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M42 Buyer's Guide / Re: Hello. New guy here, might be getting a 91 318is soon, wanted some input.
« on: December 14, 2014, 07:02:09 PM »
You can get a complete build sheet if you have the last seven digits of the VIN here:
http://www.bmwarchive.org/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html
Keep your fingers crossed for an LSD, although it's likely as not been worn out.
The slick top cars (no sunroof) are VERY sought after. I'm glad he's going to mod some other E30 instead of a facelift car. Any E30 with plastic bumpers is climbing in value. A 325iS is difficult to find under $5K and the M42 cars have also gotten noticed. All the E30s are wonderful cars, but many other 80s and 90s cars are heading up the scale.
I do think that $5800 is a bit high, but I'm figuring on local prices. Given our salted roads and climate, prices in the Pittsburgh area are always on the low side. The fuel gauge is likely the SI board batteries, although it could also be a wonky sender or a bad gauge. If you need a new gauge, be sure you get one from a single-sender car (55L tank)...the big-tank cars (63L tank) used a different gauge.
First of all: Thank you for your response!
He has a post on R3v stating it has a 4.10 LSD. Build sheet doesn't mention anything from the factory.
Well here is a link to a local search http://losangeles.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=bmw%20e30%20318is&sort=rel. Only a few results, most within the same price range. I was thinking of offering $3700, but something tells me I will need more luck to get to that price range. At the end of the day it's still a 24 year old car..... I had found one earlier in the week for 5500 and that one came with BBS CR's, which from what I've discovered are some pretty pricy wheels, so 5800 for this one is kinda steep is a little more difficult to justify.