1989 BMW 325i Coupe Off-Road Car

Vehicle Description

Pleased to offer this 1989 BMW 325i Coupe that has been built into a fun offroad/rally car! Clean title in hand.

I have owned the car since 2018, and in 2020 performed an extensive amount of work to turn the car into what it presents as today. It is a surprisingly capable offroader that I have enjoyed taking on trails in the desert on a handful of occasions since I finished building it.

Full Build Details:

Engine / Transmission:

-New Continental Timing Belt and tensioner

-New Water Pump & accessory belts

-New E36 M3 Mishimoto Aluminum oversized radiator

-New radiator fan clutch & blade

-All new coolant hoses throughout

-New thermostat housing and thermostat

-New Thermostat sensors

-New distributor cap and rotor

-Replaced Spark plug wires

-New Spark Plugs

-Heater core bypass

-A/C Delete

-Muffler delete (still retains stock catalytic converter)

-Welded 4.10 differential

-Front subframe reinforced with weld-in Garagistic reinforcement plates

-New motor mounts

Body & Fabrication:

-Front fenders trimmed

-Rear quarter panels rolled and pulled

-Custom welded-in 4 point rear roll cage, tied into rear shock towers with a rear strut brace

-Custom front lower engine cage, full front tubed bash bar with aluminum oversized 2 piece skid plate.

-Trimmed and thinned front bumper

-Custom fabricated solid front seat mounts

-Garagistic front strut brace

-Trunk mounted quick release fire extinguisher

Suspension:

-New front control arms and lollipop bushings

-New KYB front struts

-New front upper strut mounts

-All new compensating plates front and rear

-New insulators at all corners

-New OE spec rear struts

-New inner/outer tie rods

-New front sway bar end links

-20mm spacers at all corners

-Garagistic extended lug stud kit

-Bottle cap wheels refinished in white with General Grabber 27 inch tires

Misc:

-PRP front seats

-5 point Simpson racing harnesses

-New Euro Smiley headlight assemblies

This build was a passion project for me as I always wanted to build a euro offroad/rally style car. Since the car's completion it has seen 5 trips to the desert and about 11 hours of total offroad time since completion. I have kept a logbook for the car documenting the build, time driven and all service that has been carried out over the past 4 years since it was finished.

Most recently the car received fresh fluids and has only been driven a handful of street miles since.

Cosmetically the car is far from a trailer queen. It has plenty of blemishes and older paint that have accumulated long before it became an offroad car. The sole intention of the car is to be a really fun and unique car to get into, and it always draws a lot of attention both on the street and in the desert.

Everything electrical aside from the radio on the car works including windows, lights, blower motor etc.

The car has a few minor needs that I never got around to doing before deciding to let it go:

-The glovebox latch has been missing since i bought the car, it could use one

-The shifter has quite a bit of play, it engages in all 5 gears and reverse completely fine but could use a rebuild or a swap to a solid mount setup.

-The tachometer in the car has never worked since I bought it

-The odometer (like most e30s) is broken

The car's original mileage is unknown, but I would estimate it around 170,000. When I bought the car it came with two gauge clusters, the original was in the trunk and completely inop but indicated around 160,000 miles.

Any questions please feel free to ask!

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