Today, I bought this 2006 BMW 330i Sport 6 Speed. As you can see by the photos it was involved in a front end accident. The car has 47k miles and retains a CLEAN title. I feel I got a great deal on this car I paid before tax $7,500.00. So if anyone wants me to I will post updates on the rebuild of this car. But be aware the process make take a little longer because I am mainly focusing on my Ferrari F355 replica build right now.







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[This message has been edited by DeLorean00 (edited 09-09-2008).]

1) How did you get it?

2) Can you get me one?

I want to get one of these wrecked cars to rebuild and save some cash on... but all the auction houses require you to be an auto-related business.

quote Originally posted by ryan.hess: 1) How did you get it? 2) Can you get me one? I want to get one of these wrecked cars to rebuild and save some cash on... but all the auction houses require you to be an auto-related business.

I work with a car dealer so I have some connections. But yes I can help you get one. I will PM you.

A lot of salvage yards will sell whole cars too. I almost bought an intrepid kind of like that beemer.

Well, I had it towed home last night and spent some time working on it. I also worked on it early this morning before I went to work. I was able to clean up the car and do a complete tear down. Now I know all the damage and as expected there is some more then I was hoping. But all in all it seemed pretty good. I had it towed to a body shop to do the frame work and then it will come home to be put back together and then painted.

Carnage


Torn down.

All in all, that is a GOOD looking car
Good luck with it and I hope you have it back on the road soon!

Looks like a nice car, did the bags do much damage to the interior when they blew?

wow dejavu.... My friend that I do wreck repairs with got a 330i that looks JUST like that...

It is a 04 with 82k miles, fenders are nearly perfect, so bacially there is very litttle major frame damage.. just the front rails. he paid 5300+shipping, I think it was like 6100 to his door.

should be nice when it is all done.
The only downside is you will need to take it to a BMW shop to get all the modules reset and the adaptations done. bring all the keys with you when you go. The car won't run correctly if you don't get the resetting done. If you need any technical help, pm me. I see these cars everyday.
Dave

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1987 GT (my toy-see above), 1987 GT (daily driver), 1986 SE with a VW VR6, certified master technician/shop owner
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quote Originally posted by darkhorizon: My guess is none, the airbag (only one) blew in my friends car, with no real damage to anything but the airbag cover.

Well the steering wheel bag deloyed, the passenger side did not. Also the curtain air bags also deloyed, this did not do any real damage but they will need replaced.

quote Originally posted by Fierostarvin: Looks like a nice car, did the bags do much damage to the interior when they blew?

Just to the driver. LOL

Jim

Well, I better conclude the thread. I sold the BMW to a local BMW dismantler and made a nice little profit. I could not say no to making money for very little work, so off it went. Too bad though it was a really nice car.

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