FS: 1988 BMW M3 - BAD A$$$$!!!!! RARE!!

[SmokinJoe]

I am posting this for a friend of mine, Kevin. This car is so bad a$$ I had to put it up on IA.
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Name: Kevin
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Means of Contact: PM on this site or email me at [email protected]
Miles: 97,000 miles on chassis, 7,000miles on rebuilt motor.
Price: $22,000 with Fikse FM-10s, $20,000 with stock wheels.

Additional Information:

I bought this car last year out of Georgia from a gentleman that had just spent the past 3 years restoring it. He had an apprenticeship at Strictly German out of Georgia and between the guys there and himself, this car was taken apart completely and reassembled with factory or better parts. Just about every part of this car has been replaced or upgraded in effort to create a perfect example of a E30 M3. This is by FAR the nicest car I've ever owned in every way, shape, and form. The car has 97k miles, but if you looked the car over you'd assume it was closer to 15k miles. It's absolutely perfect and a pleasure to drive.

At 89k miles the motor was removed by the guys @ Strictly German and they rebuilt the bottom end with all brand new parts, seals, bearings, rings, gaskets, etc. They then put about 400miles on the motor and decided to rebuild the head. When I asked about this it was purely because of a lack of funds while the short block was apart. They then rebuilt the head with all new parts, seals, gaskets, and from then the car was only driven 900 miles until I bought it.

I bought the car with a little over 89k miles on the car. The car now has 97k miles I believe, but everything and anything has been replaced or upgraded. The previous owner was obsessed with upgrading every part as it became necessary, not just replacing with a standard part. The entire cooling system is brand new, the brakes are brand new, control arms, everything is brand new. Modifications are not immense, but they are the right ones to do. It has brand new Koni shortened struts with ground control coilovers, camber caster plates, EVO air box, front strut bar, short throw shifter, M coupe diff cooler, mechanical cooling fan delete, Turner chip, and Borla cat-back which sounds great, and Lamin-x highbeam covers. Lot of the other mods are those to make the car more unique and "raw". The previous owner removed the A/C and power steering, as well as the electric sunroof and electric windows and replaced them with manual setups.

After purchasing the car I bought a set of 17x8 Fikse FM-10s which I believe completes the car. I am offering to sell the car with or without them at different prices, but I will NOT seperate them from the car before the car sells.

The interior is in perfect shape. The driver's seat has been redyed partially but it was done professionally and looks great. No rips or tears. The back seat is 100% original and looks like no one has ever used them. Overall the car is in incrediable shape and the only reason I'm selling it is so that I can afford to buy a new daily driver. This car needs absolutely NOTHING other than a new owner. NOTHING needs attention. Other then me being anal about it's cosmetic looks, I wouldnt hesitate to drive this car anywhere. Mechanically it's completely sound. I bought this car with plans on daily driving it, but once I saw it I instantly new it had no business being used daily. It was far too nice and from then on it was deemed my garage queen. I walk by it everyday and love seeing it, but I cannot afford to own a car I do not drive anymore. It almost upsets me to sell it, but I must.

As I mentioned above, the previous owner had an apprenticeship at a shop that was known for restoring wood-frame Bentleys and other extremely rare and valuable cars. This M3 was painted by those at that shop. As partial payment for his apprenticeship they worked out a deal to do all the necessary body and paint work. This car has never been wrecked, hit, damaged or anything, but as I had said he was on a mission to restore this car from it's 87k mile life. They removed the decklid, wing, rockerpanels, doors, glass, bumpers, etc and completely repainted the car the same Diamantschwarz-metallic color last in December of 2005. The paint and body work is absolutely stunning and completely first class. I was told the estimated value of the paint and body work is somewhere in the neighborhood of $10,000. When I picked the car up it had barely even seen day light since it had been painted. The car has 1 or 2 rockchips on the nose/hood from me driving it, but that is all. It's practically flawless. This car has been caught in the rain 1 or 2 times, always washed/dried off with clean materials and Zaino'd religiously.

The car comes with tons of extras including spare parts and take off parts. I have about 5 milk crates chock full o' parts and I can inventory most of them if needed. I do know they include all of the powersteering parts that were removed, all of the A/C parts that were removed, the electrical components for the windows, oil filters, rear subframe bushings, belts, the mech. fan, interior door grab handles, and many, many other parts. If you do decide to buy the Fikse wheels, the stock wheels come with the car w/o tires. They have been painted black, but aren't in the best of shape cosmetically.

I know I am forgetting a lot of stuff about this car but it's hard to put everything down in one single post. If anyone is serious about looking at this car please feel free to contact me with any questions and I will answer them as soon as I can. I love this car and I love talking about it, so I will try to answer your questions the best I can.
These pictures are a few months old, but nothing has really changed other than the addition of a brand new set of M3 badges for the rear decklid.

Pictures:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse1.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse2.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse3.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse4.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse5.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse6.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse7.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse8.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse9.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse10.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse11.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse12.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse13.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jzz30tt/Kevins%20Pix/Fikse14.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b163/KevinPAS/FinalM31800.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b163/KevinPAS/FinalM36800.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b163/KevinPAS/FinalM37800.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b163/KevinPAS/FinalM39800.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b163/KevinPAS/FinalM310800.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b163/KevinPAS/FinalM311800.jpg

Thanks for looking. Please feel free to ask me any questions. If anyone wants specific pictures of anything let me know. The car is garaged 30mins North of Richmond,Va.

-Kevin

[N/A EK]

Sick ride, g/l with the sale.

[IndianStig]

Wow, this is a NICE car.

[SL33P3R]

that thing is sexy as shit, GL with the sale

[GermanMuscle]

cleanest e30 m3 i've ever seen

[Bruce Leroy]

NICE!!!

GL with the sale.

[The Yousef]

OMG i just wept....that's gorgerous

[slyde_wayz]

WOW!! I think i just killed myself....

[umairejaz]

wow, i just jumped of the empire state building with no parachute.

[ghostfacedCX]

doesnt this guy also have a badass v8 miata?

[DRFTR]

sweet e30 m3...bump for a fellow M3'r

[SmokinJoe]

doesnt this guy also have a badass v8 miata?

Yep - and he is selling that too!

350wtq I think. Crazy

[BiH1320]

nice m3. goodluck on selling it.

[Killer]

that looks damn good!

[Jin]

ZOMG my dream car in immaculate condition.

GL selling it. Some rich enthusiast will scoop it up quick!

[PhAtBoYMr2]

that shit is fucking sick man!

[bigdare23]

I'm in love!

[RHD-DA6]

wow very nice ride g/l with sale

[Floda]

Hi, this is Kevin, the owner of the M3 in this thread. Big thanks to Joe for posting this up here for me, I really appreciate it. I have a car in mind to buy so I'm no longer looking for trades, but I do need to move this car to a new home as soon as possible. If anyone is interested please feel free to email me, [email protected]. I drove from Va to Ga to buy this car on a man's word that it was a nice car and I wouldnt think twice of telling someone to do the same now. This car is as nice as the pictures make it out to be. A 8hr drive would be worth it.


doesnt this guy also have a badass v8 miata?

I see that even hundreds of miles away my infamous V8 Miata is well known.haha. And yes, it's for sale as well. I'm trying to downsize my garage of cars, get down to one daily driver as well as put some money in the bank to help start a new business in '07. Here is a link to the Miata that is for sale. http://www.vadriven.com/forums/showthread.php?t=168305 Much like the M3, I no longer am excepting trades, but I AM more flexible on the price of the Miata then the M3. It's a '93 with 43k miles, and it looks great and has the power to weight ratio of a C6 Z06...all for about $50k less. How can you go wrong!?! :D

Thanks again to Joe, hopefully this thread will help enable us to meet in the near future!

-Kevin

[puregroove]

man, that thing looks mean::: nice.

[£G2♣]

damn that car looks good

[greasemunkey]

can i borrow it? j/p really clean man g/l

[Pavlo]

One of my favorite cars of all times. Those S14 s are bad ass.
Damn, I miss my E30 now.

[Floda]

Thanks for all the comments. I'm willing to hear some offers. Worst I can say is "no". Best I can say is "come get it!"

[Yellow2]

SSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK K

[Jin]

SSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK K


Looking at your sig, I love your car too.

[CopyRight]

hmmm, this car sounds really familiar....did it use to be red?

[Floda]

Nope, the color has never been changed. These wheels used to be on a red car though in California. Maybe thats it?

[zenkiAM]

that car is amazing, give your friend major props. GL with the sale

[Floda]

Thanks.

[Sushi]

That is one amazing car.

[pakiman626]

dont bump threads often but.......

UBER BUMP FOR SEXYNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:nautjerk:

[Fast Shadow]

I gotta go change my shorts..

[4ngie]

Sex.

[4dmin]

+25 that car is absolutely beautiful

[iloveboost]

Both of your cars are amazing!!

I love the tag on the Miata. 'PWR 2 W8'

[pakiman626]

such a nice car man wish had that much money!!!!!!!!

[checo]

Nice car, old times comes to my mind from Mexico on my 325i :(

[TeeJay]

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[BTLFED]

OMG I just got a boner. The E30 M3 is one of my top favorites, and the only car that I have wanted since I was a kid that I don't have. If I had the extra cash I would be on this like stink on shit. :goodluck:

[UpSideDownDesi]

like i always say when i see a nice car.....CAR PORN.

[Floda]

This seems like a really cool site. Makes me wana move to Atlanta. If someone buys this car I'll be making a trip down that way though!

Thanks for all the comments.

[HeLLo iM iZzY]

Sick cars man.

GL with the sales.

[Julio]

both cars are bad ass.. good luck w/ sale.

[Autofab]

Nice e30 M3...! Very clean...

[JRDman]

clean car. seems to be a good price for the car and definitely decent miles too.

wish i could buy another but the family would shoot me.. we have 3.

-CJ

[incawarrior]

My pants just shrank. Classic styling.

Do you finance? j/k. :D

[tone456]

now THAT is Old Skool...

[Floda]

I've had a few people asking if I had receipts and paperwork along with some pics of the parts that come with the car, so here goes.

Receipts/Paperwork...
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/FlodaSER/m3parts6.jpg

Here are shots of some of the parts that come with the car. I'm not going to list every little part pictured, but if there are any questions please ask. Keep in mind this is not ALL the parts, but a good majority.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/FlodaSER/m3parts5.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/FlodaSER/m3parts4.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/FlodaSER/m3parts3.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/FlodaSER/m3parts1.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/FlodaSER/m3parts2.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/FlodaSER/m3parts7.jpg

Looking through some of these parts did remind me that I have the delete plates to convert this car (or any E30 for that matter) to a single wiper. It also reminded me that the car does not have Cruise Control on it anymore, but the appropriate CC delete steering column covers are on the car and it looks very clean. The A/C and PS parts were not pictured because they are all bagged and I did not want to unwrap them.

Thanks for everyone's comments. I truly believe whoever gets this car next is going to love it.

[santacruz77]

wow thats sweet i love it g/l with the sale

[savanna13]

Sick sick sick.

[pakiman626]

ONCE AGAIN UBER BUMP FOR A AWEOMSE SELLER THIS TIME!!!!

[Floda]

Thanks guys.

Happy 2007!

[Floda]

I cant start a thread on there, but to those that have followed this thread...My Miata is now on ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120070782128&rd=1,1

Thanks.

[SKUNK2GUY]

like the bimmer more than the miata but g/l

[Dominic49]

pmed

[Floda]

Pm replied to.

[Fr33way]

That car is fucking bad.

Best of luck on the sale, new owner will be very happy.