1989 BMW E30 M-Tech II Sedan

1989 BMW 325i Sedan (E30), posted July 2011

1989 BMW E30 M-Tech II Sedan, finished — Drag to compare the car as it arrived with the finished build.

1989 BMW E30 M-Tech II Sedan, before the build — Drag to compare the car as it arrived with the finished build.

This project began on September 11th 2010 and was finished on July 4th 2011.When I got this car it was an automatic (blown transmission), painted army green with brush (seriously!), rusted out 1989 E30!

This is what this sad car looked like

As you can see, I was collecting parts long before the restoration started

First thing we had to do was fix the body and get rid of all the rust, so the work has started

since we were going to rebuild the motor and do the 5 speed swap, we pulled the whole drivetrain out

Work was done on the engine and we started to put it together, this engine got the whole remake!

Old suspension went straight to garbage

new brakes

Engine bay received some massaging and was resprayed in the new color, techno age space silver

Some of the work that was going on at the same time

The work on the body has continued

and we started to assemble the drivetrain

newly rebuilt 3:73 LSD

Factory 5 Speed Gearbox

shaving the e30 doors to look like M3 doors

Rolling the fenders

trunk

hood

fitting the side skirts

Started to paint some of the parts

hood

trunk

work on front bumper

rear bumper

fender flares

more work on the body before the paint

and finally the PAINT JOB !

first the door jambs

remember we completely changed the color of this car!

after the paint job

the mess we had to sort out !

last touches

new catalytic converter and exhaust

and finally ! pics of the finished car !

The Interior features full European Handstooth Sport interior, heated front seats, rear head rests!
Brand New Evo II steering wheel, BMW ZHP shift knob, German flag shift booth, custom E30 Cluster, Euro clock, ACS pedals, latest Alpine headline and many many more custom pieces...

The car features Euro Smoked Smiley headlights with HID Xenon, Euro Front grills, New BMW Kidney grill, new Fog lights, brand new Taild lights with new gaskets, etc..