Before and After E30 Restoration Thread

[Joey Link]

I know I'm not the only person who enjoys taking rough E30's and bringing back the original luster. I figured I'd create a thread for us to showcase what we've done. I really wish I would have taken pictures of my '89 325i before I started working on it, it was pretty bad. I won't make the same mistake with my next E30. Lets see the improvements guys!

[ZiMMie]

Before,







Still In Progress :)







Stay Tune for 2007 :)

[Garageaholic]

Man o man, your car is running hot.

I love the after shots though. looks great!

[asubimmer]

the wheels in the last shot are horrible....

[schmidty]

the wheels in the last shot are horrible....

not really....original and look a lot better then some of the stuff I've seen

[jajou318]

not really....original and look a lot better then some of the stuff I've seen

Yea, I think they look pretty good. Who knows, they may be just winter wheels.

[ColdAccord]

they have nokian hakka's on it so i would assume so

can you roll your windows all the way down with those speakers there?

[Nick]

Awesome work.:up:

[ZiMMie]

they have nokian hakka's on it so i would assume so

can you roll your windows all the way down with those speakers there?

Yep it clears it Fine, Im running CDT's EF-61's NEO.

And those are my Gangster winters wheels. :)

[E30 Wagen]

how did you fit the rear Mtech II bumper on the early model?

[ZiMMie]

how did you fit the rear Mtech II bumper on the early model?

My kit its a replica and it bolts in when u mount it with the later style rebars and shock.

[ColdAccord]

did you get that kit from Fil

[ZiMMie]

did you get that kit from Fil

Yep the kit its from Fil.

[Raxe]

Before:







After 3 days of hard work:





Week after purchasing it:

[Mastrcruse]

^how did you get the red back like that? My bros is starting to look like shit. Todd from TCD said its easy to bring back red.