bfraser30 Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Well I guess it's time to finally introduce myself and my new car. I've lurked around here and other BMW forums for a few years while I waited for the right car. I ended up buying a mk1 VW Rabbit Diesel last summer and drove it through the winter, but decided it was time to get into something I really wanted. That, and I grew to hate the VW scene and Vortex especially. This explains it perfectly: I ended up selling the VW and went this last weekend to pick up my new car - an 89 325iX. I've been around e30s for awhile, my uncle and cousin have several and autocross a turbo 325iS, but I've always wanted an iX. This one popped up on CL Tuesday and I was there to make the deal Wednesday. The car has an interesting history. The guy I bought it from got it from a BMW mechanic in Minneapolis, and he got it from a BMW collector in the area. Supposedly he owned it for 15 years and daily drove it in the winter. He had 8 other Bimmers including an e46 M3, Z4M, e24 M6, and others. The car was always serviced at German Autoworks and came with over $13k in receipts. It still needs some love, and I hope to chip away at fixing it up and trying to get it back close to original with a few mods. The Details:1989 325iX4 door5-speedDiamantschwarz MetallicTan Sport Interior279,000 miles on the body ~30,000 miles on engine, suspension, brakes, pretty much everything elseUnknown performance cam, exhaust, and chip (PO said it makes about 25% more power than stock)Everything works! Even the odometer The big drawback is the car currently has no front driveshaft. The splines got stripped on it and it was taken out and never put back in. Its concerning, but I paid so little for the car that even if the transfer case also has to be replaced I'll still be ahead. Theres also rust, but its pretty minimal for a midwest winter car and will be redone when I can afford it (poor college kid) but overall I'm extremely pleased with my first BMW I'll get some better pictures up once I clean the hell out of it and wax it this weekend. What it replaced And the iX: And an Instagram one for the lulz: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Congrats, looks rad! Get A front drive Shaffer ASAP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvusHatesCones Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Nice car! I had a DS ix also. And... still have a front drive shaft with good splines. I'll try to find some pictures of it if you're interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfraser30 Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Nice car! I had a DS ix also. And... still have a front drive shaft with good splines. I'll try to find some pictures of it if you're interested Yes I am! I'll PM you. I have to get a list together this weekend of all the part I'm going to need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Did you buy that from andy hundley, I think he said he had one for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfraser30 Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Did you buy that from andy hundley, I think he said he had one for sale. No the guy I got it from was named Eric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 There are more ix's in the area than I thought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240sxguy Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 I love the car man, and that extranormal video is absolutely hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfraser30 Posted May 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 I love the car man, and that extranormal video is absolutely hilarious. Thanks! And yeah the video is great haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfraser30 Posted May 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Spent the day washing and cleaning the car. Next week I'm hoping to clean some spots out of the carpet and wax it. I started a list of all the things I'm going to have to get, but right now I'm just enjoying driving it around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfraser30 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Not much has changed lately, just trying to get a lot of little things sorted out before winter comes. A few weeks ago I thoroughly washed, clay barred, polished, and put 2 coats of wax on the car. The before/after transformation of the paint was amazing, a lot of the shine came back and the paint is amazingly smooth. I spend nearly 5 hours on everything but it was well worth the effort. Its difficult to show in pictures but here are some anyway, not too bad for the original paint. I also came across some E36s is a scrapyard here last week and decided to try the E36 window switch conversion. It ended up costing me about $15 in switches and bezels and took about an hour to solder. I'm pretty happy with how they look in the car and they're so much better to use than the factory ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 LIke the window switches! Might have to do that myself. Did you get a front drive shaft? Didn't see an mention of it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfraser30 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Yeah I did. I ended up picking up a driveshaft, transmission, and transfer case with just over 100k on them, all for $200 the driveshaft is in now and I will be swapping in the transfer case and transmission as soon as I get a break from school. YoungCR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NastyNateE30 Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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