E30 325i Rag-Top

Too many gears for an E30… wonder if it’s clever enough to illuminate which gear the car is in?

GLWS. The market for week-end toys is pretty stuffed at the moment, but there are still a few discerning buyers out there. However, they do tend to drive a hard bargain at the moment as they know they are in the driving seat negotiations wise. Worst case you may have to hold on to it for a while, which is no bad thing right?

I should think so! Pretty good place to start in terms of car ownership. Whilst I’m not a huge Z3 fan, I certainly see them as a lot of car, and fun, for the money.

I think @Driftit was going through a shed build, not sure what stage they are up to now?

Thanks for the offer Max, it’s a case of availability at the moment, but I’m in no rush so will wait and see what happens with BMW Germany getting stock.

Interesting, thanks. This is for the race car and is mostly to make it easier to fit the side panels as the centre is pretty banged up and rusty on one side. It won’t be show standard, but would be better and probably easier, than trying to rework what’s there currently.

Genuine M3 panel is out of stock with Schmeidmann and BMW. Part number is 41 34 1924868 for rear panel. @Mad_Max I would be interested to see what their pricing is for that shipped to NZ, as they are showing stock.

If anyone’s got an E30 they are scrapping or parting out I am Looking for a rear centre panel for a pre-fl E30, with as little rust as possible. Or if anyone can point me in the direction of a company that sells repro E30 panels (apart from E30 garage Norway)? Genuine BMW part is out of stock in DE on back order with no ETA, so looking for alternatives.

Latest in the line of BMW Art Cars. Great to see it is back to a full on race car livery. Photo courtesy of BMW Group NZ social media.

Who is the warranty with? Is it a Premium Selection BMW warranty, or aftermarket one? In most cases any mods would void one, but you might get lucky.

Yup, unless you are desperate to buy soon bide your time and the right car will come up at an agreeable price.

Deffo, six is always better and preferably the 2.5ltr six with the “selectable” auto box.

Mmm, heated steering wheel for these cold mornings! Yes I am officially a soft JAFA now.

Good looking car, but the 4-cylinder engines in these are not BMWs best work. The car has reasonably low kms and a warranty would be good (check what it covers though) so you could be lucky?

@dimsim ok, great, it’s still available so drop me a. Pm with your details and we can sort it out.

@Harper yup, still available - I’ve even found another one the same! Drop me a pm with your details and I’ll get it sorted.

@treone yup still available, pm me your whereabouts and we can sort it out!

I’ve got some Jeff Gray and Winger ones…

Having a big tidy up of the garage to clear the decks and get stuck into the ‘vert and race car, and maybe get a few $$$s towards costs of them! Genuine BMW solid metal 3 Series key-ring, new in box. $20 One sold, one left M5 key-ring, not genuine BMW, locally made for a model launch, new in box Sold BMW Motorsport Heritage collection key-ring, weighty metal and leather, brand new, boxed but slight damage to outside of box (shown in photo) Sold

Arm part for the rear screen wiper of a G05. Brand new and boxed, never been used, now surplus to requirements. $50

That’s where the market is these days, plus it’s bound to have been abused being @Jamez car!

100% this, just trying to re-iterate the myths about imports to make his car look better. Imports got a bad name when the less scrupulous dealers used to wind them back to get more $$s and then they had issues. Not a problem with a recent M car that would have all the servicing data in the iDrive. There are not a huge number of recent imports of newish cars, due to exhange rates and increased transport costs, so not massive numbers around now as there might have been in the past. Just look out for the Aussie imports that were hail damaged, other than that treat each car on its own condition and specs.

I can’t think of anything in a software update that would affect your fuel consumption dramatically, so unlikely to be that. Does sound a bit on the high side, so would be worth getting it checked out so it doesn’t lead to bigger issues later on. Do you know if the car has been re-mapped, tuned or programmed? Some of the Interweb specials can do funny things.

$15k currently… Plus all airbags, Laser headlight, various front corner parts, bumper, rear left suspension, body work, paint, chassis check, tyres, re-VIN check… Equals NOT cheap. Shame, would have been such a nice car pre-accident.

Has Mr Body Kits in Aussie not got anything for E46? Still have shipping issue but AU is a lot cheaper, and often others are buying from them and you can split the freight.