[Mr_ArO]

After 3 years of e70 X5 ownership I decided to get something smaller and with manual transmission. At first I was looking for mazda mx5, gt86/brz or wrx imprezas. But found a very nice blue 230i on salvage auctions and decided to go for it.





So I started searching for cars with the same color accidentally found out that the previous owner is a 2addicts user (@beauderek) and has some tasty modifications done to the car.
Aside the seaside blue and oyster interior combo it has m performance brakes , suspension, steering and the previous owner installed m perf front bumper, alcantara shift knob, pre lci m sport steering wheel and cf lip with mirror caps.

After 2.5 months of waiting the car arrived in my country.




The battery was dead (got replaced eventually) so we jump started it and drove into the garage and started to disassemble the damaged components





Some of the damaged suspension arms



Took off the headlight and fixed bumper's shape



The headlight was badly damaged and was holded together by the rear modules and caps.





Ordered a replacement one and started to fix this one as a temporary solution.




By the end it came out so good the I started to regret buying the new headlight



Cleaned up the interior and installed f30 floor mats




First oil change and dmv registration