New owner, here's my e30!

[lylefk]

Would have shot more but my battery died, and apparently I didn't bring my spare...

92 325ic, 84k miles, 5 speed, black top, grey leather, heated seats, OBCII, Leather wheel, stock except for a Dinan chip (po).

What do you think?

[JasonC]

Very nice clean vert. I'd be tempeted to keep it all stock as nice as it is!

[Collin]

Pristine man, very nice.

[Bimmerista]

Beautiful vert! I wouldn't change a thing!

[e28forlife]

Looks great, I like the color as well.

Needs so little to be a great looking vert. An iS lip, a drop, and maybe some smoked signals/lights and your golden.

Paint looks very clean as well, there aren't even any rock chips on the front.

[noE30]

looks like a great find.

[Motorsports]

Definately a nice find.

[JJe30]

Welcome to the boards and nice convertible. What are your plans for it?

[StereoInstaller1]

Yo man, welcome to R3V.

Nice looking 'vert there. I would agree with everyone, drop that thing just a little bit and call it done.

I am getting ready to go to work for CarToys, there is Kirkland/Totem Lake. Should be there by the end of the month. If you see a black tucked DB coupe on 17's, might be me.

Roll up and say hi if you can!

Luke

[Nicademus]

I live really close by in Woodinville. Your car looks really nice. Did you find it on Craigslist?

[lylefk]

Luke, I just got my alarm installed by that Car Toys and live 2 minutes from it...I'll stop in for sure! I was thinking about putting in an application there as well, I used to run a custom car audio shop and was the Services Manager for Best Buy for a while...

Nicademus, yeah I found it on CL.

I will definitely be doing the H&R/bilstein sport suspension, possibly the smoked signals/lights and some 16" or 17" weaves or BBS most likely...I've been looking at lips, but most of the front pieces I've seen seem to make the rest of the car look funny/unbalanced. I want to make it my own but I'm not going to do anything extreme. It's beautiful as-is! I might pick up a hard top for it next fall, too...as for the stereo, it has a horrible 9 year old sony deck, that's gotta go. I think I'll put the Eclipse 3200 in it (it matches too!) and haven't decided on the rest...something along the lines of a JL Audio 300/4 under the seat and JL XR5.25's all the way around. No cutting, stock appearing...

On Tuesday or Wednesday it's getting a new timing belt and tensioner, all new belts, water pump, cam seals, crank seal, alternator, valve adjustment, new hoses and whatever else they see while they are in there by M Cars of Seattle...got an oil change yesterday and a clifford alarm with a proximity sensor the day before that =)

[regnu]

Drop then call it a day. That thing is clean.

[lylefk]

So, here's kind of an update on my plans for the car...won't happen fast, but maybe some of the small stuff can get done via xmas presents...

Exterior:

Hard Top
euro grill
smoked ellips w retrofitted TSX or similar HID
IS lip
euro trim
clear bumper lights tinted (the smoked ones are too dark imo)
matching tint on the fogs w HID
Shadowline

Interior:

Eclipse 3200
JL Audio 300/4 in trunk
JL Audio XR 5.25" all the way around

Suspension/wheels:

Bilstein HD
H&R Sports
16" or 17" wheels (undecided, probably a mesh, gun metal or silver)
Winter tires on the weaves

Exhaust:

New muffler and tips and call it good

Engine:

Totally undecided...I think a turbo would be the best fit, I can buy it in pieces and can do the work myself (this will happen last, as the motor runs well and has low miles)

Once all that is done it will probably get fresh paint, but that will be a ways off...we're buying a house in Feb, and getting married Aug 2010...and I'm unemployed lol...so yeah, need to get some other tings in order before I go all crazy...but I'm looking forward to finally having a garage and a place to work and have tools!

I swapped out a faulty window switch and a worn out cig lighter yesterday, my first work on it lol

I'm putting new tires on tomorrow (Falken 512's I think), as well as all new brembo blanks and new pads in the next week or so...they are squealing and pissing me off. The PO did new pads but didn't change the rotors out or turn them. It's obnoxious.

[Alkasquawlik]

nice car, my friend is looking at a vert that is almost exactly like that, albeit not as clean

[morningsmiler]

PNW is maybe the best place on the planet for a cabby...nice car