CA San Diego CL: BMW 318ti M Sport with S50 swap - $9500 (Carlsbad)

[30yrMbr]

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/cto/3821011882.html

Rare 318ti M Sport, with E36 M3 mirrors, body work, awesome Porsche Silver paint, all black leather interior in great shape with new front leather seats.

Really fast, but 25 mpg too. Lightest of the E36 cars and impossible to fide an M Sport, I looked for 2 years. New CD changer, excellent dash, no rips at all, shows new. New rug, nice headliner, perfect leather seats, very nice.
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I have no connection with that offer.

[1996 328ti]

I wonder how much without the decals?
Nothing about brakes, suspension, diff?

Impossible to find an M Sport? Rare?
No year, no mileage, nothing except it's an S50.

As much as I'd love to have another swapped ti, I'd buy a well sorted M3 for that money.

[Coyoteh]

Not even a sport model, unless he for some reason swapped a non-sport rear bumper, side molding, and rear seats haha.

[1996 328ti]

Looks like a 1998 since it has rear headrests, unless like you said, he swapped out the rear seats.

I wonder why an S50 with an OBD I conversion?
Would that even pass inspection in CA?

[Coyoteh]

If it's a '98, it would not pass CA inspection as all engine swaps must be the same model year or newer. However now that I look closer, it could be a '95 or '96 due to the side markers, unless the fenders were swapped. What a confusing car!

[chrisbec]

The 2nd pic doesn't match the 6th one, the engine bay arrangement looks totally different... Is that first one a FI set up with a BOV and an oil catch can? Which set up is current ?

[1996 328ti]

Originally Posted by Coyoteh

If it's a '98, it would not pass CA inspection as all engine swaps must be the same model year or newer. However now that I look closer, it could be a '95 or '96 due to the side markers, unless the fenders were swapped. What a confusing car!

Which would mean the rear seats were swapped.
Rear headrests are only 1998 and 1999.