For sale a 1988 BMW E30 325i cabrio.
I owned this car from 2015 and during this time an enormous amount of works have been done on this car, totalling about £20k in restoration spend. All works supported by a thick pack of recepts and invoices. All works done by the same garage though all these years.
Of couse the car followed Inspection I and Inspection II OEM schedule, and has all fresh fluids, brake calipers, disks and other expendables.
I restored this car with love and care, and used it since 2014 until 2022 as my main daily driver. It has clocked 137k miles by now, and runs perfectly. Currently MOTed until June 2024.
This car has one non-stock piece fitted - it has E46 purple tag steering rack. This steering rack has 2. 7 turns end-to-end as opposed to 4 turns in OEM, and is much more pleasant to drive. Everything else in this car is perfectly stock and OEM wherever possible.
The car also undergone extensive body restoration, and paint was resprayed all around, except for boot lid and the bonnet. The underbody was sealed against rust at the same time. Car has no material rust anywhere and the body is solid.
I will provide a few parts that I have collected but didn't get around to fit, they are all included.
- replacement rear right trim mould piece, for replacing one near the scratched arch
- remaining pack of same colour pinstriping
- OEM bonnet heat insulation foam pads, to be fitted with bonnet repaint
- original E30 steering rack, can be fitted back if desired
- OEM front mudflaps
- OEM rear boot spoiler
List of works done:
- New roof
- new roof skin
- new rear window
- new roof seals all around, including biggest one, no roof leaks even in worst conditions
- manual roof folding working perfectly
- Fully restored checkers cloth interior in excellent condition:
- great condition OEM door panels
- individually sourced OEM front seat foam pads
- individually sourced OEM front seat cloth pieces
- excellent condition driver side seat bolsters
- excellent condition centre console and gear knob
- M-tech1 steering wheel, reupholstered with matching leather and new OEM pin-stripe
- Clean uncracked dashboard sourced and fitted
- bluetooth hidden stereo and four new audio speakers
- two new OEM keys cut
- Exterior in great condition
- OEM 15" basketweaver rims, including spare
- Clean front and rear optics, including uncracked fog lights, and bullseye headlights
- Good condition chrome strips all around
- New window seals all around
- OEM new front and rear BMW badges
- OEM rear mudflaps
- OEM period correct colour coded pinstripes
- OEM new chrome kidney grill
- Period-correct goodyear tyres, including spare
- New suspension:
- new springs (eibach)
- new shock absorbers (bilstein)
- new all bushes (OEM)
- new front wishbones (OEM)
- Excellent mechanics:
- New full exhaust system (OEM, not stainless)
- New clutch and both cylinders
- New fuel pipes
- New brake pipes all around
- New instrument cluster PCB (OEM old stock, very rare)
- Restored brake calipers
- New starter motor
- New viscous fan coupling
- New heater blower fan
- New propshaft guibo
- All new belts
- New engine mounts
- New power steering hose (custom order, OEM NLA)
- New oil and coolant thermostats
- Cleaned injectors
- Replaced idle valve
- New gaskets - exhaust, gearbox, propshaft, diff, sump, camshaft cover
- Fresh oil - power steering, gearbox, differential
The not-so-great bits:
- boot lid paint has some scratches (no rust)
- bonnet has some odd stains on the paint
- there is a scratch on the rear right arch
- lower side of the body has paint chips and minor surface rust
All of these items are cosmetic and easily fixable by a competent body shop. I no longer want to spend the time on this car, so happy to sell as is.
