E30 down the drain... Project cancelled

[Vtec?lol]

Sooo, I drove 3hrs from home to get a pretty bad craigslist burn. I figured since I already bought the trailer and drove all the way to get it, I didn't wan't to leave with nothing.

Warning, worst paint job you'll ever see on an E30.. Cut springs, Quiffe can, gone interior, cut rims/wheels. Yes, all four wheels came off a honda and have been cut with a torch to fit. Fucking pathetic. Ugh, on to the pics. I'm thinking of saving it and making it a truck, trailer, or track toy. Either way, I'm gonna use the front end for swap fitments and such.

Warning this is depressing. Maybe it's not as bad as I think it is?




Check out the grillz


Try to pay attention to the pain't job. It's purple, orange, and brown.


sry for the crappy pics, I forgot to adjust the exposure


cut wheel


cut springs






My love, the awesome road trip machine/tow rig


more pictures later... Wtf should I do with this?

[jasonsnoddy]

wow..........

[Vtec?lol]

is it as bad as I thought it was?

if you look in the 4th and 5th picture... You can see them torching a fully inflated wheel. I was kinda waiting (hopping) for it to blow.

[CorvallisBMW]

I don't know what you're complaining about, that thing is BALLER.

edit: perfect LeMons car. You still have $300 to work with before you sell parts off it.

[DTM190]

If you didnt drive so far I would have voted burn it but instead voted trailer

[plmichal]

Initiate drift missile.

[thirdirev]

I would be cool to see a truck turned out of it

[MG325i]

Just think, you already have a paint sceme for a track car haha. Interior is so bad, gut the whole thing. H&Rs, bilstiens, and some rotas. Good to go!

[Butler]

Zomgwtfhuh!?

[nando]

wow, hahaha! at least it was cheap!

[accident]

track truck

[Kershaw]

$200 is awesome.

congrats.

[Gadea]

does it run? make it a track toy anyway. Wow, and I though my seats were ugly....

[BoxDriver86]

Replace springs, get wheels, check and see how bad the body is underneath. Most people pay 3 times that for a rolling chassis. Does it run okay? If so look at it this way:
1. Get a set of springs for the car either used in classifieds or $150-$250 for something decent. You could even buy a set of factory springs for a few bucks from another member on here to get you by for pennies. So let's say $200 worst case scenario.
2. Get a set of bottlecaps for less than $100. Often you can find them with tires at a junkyard.

- Now you have fixed the biggest two issues for $250 and you have a $450 e30. You're still winning.

Now for the cosmetics:
3. Find a set of comfort seats for cheap on the classifieds or look around your local junkyard. I've picked complete interiors up for less than $100.

$550 with a cleaner interior, still winning.

4. Get a book on how to do bodywork and paint. The car looks generally straight but plan on some shady work underneath. It may be ugly, but it's straght. You could buy all the materials and do it yourself at a rented booth for around $1K for an "acceptable" job. Perhaps less if you are clever or do the bodywork and take it to a Maaco. (what I would do) If you look closely, they even painted the door jambs so I would think they may have done some decent work on the body. Again, the pictures make it look pretty straight.

$1550 for a cleanish four door 318i.

Get all of the maintenance done, find a crack free dash, sell the tires off the crap wheels, turn in the crap wheels for scrap, get a set of fog lights, grill set...

$2000 is what people would jump on for a cleaner four door 318i. And guess who's a winner? You. Good luck. That car is salvageable.

[nando]

you'd be mad to put any money into that thing. you're assuming it has no mechanical issues, and up to date maintenance. look at that wheel - no way.