Back in 2010 when I was 17 I decided to get myself a car, having been right into the euro scene id always wanted a mk1 or 2 jetta, mk4s ( boras ) were too expensive and golfs are common as muck. Insurance was way too expensive. I then remembered watching a jeremy clarkson episode when i was around 8 where he had all the M cars on the isle of man, I fell inlove with the super sharky square shapes and rear wheel drive madness. I was surprised when I got insurance quotes on a 520i it was under 1000 pounds ( the cheapest so far ) having searched for e28s i got nowhere. I then heard about a friend of a friend selling an e30, a " 325i sport " youl see why its in quotations in a minute or so.
Anyway one thing lead to another and I stupidly bought the bucket of shit, here it is at homestead.
It was on the zone that I was informed it wasnt a 325i sport but actually a facelift poverty-ish spec 320i which had been cloned by the guy i bought it off. Whats worse is I had to sell my downhill bike to afford the fucking thing
Anyway I decided to break it. When Id been at a friends in Glasgow Id spotted one his fleet which instantly made me think " I want that car ". So a month or so on I bought it for 700 pounds.
It had very very little rust, ran fine and didnt have many issues.
It was a mock 6 banger with ALOT of mods. 51mm struts, Black sport headliner, 6 pot plasma dials OBC. Everything bar the rear drums ( yes...I know ) would make you think it was a 6 pot and I was very pleased......until it blew up 10 miles from my house
It snapped a cam finger and shattered a piston into SOOO many pieces
Luckily I still had the 2 litre engine out the clone.....
So in it went with the help of my dad and a neighbour, we didnt have an engine crane so we made a couple ghetto as hell redneck style ones and it worked!
My dad and david
As you can see it was still sitting on those gorgeous wheels that came on the clone, so i got new tyres for my borbets for my birthday and got them on ASAP with 5mm spacers front and rear.
Next up I decided to paint the engine and bay ( The engine bay thread I started is on hold i have NOT abandoned it )
It went from this
to this
This will be complimented with a german flag stripe or will be swapped for a wood grain rocker, I shall see.
The next thing my dad and I did was change the brakes and pipes so the car would stop, the brakes were atrocious. I also painted the IS lip ( which I later sold to tylerT ) and put on eyebrows from daryl.
I then decided to get to work on my gritty interior - I started by selling ( BoomerM ( richard ) I hope you know I regret selling it
) my nardi steering wheel and replacing it with an OMP rep which i love.
Those disgusting seats had to go....I recently found a fellow zoner who I bought IS check off and a DTM exhaust pipe to replace the shit one I had on. Unfortunately due to savage leaking window seals I had to remove the carpet however they have been fixed and im not on the hunt for another carpet. The stereo was also installed
Dont yet have a picture of the DTM but il get to it.
I fixed my plasmas and interior lights after fucking around with fuses
I also tinted my rear side windows ( need to get more tint and do them all properly ) It looks a bit council limo
Stereo stuff and a video of it working...
2x 6.5 alpine shelf speakers 2x 5.25 kenwood footwells and a vibe slick 12" sub running off a 400w slick amp ( i need another one ASAP ) the head unit is some frailer.
Id like to thank rav and polsta for the stereo advice
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heres another video of me giving it a bit of nuts with the exhaust of whilst changing it....it had to be done
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Latest little mod is a matching gear gator, handbrake one to come
I also took delivery of an Mtech 2 kit rear bumper and sideskirts, a massive thank you to loon676 ( andy ) who collected and delivered these for me when he bought my old shell, a true credit to the zone
Im pairing this with a fibertrash front bumper i got off sskoda for a steal.
So whats next then? Well the plan is to sort the cars suspension out, it looks foul....so its going on coilovers and will be sorted. It will be getting new bushes and disked rear trailing arms, aswell as braided hoses. It will be getting a new carpet too...one thats been dyed black.
The rocker cover will be woodgrain wrapped and possibly silicone hoses. ( until next winter when it gets M50ed and supercharged ) .
I will also be doing something with the rear lights but thats a surprise, i bought HIDS off Dweller with will be fitted and i think il buy some smoked crosshair units off rav.
This month the car will be painted and tech 2ed, some of you know what colour its going, those who dont...tough. I might upload a photoshop mock up hammoj did but il see.
As the car sits now....
Love the engine crane... You council baarstardd 
Borbet A's though, oh Borbet A's... 
...I know :/ I dont like em anymore. Well i do, I bought 14" bbs which will be painted white for skid/winter use and im buying Schmidt TH lines which will have matching centres ( almost gave the colour away there ) I want a good wheel collection. 
