Official-look-what-i-found-thread (craigslist, other-forums, etc)

[SteelBlue]

ChrisO said:

I'm keeping my eye on this thing incase it sits and drops to like $2500

I'm fantasizing about convertibles rn help

I emailed the guy to see if it's crunchy underneath

E36 very would be a great summer cruiser.

M3 bumper, coils, and some wheels and it would be awesome.

[ChrisO]

SteelBlue said:

E36 very would be a great summer cruiser.

M3 bumper, coils, and some wheels and it would be awesome.

I figured I wouldn’t even touch it, just rock it as is cuz individual. It’s so bizarre to see a e36 with non-M stuff in Dakar haha

[Bassboy3313]

Jdesign said:

@Bassboy3313 Check out those taillights, the guy said $350 with matching corner lights. I just asked as they are not Startecs but custom units from Europe. They would be pretty awesome on your car.

I picked up a set of doors and more from that guy in the past. I thought he was pretty nice and had a wicked bmw collection. Those taillights are amazing, but definitely more money than I have to spend right now unfortunately.

[Rekpoint]

ChrisO said:

I figured I wouldn’t even touch it, just rock it as is cuz individual. It’s so bizarre to see a e36 with non-M stuff in Dakar haha

Can't have a non M bumper without a racing Dynamics from lip..

[Jdesign]

Bassboy3313 said:

I picked up a set of doors and more from that guy in the past. I thought he was pretty nice and had a wicked bmw collection. Those taillights are amazing, but definitely more money than I have to spend right now unfortunately. 

Sell something replacble and go get them. I spent a good 20 mins looking for pictures of tails on E21's and could find a single image. I bet you could fetch more than $350 for the set if E30 startecs are selling for $500 all day long. 

ChrisO said:

I figured I wouldn’t even touch it, just rock it as is cuz individual. It’s so bizarre to see a e36 with non-M stuff in Dakar haha

Either way its a super cool car. Just keep low balling him.

[HipMF]

Jdesign said:

Sell something replacble and go get them. I spent a good 20 mins looking for pictures of tails on E21's and could find a single image. I bet you could fetch more than $350 for the set if E30 startecs are selling for $500 all day long.

E21s are not nearly as popular as e30s. Aside from a few hip and trending stance people, the majority of e21 owners are either old and cheap as ****, or people who wanted a 2002, but couldn't afford one and bought an e21 instead. Very few people out there throwing money at this chassis. I think if you tried to get $350 for those tails, you'd be sitting on them for years...

[Bassboy3313]

HipMF said:

E21s are not nearly as popular as e30s. Aside from a few hip and trending stance people, the majority of e21 owners are either old and cheap as ****, or people who wanted a 2002, but couldn't afford one and bought an e21 instead. Very few people out there throwing money at this chassis. I think if you tried to get $350 for those tails, you'd be sitting on them for years...

This! The only way you make good money on e21 parts is selling them to a 2k2 owner that is looking to "upgrade". Like the e21 LSD i sold that some 2k2 guy paid $750 for. E21 owners wouldn't pay anywhere above $300 for it.

[straight6pwr]

Boris3 said:

Is this the same Homer Glen seller that folks have had issues with in the past or someone else? Granted a lot of people live in Homer Glen but if I remember correctly there have been some problems with e30s sold and experiences with parts listed for sale by the same seller not being accurately described. 

i believe it is him. if you show up for parts and this is what you see:

basically my experience was: ad = "great condition seats." reality = seats with broken piping, mouse nests, and broken frames. pretty par for the course for craigslist, but, after driving hours and $15 in tolls to get there I was less than thrilled. 

i also didnt like his holier-than-thou-i-am-the-god-of-e30s-attitude. when i questioned the condition he got all butt hurt. Mr. $750,000 house guy is a cheap ass. 

TL;DR = Homer glen mope has good parts, but beware the condition might not be what you expect.

[Boris3]

Wow, quite the house.

[Earl]

I know of probably 5 e21 people at a minimum who would pay a good chunk for this tail lights

[HipMF]

Earl said:

I know of probably 5 e21 people at a minimum who would pay a good chunk for this tail lights

That puts the second group then? (ie they don't have the money)

ad is still up...

[Earl]

I sent the link out to a few and will see if any of them are interested=)

[patsbimmer1]

Jdesign said:

BMW Interior!

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/1971-chevrolet-impala-468-bbc/6757182231.html

Yes!  So much yes!  I need a donk in my life.

[ChrisO]

Someone on here owned this? Guy said the alternator went on it and it’s stuck in a gas station parking lot, he claims he has no money or a drivers license and tomorrow the gas station is gonna have it impounded. Sounds like he’ll take $2k... jk

[wasnt m3]

Yeah, that was Dominic's car, the one that had the opossum living in the engine bay.

[ChrisO]

Rust free ti shell. Needs a door and some body work but $600-700 seems like a decent enough deal to not have the burden of rust holes everywhere

[Jdesign]

straight6pwr said:

basically my experience was: ad = "great condition seats." reality = seats with broken piping, mouse nests, and broken frames. pretty par for the course for craigslist, but, after driving hours and $15 in tolls to get there I was less than thrilled. 

i also didnt like his holier-than-thou-i-am-the-god-of-e30s-attitude. when i questioned the condition he got all butt hurt. Mr. $750,000 house guy is a cheap ass. 

TL;DR = Homer glen mope has good parts, but beware the condition might not be what you expect. 

Yeah. This is true for 90% of ANYTHING on Craigslist in Illinoying. I have bought maybe 2 cars from here and misc parts. I can only say 1 time there was no surprises. I have looked at so many cars there that werent 1/4th of what they were advertised as. Now I ask 1923854719327845 questions and ask for 92354782364578 pictures before I go down there.

[Jdesign]

Someone is selling a killer Momster truck cheap!!

https://madison.craigslist.org/cto/d/1996-dodge-caravan-monster/6745088438.html

[Jdesign]

335i with a ton of miles and some mods $5k

https://madison.craigslist.org/cto/d/07-335i/6759828549.html

AND look at this super clean E23

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/1984-bmw-733i-sedan-7-series/6740833311.html

1987 bmw 528e "dinan"  (I dont see any Dinan parts?)

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/1987-bmw-528e-e28/6759414390.html

[Earl]

ChrisO said:

Rust free ti shell. Needs a door and some body work but $600-700 seems like a decent enough deal to not have the burden of rust holes everywhere

If it was a bunch cheaper I'd consider reshelling the drift car