From beginning to the end… story of my e30 touring (56k beware)

[dude8383]

I must have a touring...

one day man, one day!

[Motorsports]

any pics of the vert you bought.

[norcalE30]

beautiful... ive always wanted a touring

[e30polak]

Fuck I want to paint my e30 that green! I also want that Schnitzer kit!!! :pimp:

[James]

I remember seeing lots of these pictures, always one of my favorites. RIP.

[ADEN]

nice touring if i had this i'll never leave it for 1.5 year without enjoying it

[formula driver]

Thanks for sharing, thats a good story to here. Doin everything yourself is respect. Ive been familiar with this car for a while. Show us the new ride...

[AC Nico]

What a shame you had to let it go. Planning on another one?

i don't think that i will built another touring. i spent too much money for things i wouldnt do again.

but i miss the touring ;)


i will take some pics of the vert for another story in the next days.

[AC Nico]

So here is the rest of the story...

So the car was painted and I was satisfied (for some months). Then I found some 17” PLS rims. They were great but they had bolt pattern 4x98. With the right screws you could drive them but I don’t liked that option. So I sold them again. I think it was in the year 2005 or 2006 where the 5 lug swap with E36 parts was actual. So I got the parts for a 5 lug swap. I was one of the first in Germany with this option. Maybe the second or third one. I wanted some 3 pcd Schnitzer rims for the car that it looked like the photoshop





After getting all the parts (compact parts, H&R suspension, bigger brake from 300mm.de, new bushings, other rims 7x17 from the E36) I started with the swap. The swap was very easy and I had no problems. All parts fitted very well. I liked the look at the end but I knew that I need some spacers or bigger rims because I had too much room left in the fenders… you could play football in those fenders ;)

























I still had the old m20b25 and I wanted something else. A friend sold his m52b25 and I got this engine but the swap was everything else then easy. I had so many problems. The ecu for example got damaged and I had to find another one. It took several weeks to find one because you needed also all the EWS (the electronic anti theft device) parts.
Furthermore I still had the Eisenmann exhaust… I liked it. Also I got some nice Recaro seats (hello Yan-M3 :D ) and some other parts in tan color for the interior. I tried also some other rims because I wanted something else. Yes I’m a wheel whore! I found also some other AC Schnitzer goodies. In the end I had nearly everything from AC Schnitzer which was available for the E30.
































Then… BAM! I bought the OZ Mito alloys. Perfect looking on that car (but not better then ACS type 1). I had those alloys the last years on that car before it was parted out. Those are the last pics before I parted it in June 2008:





















In June 2008 I finished studying and I had no time for the car. I didn’t drove it for over a year. I got the E34 M5 and that was my daily driver. Didn’t had the money to drive 2 or 3 cars. I got a new job and i also moved to Frankfurt where I had less time for all the cars. Furthermore I needed a cheap daily driver. My decision was to part the touring because I know the worth of all those parts and nobody will pay the whole car. I parted the whole car and sold the body and suspension to a guy who will put a V8 in it. I already saw some pics and I can’t wait to see my old car again on the road. So it is in good hands.









Sometimes when I think about the car I get some tears… :(

[mtechnik]

Splendid past that Touring had.

[regnu]

One of the best Tourings ever. Thanks for sharing the whole story.

You should have sold a kidney instead of parting it. :P

[AC Nico]

One of the best Tourings ever. Thanks for sharing the whole story.

You should have sold a kidney instead of parting it. :P

thank you :)

Perhaps selling a kidney would be a better choice :D

[M42Technik]

More info on these! I am in love!

[Desaevious]

Because I never saw this in any of your sigs I had no idea this beauty was yours. :shock:

[CleanAzzE30z]

I cant believe you sold that car. WHat a mistake. I love the color choice. Reminds me of those old E36 AC Schnitzer cars. Like a military type green.



Mariano