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[idanity]

going to sell the cabrio.
1989 BMW cirrus blau color
225,000 on a rust free chassis and rebuilt engine in 2005

never been in a wreck, and always maintained.

minimalistic list

17" wheels, falken ziex 512's 225x40x17's...close to worn, but always rotated.
cross drilled/ slotted rotors
PBR metal masters pads
ground control coil overs 350/500 f/r
tokico illumina adjustible shocks
ireland engineering camber plates
sparco tower brace
sparco seats, on sliders
4 point harness
italian 3point steering wheel
NRG slim detatchable steering wheel adapter
sony mp3player, 1000w sub amp, fosgate 4ch. mid/hi amp, phoenix gold 15" dvc sub (the good years) and orion mids, highs...door pods..etc.

4.10 LSD diff with redline flushed every 2 years
balanced and lightened driveline
balanced and lightened flywheel + pressure plate + new clutch last year (step cut flywheel for perfect pedal release)
3 new seals on transmission (input, output, and selector rod) + redline fluid + new mounts
z3 short shifter with all new bushings
1995 M3 steering rack
coolant flush 6 months ago (every 2 years)
brakes bled every year
oil changed every 6 months (considering i rarely drive the car)
timing belt done every 4 years (done last summer) + always new water pump / tensioner too
port matched and polished exhaust
shorty headers
ported intake (per metric mechanic specs)
torx head bolts
valves checked every 10k
ACShnitzer chip

always ran chevron supreme fuel
always maintained every fault code...and actually only had a few.
over an inch of BMW receipts and other receipts (tires, parts, etc)
always registered and still passes emissions great.

parking brake stops at < 5-8 clicks

reiger kit, + sideskirts

all the other basic stuff...
ellipsiods, keyless alarm with infr-red detection (you walk by the car, it will know your there...bought b/c its a cabrio, and you can leave the top down and still be protected)

just requesting a price range, + if i should remove the stereo, im not puting the original fenders back on..i have em, but im keeping the car as is...(mostly,, except if the new owner diddn't want the chip or :



front can be dropped lower, or raised too..this is compared to my red 89











one with the ex.gf with her head in the trunk...lol


more pix if necessary ....

asking for ballpark numbers...thanks for reading (or buying)
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[dale]

Daniel,
I don't know what your cabrio is worth, because it has so many modifications. But I can give you some general comments from my experience selling modified or unusual cars.

Most buyers are looking to buy an unmodified car and won't pay much if anything more for modifications.
On newer cars, I've seen modifications sell for about 30% of the parts cost on top of the normal cost of the car.

Most people that want a modified car usually want to make the mods themselves.

When I was interested in getting the most $$$ out of a modified car, I returned it to as close to stock as I could and kept or sold the other misc parts. Or I just sold it for what I could get, which was pretty close to an unmodified car, and took the loss and moved on.

To determine a reasonable price for a stock E30 cabrio, look at what cars are currently for sale. Most of them are beaters, so ignore them, just look at the nice stock E30 cabrios for sale and use that to figure out a price.

Hope this helps
Dale
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[idanity]

yes thanks.

i am amazed on how much some examples are going for. and i was considering at least 5k and throwing it up on ebay, but may ask for 8+

i actually want to do the same things to red + a roll cage so i can track it. the cabrio is (imo) too nice to track or put a cage in
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[beejay]

I agree with Dale.
I too have been looking at values lately, I've been on the fence on whether to invest in this car or replace it. At the moment, I decided putting some money into it. (repairs are always cheaper than payments!)
From what I've seen, 5K-6K for a really nice E30 vert. (later years).
There was a cherry 318 vert that sold on ebay recently for low 6K's.

I would shoot for your high end first. You're going to need to promote it at car shows clubs etc. and it may take some time to find a buyer.
It's harder to find "that" buyer for a heavily modded car than it would be for a stock car.
As long as you're not in a hurry, I think eventually you will find "that" buyer that likes the mods and has to have the car
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[dale]

If you want to do similar mods to the red car, why not pull current mods off of your cabrio and swap over to the red car? That reduces cost of mods to the red car and you don't have to buy the parts again, and returns the cabrio closer to stock.
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[killerbeem]

Never thought I'd see you sell the Cabrio...
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[gr8acclaim]

First off I'd like to say that is very sharp and an impressive list of mods you've done to the vehicle. I wish I had the cash to take it off your hands, even if you did what Dale suggested and swapped a lot of the mods over to a different car. It's obviously well cared for, even if you returned it to bone stock condition, and that says a LOT.

However on another note, I'm always SO much more ashamed of whatever vehicle I happen to own when I see something like this. I suppose I should buy something nice next time instead of just buying something cheap and limping it along until it's COMPLETELY driven to death...
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