1st ever pics of my 325 sport

Show off your pride and joy here

Moderator: martauto

m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:00 pm

Here is my new 325 sport. i have owned it for 3 months now and ever since i got it, it has just sat in my garage waiting for a sunny day to come out!!

i am the third owner, and bought it from wales from an old bloke that owned it for 15 years. (he got upset when i drove it away)

the only thing i have done to it is put my no. plate onit. it originally is a H reg 1991, its done 90k with full genuine service history!

its all totally original except for the wheels which the old bloke thought was better than the 15" bbs's that came with the car! and gave me them too!!

it has original tool kit and first aid kit (unopened!!)

has full leather recaro seats
mtech ll steeringwheel
map light rear view mirror
black headlining
lsd

etc.etc.etc.

it has been garaged its whole life and you can tell this straight away, it is show room condition, the shell is absolutely RUST FREE!!

This is my new lil baby and will only come out on nice days and shows!!
Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

NOW FOR THE BIT YOUR GOING TO HATE ME FOR!! IM GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THIS..........

Image

I know i am going to get aload of abuse from those zoners that love ORIGINALITY!! but eversince i was little i wanted an e30 looking like this! its going to be completey stripped out, i have a few bits so far..

sparco bucket seats with harnesses
full OMP roll cage
decals,
Image

Image

couldnt be bothered to get it all out the shed!! lol


am looking for coilovers and bbs rs alloys at the mo...
let me know what you think...


DONT WORRY, NOT PUTTING ANY DECALS ON THIS ANYMORE, KEEPING IT STANDARD AS IT IS, AS ITS TOO MINT TO SPOIL IT!!
Last edited by m4xos on Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:06 pm, edited 2 times in total.
march109
Engaged to the E30 Zone
Engaged to the E30 Zone
Posts: 6632
Joined: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth
Contact:

Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:28 pm

You know theone in the picture is an M3 right?
325i Tech 1 Touring, breaking.

2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
ImysE30
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 22486
Joined: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Derby Massive!!

Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:48 pm

Keep it looking like a sport dude. Nice car, love the number plate :cool:
Current Fleet:

E30 335i Turbo M3 Convertible Replica
BigBavarian
E30 Zone Camper
E30 Zone Camper
Posts: 1130
Joined: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Essex/Suffolk boarderlands!
Contact:

Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:51 pm

It is a cool number plate, and im sure its worth a bit to someone on here. We were going to do our track can in that colour, but instead we have a diamond black tech 1 sport with a supercharger that will have to do!
Call me on 07858 151 197 - leave a message if no answer as i am probably busy! Will call you back!
Please email thru the website as not always on the zone for pm's.
Thanks
Richard
jon_d_h
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 307
Joined: Mon May 26, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Wrexham

Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:57 pm

You should really get a 325 se and do that to it rather than taking apart a perfectly good genuine sport.

That m3 is tempting though
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:00 pm

i know i know, but it'll look better when its like the m3!

could always put it back together, as i will never sell her!! all it would need is a respray as im sure the decals would pull they paint off!
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:45 pm

march109 wrote:You know theone in the picture is an M3 right?
i bloody well hope so lol!! do u think im thick? :roll:
GBE30
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 341
Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Brighton

Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:05 pm

Each to their own and all that but surely when you have spent your money in transforming what looks like a lovely sport into an M3, you might as well have got an M3 instead!?

Have fun though!

I think I can hear that old dude crying from here!
You don't win friends with salad...........
Jon_Bmw
Dangerous when thinking
Dangerous when thinking
Posts: 7606
Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Salisbury

Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:15 pm

m4xos wrote:i know i know, but it'll look better when its like the m3!

could always put it back together, as i will never sell her!! all it would need is a respray as im sure the decals would pull they paint off!
I seriously don't get your posts sometimes. Are you making it look like an m3 in terms of arches or do you mean you are going to make only the paintjob look like the Warsteiner m3.

Although the wheels are brilliantly nasty, the rest of it looks quite good. Its about to be devalued though.

So your mates engine(s14), what is that going into then?
Phatz
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 799
Joined: Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:33 pm

As a lover of the M-tech II Sport model, I'm begging you not to go ahead with your proposed project. Please buy a white 325i se with M-tech II kit and use that as a base...... Please! :cry: :cry: :cry:
Image
The Sport - Gone to a new home to be slowly brought back to life :)
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:44 pm

no, leaving the bodywork just as it is, just having the same decals as the m3!

i bought it knowing i would do this to it and every1 of my mates has said get a 2.5 white shitter and do it on that,

maybe,

but just dont want to keep my sport in the garage for years not getin used hoping to gain value onit!! on the other hand i know i couldnt get another e30 as mint as this, which some old bloke has cherished for years.

the smashed up m3 i am hopefully collecting it this friday, as i said, but might just sell it as the profit i would make would buy me a supercharger etc. for my 318is.
aj_mckay
E30 Zone Squatter
E30 Zone Squatter
Posts: 1782
Joined: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Winchester

Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:45 pm

Sacrilege... :roll:
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:54 pm

GBE30 wrote:Each to their own and all that but surely when you have spent your money in transforming what looks like a lovely sport into an M3, you might as well have got an M3 instead!?

Have fun though!

I think I can hear that old dude crying from here!

an m3, u think im made of money? lol, that'll be at least 9k

whats the point if i bought this for half that!

pretty much every week for the last 12 weeks, i have recieved something in the post from the old man what hes found round the house.
some m.o.t's, spare of a spare key thob, keyrings, spare window elec mechanisms, spare bonnet and boot badges he took off scrappes, etc. he's a legend!!
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:57 pm

OOHH, and i forgot, the old bloke is a retired electrian and liked to keep himself busy, he just fitted a clifford alarm onit and is vital in my eyes, got the engine start button the lot!!
Cloud
Mmmmmm Donuts!
Posts: 1584
Joined: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:00 pm

Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:05 pm

aj_mckay wrote:Sacrilege... :roll:
Could be worse.
Could be gold alloys.
aj_mckay
E30 Zone Squatter
E30 Zone Squatter
Posts: 1782
Joined: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Winchester

Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:06 pm

Cloud wrote:
aj_mckay wrote:Sacrilege... :roll:
Could be worse.
Could be gold alloys.
:cheese:
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:06 pm

hhmmmm, gold bbs rs's lol
User avatar
audi3333
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 19
Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:00 pm

Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:32 pm

this is what happens when BM's become really cheap and can be brought for peanuts.
Simon
E30 Zone Team Member
E30 Zone Team Member
Posts: 14936
Joined: Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: South Wales
Contact:

Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:43 pm

If you are keeping the bodywork as is, it will never look like the car in the picture.

Have you seen a warsteiner themed normal 2 door? It looks rubbish.

Can't understand doing it to a car that could potentially be worth 5k+, when you could do it to a car that you can buy for less than 1k, and still have the same outcome.
Image
SUMPCRACKER
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2040
Joined: Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Milton Keynes

Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:50 pm

:roll:
Cloud
Mmmmmm Donuts!
Posts: 1584
Joined: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:00 pm

Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:50 pm

Simon wrote:Can't understand doing it to a car that could potentially be worth 5k+, when you could do it to a car that you can buy for less than 1k, and still have the same outcome.
This, I agree with.
If you're going to strip and bin bits, you might as well bin bits from a comfort cloth car, rather than chucking out a genuine sport interior. If you're going to replace the panels for M3 ones, you could even get something which has been vandalised, it wouldn't matter since it's all coming off anyway.
SUMPCRACKER
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2040
Joined: Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Milton Keynes

Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:57 pm

When lads purchase fags or drink there are strict guidelines as to who is allowed to buy them.
I wish there were similar rules for 325i sports.

Could be worse,it could be an Alpina,Hartge or M3.
love30
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 216
Joined: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:00 pm

Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:49 pm

all it needs is a set of bbs'...........
Bob_S
Engaged to the E30 Zone
Engaged to the E30 Zone
Posts: 5412
Joined: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: chester, cheshire

Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:13 pm

pmsl buy an M3 and stop dreaming
Bollocks to this 24v scrap!
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:17 pm

SUMPCRACKER wrote:When lads purchase fags or drink there are strict guidelines as to who is allowed to buy them.
I wish there were similar rules for 325i sports.

Could be worse,it could be an Alpina,Hartge or M3.

OK OK, BOYS AND GIRLS...

you all have won!!!! i will keep the beast in my garage, and i will purchase another white e30 to do my project on!!!!!!!

now.... anyone got a 325 white 2 door beema for-sale with good engine and shell?
town325i
E30 Zone Team Member
E30 Zone Team Member
Posts: 7050
Joined: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: cannock staffordshire

Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:32 pm

m4xos wrote:
march109 wrote:You know theone in the picture is an M3 right?
i bloody well hope so lol!! do u think im thick? :roll:
yes i do if your going to do that to a low miles genuine sport your are thick
Image
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:35 pm

town325i wrote:
m4xos wrote:
march109 wrote:You know theone in the picture is an M3 right?
i bloody well hope so lol!! do u think im thick? :roll:
yes i do if your going to do that to a low miles genuine sport your are thick
didnt you just see the last thing i posted???
ARE YOU THICK???? lol
town325i
E30 Zone Team Member
E30 Zone Team Member
Posts: 7050
Joined: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: cannock staffordshire

Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:38 pm

no didnt get that far down the thread with all the bullshit you have been posting
Image
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:41 pm

what have i done to upset you? fuck1n hell mate chill out and have a spliff or sument!!
TALK ABOUT BITE MY HEAD OFF!
Chase007
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 755
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Wraped up in the garage for the winter!

Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:51 pm

m4xos wrote:
march109 wrote:You know theone in the picture is an M3 right?
i bloody well hope so lol!! do u think im thick? :roll:
Well yes i bet it was not cheap buying that car mate and you want to fuck it up i think your brain dead really :?
THERE IS NO RIGHT SIDE TO WAR! ONLY THE SIDE THAT IS LEFT!
GBE30
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 341
Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Brighton

Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:57 pm

Guys Guys Guys, give the guy break!!!!!

If you read the whole thread he has come to his senses!

I am off to paint my wheels pink and fit a bee sting aerial to my shiny mint roof!! :o
You don't win friends with salad...........
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:00 am

its only putin a few decals on it which could be pulled off at any time! the worst resulting in a respray and my old man use to be a car sprayer, so thats sorted...
pulling out the interior which could be put back in at any time!! roll cage un-bolts,
no potential damage to the car!
No matter what i do, it aint going to do more than 500 miles a year or even get wet!

its always going to be mint!! my car, my life, chill out, its a car!
Chase007
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 755
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Wraped up in the garage for the winter!

Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:00 am

audi3333 wrote:this is what happens when BM's become really cheap and can be brought for peanuts.
What £4500 for a good sport is cheap are you mad?
THERE IS NO RIGHT SIDE TO WAR! ONLY THE SIDE THAT IS LEFT!
E30Gheko
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 3789
Joined: Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Wirral

Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:47 am

I think you made the right choice there mate. I started readin the thread and thought you git! - I was considerin doin the exact same paint job on mine but doubt it's going to happen. I don't think anyone would moan if I did though cos it's a bit of a chav'd up sh1tter to most! lol.

Doing that to urs would be wrong!!! It's a very nice motor as it is. :D
m4xos
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2410
Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth

Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:51 am

cheers e30gheko,
Post Reply