Newbie and his new E30

[E30 Cabrio]

Bought this in August.

1988 325ic, 5 spd. Lachssilber, 110K on the clock, extensive records.
Purchased from the 2nd owner.

My previous E30, a 1986 Delphin Gray, 5 spd. 325 ES was stolen last year, so I decided to upgrade when I replaced it.

The car runs, looks and drives fantastic, and I absolutely love it.

[325iCabrio]

Car looks sweet. I've got an '88 cabrio too, although mine's an automatic.

It looks like it's in really good condition. Any other pictures? How's the top? I just replaced the top on mine, and that was a bitch.

Welcome to the forum. www.unofficialbmw.com is also a great forum to visit. Their cars are usually more stock than here. You plan on doing any upgrades?

[mtechnik]

ahh good looking cabrio. welcome on here

[TUD]

Very nice!

Lachssilber is my favorite E30 exterior color.

[E30 Cabrio]

Thanks. I got a few more pics, but I took them with a 3MP digital cam so they don't look all that good. The top is blue, about 4 years old and in good shape. Doesn't leak and the rear plastic is nice and clear.

I've already added a chip. I'd like to add a front air dam, rear spoiler, and some 5 spoke rims, as those look good on Cabs IMO. My ES had Basketweaves, and if I run across a good set for a good price, I might go with those instead, but I always worried about the center caps getting stolen.

Also, the interior is dark blue, and I'd like to change it to black, but that might be costly. I might just dye the seats black and paint the interior panels black with vinyl paint as well as the deck lid, unless I can find a set of those at a good price.

Other than that, no other mods, except for maybe a cold air intake.

BTW, I got it for $2,800 :D

[87Blue325iC]

Nice vert!

[mtechnik]

sounds like a fair price to me

[E30 Cabrio]

Thanks again for the kind words and the welcome. You guys have some nice cars too.

I was also thinking about replacing the bumpers with Euro's, but I hear those are almost impossible to find. Has anyone done that swap?

There's a silver 88 cab on ebay right now for sale with the Euro bumper swap, and it looks pretty nice.

[E30 Cabrio]

BTW, how do I enable my sig pic?

Or does one have to be a member for awhile before being able to?

[JJe30]

Nice clean car and welcome to the site

[euroshark]

Mmmmm.... Cab.... Maybe in spring! Looks nice!

[325iCabrio]

Thanks again for the kind words and the welcome. You guys have some nice cars too.

I was also thinking about replacing the bumpers with Euro's, but I hear those are almost impossible to find. Has anyone done that swap?

There's a silver 88 cab on ebay right now for sale with the Euro bumper swap, and it looks pretty nice.

From what I understand you can get the euro bumpers from Bavarian Autosport for about $1000 for the front and rear. I don't know what's involved in fitting them, but I don't *think* it's too difficult. You'd want to find a euro valance with the built in fog lights too; euro bumpers with the US valance don't look quite right IMO.

[E30 Cabrio]

$1000.00?

On second thought, the diving boards don't look so bad after all.

Thanks.

[BMDub]

Are you ready for.......... Top down cruisen in the city

[E30 Cabrio]

Yeah, but the last of the nice, top down days are slowly slipping away here in the SF Bay Area.

Oh well, Spring will be here before we know it.