump
valve adjustment
head bolts
strut bars
Steering wheel
Coco mats
and a couple other things,
putting everything in this weekend!

JP

[superj]

sensors in bell housing for eta ecu
timing belt stuff
water pump

[cheffy30]

i bought mine in 2001. i remember getting the timing belt done. drove it as a daily utilitarian. maintained all systems though. john at precision motor works was awesome!
then i went to the 2015 picnic for the first time. lol my car was the rattiest there! i won the paint job!! so... 8k later. all new trim, headlights, windshield, front end suspension, 4th timing belt, valve job, muffler and pipes, brakes, bushings everywhere... and more.
just hit 264k on the clock.

[Court M3]

Timing belt, water pump, thermostat, coolant hose kit

[coldweatherblue]

IIRC my first order was inspection II stuff: air/fuel filters, cap/rotor/plugs, and redline trans/diff fluid. Followed a few days later by springs/struts/rearshocks.