BMW M3 - Early Production Car #344

1988 BMW M3 Description

This is my 1988 (4/87 production, car #344) M3. I've owned the car for about the last 17 years. I purchased the car with ~112K miles. It is a Tennessee car. I love this car but I really never drive the car and it’s been spending most of it’s time in my garage. As we are going to be building a new house in the next year, it’s time for it to find a new loving home.

The car was originally sold by Rick Hill Imports in Kingsport, TN and has spent it’s life in East Tennessee from what I can tell.

Please see below for some of the upgrades that I have done to the car and please don’t hesitate to ask any questions. I will answer the best that I can. This car is not a ‘bubble car’ but it is in very good condition.

It does have all of the original body panels and the only “unfortunate incident” that the car has had while I have owned it involved a raccoon on the interstate which required the replacement of the front bumper cover. I purchased the EVO3 spoiler pre-finished and it doesn’t match great, but you can certainly have it painted to an exact match.

The rear quarter panels were painted about 10-12 years ago as there was some wear at the bottom of the pop-out windows that I had fixed before they became a rust issue.

I do have some spare parts and brand new rear wheel bearings and associated parts. It does not need them right now, but I was going to do them as preventative maintenance.

Updates/upgrades:

Evo2/3 front spoiler and lip and euro tow hook covers

“Motorsport door handles”

H1/H4 headlights

Clear turn bumper turn signals

Rear license plate filler insert

Evo intake

Evo cam gear

Conforti Chip

B&B triflow muffler

Evo hood seals

Evo M3 door sills

M3 logo’d mats including trunk mat

Front Racing Dynamics strut bar, rear Mason Engineering tower bar

Upgraded front sway bar, but original sway bar comes with it.

Powder coated cam cover

Samco hose kit (mostly installed, heater hoses still need to be done)

New OEM radiator

R134a conversion done

New rear subframe bushings –powerflex and OEM

x-drilled rotors F&R with SS brake lines, recent caliper rebuilds

E28 M5 wheels freshly powedercoated with new Sumitomo HTZr tires (16”) and factory wheels(15”)

Bilstein sport shocks and H&R springs

Updated shift knob and boot (one piece)

Odometer gears replaced and calibrated

Evo 2 steering wheel recently recovered with alcantara and ///M colored stiching.

Evo3 replica rear spoiler with carbon fiber adjustable flap. (factory wing included too)

E28M5 seat badges

Center console gauge kit w/VDO gauges

Evo bumper gasket (not yet installed)

Noah car cover

**Please don’t bid unless you are serious and have funding arranged**

Hagerty has the 1988 BMW M3 in "Good" condition at $55,800.

I've had a few questions about a compression test and I just performed one. The following is the result: