E30 BODY SKELETON??

[Wilson325i]

I don't know if this has been asked before but,

Is it still possible to get a E30 body shell?

And if so how much do you think it would cost?

[316eyes]

I've got a 2005 TEK which shows 2 & 4 door body shells but there is no price for either.
I presume this means they are no longer available, but knowing the zone someone will tell you where you can still get them!!!!!!!!

[zaust]

i nearly got to buy an alpina that had been reshelled at sytners in 98 for just under 8k.

[Theo]

I will have a shell for sale soon, non sunroof version too, so its lighter and most probably stronger. Its 2 door as well, good for a track day car too. Based in Kent if interested?

[Wilson325i]

I will have a shell for sale soon, non sunroof version too, so its lighter and most probably stronger. Its 2 door as well, good for a track day car too. Based in Kent if interested?

thanks for the offer mate, but it is second hand right? am talking about getting one from BM's probably still in bubble wrap

[Theo]

fair enough - get ready to be bent over the counter!! Suprised if you could buy a shell new to be honest. Best of luck.

[dazleeds]

groupbuy

i wish wouldnt that be the sh*t
to be able toreshell into brand new

very much doubt you can get one

unless some old german guy has the old e30 production line stashed away somewhere

[316eyes]

Can guarantee some guy, somewhere in the country has one for a project he never started.

Will come to light in about 50 years when his relations find it in the garage hidden in the undergrowth, at the bottom of the garden.

By then there won't be enough parts around for it to be any use!

[Jordan]

I've seen pictures of several brand new e30 shells. One was a M3, the other a 4dr non-M. I've got the pictures laying around somewhere if anyone wants to see them.

[oguz327]

lol and fuel will be so expensive if not a thing of past

[oguz327]

I've seen pictures of several brand new e30 shells. One was a M3, the other a 4dr non-M. I've got the pictures laying around somewhere if anyone wants to see them.

get them up dude

[ad318i]

yeah i wanna see the pics

[ad318i]

Realoem says it discontinued.... but is this what your looking for
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=41&fg=05

[Jordan]

[Lordschleife]

I've seen an e30 m3 shell for sale a few months maybe a year back, think it was in germany and fairly pricey!

[ad318i]

damn that would make my car sooooo much better already lol

[316eyes]

Wison325i ain't looking for pics, he's looking for the metal.

Just had a thought, there may be some shells left in a dark corner of a Munich warehouse.

Who speaks German and is volunteering to give them a bell?

Biggest group buy ever - on our own ship

And why are there 2 missing columns on the emoticons page?

[oguz327]

oh my word, would love that M3 shell an a nice big garage
pottering about/fettering heaven lol

[316eyes]

Nice pics.


I just gotta have a set of those wheels!

[oguz327]

lol, just noticed

thats what you call original oldskool

[316eyes]

Yeah. OSK. But they would look better with polished rims

[oguz327]

and a 4ft drop

[oguz327]

on a serious note,
there must be a few completly brand new e30 shells about some where?
rekon they would be xpensive though
it may be cheaper to get a really good shell and get it sand blasted and treated or galvanised, just as good if you want to go the whole hog

[Widge]

I bet you will find that there is a stash of 3-4 various shells still in bubble wrap in the corner of a warehous in Germany. They will either belong to BM or a dealerhip and be forgotten about, or they will belong to the BMW traditions department for when they have to reshell one of the historically significant cars. If you can still get all the body pannels though it wouldn't surprise me if BMW stored a few when the line stopped cos a car produced in '93 could have been reshelled in an insurance deal up to '99 is or longer if it was M3 or Alpina etc

[Simon13]

i've heard of someone buying a brand new M3 sport evo shell recently, i think it cost a good few thousands

[dazleeds]

Damn i'll swap a good used kidney for a brand new tec1 shell

[iil325i]

yer but its just getting a new shell, its finding somewhere to keep it/ work on it, you need to move it some how, who is going to paint it and are they going to do a good job (as good as bmw did all them years back)
then you are going to need lots of time and money to do it, its not a 5 min job, i started to reshell a car,and i got feed up with it and sold it, all i can say its harder than you think, its not just take 1 apart put it back on the new 1, things get lost, snap, so on
to do it you would need the 2 cars next to each other and take your time by then you will get feed up with it,
i would sat just look for a mint E30, there is still some about, i got a 320is from the scrap yard and the shell is mint, and my last sport wasnt far off mint,

[Widge]

If you did get a new shell for a few thousand it would be worth protecting your investment buy spending say another grand having it acid dipped then galvanised. Then the painting only has to look good.

[iil325i]

you mean a zink coating, the shell would come with a electricoat but that isnt good enough, it would need sealer on the joins, undersealing so on so on,

[Widge]

you mean a zink coating

Which is commonly know as galvanising.

[iil325i]

so why would you need to get it galvanisied if it comes with it on.

[316eyes]

Starting with a new shell is basically the same as repairing an old one - there is just a lot more of it. Don't see that painting would be much of a problem as it's only the exterior panels that get the full treatment. You would have the advantage of rustproofing every square inch of the shell with something like Waxoil.

But I would be more concerned with what you would fit into it; ie spend several thousand Ԛ£Ã”šÃ‚£Ãƒ”šÃ‚£s on a shell and then fit 15 year old main loom?

A project for a bottomless pocket, methinks!

[H35-IAN]

to be fair i should think bmw in germany have got a fare few of the e30 shell still lying around i kno they are in the middle of building a e21 in a glass workshop outside bmw de from scratch with a brand new shell and all brand new parts my local stealers is damon hill bmw in leamington they told me when i last called them about this i bet it looks just awsome makes you think though dont it.