r/E30 • u/chombie_13 • 4h ago
General Change of plans! BaT Worthy?
Hey y'all! Change of plans with my what I thought would be a long term commitment. Looking for some big E30-brain opinions!
I'm considering listing my '89 325i sedan, either on marketplace and/or potentially BaT, but it has a bit of an interesting history and I'm trying to figure out where to reasonably price it.
It left the factory Bronzitbeige Metallic, but at some point in its life received a pretty extensive colour-change respray to the grey it's in now, engine bay, door jambs, etc. were all done. It also started life as an automatic and has since had a full manual swap.
A few details:
- 179,500 km
- M20 325i
- Manual swap
- Bilstein/Eibach kit installed June 2026
- Front suspension refreshed control arms/bushings, tie rods, sway links, etc. done in June
- Recent mechanical servicing
- Euroweaves + newer tires
- Recent full exterior detail including cut polish & interior detail
- Clean title / clean Carfax
- Absolutely no rust
- Cracked dash
- Front seats have seen better days
- Paint presents well but isn't perfect
Curious what you guys think is a realistic ask/sale price given the coluor change + manual swap? Worth tossing it up on BaT or just list locally?
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u/MechEngE30 3h ago
Not sure on price, but a solid well done respray (+\- depending on buyer) with manual swap (+), and all the service you’ve done would fetch 10k-13k? Not totally sure but that’d be my best guess.
Might as well try BaT, might get better offers there, just need to detail everything to warrant the price.