E30 M3 prices

[e21Mark]

alex31115 said:

Apparently the car was converted to RHD before it was exported more than 20 years ago. Back then I don't think people cared for originality. It was probably seen more of an annoyance to its original owner. So he had the vehicle converted before its exportation or bought it already converted.

I agree with you on the seats. I can't understand why you wouldn't go full cloth or full leather not a mixture of the two. Its a relatively simple fix though.

That's great news on the belts, I thought they would be difficult to source. I'd imagine an M3 steering rack wont be easy to find though.

Alex

I found out a little more, although this car was never registered with the M registry.

It's a German market SE produced on Feb' 6th 1990 in jet black, with anthracite M sport cloth interior. It had the following options -

EDC
Electric sunroof
Power windows
Rear shade
Headlight adjustment
AC
Onboard computer
BMW Bavaria C Business radio
BMW sound system & cassette holder

If I find any more information I'll update this post.

Mark

[sim16v]

E30M3SE said:

sim16v said:

Does look nice, but there is a lot going on with it.

Described as very low mileage and very high spec, but it doesn't have a Sport Evo front spoiler, the seats aren't original, and the BBS wheels aren't M3 wheels.

Why would it have a Sport Evo front splitter? It's not a Sport Evo and the front, or rear for that matter, spoliers were never available as factory options. It is wearing a Evo II front splitter not a factory option either.

The seats to my eye at least, and I should know, are OE Sport Evo seats in their factory leather finish.

Wheels look genuine enough to me too except the lips have been polished as opposed to being painted, easy enough resolved, the tinted rear windows grate on me more than the wheels.

I only mentioned the Sport EVO splitter as the seller says it has one fitted, my comment being that it didn't have one.

As for the wheels, look closely where the spokes meet the rims.

The ones on the car finish too early with a definite rim.

I'm not sure what they are off, possibly E34, but they also look narrow, possibly 7x16?




Now compare them to the 16" wheel offered by BMW

Obviously Sport Evo in this photo, butin silver, the same as the wheels supplied by BMW

[Rich_W]

e21Mark said:

I've got a Z3 rack in mine and it's much better than the OE item. Even an e46 M3 rack from ebay.de will be an improvement over stock.

What makes it better? Presumably a E46CS would be even quicker steering?

houlbt said:

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1991-bmw-e30-m...

Want!

It's not horrendous in terms of reserve guide either. I'm sure I saw a car elsewhere for close to £300K and that wasn't even a race winner, but more of a tribute

[alex31115]

e21Mark said:

I found out a little more, although this car was never registered with the M registry.

It's a German market SE produced on Feb' 6th 1990 in jet black, with anthracite M sport cloth interior. It had the following options -

EDC
Electric sunroof
Power windows
Rear shade
Headlight adjustment
AC
Onboard computer
BMW Bavaria C Business radio
BMW sound system & cassette holder

If I find any more information I'll update this post.

Mark

Thanks Mark, that's a big help. Its been defiantly worth stopping by this forum.

[e21Mark]

Rich_W said:

e21Mark said:

I've got a Z3 rack in mine and it's much better than the OE item. Even an e46 M3 rack from ebay.de will be an improvement over stock.

What makes it better? Presumably a E46CS would be even quicker steering?

No, the Z3 rack is the quickest and readily available in LHD. CS is just a regular purple tag rack.

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/Steer...

[Bayerische]

This is absolutely stunning.....but just look at the asking price.

I didn't think I would see an Evo II break the £100,000 asking price barrier.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

[Rich_W]

Bayerische said:

This is absolutely stunning.....but just look at the asking price.

I didn't think I would see an Evo II break the £100,000 asking price barrier.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Asking isn't getting.

We're seeing I think a gradual topping out. Low miles SE's are £100K Decent cars are around £40-60K (probably 40-55 if you remove traders taking the piss )

Evo 2s are somewhere in between.

As ever my "hypothteitcal" £100K would go on a SE over a Evo2.

[(MrB)]

That's my old one, bloody hell.

Ltd by (MrB), on Flickr

[Deptford Draylons]

Bayerische said:

This is absolutely stunning.....but just look at the asking price.

I didn't think I would see an Evo II break the £100,000 asking price barrier.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Change than manky bloody header tank !

[Bayerische]

[quote=(MrB)]That's my old one, bloody hell.

Ltd by (MrB), on Flickr
[/quote]

Ouch......that must sting a bit!! I'm sure you are sorry to have let that beauty go. It looks gorgeous.

I can't see that car going for any more than £80,000 on a very good day. As Rich W has mentioned, £100,00 is SE territory.

I can see that car going to the U.S., The Americans seem to be buying up all the nice SE's and Evo II's at the moment due to the strong dollar and the cars being over 25 years old now, which is a real shame as most cars will never see Europe again.

EAG in Cincinnati, Ohio have bought up about 5 SE's in as many months. They are pretty arrogant when it comes to buying and selling cars, they buy up the best BMW's and Alpina's that Europe has to offer, but only allow U.S residents to buy cars off them to ensure that the cars do not leave the U.S., nice double standard!! Hopefully this one will stay local.

And yes...For £105,000 asking, they could have fitted a new £100 expansion tank.

[(MrB)]

Bayerische said:

Ouch......that must sting a bit!! I'm sure you are sorry to have let that beauty go. It looks gorgeous.

I can't see that car going for any more than £80,000 on a very good day. As Rich W has mentioned, £100,00 is SE territory.

I can see that car going to the U.S., The Americans seem to be buying up all the nice SE's and Evo II's at the moment due to the strong dollar and the cars being over 25 years old now, which is a real shame as most cars will never see Europe again.

EAG in Cincinnati, Ohio have bought up about 5 SE's in as many months. They are pretty arrogant when it comes to buying and selling cars, they buy up the best BMW's and Alpina's that Europe has to offer, but only allow U.S residents to buy cars off them to ensure that the cars do not leave the U.S., nice double standard!! Hopefully this one will stay local.

And yes...For £105,000 asking, they could have fitted a new £100 expansion tank.

I paid 17K for it in 2004, sold it for 25K in 2008.

[Rob747]

That was strong money, I paid £20k for my Evo 2 in 2011 (although it had done 100k miles).

[(MrB)]

This has 24K KM when I sold it.

[(MrB)]

It didnt have the side repeaters when I had it, my MOT garage wasn't fussed about them.

BMW E30 M3 Evo2 by (MrB), on Flickr

[E30M3SE]

[quote=(MrB)]It didnt have the side repeaters when I had it, my MOT garage wasn't fussed about them.

BMW E30 M3 Evo2 by (MrB), on Flickr
[/quote]

The next owners were,

[griffthedog]

Hi all, I, as most of you no doubt have been, following this thread for some time.
Forgive me but, I have a1988 M3 which is currently undergoing some sympathetic resto'. I have very little history on the car, it was imported from Germany In 1998 and I was wondering if anyone can/knows how to trace it/options when built etc.
The Reg is E261 NWP but I have the original dealer doc with original German no. If it helps?
Any help/info would be appreciated .
Thanks in advance.

[griffthedog]

Hi all, I, as most of you no doubt have been, following this thread for some time.
Forgive me but, I have a1988 M3 which is currently undergoing some sympathetic resto'. I have very little history on the car, it was imported from Germany In 1998 and I was wondering if anyone can/knows how to trace it/options when built etc.
The Reg is E261 NWP but I have the original dealer doc with original German no. If it helps?
Any help/info would be appreciated .
Thanks in advance.

[sim16v]

Hi,

To get the spec list when the car was new, put your VIN in to one of the decoder websites.

I use this one as well as a couple of others.

https://www.bmwvin.com/

Oh, and put some photos up, everyone likes photos!

[pvogue]

griffthedog said:

Hi all, I, as most of you no doubt have been, following this thread for some time.
Forgive me but, I have a1988 M3 which is currently undergoing some sympathetic resto'. I have very little history on the car, it was imported from Germany In 1998 and I was wondering if anyone can/knows how to trace it/options when built etc.
The Reg is E261 NWP but I have the original dealer doc with original German no. If it helps?
Any help/info would be appreciated .
Thanks in advance.

Vehicle options
S300 Central locking with antitheft system
S401 Lift-up-and-slide-back sunroof, electric
S410 Window lifts, electric, front
S494 Seat heating driver/passenger
S500 Headlight wipe/wash/Intensive cleaning
S510 Headlight aim control
S551 On-board computer II with remote control
S668 Radio BMW Reverse RDS
S681 Roof antenna
S690 Cassette holder

[CaymANTH]

Rich_W said:

e21Mark said:

I've got a Z3 rack in mine and it's much better than the OE item. Even an e46 M3 rack from ebay.de will be an improvement over stock.

What makes it better? Presumably a E46CS would be even quicker steering?

houlbt said:

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1991-bmw-e30-m...

Want!

It's not horrendous in terms of reserve guide either. I'm sure I saw a car elsewhere for close to £300K and that wasn't even a race winner, but more of a tribute

That's got £500k in 10 years time written all over it. Was for sale at Amspeed late 2016 for £150k. Sold at Bonhams in 2011. Can't see hammer price but guide £88k - 110k. Some great stuff on the net about this car. The advert should have included some period photos and maybe a link to the SIlverstone race footage......marvellous car.