***Editors Note: I've been wanting to feature this car because it has a great story and its new owner keeps evolving the car. Timing worked out perfect where I got to feature directly after Link's COTM as the two cars are very similar and yet very different. The beauty of E30 ownership and customization. Suiting the car to your own taste and you end up with two very similar and very different cars. Its great. Looking forward to 2021, Keep those build threads updated! and more importantly, Congrats to dadsbmw for being the December 2020 Car of the Month! - Simon*** 
- Factory Options
- premium audio
- power windows
- power door locks
- power sunroof
- fog lights
- 6 Button OBC
- Exterior
- Sterlingsilber Metallic
- Interior
- Silver cloth comfort seats
- Silver carpet
- Silver cloth door inserts
- Engine Modifications
- Fresh build S52
- Wiseco deep relief pistons
- M50 intake manifold
- Bimmerworld M50 IM kit
- 24lb injectors
- 3.5" e39 540i throttle body
- 3.5" MAF
- Bav Auto ignition coils
- Riot Racing cams
- Arc Asylum rear sump oil pan
- Revshift 24v swap poly mounts
- Beisan viton VANOS seals and anti-rattle kit
- powder coated OFH, engine arms, valve cover, VANOS body, thermostat housing
- Race German rethreaded coolant temp sensor
- Stewart high performance water pump
- Redline Motorsport modified wiring harness
- Exhaust
- Raceland headers
- Dual 2.25" to single 3" piping
- Magnaflow 3" straight through, 24" length mid-muffler
- Varex 3" straight through/bypass muffler
- Dual 2.5" tips
- Transmission
- e36 M3 ZF 5-speed trans
- Redline MTL and ATF fluid
- detent kit
- lightweight flywheel
- FXX stage 2 clutch
- z3 shift lever
- m3 shift carrier
- Garagistic DSSR
- poly e30 carrier mount
- e21 trans mounts
- trans mount cups
- e36 328i full driveshaft
- brass clutch pivot pin
- ss clutch line
- Steering
- e36 M3 steering rack
- condor solid steering linkage
- Subframe
- Arc Asylum front subframe
- Garagistic weld-in rear subframe reinforcements
- Ireland engineering weld-in rear subframe camber adjusters
- Lemforder bushings
- Differential
- 3.46 LSD
- Garagistic 2nd diff mount with poly insert
- Suspension
- Homebuilt coilovers
- 1" shortened front strut housings
- Koni 8641-1144SPORT front shocks
- Koni 80-2522SPORT rear shocks
- generic coilover adjustment sleeves
- Eibach 7" x 2.5" x 600?lb front springs
- Eibach 6" x 2.5" x 450lb rear springs
- convertible front and rear swaybars
- Poly swaybar bushings
- Wheels
- Emortal RS 16x8 +25
- Falken 205/50/16 all season tires
- Brakes
- ECS SS brake lines
- Akebono pads
- Brembo blank rotors
- e92 brake booster
- Exterior modifications
- Depo smiley headlights
- Depo smoked turn signals
- color matched rockers and rear lower valence
- Euro headlight grilles
- Red tinted tail light turn signals
- smoked sidemarkers
- laminex headlight and fog light covers
- Interior modifications
- sport seats in original matching color/pattern cloth
- VDO oil pressure gauge in 3D printed housing in drivers left heater vent
- Gearswitch 3D printed cup holder
- 12" Lukebox
- Pioneer DEH80PRS headunit
- Dayton Audio ND25FN 1" Neo Silk Dome Tweeters
- Silver Flute 5.25" woofers
- 12" Image Dynamics IDQ sub
- Precision Power P900.4 amp
- Precision Power P1000.1 amp
- chrome gauge trim rings
- keyless entry
- Aluminum pedal covers
- silver stitched shift boot
- Background
- I often tell people my dad bought this car new, but technically he bought it 1 year used. She was his pride and joy and he drove her everywhere. Growing up I lived with my mom in California, my dad in Colorado, and extended family right in the middle in Utah. As a result we took MANY road trips between the 3 states which gave us a lot father/son seat time together. When I was 15 I learned to drive in the e30 and had the pleasure of driving it in highschool when my dad went on work trips. As the e30 got older and went up in miles (currently sitting at almost 400k), my dad refused to buy something newer and just continued consistent maintenance to keep her on the road. Eventually in the late 2000s my father fell ill and slowly deteriorated over the next few years. When he passed in 2012 he left the e30 to me in his will, and it immediately became my daily driver. Over the previous years of my father's sickness, the e30s health had deteriorated as well, so now under my ownership it would find a new life. I've since spent the last 8 years fixing basically everything, providing some upgrades along the way, but mainly trying to keep in OEM+. Last year she received an S52 swap, which was very exciting, but frankly now that it's all finished, may have been a bit overkill. She's no longer my daily driver and I've acquired a much newer and faster car, but the e30 brings it's own magic that cannot be matched. I don't drive her as often as I should, due to a few lingering issues since the motor swap, but plan to spend quite a bit more time behind the wheel in the near future. The last thing I want to say, which should be obvious by now, is that she will never be sold. Genuine forever car.
- Future
- Get the finer points of the swap sorted.
- Redo the interior
- Paint
- MAYBE custom 2 piece bottlecaps
- be done and love it
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