ok, my turn to do one of these...

[AdOz]

Nice work man! The alpine White is looking great now!

[3MPowered]

Awesome journal man, I truly enjoyed seeing your '87 have a second life breathed into it. Looking forward to more.

[e30onBBSs]

that minty interior! Nice looking plastic bumpers too, looks so clean on the front. Awesome car, good luck with the second :D

[CorvallisBMW]

Awesome, bring her back to glory!

[jllphan]

No major update, just enjoying the hell out of this car.


Added a german tag





new wheel







finally replaced the rear diving board w/ a plastic bumper (and still have work to do)






oh, and the family grew









but has tons of potential








picked it up this week for the gf from a pretty cool dude in maryville. She decided it wasn't fair that i was the only one w/ an e30. It's a completely original/unmolested car. I essentially purchased from the original owner (his neighbor bought it from him in Dec). Every record since new, even came w/ the window sticker. Test drive was out near Tail Of The Dragon and i was sold. This car was loved for a long time and is gonna be brought back proper.

[Butler]

Those seats came out SO nice! Very impressive. Car looks proper by all standards. Keep us updated!

[jllphan]

Love that car man, looks really good now! great progress!!

Thanks!

A+ work!

My first restoration project, I'll take the grade!

I love saving those cars. A few years ago I saved an 87 325is in Alpine white and it needed many of the same things. Brought the single stage paint back, redyed the interior and pulled the head among many other things. I can really appreciate what you are doing. Glad to see you are enjoying the process.

Nice. I've done what I could to bring back the paint, but years of neglect could only do so much. I sourced a plastic bumper this week and once fitted, plan to respray the whole car. Havin fun, but lots of work!

[Wild Ride]

I love saving those cars. A few years ago I saved an 87 325is in Alpine white and it needed many of the same things. Brought the single stage paint back, redyed the interior and pulled the head among many other things. I can really appreciate what you are doing. Glad to see you are enjoying the process.

[CorvallisBMW]

A+ work!

[GnarShark]

Love that car man, looks really good now! great progress!!

[jllphan]

I've decided the exhaust is just too aggressive, too loud and plan to either add a pair of resonators or a new muffler to tone things down a bit. It was fun for a while, but just need something that makes the car more tolerable on a daily basis.

But before I do, I plan to shoot some video in the car's more aggressive state. Here's a static shot, hope to get some low and high speed passes in the coming weeks...

[jllphan]

I like the ride height. Functional, not slammed. Style 5's complement the E30 so well. Just a question, how does it ride? My friend put on the same adapters and he had all sorts of issues with vibrations and suspension handling. Not to mention his offset was ridiculous. Still it looks awesome!

Thanks! I've had zero issues with the adapters, no vibrations and the car handles like it's on rails. I have a pile of new parts in my garage and plan to freshen up the rest of the suspension in the coming weeks (control arms/bushings/etc) -- hopefully it just keeps getting better and better.

I also had the same questions regarding running adapters, how has it been so far? But great job on the transformation you've done so far! Completely different. Looking forward to when you update on the rear. Always loved the late model bumpers with the early tail lights.

Thanks! As mentioned above, adapters are great -- I really didn't wanna go this route, but was very impressed w/ the build/fitment of the 8380 adapters are great. I've recently sourced a rear bumper, just have to take the time to get it on and augment for an early car.

Beautiful e30!

Thank you!

wow... so far you've done everything just right!

Appreciate ya. My dream would be to take my cars to Germany for a good rip on the autobahn, I'm so jealous of you folks.

[evil-diesel]

wow... so far you've done everything just right!

[PogiMonster]

Beautiful e30!

[Eufonik]

I also had the same questions regarding running adapters, how has it been so far? But great job on the transformation you've done so far! Completely different. Looking forward to when you update on the rear. Always loved the late model bumpers with the early tail lights.