Quote Originally Posted by jamesb18c1
so ive always been a bimmer fan but this is the first time ive owned one, i am active duty army and im on my first assn. in germany so of course i was looking for a bimmer, this one i got, i had my eye on for a month now, and i noticed it never moved at all,so i finally started asking about it and found out who owned it. The girl that owned it is going back to the states in 3 weeks so i ask her what she was going to do with it and she tells me shes gonna junk it because it wont pass the armys pov inspection, so i go though the car and find out that the only reason it wont pass is due to a leaky valve cover gaskit! so i go back to her and offer her money for the car and she tells me if you want it you can have it for free! so the car runs and looks great! and its pretty fast! so what im trying to figure out is the car has all the m3 badging, interior the whole nine yards, but the title just states that is a 1987 325i its says nothing about m series. is this normal? im wondering if its authentic or if someone has just made a clone. any hep with this would be great cause im new to this kind of car!
Can you give me the last 7 digits of the VIN? I'll tell you exactly what it is.


In the US:
1984-87 have the diving board steel bumpers, '88 still had steel bumpers but were pushed in, and the '89-'91 had the painted plastic bumpers.

I'm not 100% positive on all the changes in the Euro e30, I know that's a colder climate euro front bumper because it only has one vent.

The rear end on your car is '89+ (larger taillights, thinner piece between the rear bumper and lights)...it could have been converted though.

The rocker panels and lower part of the rear valence are normally black so it's probably been painted.

Those euro smiley headlights are worth $300+ alone.

There is such thing as an e30 M-technic I and M-technic II versions, the Type I has the same wing as your car plus a few other "M" pieces (sideskirts) but I'm not positive they came in a sedan. I can tell you a little more about what it really is with the last 7 digits of the VIN...