My 1988 325i Convertable (RIP)

[dirk619]

I know where you got the lower valance from, Chula Vista Ecology off of Energy Way. Delphin ETA. That was mine =\

[BrettsE30]

Looks like mine when I first got it minus the lights and lower valance

[freeride53]

Looks just like my friends, minus his gold basketweaves.

[N2MYE30]

Welcome aboard! Pix of the zx when you get it. :up:

[Steven_Anderson]

looks just like the 88 vert I just picked up except my is lip is bronzit.

[byza213]

nice!!she looks tidy

[turge]

UPDATE:

Car is r3vd. :( That being said... part out thread soon.

As most of you know I have a bronzit 325iC. I got the car from my cousin and I have had to do some maintenance on the car over the years. One of the major maintenance projects last year was a new driveline and some transmission work. I should have gotten a manual transmission at that point, but I didn't think of it at the time. Fast forward to 2012, a month ago (in May), my torque converter decides to go out on the freeway causing my car to over r3v and blow a headgasket, causing damage to pistons and all sorts of fun stuff in the lower end of the longblock. So as of June 6th, the swap has been successful. I have a new motor and 5-speed transmission.

Here are a list of mods I have so far:

• e36 center console
• Custom fitted es front lip.
• HID's
• Dinan Chip
• KA Motors Cold Air Intake
• m50 Injectors
• 5-speed swap
• Engine Swap (replaced my broken m20 with a working one)
• Touch up paint job until I can respray the car
• LED Conversion for exterior lights
• e36 Window Switches
• Rear Headrests added (verts usually didn't come stock with rear headrests)

Mods In Progress (being installed / worked on):

• Style 5's (Getting repainted. Debating whether to fill n drill or buy adapters)
• Magnaflow Exhaust being installed with custom flanges (bolt-on) for easy removal of exhaust. Not for test pipes. ;)

Future Mods / Upgrades / Repairs:

1. Fixing / Upgrading Engine Related Stuff or anything else that is broken.
2. New Exhaust and Headers (keeping current CAT)
3. New Suspension (Possibly Coilovers and 5-Lug Swap)
   Note: If I am doing the 5-lug swap, I am just going to save up and update / fix every thing under the car.
4. New Wheels (Style 5's Preferred)
5. Fixing / Cleaning Interior (Includes Refurbished Seats, etc...)
6. IS Body Kit or other cool looking BMW kit.
   Note: Basically just need cool sideskirts and a rear valence / lip. In the meantime, I'm probably going to keep my ES Valence on the front for now with my divingboards.
   But I might just get euro bumpers later and use a valence that works well with that setup.
7. Paint (Keeping it Bronzit :D)

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Pictures:

Random Photos:













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YouTube Madness (Videos):

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New Videos:

New Magnaflow Exhaust Installed:



LED Mod:



Old Videos:

Performance Chip w/ stock engine (12-5-11):





Just posted a video of my engine removal timelapse:



The car lives again!



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Future Vehicles

M1A2:



Only if those were street legal, lol.

But in all seriousness, probably going to get a shark / 6-series / M6 / 635CSI after my convertible build is finished. After that I would like to save up for an E30 M3.