My First e30, i'm soo happy :) :)

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Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:03 pm

Hey guys, just got back from picking up my new car, its a 1990 325i Coupe in Dolphin Grey, i'm soo happy with it. i've wanted one for a while now and i love it :D :D

Just thought i'd share the good news
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:29 pm

pics, pics, pics!!! :wink:

congratulations BTW :clap:
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:35 pm

3 door saloon, not a coupe. Sorry to be pedantic, congratulations on the purchase though.
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:47 pm

powelly wrote:3 door saloon, not a coupe. Sorry to be pedantic, congratulations on the purchase though.
:o How many door's ???


Congrats fella and welcome to the nut house and e30 ownership.
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:48 pm

3 door :)


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Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:59 pm

I have delphin grey 320i coupe! And its also my 1st car .. What a first car to have!!
Get the pics up mate and congratulations!
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:02 pm

thanks guys, not sure how to do this but hopefully this will work :/ :/

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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:07 pm

Mine looked exactly like that!!

Best colour n door combo!!!!

Well done!
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:08 pm

ah thanks, i'm really pleased with it, took me about 3hours to get home and i didnt want to get out, it drove like a dream!

cant wait to drive to work tomorrow lol
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:09 pm

looks mint. good man!
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:10 pm

Looks a nice clean example.

I remember when I got my first 6 pot e30 , there is nothing better than the exhuast note on a 6 pot BMW engine.

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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:12 pm

Yeh it is clean, my plan in the begining was a tech 2 kit lowered on alpina's

... but having seen how original it is i dont know if i want to now... some old lady had it for 14 years its got all the original books radio, tool kit, first aid kit everything, and the interior is immaculate, dont know if i want to mess about with it now...?
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:15 pm

Leave the tech 2 kit off of it and just fit an iS front lip spoiler.

Genuine Alpinas would be nice though.
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:15 pm

if it were mine i would lower it 60/40 and that would be pretty much it. tech2 kits do look good though, tough one! nice find 8)
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:17 pm

oh and i would probably fit shadowline trim to 8)
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:20 pm

Yeh i'm definatly up for the shadowline trim, dont know where to get it though? any idea's?

and yes its definatly getting lowered 60 40 and i quite fancy sport or recaro black leather's too
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:26 pm

there is some shadowline in the parts section now mate, sport interior would look nice imo, how u finding the 2.5? iam doing a conversion on my 318i soon!
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:31 pm

ah right cool, i'll take a look

my be a pay day thing though lol, spent out now haha

yeh its awesome, was effortless on the motorway, i had the cruise control on to was great. but its definatly thirsty 8O
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:54 pm

It looks very good, clean and original. Best luck owning it. Good job
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:07 am

Where's the 3rd door 8O
Welcome BTW, looks nice,
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:08 am

Looks great. These some so right about a standard facelift 325i. Proper executive.
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:37 am

Good find there mate, well done. Hope you don't have to post in the Technical Help section too much ! :P
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:57 am

It's a beaut, congratulations. Looks very original too!
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 7:06 am

ah thanks guys appriciate that!

HJG-E30 - i been looking at you signature for a while now, i really like yours, my plan was to find one similar! is yours a 325i sport?
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 7:15 am

Very nice car man 8)
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 7:46 am

Brings back memories - thats just like the best E30 I had a few years ago :cool:
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J_A_C_K_Y_D wrote:ah thanks guys appriciate that!

HJG-E30 - i been looking at you signature for a while now, i really like yours, my plan was to find one similar! is yours a 325i sport?
Yes mate it is. Found mine by complete chance, and the owner had no idea of the value of a sport - so it was a bargain :D

I've never seen another Dolphin Grey E30 on the road - it's great to see there's another one about now, and a v.nice one at that. Maybe i'll see you about seeing as your location is Cardiff and i'm currently in Swansea =)
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:22 pm

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Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:16 pm

Yeh i love the dolphin grey, always have, ah yeh definatly, i want to go to a few meets and stuff now
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:27 pm

Very nice, welcome to the Zone.
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:39 pm

Looks so nice. Makes me want a 2 door. I too love the dolphin grey, and your car looks so original.

Not jealous at all! How many miles has she done?
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:41 pm

yeh it is totally original, i couldnt believe it when i saw it, its been garaged its whole life as well

done 130,000 miles, and its a 1990 :D
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:47 pm

It does not look like it has done 130k-wow! Mine 'only' has 107k, and did not look like that before I got to work on it!!

Well done - great find. More pics would be great, especially of the interior.
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:49 pm

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Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:56 pm

nice find mate..looks a beauty..ill own one one day..til then ill stick with the moredoor
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