Alright, It's been a while since I've made a build thread and since my last attempt kind of failed, I'm trying again.
Hello R3V!
My name's Austin, I'm 23 and proud owner of a 1987 BMW 325i sedan. I've been around on R3V for a while but never got around to making a build thread.
As I will get to later, I am at a little bit of a difficult time in the build of my e30 and for now, am waiting on parts.. (you know how that goes) I decided, in order to keep the e30 fire alive in me during this next few months, it was time to finally document the work I've done to my car, and what got me to where I am today!
So.... Rewind 3 years...
I come from a background of teaching myself to work on cars as I went through highschool and college and a good friend of mine in college had an IX. I didn't even know what e30's were when I first saw that thing but it sparked something in me, the scream of an M20 drifting through the snow, and that was that! At the time I was driving a 2002 focus SVT which I honestly really liked except it was fwd and there was nothing that could be done about that. I knew this was the wrong wheel drive so I started tentatively looking for a RWD e30.
One evening, I was driving along and there on the side of the road, among corn fields and farms of Lancaster Pa, I saw it, the 4 circle headlights peering back at me. (oo==[||]==oo)
I slammed on the brakes, and got out to examine a.... E30!
It was a 4 door, early model, automatic, car BUT upon further inspection, it had very little rust for an e30, a nearly crack free dash, and was basically fully loaded with an LSD, rear headrests, Leather steering wheel and seats, 13 button OBC, electric windows and sunroof, and the good ol' M20 engine. I knew it had potential and I met up with the guy to check it out. After a few meetings, we came to a deal and I brought it home for $1700. Here she is back in January 2017 when I brought it home!
Untitled by Austin Kratz, on Flickr
Untitled by Austin Kratz, on Flickr
Untitled by Austin Kratz, on Flickr
Feel free to follow along, I will slowly be recapping the last couple years and bringing you guys up to speed on where I'm at today.
Hello R3V!
My name's Austin, I'm 23 and proud owner of a 1987 BMW 325i sedan. I've been around on R3V for a while but never got around to making a build thread.
As I will get to later, I am at a little bit of a difficult time in the build of my e30 and for now, am waiting on parts.. (you know how that goes) I decided, in order to keep the e30 fire alive in me during this next few months, it was time to finally document the work I've done to my car, and what got me to where I am today!
So.... Rewind 3 years...
I come from a background of teaching myself to work on cars as I went through highschool and college and a good friend of mine in college had an IX. I didn't even know what e30's were when I first saw that thing but it sparked something in me, the scream of an M20 drifting through the snow, and that was that! At the time I was driving a 2002 focus SVT which I honestly really liked except it was fwd and there was nothing that could be done about that. I knew this was the wrong wheel drive so I started tentatively looking for a RWD e30.
One evening, I was driving along and there on the side of the road, among corn fields and farms of Lancaster Pa, I saw it, the 4 circle headlights peering back at me. (oo==[||]==oo)
I slammed on the brakes, and got out to examine a.... E30!
It was a 4 door, early model, automatic, car BUT upon further inspection, it had very little rust for an e30, a nearly crack free dash, and was basically fully loaded with an LSD, rear headrests, Leather steering wheel and seats, 13 button OBC, electric windows and sunroof, and the good ol' M20 engine. I knew it had potential and I met up with the guy to check it out. After a few meetings, we came to a deal and I brought it home for $1700. Here she is back in January 2017 when I brought it home!
Untitled by Austin Kratz, on Flickr
Untitled by Austin Kratz, on Flickr
Untitled by Austin Kratz, on Flickr
Feel free to follow along, I will slowly be recapping the last couple years and bringing you guys up to speed on where I'm at today.
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