I started posting about this car in General Technical but realized this was a better place to do it. I bought this '89 325i Alpinweiss II vert in July of 2018 for $500 and have been dumping money into it since.
I bought the car 12 hours after finding it on Craigslist after looking for a few years. The guy had three other e30s and hated convertibles so he was willing to get rid of it for incredibly cheap, otherwise, he was scrapping it.
This car has quickly ballooned into a full-on restoration and build. There is not a single part of this car that hasn't been touched, and I have been replacing everything with brand new parts along the way. While I originally wanted to build this as a drift car, after a certain point I decided it was too much money to risk slamming it into a wall. For now, my goal is to have a show car that can put down 400+ WHP.
Some basic info on the build:
OBD1 converted M52 running Precision 6262 turbo on Link G4+ ECU
Swapped black interior
All suspension components replaced, H&R springs & Bilstein B8 shocks
Stripped down and repainted back to factory Alpinweiss II
Running square 17x8 style 5's filled and drilled to 4x100
Any and all advice is appreciated. I've restored guitars, motorcycles, and other small projects but this is my first car.
I bought the car 12 hours after finding it on Craigslist after looking for a few years. The guy had three other e30s and hated convertibles so he was willing to get rid of it for incredibly cheap, otherwise, he was scrapping it.
This car has quickly ballooned into a full-on restoration and build. There is not a single part of this car that hasn't been touched, and I have been replacing everything with brand new parts along the way. While I originally wanted to build this as a drift car, after a certain point I decided it was too much money to risk slamming it into a wall. For now, my goal is to have a show car that can put down 400+ WHP.
Some basic info on the build:
OBD1 converted M52 running Precision 6262 turbo on Link G4+ ECU
Swapped black interior
All suspension components replaced, H&R springs & Bilstein B8 shocks
Stripped down and repainted back to factory Alpinweiss II
Running square 17x8 style 5's filled and drilled to 4x100
Any and all advice is appreciated. I've restored guitars, motorcycles, and other small projects but this is my first car.
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