how much is my m52b28 set up worth

Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:15 pm

the long an short of it is i have to move in a couple of months so im losing my garage so insurance wont insure me with out garage an don't wana street park it so im going to brake my 318is with m52b28 conversion so while car is still fully road worthy i wana sell conversion first so any help with wot the conversion set up is worth would be grate??

m52b28 with 103k on it
m50 manifold on it
DanThe loom and ecu
engine mounts and arms
and all axillary s an top plastic covers an clips

can be driven and herd running before i take it out
what's this worth? thanks

Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:19 pm

what box,diff and zaust comes with it?

Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:31 pm

how much for the complete car??

Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:42 pm

well i was going to sell the rest separately but it has

m42 318is box
m20 325 prop
lsd 3.91
custom made stainless 6 branch 50mm
standard 325 centre box
stainless back box cant remember of top of my head wot make
and she goes right of the clock as i found out one night a couple of weeks after i finished it last march

Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:46 pm

Sounds like a properly done conversion.

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:00 am

Quaser wrote:how much for the complete car??

not as much as ill get for her in bits

the sports interior an carpets are even absolutely mint an i evan replaced dash an glve box for minters to i duno if i wana sell the hole car i probably would if i was offered the right money shes still mot'd till 21st april an taxed till april i wana keep her but loss of garage shes my daily driver since last march make us an offer i can only say yes or no theres loads i could tell u that ive done her

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:20 am

redcar wrote:Sounds like a properly done conversion.

it is deff not like sum of the badge job ive seen up for sale mine looks like it was fitted init from new

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:31 am

e36bmw12 wrote:
redcar wrote:Sounds like a properly done conversion.
it is deff not like sum of the badge job ive seen up for sale mine looks like it was fitted init from new

yeh, you can tell a good conversion from a bad one. When I was doing the conversion there were so many temptations to bodge it so it could run and I could take it for a spin. But I did it properly like yourself and spent the money.

Looks better, wont break, more power.
Plus, with a shite conversion you have to spend more money eventually anyway, when your bodge break.

Good going. I would have paid up to £1.3k for a properly done conversion.

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:16 am

redcar wrote:
e36bmw12 wrote:
redcar wrote:Sounds like a properly done conversion.
it is deff not like sum of the badge job ive seen up for sale mine looks like it was fitted init from new
yeh, you can tell a good conversion from a bad one. When I was doing the conversion there were so many temptations to bodge it so it could run and I could take it for a spin. But I did it properly like yourself and spent the money.

Looks better, wont break, more power.
Plus, with a shite conversion you have to spend more money eventually anyway, when your bodge break.

Good going. I would have paid up to £1.3k for a properly done conversion.

a pic of mine couple of weeks before i finished it http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2403/pho ... 152110.jpg

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:32 am

It looks good man
Proper loom, plastic covers, correct air box. The starting signs of a good conversion!
Well done

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:40 am

looks better now tho coz all the loom covers are on the top cover has the nut covers on an its been cleaned up ive got the elec fan wired in to fuse box properly to i ditched the viscus fan one of my mates brought a e30 with a conversion dne on it and the ecu is under the bonnet next to battery looks well shit

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:51 am

e36bmw12 wrote:looks better now tho coz all the loom covers are on the top cover has the nut covers on an its been cleaned up ive got the elec fan wired in to fuse box properly to i ditched the viscus fan one of my mates brought a e30 with a conversion dne on it and the ecu is under the bonnet next to battery looks well shit

from the pictures I see of these conversions, every conversion is either done properly or
Bodged up.

We're lucky we have all of the advice and previous threads on here to demonstrate how the conversion can be done properly, nearly and reliably.

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:16 am

i no wot u mean but y bodge wen it cost them all that money to do it i just wana get back as much money as i can from mine ive only had it for a year so it hasnt really justified its self yet if it was five years down the line it wouldnt really bother me bout how much ive spent i still seam to be do little sumthing to it most weekend lol it pisses of me missis bout how i spend on the car lol

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:48 am

Have you thought of changing insurance companies to someone who will insure it not in a garage?

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:38 am

Bristol_Jer wrote:Have you thought of changing insurance companies to someone who will insure it not in a garage?

REALLY!! like i said i dont wana street park it as no of road parking

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:05 pm

What year is the m52?

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:16 pm

I'm interested in their true worth as well. I've got 2 M52B28's to shift.

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:32 pm

popey7676 wrote:What year is the m52?

R reg

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:39 pm

Quaser wrote:how much for the complete car??

Same question.

I know you say you'd prefer to break it, but if you have to move in a couple of months and don't have the chance to do this, an overall price for the car would be worth putting out there

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:08 pm

Rancid wrote:
Quaser wrote:how much for the complete car??
Same question.

I know you say you'd prefer to break it, but if you have to move in a couple of months and don't have the chance to do this, an overall price for the car would be worth putting out there

well i did ask on here to start with how much could it be worth as it is an explaineing wot had been done to it but all i got was questions bk to my question

Post Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:40 pm

e36bmw12 wrote:
Rancid wrote:
Quaser wrote:how much for the complete car??
Same question.

I know you say you'd prefer to break it, but if you have to move in a couple of months and don't have the chance to do this, an overall price for the car would be worth putting out there
well i did ask on here to start with how much could it be worth as it is an explaineing wot had been done to it but all i got was questions bk to my question

You know what you have spent, in hours as well as £s.
You also know the condition of the car better than anyone on here.

You are the best judge of what it is worth.
Put up what you want for it, if people are biting your hand off for it, it is too cheap.