E30 Zone

Well as i have a bit of a fetish for all things "moredoor" i couldnt resist this particular little gem i stumbled across on another thread on the zone, it caught my eye, and i had to have a look at it in the flesh at least.

It's a 1989 325i SE that the first owner lavished a huge amount of money on in options as you will see below. the car was orignally purchased at Sytners in Nottingham.

BMW 325i SE (electric sunroof, 4 x electric windows, central locking, 13 button OBC, green tinted glass, etc)

List Price £18,925.00, plus following options:

In no particular order:

leather £866.00
Red Piping £500.00, not sure about that cost but thats whats written down..
M Tech suspension £159.00, again not sure about this..
Heated mirrors, and door locks £86.00
Dechomed (shadowline trim) £232.00
Rear window blind £100.00
Sports Seats £455.00
Heated front seats £234.00
M Tech bodykit inc rear spoiler £1200.00
Alpina 16" wheels & ZR rated tyres £2000.00
Pioneer music system, inc 6 cd changer and amp in boot £1000.00, fitted by Sytners, Nottingham
Special paint (M3 Misano Red) £361.00
Alpina 4 spoke steering wheel £?
Alpina Gearknob £50.00
"Alpina" badge on boot £?
"C2 2.5" badge on boot £?

Total purchase price an amazing £26,620.00 approx

From what i can gather the original purchaser bought this for his wife, and wanted the external appearance of an Alpina but without the engine mods etc.

After a good poke about it was found to be a very solid car with very little to worry about in the rust department

84,000 miles with full service history, nearly all MOT's, and nearly every single invoice from Sytners Nottingham and the then Alan Karr dealership in Warwick

There are a few niggily faults that need sorting, and its needs a good service at the same time.

All in all i think i have got as close to a "sport" as i could get in a moredoor (obviously missing the black headlining, map light mirror and LSD, which can easily be sorted ) for less than half what you'd pay for a "sport" in this kind of condition and mileage..................

Now for the pictures.......








You can make out the 84 moredoor project in the garage , those white stickers in the windows read " BMW Alarm fitted by Sytners Nottingham"


Not sure about what to do with the Alpina badge yet?????, but am deffo gonna re-instate the BMW boot badge thou

Rear blind......


Interior..., may not be to everybody's taste........






M3 style rear seats as well, not seen that before in a 4 door......., and yes the bottom bench is a proper 4 door one, must have been specially made to order i think.....


Door cards also received the leather and piping treatment


Mileage


£1000.00 pounds worth of stereo equipment in 1989.....




Found this in boot....


Paint code (i think), no idea what it says thou


And of course the must have engine bay shot


This car has made an appearance on the zone in another thread, but did'nt get much interest, luckily for me that is..

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

I had thought about going the full hog with this, proper alpina front and rear spoilers, alpina stripes, broad silver would look good and some fresh C2 2,5 badges front and back, or keep as is, but just remove the old alpina badges on the boot and fit new 325i badge, what do you think.

looks good, loving the retro sound system

not a lover of the door cards and red piping tho

never heard of that colour either

Nice car, keep as is!!

That is a very cool and interesting car. Sonderlakierung means Special paint.

Theo325 wrote:That is a very cool and interesting car. Sonderlakierung means Special paint.

is that the equivalent of the individual colours bmw now do

With the history documenting the car as it is, I'd keep it exactly like "standard".

Its a "special interest" car, very nice!

i can get you a run down of how it came out the factory!

off topic but Why doesnt my car have an obc?

armanib wrote:off topic but Why doesnt my car have an obc?

becuase it was an expensive optional extra

why doesnt it have a 6pot

Can i get a obc to fit my car

Alex wrote: why doesnt it have a 6pot

lol nice one

What a cool car and looks very clean in the pics.
Id be tempted to keep it as the original spec sheet but a maplight mirror and LSD are nice add ons that could easilly be reversed,Black headlining is a different story.

armanib wrote:Can i get a obc to fit my car

yes i have one waiting to go in mine

lately they have been selling £80+ but you can get a 6 button which only gives you time date and temp for around £30 ish

Interesting car You sure you're not looking at a C2.5? Wouldn't explain why the original spec sheet doesn't state it though. Maybe a call to Sytners to find out a little more? That Pioneer system is the one listed in the 1989 options list with the CDX-M70(?) multi play.

Alex wrote:

armanib wrote:Can i get a obc to fit my car

yes i have one waiting to go in mine

lately they have been selling £80+ but you can get a 6 button which only gives you time date and temp for around £30 ish

would i need to install anything else or is it plug and play

B7 wrote:Interesting car You sure you're not looking at a C2.5? Wouldn't explain why the original spec sheet doesn't state it though. Maybe a call to Sytners to find out a little more? That Pioneer system is the one listed in the 1989 options list with the CDX-M70(?) multi play.

Rang Sytners, they couldnt find it on their database anywhere, have looked at ecu, looks like a standard one, no alpina badges, would the part number for the ecu help here.

Rocker cover and manifold normal factory colour, standard exhaust manifold.


I'll get a picture another time but on the b pillar it looks like as the car was having the Alpina 16" wheels and the 205 tyres, Sytners stuck a green alpina tyre presure label over the original one, it states model as B3 2.7, if only hey......................

I have all the manuals for the stereo they are as follows:

Head unit: Pionee KEX-M700B
Power Amplifier : Pioneer GM-1000
Stereo Main Amplifier: Pioneer GM-41A
Multi-Play Compact Disc Player: CDX-M100

armanib wrote:

Alex wrote:

armanib wrote:Can i get a obc to fit my car

yes i have one waiting to go in mine

lately they have been selling £80+ but you can get a 6 button which only gives you time date and temp for around £30 ish

would i need to install anything else or is it plug and play

plug and play providing you get all the wires

zimmer-320i wrote:i can get you a run down of how it came out the factory!

Thanks Zimmer, that would be good

Wow, that's very nice - always good to keep something unique with history like this standard in my opinion. Like eko said, no harm in adding stuff like map light mirror and LSD that could be easily reversed if necessary.

Nice find

now that is cool!!

The_Diddler wrote:

B7 wrote:Interesting car You sure you're not looking at a C2.5? Wouldn't explain why the original spec sheet doesn't state it though. Maybe a call to Sytners to find out a little more? That Pioneer system is the one listed in the 1989 options list with the CDX-M70(?) multi play.

Rang Sytners, they couldnt find it on their database anywhere, have looked at ecu, looks like a standard one, no alpina badges, would the part number for the ecu help here.

Rocker cover and manifold normal factory colour, standard exhaust manifold.


I'll get a picture another time but on the b pillar it looks like as the car was having the Alpina 16" wheels and the 205 tyres, Sytners stuck a green alpina tyre presure label over the original one, it states model as B3 2.7, if only hey......................

I have all the manuals for the stereo they are as follows:

Head unit: Pionee KEX-M700B
Power Amplifier : Pioneer GM-1000
Stereo Main Amplifier: Pioneer GM-41A
Multi-Play Compact Disc Player: CDX-M100

The ECU would have alpina markings so it sounds like a standard 2.5.

The cam cover in inlets on C2.5's were standard as per 325i's. It was the C2 2.7's that had the painted items.

So it seems a hybrid from new then.

CDX100?? Not seen one of them before.

That is very nice and very . I like the rear bench aswell. Its a bit deifferent

Look's nice and clean. Keep it as it is. It has a few nice bit's on it don't spoil it.

I like that interior. Definitely has some interesting history behind it. Good find

Looking nice and fresh,i think that is Misano red? can't be sure though?

Not bowled over by the interior,but if every car was the same,it would be a very boring world!

Looks like a nice car though,very original,not that many left in that sort of original condition.

now thats very nice keep it as it is mate

Looks stunning. I'd rather have this over a sport.

If you bought this car today new it would have cost you £47,740!!!

Really nice car with a good spec keep it original but as said before things like a lsd wont be a bad move

Thanks for all the favourable replies...............

So the feeling i'm getting is keep it as it is, what about the alpina badges, should i get new ones as per its original build sheet, or get rid and fit a 325i badge instead

The_Diddler wrote:Thanks for all the favourable replies...............

So the feeling i'm getting is keep it as it is, what about the alpina badges, should i get new ones as per its original build sheet, or get rid and fit a 325i badge instead

If the alpina badges were on the car when it was new then keep them!

bmw-mad wrote:

The_Diddler wrote:Thanks for all the favourable replies...............

So the feeling i'm getting is keep it as it is, what about the alpina badges, should i get new ones as per its original build sheet, or get rid and fit a 325i badge instead

If they where on the car when it was new then Yes!

Yep they were on from new "Alpina" and "C2 2.5" badges on the boot

lovely car i was looking at this on ebay ..if you decide to go with the 325i badges I will buy the alpina one's

e30topless wrote:lovely car i was looking at this on ebay ..if you decide to go with the 325i badges I will buy the alpina one's

Nothing of any use left really, the "C2 2.5" badge is just the "C", rough as well, the "Alpina" badge looks crap close up, and is damaged slightly where somebody tried to remove it previously.... new badges required.

in that case might be better to badge it as a 325i I know alpina badges are not cheap

Nice motor