e34 530i (94) - Opinions Please

[E34 530]

here ya go...

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...d.php?t=523866[/

[SharkmanBMW]

sell yours and buy one in good body condition... you are looking for serious headaches by what you are proposing!

[chris_e34]

Hey guys here are some more detailed pictures of the damage, i have a donor e34 that can be used if need be, so keep that in mind. Do you guys still think the frame is trashed? in terms of the car being off balance and what not... is this worth buying for 1500? (the engine bay is cleeeaaannn) anyway, thanks
www.malcontentpunk.com/re530i.zip

[Rob]

Looks like the frame is trashed. However I would take the car and use all the other parts off it that are good for your car. Unless you can fix your car up for less then $1500?

[ILoveMPower]

Don't waste your money on that car, I can almost guarentee there's frame damage, and just because they spent some time cleaning the engine bay doesn't mean a thing.

I was already going to tell you not to go for this one, but after reading the thread about bimmer classics, STAY AWAY!

[fkong777]

I suggest you pickup a Clean sample of 525 and chip it. V8 make the car feel much heavier without that much more HP gain on the 530. Also a lot more maintence issue with V8.

The amount of work and time involved to get this car back in order will probably exceed the price of a good sample of E34 530.

something to think about . The body work will cost at lease 2000-3000 to fix at a bodyshop. Most likely this will be a salvaged title so your resale value will go down the draing 2000 or so.

That about $4000 -$5000!!! of Negetive equity on the car.. You have to Add this cost to the purchase price of the car. So it is about $7000 cost more or less.

So if you can find a clean 95 530 or 95 525 for about $7000 you will be ahead already because you can drive it right on Day one. No need to drop car off to repairs shops, down time, Problem finding Comp / Coll insurance.