Have just introduced myself here : http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=206297
So I guess an introduction of my E30 is up next...
A bit more than 2 years ago I felt the need for an E30 again - hadn't owned one since I rather unfortunately managed to park my super-clean 320i Touring under a truck back in 2005!
But finding a nice E30 proved more than just a little difficult - most were rusty and bodged. But being persistent I got lucky and finally found a 2-door 325e from 07/85 (only second month of eta production!!) with just one previous owner and km 167.000 on the clock (that's about 104.000 miles). The car is Karminrot with Pearlbeige cloth interior and has a few rather tasty factory-supplied options, such as sports seats, M-Tech I steering wheel, original steel sunroof, green tint windows and servo-assisted steering. But best of all the body was amazingly rustfree and had never been welded!! The elderly man who had owned it had unfortunately given it a few small dings in the front wings and also a big soft one in the rear, so the rear bumper was bent, but there's just absolutely NO rust and it was also still wearing its original factory paint on every panel!! Nice.
With the odd little ding and sorry looking steel wheels, this is what it looked like when I picked it up...
First of all I treated the old girl to a major service incl. all fluids, filters, ignition parts, belts, water pump, thermostat, visco, rear exhaust, 4 x brake discs and pads, 6 x brake hoses etc etc... and obviously a fresh TÃaV (German MOT). Now the ol' eta was ready to cruise again, and the more exciting projects could be taken on as I found the money and time...
First off I decided to rectify the few faults that the body had. Though I wanted to keep as much of the original paint as possible, there was just nothing I could do when it came to the front wings and rear panel. The wings just had too many small dings and scratches, and the rear panel was bent quite a bit (even if it was a soft ding). So these 3 areas were resprayed and a very tidy s/h rear bumper was fitted. I should add that I'm well happy about still having the original front wings on the car - as I'm sure you lot know, E30's are notorious for rusting just behind the front wheels. A bit of a novelty having an E30 with original front wings...
With a set of original 6x14" Bottlecaps I quickly had her looking like this:
This was how my eta looked until spring 2010 where the next round of projects were taken on.
Will add more to the post later...
It was quite a treat unpacking the 25 year old BBS's from their original packaging... 
It really compliments the sharp E30 lines and blends in nicely with the front wheel arch...
I don't know, perhaps fair enough considering how rare they are, but was just a bit more than I felt like investing at the time...
its a 316 lux with a 325i engine fitted! im also going to fit orignal euro yellow tint headlights if i can get a set! 
It's never going to end is it...
I bet you do mate... No offense, but I think I'll just stick with my RA215's.... 
