What’s up everyone! Long time lurker, finally a first time E30 owner.
I was recently gifted a 1989 325is by my brother so he could free up some garage space for another project. I’ve been around older BMWs my whole life, but this is my first E30 and I’m pretty excited about it. The car originally came from California, and I shipped it from Seattle, so thankfully it’s rust-free.... Which is basically a unicorn where I live in Minnesota & Wisconsin. As most of you know, finding a solid E30 in the Midwest is no small task.
It joins the garage alongside my 2005 E46 M3 and my 2014 X5 M Sport (optioned with pretty much the entire M Performance carbon fiber catalog). Safe to say I’ve got a soft spot for BMWs. As I have owned a handful of E36 M3s, M Roadsters etc.
My brother actually cleaned the car up quite a bit during his ownership, refreshed a lot of the little things and got it to a really solid starting point. I’m mostly looking to get it across the finish line and bring everything together.
Current focus is chasing down a couple water leaks, one into the trunk and another into the passenger floorboard. I want to get those sorted properly before touching the interior. Once it’s sealed up, the plan is to redo the interior and freshen everything up as the car also came with a crack free dashboard.
I’ll probably be hunting for odds and ends as I go, so I’m sure I’ll be digging through classifieds and asking some questions.
First thing I’m actively searching for is a set of 15” BBS RS waffles. Preferably gold, but if silver it gives me a chance to refinish the wheels. If anyone has a set they’re considering letting go, definitely let me know.
Excited to finally be posting instead of just reading and looking forward to learning from you all and contributing where I can.
These are the only photos I have as the car is currently blocked in my garage in Minnesota. It's also cold and I have 0 interest in going outside.
I was recently gifted a 1989 325is by my brother so he could free up some garage space for another project. I’ve been around older BMWs my whole life, but this is my first E30 and I’m pretty excited about it. The car originally came from California, and I shipped it from Seattle, so thankfully it’s rust-free.... Which is basically a unicorn where I live in Minnesota & Wisconsin. As most of you know, finding a solid E30 in the Midwest is no small task.
It joins the garage alongside my 2005 E46 M3 and my 2014 X5 M Sport (optioned with pretty much the entire M Performance carbon fiber catalog). Safe to say I’ve got a soft spot for BMWs. As I have owned a handful of E36 M3s, M Roadsters etc.
My brother actually cleaned the car up quite a bit during his ownership, refreshed a lot of the little things and got it to a really solid starting point. I’m mostly looking to get it across the finish line and bring everything together.
Current focus is chasing down a couple water leaks, one into the trunk and another into the passenger floorboard. I want to get those sorted properly before touching the interior. Once it’s sealed up, the plan is to redo the interior and freshen everything up as the car also came with a crack free dashboard.
I’ll probably be hunting for odds and ends as I go, so I’m sure I’ll be digging through classifieds and asking some questions.
First thing I’m actively searching for is a set of 15” BBS RS waffles. Preferably gold, but if silver it gives me a chance to refinish the wheels. If anyone has a set they’re considering letting go, definitely let me know.
Excited to finally be posting instead of just reading and looking forward to learning from you all and contributing where I can.
These are the only photos I have as the car is currently blocked in my garage in Minnesota. It's also cold and I have 0 interest in going outside.
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