1985 325e White M3 Rep

[OttoB]

This is the next batch and although the majority of cars were of the more contemporary variety, e30 Mob had a good presence with their whips...




This was my absolute favorite car at the show - a $100K build by Renner:




This is another Renner creation that placed Top 10 at 2024 SEMA show:




And everyone knows this last one...

[OttoB]

Over the weekend, found out the 2nd replacement dash is now stateside... so, ideally it will find its way to me unlike the previous one stuck God knows where in NY/Customs. I have stepped up my efforts at securing a shop and not thrilled about the candidates but God makes things happen for a reason, and know the work will eventually get done well by someone. Once the dash arrives, the car will hopefully be out of storage.

On Monday, took the other car sharing storage space with my e30 - the blue 5 Turbo - as it found its way to a shop in Miami. Took the opportunity to snap pics of the 3 cars since unsure if/when that may ever happen again... Drove the 325 down the street to buy a new battery for the Renault and man, the BMW drives so well... such a good car even if I had not driven it at all in many weeks!

[2mAn]

What a collection of cars you have!! Perfection

[OttoB]

Pics of the dashboard which speak for themselves - arrived last week, and a big Hallelujah!!! It looks amazing and worth all the time it took to get to me - it is essentially perfect and even smells new!






I am now going full tilt in committing to a BMW specialist in SoFla and I'm pending on estimates from a number of them, so I am relieved to finally be at this point - its been a long time coming and this car deserves to be driven + enjoyed!

I also want to thank Milan Milich, who sold me the dashboard last year. He has been a very thorough, attentive seller at all times and unbelievably responsive as well as communicative. I found his dashboards for sale via FB (he only sells them through there) as others were vouching for how happy they were with theirs. Milan told me exactly what day the order/batch was being sent out weeks before it taking place exactly when he said he would; sent me tracking info the same day; was writing to me to provide me updates on the locations the dashboard was passing through; and ultimately - at his own cost, sent me a replacement one at no cost. Nobody knows why out of the first batch of 9 dashboards from December, mine was the only one not delivered after US Customs released it. But Milan even offered me my money back even though he did not have to... These types of honest, responsible individuals are far and few these days and, I cannot vouch for Milan enough.


He posts on the R3VLimited Facebook page all the time and here is the link to his profile:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/60402947626/user/100001782166938/

Whether it's a dashboard, steering wheel, or ? for your e30 - give him a try as you will not regret it! If the link doesn't work, you can look him up at the FB page and use the search feature for Milan Milich.

[2mAn]

Hooray!!!

[reelizmpro]

MIlan's dashes look excellent. How much did you pay including duty fees?

[OttoB]

Please reach out to him directly, as I have no idea what his present inventory stock is (existing dashes he can redo), whether there have been any changes in associated shipping or materials, or just information not available to me. I can tell you that I spent a considerable amount of time looking for many dashes all over before making the decision to buy his. Posts from existing customers were so common with positive experiences, that it made my decision to get one that much easier, regardless of him being in Russia.

The truth is, that if you have a nice car - you won't part it out. So, the only dashes available in the market for sale come from cars that had seen better decades, ya know? This is a brand new dash and, paid all in for less than other dashes being sold/offered in the market that are being sold as used. There is no comparison between one from Milan like I got, and anything else for sale. Even if it was new, old stock dashboard like one I found in Saudi Arabia or thereabouts - it would have been sitting in a shelf for what, 40 years? Milan makes them to order and I highly, highly recommend sourcing one from him if you need one!

[reelizmpro]

Please reach out to him directly, as I have no idea what his present inventory stock is (existing dashes he can redo), whether there have been any changes in associated shipping or materials, or just information not available to me. I can tell you that I spent a considerable amount of time looking for many dashes all over before making the decision to buy his. Posts from existing customers were so common with positive experiences, that it made my decision to get one that much easier, regardless of him being in Russia.

The truth is, that if you have a nice car - you won't part it out. So, the only dashes available in the market for sale come from cars that had seen better decades, ya know? This is a brand new dash and, paid all in for less than other dashes being sold/offered in the market that are being sold as used. There is no comparison between one from Milan like I got, and anything else for sale. Even if it was new, old stock dashboard like one I found in Saudi Arabia or thereabouts - it would have been sitting in a shelf for what, 40 years? Milan makes them to order and I highly, highly recommend sourcing one from him if you need one!

I know his pricing but what I don't know are the shipping costs and duties nowadays...that's what I'm curious about. BTW, BMW reproduced a new batch of dashes (out of S Africa) in the mid 2000's, made out of the latest vinyl material. Any NOS dash you find today is likely to be from that batch. The problem was, it didn't perfectly match the rest of the interior.