Dream Car Henna

[arthb7]

I wanted to make a thread to keep all the stuff I do to my car over the years so here goes.

1984 BMW 325e Hennarot
Nick name Henna

Bought it from a forum member about two years ago and it needed some series body work.



This is the first day I got it and it looks much better in the pictures







A year and a half later I decided it was time to restore and do engine swap







After it sat for another 6 months things started to move with some help













got my wiring harness that i discovered later was m50 vanos which was useless since I was doing m50nv

















































Now comes the engine (I had no idea how many miles or if it worked but it was cheap so I got it)







After some cleaning and painting































This was right before I took it to the body shop





e36 seat adapters painted


audi brake booster painted












Truck full of parts











Thank you CaTuned

[sam_]

Very impressive. Post more pics of the outcome! The lip looks a little extra IMO but great car.

[M-technik-3]

Very Nice.

[audiquattrot]

Man what a beauty!!! I loveee henna

[Mlarsen]

Very nice! If you ever want to sell those BBS' let me know!

[Dj Buttchug]

wow. regret selling 318i henna now. such sadness

[arthb7]

Thanks guys had to take a break before posting the rest

I deleted the power steering with the help of Condor


and here the engine is in. It was a pain to get it in





all the windows and chrome pieces started to find there place.



this is when I took it to the exhaust shop





and here its all back together



My ebay headers were giving me issues because they were touching my subframe. Thanks to my friends shop it was fixed very quickly.









First ride with my cousin and friend. Two hennas and one dolphin grey



Two days after the completed swap I drove to California for my wedding. Here she is sitting cozy at my fiancee house.

[sam_]

congrats!

[blizake500]

Looks amazing! Great work!

[DER E30]

Looks amazing! Great work!

True that!

[ak-]

I'm getting anxiety over how nice and clean your car is.
Only thing I can think of to do is maybe a classier looking muffler/tip combo.

Loving it.

[arthb7]

I'm getting anxiety over how nice and clean your car is.
Only thing I can think of to do is maybe a classier looking muffler/tip combo.

Loving it.

Thank you! The exhaust came with the car when I bought it. I like the look and sound of remus but they are expensive!

[Cabriolet]

Nice project. i love how clean you made it.

[ANDRÜ]

This is great. Awesome work

[MPLFoster]

Read the thread...not disappointed.