Hi All,
I finally got my E30 after many years of waiting!
I was pretty lucky to find a very clean body E30 in NYC. The PO used to drive it to work to Long Island from Queens. He did not know what an E30 was and was pretty surprised that he had many people contact him offerring a lot more than the asking price. It was a deal I couldn't refuse and now I have some extra cash to start working on it.
Details:
Year: 1991
Model: 318is
Miles: 248K (high but I do not care)
Will register the car soon. For now, those are some old borrowed FL plates.
Side looks pretty clean:
Sames goes for under the battery tray:
I will take better pictures when I take the car to the garage at my gf's place.
From the CarFax report, the car was first bought in Florida and then arrived to NYC back in 2002. From the looks of it, I would say I am now the 4th owner of the car.
Exterior: The most important thing for me was rust/rot. The battery tray is pretty clean and the "side skirt" area looks good too. The front and rear bumper covers are cracked, along with their trimmings. I will be replacing those first and then send it to a body shop to get the entire car repainted Alpine White and looking neat.
Interior: The interior is probably a 4.5/10. I didn't really care about the interior. I've helped a friend of mine a few years back replace his E30's interior and it just took us a weekend to get it done. I am planning on switching the Tan interior to either the cloth material or black leather. We will see when that time arrives.
Plans by order:
1) Get the exterior all cleaned up, painted, smooth, and tight. If any of you know of any great AutoBody shops in the Tri-State area that have worked on your E30s before, I would greatly appreciate it if you can refer me to one.
2) After the exterior is all nice and neat, I will work on the interior by replacing the leather, carpet, dashboard, etc.
3) Suspension
4) Engine
It is going to be a long and fun one, but I think I found the right platform at the right price.
If any of you have any recommendations for anything whatsoever, please let me know through PM or email at geromecab@gmail.com.
Cheers!
Stay tuned for future updates.
I finally got my E30 after many years of waiting!
I was pretty lucky to find a very clean body E30 in NYC. The PO used to drive it to work to Long Island from Queens. He did not know what an E30 was and was pretty surprised that he had many people contact him offerring a lot more than the asking price. It was a deal I couldn't refuse and now I have some extra cash to start working on it.
Details:
Year: 1991
Model: 318is
Miles: 248K (high but I do not care)
Will register the car soon. For now, those are some old borrowed FL plates.
Side looks pretty clean:
Sames goes for under the battery tray:
I will take better pictures when I take the car to the garage at my gf's place.
From the CarFax report, the car was first bought in Florida and then arrived to NYC back in 2002. From the looks of it, I would say I am now the 4th owner of the car.
Exterior: The most important thing for me was rust/rot. The battery tray is pretty clean and the "side skirt" area looks good too. The front and rear bumper covers are cracked, along with their trimmings. I will be replacing those first and then send it to a body shop to get the entire car repainted Alpine White and looking neat.
Interior: The interior is probably a 4.5/10. I didn't really care about the interior. I've helped a friend of mine a few years back replace his E30's interior and it just took us a weekend to get it done. I am planning on switching the Tan interior to either the cloth material or black leather. We will see when that time arrives.
Plans by order:
1) Get the exterior all cleaned up, painted, smooth, and tight. If any of you know of any great AutoBody shops in the Tri-State area that have worked on your E30s before, I would greatly appreciate it if you can refer me to one.
2) After the exterior is all nice and neat, I will work on the interior by replacing the leather, carpet, dashboard, etc.
3) Suspension
4) Engine
It is going to be a long and fun one, but I think I found the right platform at the right price.
If any of you have any recommendations for anything whatsoever, please let me know through PM or email at geromecab@gmail.com.
Cheers!
Stay tuned for future updates.
i have no idea what i am doing with my life
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