FS: 1987 BMW 325is coupe, GC coilovers, much more - No Longer Available

[RampageRR]

FS: 1987 BMW 325is coupe, GC coilovers, much more

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1987 BMW 325is 170-180k miles (5 spd manual) Cardinal red interior, power windows and sunroof
Car is located in Martinsburg, WV - about a 45-90 minute drive from most places in Northern Virginia and Maryland

I bought this car last year with every intention of building it into the ultimate daily driver and keeping it forever. Unfortunately, life never seems to work out the way we plan it, so due to the fact that my work situation has changed from a normal 40 hr work week to upwards of 60-65, I no longer have any spare time to work on it as I please. Plus my wife doesn't trust the kids in the back of a 30 year old car with the crash protection, so she's now forcing my hand to sell this and get something newer so we can all use it. I can't really argue with this point to be honest.

As you will see below, it's been thoroughly refreshed all within the last 1000 miles, and is pretty much done and ready to be enjoyed as-is as a daily, or for an engine swap for even more fun. Suspension is all done, along with all bushings and steering. This car handles *seriously* well and rides just as nice - no super jarring behavior over bumps or odd clunking noises. Just solid and planted.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some odds and ends here, but this should cover most everything that's been done. The only thing that stands out as mentioning as a con/bad is that the Condor diff bushing does transmit diff whine, so it's present while driving. Some people don't mind the noise, but I assume some would, so it's worth mentioning. The bushing does go into the cover, so if you can get a spare cover with a rubber bushing, you could swap them for road/track or use whatever you feel like just with a quick cover swap.

Otherwise, a couple of other smaller issues - the very bottom of the front bumper has an area with spidered paint in the center. It looks like something that could be easily fixed as it's just missing paint and not physically broken, but I don't have any body work experience. The factory radio doesn't have any battery backup, so it asks for a code to be entered each startup (I have the code). This is obviously not ideal, but it's honestly not a good sounding unit along with the old original speakers. I'd look to future replacement of the whole radio/speaker system if sound quality is a concern. The headliner is in decent shape but sags on the left side corner near the door and is a bit dingy looking. All in all, not out of the ordinary on a 30 year old car. The important bits are all solid.

Please PM me with any further questions or offers. Thanks for looking!

Prod. Date 1987-06-29
Type code 1113
Type 325I (USA)
Series E30 (3 Series)
Body Type LIM
Steering LHD
Engine M20
Displacement 2.50
Power 125kw / 170hp
Drive HECK
Transmission Manual
Colour SCHWARZ (086)
Upholstery (0256)

Options
S209A Differential lock 25%
S281A BMW LA wheel, chrome-plated/round spoke
S325A Rear spoiler
S401A Lift-up-and-slide-back sunroof, electric
S410A Window lifts, electric, front
S481A Sports seat
S530A Air conditioning
S540A Cruise control
S551A On-board computer II with remote control
S675A Sound System
S704A M Sports suspension
S708A M sports steering wheel leather

Engine:

Stock M20 170-180k miles

New timing belt, tensioner
New radiator
New water pump
New ignition cap and rotor
New drive belts
New spark plugs
New air filter
New fuel filter
New fuel tank, pump, fill hose
Valve adjustment
New intake boot elbow
New 02 sensor

Magnaflow muffler welded to stock front section of exhaust

A/C system overhauled - R134a retrofit, new parallel flow condenser (huge improvement), new receiver/dryer with E36 single pressure sensor, new HVAC blower motor

Oil filter cooler body gaskets replaced at engine block, internal spring/thermostat replaced

Bavarian Restoration engine block ground cable and hood strap

--- see post 2 for add'l details - Panjo is limiting the character count on this post, sorry! ---

List Date: 10/21/2016

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[RampageRR]

Chassis/suspension:

Ground Control coilovers (full kit)
Modified by Ground Control (shortened front strut bodies performed by GC, custom damping rate adjustable Konis)
Spring rates 440f/650r
Touring adjustable camber plates
GC rear shock mounts and reinforcement plates

E46 purple tag steering rack from Rack Doctor, new inner and outer tie rods
New P/S reservoir and hoses
AKG poly steering shaft guibo
New front sway bar end links
New M3 Offset front control arm bushings
Front ball joints replaced by PO (less than 3k miles)
New front hub/wheel bearing assemblies
Alignment performed after suspension installation

New Condor Speed Shop "Blackbird" setup
- 12mm riser subframe bushings, rear trailing arm bushings, differential bushing, 12mm diff spacers and new hardware

Front and rear brake pads and rotors almost new (less than 3k miles)
ECS Tuning stainless brake lines front, rear, and above subframe
Brake fluid flushed and new

Exterior:

Very good condition exterior - as mentioner earlier, front lower air dam needs to be touched up or resprayed due to paint chips, but no large dents or scratches on exterior

15" mesh wheels with BMW logo center caps (unknown brand installed by PO)
205/50 front 225/50 rear tires 85-90% tread left
Early style bumpers painted body color
Black front kidney grills

Both front door upper and lower hinge bushings replaced
Both door seals / weatherstripping replaced
Trunk seal replaced
Taillight seals replaced
Both front door panels removed and new door clips installed
Working central control power door locks, working power windows
Pop out rear windows

Interior:

Instrument cluster complete restoration by Bavarian Restoration (new odo
gears, resoldered SI board with new batteries, all new cluster bulbs, etc -
check out website for full description of work performed - http://bavrest.com/instrument-clusters.html)
Alum style cluster rings installed during restoration, cluster plastics
polished and cleaned - looks new

Condor Speed Shop SSK (new bushings in shifter assy), Z3 1.9 shifter,
Condor shorty weighted knob with Motorsport style cap
Renown 100 Motorsport wheel - perforated leather with tri-color stitching,
Motorsport horn
Still have original sport steering wheel as well (can be seen in some of the posted pics)
Momo hub adapter

A/C blower motor - new
Power sunroof cables replaced, sunroof working
Carpet in great condition, front seats in pretty good shape other than
driver seat outer bolster stitching came apart - looks like it could be
restitched by an upholstery shop
Rear seats - leather intact but a little dry looking - could be completely
fixed with Leather Magic / Leatherique type restoration products
Door cards in great shape
New glove box latch

Misc:

Sunroof drains cleared out and cleaned
Fuel filler vent cleaned
Replaced interior bulbs (behind HVAC controls, OBC buttons, etc)
New accelerator pedal, brake pedal bushings
New throttle cable
New wiper blades
New driveshaft guibo, rear output shaft seal, and selector shaft seal on
transmission
Trunk tar removed (~50-60 lbs removed)
New battery

Please note that the original post reflected the car has 135,500 miles. The odometer does indicate 135k miles, but as you'll see below, I was informed by a previous owner (before the one I bought from) that the mileage was not accurate and that the cluster had been replaced. I've changed the original post to reflect the mileage range it would likely fall in, but I don't have an exact mileage to post. I just want all the information to be out there for you to make the decision if you're interested before coming out to look at it. 35-50k additional miles isn't bad over a 30 year period (1-1.5k additional miles a year on average), but it does need to be mentioned. Thanks for looking!

[Curly65]

Very NIce.

Any shots under the doors, trunk and underside?

[RampageRR]

Thanks! Yeah, I'll get some posted tomorrow. I meant to this afternoon but got stuck with work, so I just posted what I had available at the moment. Definitely will get the important spots up tomorrow.

[RampageRR]

If anyone else wants to see these areas, I put a bunch of pics in a Google Photos album. Just PM me and I'll get the link over to you. Thanks!

[RampageRR]

Pending sale. I'll update this with any additional info as it comes.

[fresh_TD]

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[Curly65]

If this was your car, what is your estimate of the mileage? Was the motor swapped?

[fresh_TD]

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[RampageRR]

Car is back up for sale. Definitely disappointed to have held this in "pending sale" status so please only serious inquiries. PM me for details - I have tons of extra pictures of whatever area you'd like to see, and I can get more of whatever you need.

[smellthebeans]

Too rich for me..and I am fairly close.

[RampageRR]

Price is OBO.

[e30_world]

It's not an if..it was my old car few years ago. I bought it with broken odo gears. I bought the car with it's original engine in it. I have no clue if the original M20 still in there.That's for the current seller to answer. When I bought it, the odo read 17x,xxx miles. Unless the current owner swapped in a low mileage M20 in the car, the original engine is definitely not a 135k mile engine.

Can the OP comment on these questions form the PO? I think it may help sell the car and answer some conflicting concerns.

[RampageRR]

Can the OP comment on these questions form the PO? I think it may help sell the car and answer some conflicting concerns.

Sure, I haven't responded to them yet because I didn't want this to turn into a speculation thread. That being said, obviously that post is not helping the car look like a good option for a buyer.

First and foremost - I don't know whether or not this user has ever owned this car, and I don't have any solid proof to say he did. I've reached out to him as did the prospective buyer, and we were both asked to provide him with my VIN to see if he's owned the car. Obviously I'm not going to provide him with the VIN as if he's owned the car previously, he'd already have that information.

On top of the info above, I had a person email me outside of this forum asking if I'd come down on price within 2-3 hours of his post being placed. Then, when I followed up with that email, I found out he was a friend of the person who says he owned the car before.

Again, not calling anyone out as I don't have specific proof either way - I'm just going to say that this is all super fishy and I would 100% have appreciated he approached me via PM to discuss the fact that he believed the info I posted wasn't accurate rather than just putting this into my thread without any proof provided.

I have the CarFax for this vehicle, and it never shows an odometer reading anywhere close to 170k miles - it actually doesn't even show anything much over 100k miles the last time it was reported. So, either he's mistaken and his car looked very similar to mine, he's trying to get me to lower the price so his friend can pick it up, or this is a huge coincidence and he has owned the car and I was given a bunch of different information by the PO about the history of the car.

Either way, I invite anyone who's interested in the car to please reach out to me for any additional pics, info, or questions. I have nothing to hide and I welcome any interested buyers to come and look at the car in person.

Thanks!

[RampageRR]

Hopefully Curly65 sees this and can add his comments/thoughts as well. I'd appreciate it!