Hey there fellow r3v members. I've finally decided to start a build thread for my car. Not only as a reference for maintenance and modifications, but in the hopes that some of the things I do to it will be interesting to some.
Anyway, this is my first E30 and first car, which is awesome. It's a 89 325is. I picked it up last March from a guy in NJ. The odometer stopped working at 111,000 and the PO said the car has about 180. Besides all the typical IS goodies, the car has euro smilies, euro grills, map light, premium speakers, JOM coils and ST swaybars. Overall, besides the horrendous paint (or lack of) I think its a pretty good, fairly unmolested car to start with.
Couple of pictures from when I first picked her up:
First course of action after I got it was to replace the front shocks which were beyond blown. Got a set lightly of used koni adjustable shocks and threw those in there. Since then then I've pretty much just been daily driving her and replacing and doing maintenance as stuff breaks.
Got some new wheels, MRR FF3's
Fuel pump crapped out one day, so I replaced that with a TRE performance pump. Then the radiator finally died, so that got replaced with a CXracing all aluminum radiator. I was a little skeptical about the CXracing rad, but so far I've had no issues.
Forgot to mention I also got a bavauto strut bar when I picked up those wheels. Man, that thing was a pain to get on....
Since then I've just been doing so basic maintenance, fuel lines, various gaskets. Painted the valve cover too, as you can see. Trying to get the engine bay looking clean.
Eventually started working on some basic cosmetics.
Fleabay lip and some clear turn signals freshens up the front. Still need to get some fogs and brake ducts.
Some shots at the car wash from a little while ago. I like taking pictures of it when its wet so you can't tell how bad the paint is haha.
I have another rear bumper thats crack free and has all the trim, which I need to paint and throw on there..
This is what I got so far. I've been hoarding tons of parts I need to install, so stay tuned for more, thanks!
Anyway, this is my first E30 and first car, which is awesome. It's a 89 325is. I picked it up last March from a guy in NJ. The odometer stopped working at 111,000 and the PO said the car has about 180. Besides all the typical IS goodies, the car has euro smilies, euro grills, map light, premium speakers, JOM coils and ST swaybars. Overall, besides the horrendous paint (or lack of) I think its a pretty good, fairly unmolested car to start with.
Couple of pictures from when I first picked her up:
First course of action after I got it was to replace the front shocks which were beyond blown. Got a set lightly of used koni adjustable shocks and threw those in there. Since then then I've pretty much just been daily driving her and replacing and doing maintenance as stuff breaks.
Got some new wheels, MRR FF3's
Fuel pump crapped out one day, so I replaced that with a TRE performance pump. Then the radiator finally died, so that got replaced with a CXracing all aluminum radiator. I was a little skeptical about the CXracing rad, but so far I've had no issues.
Forgot to mention I also got a bavauto strut bar when I picked up those wheels. Man, that thing was a pain to get on....
Since then I've just been doing so basic maintenance, fuel lines, various gaskets. Painted the valve cover too, as you can see. Trying to get the engine bay looking clean.
Eventually started working on some basic cosmetics.
Fleabay lip and some clear turn signals freshens up the front. Still need to get some fogs and brake ducts.
Some shots at the car wash from a little while ago. I like taking pictures of it when its wet so you can't tell how bad the paint is haha.
I have another rear bumper thats crack free and has all the trim, which I need to paint and throw on there..
This is what I got so far. I've been hoarding tons of parts I need to install, so stay tuned for more, thanks!
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