My 1989 325iC

[Van Westervelt]

When it was all said and done I walked up to the counter with a front bumper, a front valence, a rear bumper, all four bumper shocks, a pair of sun visors in like new condition, and a pair of kidney grills. Grand total? $100!

Curt scored a tan leather rear seat with headrests and the fold down armrest/ski pass-through, an oil cooler complete with lines and fittings, front and rear window locks, a grab handle, and a mirror. Grand total? I'll let him tell you if he wants :)

Afterward we hit up the Lighthouse for Lighthouse Burgers and a game of pool.

You forgot to include your new shiny decklid in that $100! :) I've never seen a $30 decklid look so nice!

And those burgers were damn good! Thanks again bro!

[Joey Link]

Ah that's right! I got a deck lid as well. Anytime you feel like a lighthouse burger let me know, I'm always game.

PM me when you get on AIM.

[Simon S]

fun to see this project come along. Thanks for sharing progress.

wow - that was a great price - albeit, your labor time vs. $hop hours..
.. which pays two-fold back in satisfaction- especially with such a dramatic before/after.

wow #2 - the condition of that flex disc !

do not paint the side moldings. yes- it does look good, clean, and simple without them- but it just looks wrong and cheap when they're painted.

[Mtriple]

BTW- those dp's were the shit back in the day. Nice wheels, very period correct.

[e30devo]

ive never seen a guibo that bad. holy crap. btw your car is looking great. i love it. put the bumpers on it!

[Bimmerboy91]

wow, hard to believe a car with only 120k could be in that poor of condition. it looks soild though.

this cabrio is just about identical to the one i have. when i purchased it it look the same from the inside and out and about the same milage i think 1208xx. joey we should keep in touch so we can exchange info on repairs. thanks

[Van Westervelt]

Post some shots of the new deck lid and the mock bumper mounting! Maybe when the back is done eh?

[Joey Link]

fun to see this project come along. Thanks for sharing progress.

wow - that was a great price - albeit, your labor time vs. $hop hours..
.. which pays two-fold back in satisfaction- especially with such a dramatic before/after.

wow #2 - the condition of that flex disc !

do not paint the side moldings. yes- it does look good, clean, and simple without them- but it just looks wrong and cheap when they're painted.

I'm still not sure if I'm going to paint the side moldings and impact strips or not. There's a super clean all white coupe on here that has it done, but I can't remember whose it is.

Guibo's F'ed, eh? :)

BTW- those dp's were the shit back in the day. Nice wheels, very period correct.

It's funny, cause they're kinda growing on me in a way. I think I'm going to refinish them and keep em around, though I don't know what the purpose will be. I wish I could find some old info on DP's, like what colors they came in back then.

this cabrio is just about identical to the one i have. when i purchased it it look the same from the inside and out and about the same milage i think 1208xx. joey we should keep in touch so we can exchange info on repairs. thanks

We definitely should. It's a lot of fun, huh?

Post some shots of the new deck lid and the mock bumper mounting! Maybe when the back is done eh?

I was going to work on the car today before the incident with my back. Now it looks like I'm not going to be able to work on it for a few days, which really disappoints me. I talked to Mr. Anderson today about securing the sides of the rear bumper and he confirmed what we were suspecting, a bolt through the bumper and body, with a rubber washer in the middle. I was laying in the hospital today thinking about the car the whole time haha.

[Bimmerboy91]

joey: We definitely should. It's a lot of fun, huh?

ive had fun but still got work to do. when i can ill post pics.

[Joey Link]

It's been a while since I gave you guys an update, so I figured it's about time. I've been really busy with school, which really cut back on the time I had available to work on the car.

I managed to pull a bunch of stuff off the engine, which means the engine bay is now in a major state of disarray. That's fine though, I ordered a Bentley from Amazon for $32 and I have my other '89 325i that I can use for reference. Basically I removed all the cooling hoses on the front of the engine, the radiator, wires, throttle body, intake stuff, etc. I might take some pics today, but there's nothing really spectacular about it. After f***ing around with the fan clutch hub for a couple hours Mr. Copperwheat told me Mr. Funk had a tool that makes it super simple. I borrowed said tool and had that thing off in 2 minutes.

Last week I placed an order with Patrick at BMA for my laundry list of maintenance items, which totaled $477.xx. It's my bet that after I'm done with all this stuff the cabby should be one of the most reliable E30's around.

Oh yeah, I also picked this up for it yesterday ---> http://tinyurl.com/2cqwf5

*evilgrin*

[Teaguer]

Those wheels are the DP Motorsports "DP-5" ...and yes they were the shit back in the day .

I sold a bunch of them and they mostly were available in white and silver of course the bling chrome of the day .
Eventually they were offered in black as well but the white was always the most popular .

[Joey Link]

Sick. I'm going to refinish them and keep them as a 'spare' set of wheels for when I'm in the mood :P

[jw 325ic]

tuck the bumpers and put black shoe polish on that steering wheel

[MikeE30325i]

very nice find i must say with the mileage and all. and the interior cleaned up well. very well infact.

those rims do the car no justice. and looks like they have been curbrashed like a mofo. i am also one of those guys that dislike cabrios, but to each his own.

treat it well and it will make you happy.

[Digitalwave]

Refinish those rims in a gloss black! They are pimp as hell, keep them as the primary rims on that car.

Very nice work so far, the car is really cleaning up well. If you tucked the bumpers, resprayed the rocker panels with undercoating, and then refinished the wheels, it'd really transform the exterior.

For the leather, try Pinnacle's leather cleaner and conditioner. I have been EXTEMELY happy with the results from my use with it... I wish I had before and after pictures. Dove grey leather gets nasty!