E28E30

Easier to retrim sports seats than find sports seats to retrim

Ooh photos please for non FB E30 perves..

I hate those lights, but I like OEM

Be good if vendor was not so lazy

You know I like a good cheap “THExxx” plate 🤣

@Harper that interior is A+++ standard and so nice

That’s one of the best things about BMW “auto”, some manufacturers don’t let you adjust intensity or fan speed and auto ends up blasting you.

Sorry to hear that @Sammo, another one will come along

@Sammo that’s really funny. When I looked there were a few interesting ones left. I toyed with a few, using 0 instead of Zero helped with some too, but then I got over it and noticed the cheaper “three plus three” price so went for that one.

Hmm was on the Kiwi Plates website. This is better price. And in fact I am completely wrong. The prices were for “restyling” a government issue standard plate into something else eg graphics etc. I put you wrong sorry @Kees

I have pursued similar routes in the past @martyyyn and ran into no issues, germanplates.com

I think we share the same brain me too! In the end the “3 letters and 3 numbers” personalised plate option is cheaper by $250-300 than an “any combination” one, and all the good E30 ones are gone 😕 so I went for this fairly lame/tame one. Remaking is a good idea. I ordered two Euro frame holders: The back one wouldn’t line up with factory holes so just went with double sided automotive tape in vertical strips, it is stuck on. Will go with the car when it is sold. Front one uses the frame I bought.

$169 to remake plates into standard, $299 to remake as European

Unsure about surrendering @Kees but I am just as OCD about plates too. I got lame personalised plates for my E30 as it was cheaper than having the original 1991 plates (PS2040) made into a personalised plate (the only way they’d “re-issue” an old plate), as it had had a few personalised plates over the years and lost its original ones. Hated having meaningless M-reg modern plates on it. When the personalised ones arrived last month I had to return the MBP520 ones for destruction, but that’s a different scenario.

Looks awesome @Kees, good work!

Hehe Was thinking any earlier the shorts would be Stubbies...! Cool photos nonetheless.

The E30s are all FL ones and one even has what looks to be a COUTTS number plate. The clothing in first photo looks more 1990- ?

Oooh @Sammo will reply to your Pm, a silver manual matching set car could be good too!

I got to the same place with my SE. Got enthusiastic, paid top dollar, want it to be manual and subtle suspension tweaks ie turn it into @adro’s spec, but it’s not worth it. Another $10k could be spent and I would still have a mint SE with comfort interior, and doesn’t seem worth it. So am looking at factory manuals now and see how I feel then about selling the red machine next year

@Sammo it looks tidy and agree a great body colour. I like the interior as reflects the era but can see it isn’t universal. My first BMW was an E28 with blue interior, nostalgia. If you are thinking long, long term it could be worth investing in an interior refit down the line or if you found sports seats a retrim (navy leather?). Big bucks

@E30 325i Rag-Top initially was thinking was aiming high but you’re right, could be over $30k. Very keen to see some photos of this beastie. I think most NZ new PFL 325is were in tasteful colours

Thinking of buying? If you’re not I might…

What you thinking @Sammo? Sounds really compelling esp. PFL and manual. Am I on drugs thinking $25-30?

@Eagle Auto38 is shut down. He moved to Marton.

Lol @aja540i just noticed!