topless 5 Report post Posted September 2, 2005 Just want to get the feelings out there, after the way some folk waded into Busted regarding his M325i and the authenticity of it. I recently bought a GENUINE M325i (ex pommieland car so is on their register there) but the floorboards, sills and a few other places were rusted beyond what I considered repairable, so I wrecked it and took all the bits off it. I intend to put all the bits, and I mean everything, into a 2door 318 I have. I was going to gut the 318 to a bare metal shell, respray the diamantschwartz the original M325i was and transfer the entire wiring, mecanicals, trim etc into the 318 body. The only difference at the end of the day would be that it wouldn't have a sunroof and black headlining. Would it be a waste of time on my part? I probably won't keep it so would want to advertise it as a built up M325i and would want reasonable money for it, seeing that the respray would cost $2000-$3000 alone, apart from what I paid for the wreck. Or should i just sell off the bits? Like the full MTECH kit, LSD etc..?? This is the car I wrecked.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
325GRANT 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2005 (edited) if you dont do it ill buy the diff... but thats not what you asked, it still wouldnt be a M325i so you couldnt advertise it as one. but it would have a lot of nice options so that would count for something. the problem with spending $2000 - $3000 on a paintjob for an old car is that you probably wont get your money back if you sell it. but you never know you might find someone that will pay the $$$ for it Edited September 2, 2005 by 325GRANT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted September 2, 2005 it will be a 318 with some M325 bits..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bezzal 1 Report post Posted September 2, 2005 Just out of interest, I'm looking at a similar thing with a 325i Motorsport, UK import that is riddled with rust, what did you pay? How many Miles did it have? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted September 3, 2005 why not advertise it as a m325i replica? the headliner can be swapped, or the one in the 318 sprayed to be black.....its virtually the same...as long as people know it doesnt have the masty ability of "genuine" m325i Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carl 3 Report post Posted September 3, 2005 Oh man i'm loving the 325iX ride height on that beastie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted September 3, 2005 Just swap all the ID tags & call it a M325. Who gives a s$*t where the shell comes from. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted September 3, 2005 Just swap all the ID tags & call it a M325. Who gives a s$*t where the shell comes from. from the previuos posts on similar subjects i would say that's exactly the sort of thing that people do give a sh*t about... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topless 5 Report post Posted September 3, 2005 why not advertise it as a m325i replica? the headliner can be swapped, or the one in the 318 sprayed to be black.....its virtually the same...as long as people know it doesnt have the masty ability of "genuine" m325iThis is what I'm leaning towards. Painting the headliner will be easy as I will gut the car, including headliner when I respray it. The only thing 318 will be the shell as all the bolt off body bits are in good condition. from the previuos posts on similar subjects i would say that's exactly the sort of thing that people do give a sh*t about... this is what worries me, so will have to be up front about what has been done.Oh man i'm loving the 325iX ride height on that beastieleave my monster truck beemer alone.... actually, those are 14" cross spokes on it, if i put the 15" cross spokes on it, it looks normal. It definitely has motorsport springs in it, they are much shorter than stock.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Andrew Report post Posted September 4, 2005 Just swap all the ID tags & call it a M325. Who gives a s$*t where the shell comes from. exactly sport bits 325 in my eyes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
