Newbie, pics of my 1st e30!!!

[e30kev]

hi folks im new here and just thought i'd show you my car. ive had her for a week now and am totally amazed by the car.
she's a 325i auto and covered 130k with a fsh and the last 14 years mot's, i bought her for £550 total bargain.




she needs a little work here and there but it'll be worth it when she's done, and by the way this is one of my dream cars that i have wanted since i was a kid

[eko]

Looks really nice mate,good buy at the price.
Any plans for it?
Personally id lose the stripe to start with!
Anyway welcome to the zone mate,hope you like it.
Have a look around the photo gallery,soon have you wanting to get your hands dirty

[e30kev]

cheers mate, i fancy changing the seats for leather ones and the stripe might get removed we'll see, firstly though im putting it in to get professionally polished using a buffer to see if it gets rid of the pinkness, and the wheels need refurbed too, but im generally happy with performance and looks for the moment.

[Pal318is]

Nice looking car Kev

Looks like it's had some sort of a drop too, in the past...

Welcome to the Zone too, you'll be hooked, be warned...

Pal

[jamesh1977]

nice lookin car mate welcome to the zone ..

[xstream]

nice car mate ate welcome to the zone... oh and before you know it you be hook to the zone

[Xeno]

Welcome to the zone (newbie as well myself)!!
Nice car and very good price too!! Any plans for the future?!?

[e30kev]

the car has been lowered by a previous owner, for now im going to concentrate on getting the car up to standard and getting rid of a few teething problems, then i'll probably look to get more power out of her.
cheers for all the welcomes everyone.

[snoops]

welcome to the zone mate, hope you know its a one way ticket only - no going back

btw loving them hartges!:drool:

[dilo_attax]

welcome to the zone mate, hope you know its a one way ticket only - no going back

btw loving them hartges!:drool:

there not hartges???

[jamesh1977]

are they not 15" hartges ? sure theyare

[dilo_attax]

firstly hartages have a centre cap..... these dnt have any sign of a centre cap fitting, and the dish looks abit big 4 hartges.... im not sure....

[nickso]

mim 1900's aren't they?

[jamesh1977]

mim 1900's aren't they?

after havin a better look think your right as theve too many spokes to be hartge aswell

[e30kev]

the wheels are 15" and they do have centre caps but all have frosted over so you cant see the bmw badge on them very clearly the rears arent fitted in the pics, they are in the boot at the mo.
by the way i forgot to mention the tool box in the boot is about 95% complete, been told this is rare to see.

[e30kev]

polished her myself recently as the roof bonnet and tailgate were seriously pink and milky and i'm shocked at how good the paint now looks!!!

[boxclever1753]

definitely MIMs 1900s - looks good mate.. your arse looks heavy!

[Eddie25]

Lovely lookin car m8. Pretty sure they are MIMS wheels. Some of the best wheels an E30 can sit on IMHO. Any info you need just ask. Ive found the people on here to be generally very helpful and a friendly bunch.lol.

[ed325i]

yes they are mims

[tailoutcharlie]

nice car, nice mims.
welcome, prepare to lose your spare time

[e30kev]

definitely MIMs 1900s - looks good mate.. your arse looks heavy!

aye, the rear is lower than the front but i think it looks quite cool like that although on a perfectly flat piece of road the difference is not that much.

[boxclever1753]

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ht=#697341

the wheels look great with caps and i see you are missing a couple - this may help you out mate..

[e30kev]

cheers for the help bud, aye they definitely look better wi the caps, i'll get them once the wheels have been refurbed.

[boxclever1753]

no worries - be interested to hear how much your wheels cost and what they look like..

was going to have a go myself.. but then again i'll probably just throw money at them!!

[e30kev]

i'm gonnae try and refurb them myself first and see how they turn out, either that or i could get them shot blasted by a guy who works with my uncle, but i'll see how i get on first.

[JohnnyThunders]

Nice motor, especially at that price. Im in a minority but i like the stripe, its very period imo. Back in the 80's it was not considered chav to stripe a fast car.

[boxclever1753]

i'm gonnae try and refurb them myself first and see how they turn out, either that or i could get them shot blasted by a guy who works with my uncle, but i'll see how i get on first.

cool, good luck..

[e30kev]

i quite like the stripe too, i think i'll keep it as it adds a bit more of an 80's look to the car.
the car at some point was owned by a member of the bmw car club great britain as there is a sticker in the back window.

[Jay07]

Welcome to the zone Dude!! See cleans up nice!!!

[boxclever1753]

i quite like the stripe too, i think i'll keep it as it adds a bit more of an 80's look to the car.
the car at some point was owned by a member of the bmw car club great britain as there is a sticker in the back window.

you need a zone sticker!

[e30kev]

you need a zone sticker!

aye, i'll get one soon. my sworn allegiance is to the zone

[Greeny]

Welcome to the Zone.

Nice looking motor. The wheels are MIM Rafino's if my memory serves me right.

[Rosc0PColtrane]

Black with polished rims would look good with your black bonnet and chrome windows.

[e30kev]

that sounds interesting, i'll have to make my mind up as the body needs attention and then it'll need resprayed.
im seriously considering going down the matt black route and will maybe try a few things on photoshop and see how it looks

[Rosc0PColtrane]

If the red is up to it, it'll contrast well with the black. A respray is pretty drastic, it doesn't look that bad from the pics?