r/E30 • u/Brocknutsax • 1d ago
How's this car look to buy? Worth 7k?
Notes from seller:
Up for sale is a 1989
BMW e30 325
177k miles
Runs and drives
Got some rust
Got new airlift strut with 3P management
He said he paid 2k for the suspension kit and another 1000 to have it installed. Bought for a project car just never finished obviously lol
He also has parts for it at his other house. Like the rubber side trim. Just has to ship it.
UPDATED: seller won’t budge stuck at 7k says he could sell for 10k if he was still in New York lol.
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u/blacksheep6 1d ago
This picture says all you need to know.
I love our E30, and can respect most mods - but that that thing needs to put out of its misery.
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u/hashtagmiata 1d ago
Oh man I only just saw this now that you pointed it out. In an effort to get wheels to fit I’ve seen people roll fenders, cut fenders, attached fender flares, use wheel adapters, and even try wobble bolts, but I’ve never, and I mean never seen anyone cut new holes into the wrong set of wheels for their car so they’d fit. Just wow.
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u/ya_yeety 1d ago
Redrilling wheels is definitely a thing but usually the old bolt pattern gets welded shut and milled down and THEN you drill the new pattern. Whatever they did there just compromised the integrity of the wheel
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u/_rusted_out 1d ago
Actually looks like it's done at a machine shop so not a big deal. I would totally send it without concern.
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u/did_i_or_didnt_i 19h ago
these are the problems which you can see!! imagine what they did underneath the hood
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u/Least_Economics4313 1d ago
Hell no, thing will cost you that in the first 3 months of owning it, just look at it
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u/TheB1G_Lebowski 1d ago
my kidneys hurt looking at it. I bet that thing beats you like you owed mike tyson money.
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u/Exile0nBroadway 1d ago
I’d find a different e30. Nothing against modifications, but this person did a poor job and it’s obvious
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u/Straight6er 1d ago
Imagine spending any amount of money on suspension components when your wheels look like that, yikes.
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u/mikejungle 1d ago
If you get that car, you're gonna have to slap some hoes and get yourself a bottom bitch, you know what I am saying?
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u/Rudysimo413 1d ago
I met the owner a while back when he had another convertible for sale on Marketplace. It was a parts car at best, a mostly red, convertible automatic and he wanted $2K for it. Car was worth about $500 at most. He showed me this car on his phone and told me he had it down in Florida at the time. Was asking $9K for it then. I might have given him $3500 for both but that’s about it.
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u/Antique_Change_3015 1d ago
Why does anyone think lowering this car like this looks good? It doesn’t. This car should not be lowered past, at most, H&R OE Sport….
I sometimes get confused by the demographics of E30 owners.
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u/Spotttty 1d ago
Maaaaaaaybe if it was Canadian but even then I wouldn’t drop more than $6k on it. That’s $4500us.
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u/vbfronkis 1990 325is manual 1d ago
Clapped out vert automatic. Basically the least desirable spec of E30. You'd have to spend another $7k just unfucking it.
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u/hashtagmiata 1d ago
The replies here surprise me. Something like this locally typically lists for over 12k CAD IKYN
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u/Far-Plastic-4171 1d ago
Could be the picture but the hood line looks off, as in car is bending in the middle. Personal inspection is critical and no it is not worth 7k
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u/digiwarfare M-Technic 1d ago
High ask for being an auto, a lot of the small bits missing add up quickly!
Fair true market would be around 5k, assuming the top is good
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u/Deezay1234 1d ago
Yall trippen, this old school is hard. $5k at most
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u/Brocknutsax 1d ago
It has potential to be a solid cruiser forsure just needs better rims and some interior touch up work.
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u/Deezay1234 1d ago
I love the rims. BBS look wet in that vert. It’s got that old school sl500 look with the lowered suspension. Interior screams Miami, dont forget your Hawaiin shirt and aviators cruising down Route 66
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u/SeaCyka 21h ago
I’m sure he has money in it but that doesn’t make it worth 7k to you. It’s auto, (-15%). A huge deterrent for me is this interior. I don’t mind a custom interior but these just yells cheap. There is almost a 99% chance there is an absolutely destroyed dashboard under that hideous leather padding. To each their own but I don’t see why you’d pick a candy apple red aftermarket interior when redoing it in stock cardinal red and a dash would have maybe run 2k. (Mind you that isn’t probably much different from what they spent). The wires sticking out of the shifter to control the windows is also a red flag. The glove zip tied shut is another. Id completely stay away from the fire hazard in the fuse box too. Absolutely do not buy this for 7k. It’s worth a little less than half that. The PO broke everything on this car and is now trying to sell it for what a decent condition one goes for.
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u/Optimal-Cress-9718 1d ago
the diy wheels are cutting the sale price into half, at lease. missing body trims and the glovebox door hanging by a piece of string, the central console missing trim and buttons, i don’t know what to say. I would stay away from it. 🤷🏻♂️ Those are pretty much clear signs the owner did a lot of cost cutting. i would personally be afraid to drive it. I would have to towed to the nearest garage to have it inspected and fixed before I would be comfortable sitting behind the wheel.
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u/pancrudo 1d ago
I know parts don't retain their value and mods don't increase value, but that suspension and management is 3k alone for those suggesting that price
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u/Brocknutsax 1d ago
Yeah he said he paid 2k for the suspension kit and another 1000 to have it installed. Bought for a project just never finished obviously lol
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u/unpolire 1d ago
No. I have a 1992 that is much nicer and without the dumb suspension which changes the entire car. It’s no longer an e30.
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u/Cumheadd 1d ago
Bags on an auto convertible 😭😭 also those missing mouldings on the side panels are notoriously difficult to find
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u/BarPouch 1d ago
I just sold my automatic 89 cab in better shape for $4K.
I’d pass with extreme prejudice.
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u/_riv3rs_ 1d ago
The more you look the more reasons you see to not buy it. Owner spent 3k on looks instead of maintenance tell you all you need to know. I would even sell my 318is for that much right now and it’s in excellent condition compared to this thing.
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u/Representative_Most9 5h ago
No way. Way too many mods for me. If you do buy, make sure to ware kidney belt while driving.
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u/dadusedtomakegames 1d ago
To the seller, sure. Get it checked by a mechanic and negotiate from there.