Dark grey 316/320i

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shinobiu
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Location: Rijeka, Croatia

Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:33 am

SO, as I said in my intro post, I was looking for 30, and finally I found one. It's 1987 316, with M20B20 engine in it(although I can't quite put my finger on it, few things confuse me), sunroof, Mtech1 steering wheel(plus one spare), mtech front seats, check panel, digital clock, but other than that no additional goodies. PO had it stripped and did the bodywork(al long as I can see, did the good job, too, no visible rust holes) and painted it, car was black originally, now is very dark grey. When I first went to check it there was waer in rear passenger foot well which turned me down( I am paranoid about leaking soon roof), but after looking fair number of cars not one was good as this one, and the PO assured me that the roof is not a problem, so I bit the bullet. Car is filthy inside from all the work done to it, and from standing for a year and half, so I have arranged for professional deep chem cleaning of the interior in a few days. There are some things to address,TBH, the dashboard is cracked, instrument cluster fascia is painted white, rear lights are just not working for me(and they are leaking water in the trunk), I'm not to keen about trunk spoiler either, don't get me started on the wheel colour, etc. But hey, I finally got myself E30 again. I have just few pics for now, more to come when the cleaning is done, I can't show it like this with all the pretty cars U guys have here lol

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My brothers came to escort me on my first legal ride :-D

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At some point I will change the wheels to something more BBS RS style, but for now I was thinking about polishing the lip on these and painting rest black. What do you guys think?
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ck3k
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Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:56 pm

Sretno aka good luck fellow Balkan guy :) Also, welcome to E30zone
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Cypriotgeeza
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Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:47 am

nice find! :thumb:

Personally I would not waste my time with them wheels, sell them as they are and put a temporary set on for now until BBs Rs' become available to you!

Also I 100% agree about the rear lights! I have never understood how anyone thinks they are good looking lights :chuckle:

Good luck!
Check my M30 build threads:
Project Frankenstein: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=194154
Headgasket: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=165704
Clutch issues: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=172482
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