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Hello everyone!
My name's Patrick and I'm a 19 year old college kid from Central Florida.
I bought my first E36 ('95 325is in Schwarz II) in July of 2013 for $2200. JUNKY PIECE OF SHIT. It had no door panels, shitty interior, a bad oil leak, and a coolant problem. I was really desperate to have a E36 at the time.
I wasted money on trying to get this thing to run right and just my luck the head gasket blew. That's when I have had enough, I put it up to sell on Craiglist as-is. I started looking into NA Miata's, found a couple for really good prices. But at heart I really wanted another E36 and at the time it seemed like I couldn't find one for a decent price. I came across a post for a '99 328is in Stahlblau Metallic (Steel Blue Metallic) on AutoTrader for $1800. I bought the car the same day and sold my 325is a couple days later for $1500.
The only downfall is that the car is automatic. But no worries I have no problem 5-Speed swapping it! The first thing I needed was moar low. This thing looked like a monster truck. I'm a college kid on a budget for sure so I bought Rokkor coilovers. For $369, exactly what I expected.
The first day I dropped it.
Coils settled.
Dropped it a little bit lower and rolled my front fenders. SLAMMED ON STOCKIES.
How the car currently sits. I went just a tad lower, haha.
5-Speed swap coming very soon, here's my donor car that I bought for $500. ('97 328is) I'm also going to swap my Dove Grey interior for the Black interior that's in my donor car.
My future plans include being a rebel and boosting the M52, LTW wing, undecided about wheels, and a full respray. I'm torn between respraying my car back Steel Blue or changing it up and going with Arctic Grey, Hellrot, or Laguna Seca Blue.
My name's Patrick and I'm a 19 year old college kid from Central Florida.
I bought my first E36 ('95 325is in Schwarz II) in July of 2013 for $2200. JUNKY PIECE OF SHIT. It had no door panels, shitty interior, a bad oil leak, and a coolant problem. I was really desperate to have a E36 at the time.
I wasted money on trying to get this thing to run right and just my luck the head gasket blew. That's when I have had enough, I put it up to sell on Craiglist as-is. I started looking into NA Miata's, found a couple for really good prices. But at heart I really wanted another E36 and at the time it seemed like I couldn't find one for a decent price. I came across a post for a '99 328is in Stahlblau Metallic (Steel Blue Metallic) on AutoTrader for $1800. I bought the car the same day and sold my 325is a couple days later for $1500.
The only downfall is that the car is automatic. But no worries I have no problem 5-Speed swapping it! The first thing I needed was moar low. This thing looked like a monster truck. I'm a college kid on a budget for sure so I bought Rokkor coilovers. For $369, exactly what I expected.
The first day I dropped it.
Coils settled.
Dropped it a little bit lower and rolled my front fenders. SLAMMED ON STOCKIES.
How the car currently sits. I went just a tad lower, haha.
5-Speed swap coming very soon, here's my donor car that I bought for $500. ('97 328is) I'm also going to swap my Dove Grey interior for the Black interior that's in my donor car.
My future plans include being a rebel and boosting the M52, LTW wing, undecided about wheels, and a full respray. I'm torn between respraying my car back Steel Blue or changing it up and going with Arctic Grey, Hellrot, or Laguna Seca Blue.
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