Been a while since I've posted in members rides... I haven't had an e30 in about ten years, and that one was quite the basketcase. Until recently, I had a '76 2002. Loved that thing. It didn't matter how I modded my 2002 though, I still only ever had eyes for an e30. All these insane BaT auction prices and "no-lowballers-I know-what-I-have-car-flippers" type people were making me anxious that if I didn't get another e30 soon, I might not be able to justify prices down the road, despite how much I love these cars.
I bought it with incredibly faded Brilliantrot paint and just had it professionally detailed over the weekend (inb4 lazy), figured it is r3v worthy now. Eventually I'm going to respray it in Brilliantrot, but I'm a happy camper for now with this cut and polish.
Currently all I've done to it since I got it in Jan is swap the rear springs (previous owner included H&R's, but the front H&R's were still on), transferred the ACT(Ronal) wheels that I had on my old 2002, fit an "is" front spoiler and euro grilles - and drive the heck out of it.
The body is really straight, the engine has a ton of miles on it, but it might actually be the best e30 I've ever had. Seems like the previous owners really took care of it- maybe somebody here owned it? It came with some pretty common "tasteful" OEM+ mods. It has US Hella ellipsoids, a working 13 button OBC (is this rare on 318is's?) and what feels like a z4 shifter, although I haven't taken a look.
Future plans beyond the respray are just to enjoy it (I daily a prius now lmao).
I bought it with incredibly faded Brilliantrot paint and just had it professionally detailed over the weekend (inb4 lazy), figured it is r3v worthy now. Eventually I'm going to respray it in Brilliantrot, but I'm a happy camper for now with this cut and polish.
Currently all I've done to it since I got it in Jan is swap the rear springs (previous owner included H&R's, but the front H&R's were still on), transferred the ACT(Ronal) wheels that I had on my old 2002, fit an "is" front spoiler and euro grilles - and drive the heck out of it.
The body is really straight, the engine has a ton of miles on it, but it might actually be the best e30 I've ever had. Seems like the previous owners really took care of it- maybe somebody here owned it? It came with some pretty common "tasteful" OEM+ mods. It has US Hella ellipsoids, a working 13 button OBC (is this rare on 318is's?) and what feels like a z4 shifter, although I haven't taken a look.
Future plans beyond the respray are just to enjoy it (I daily a prius now lmao).
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