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Sat Oct 06, 2018 11:19 am
Hello Z32 bros,
I commute 110 miles round trip 3-4 days/week. I’ve been doing it in my 93 MB 500E; amazing car that I love and will never sell, but highly inefficient as a commuter. I’ve been putting ~25k miles/year on it at ~17mpg max.
I’ve always loved the Z32, owned a TT briefly years ago and I’ve wanted to get in to another ever since. A few months ago I started tossing around the idea of finding a slicktop to use a commuter. Finally found the right deal on my preferred color (white) early this week, and the car is on a truck headed my way. I will post some pics when it arrives, the seller’s pics were not very good.
The seller daily drove the car for 18 years. It’s got a pretty good dent on the right front fender, but otherwise the body is very clean and the original paint is in good shape in general with no clear coat failure apparent. Seller had sheepskin seat covers the whole time she owned the car so the seats are excellent, interior in general is above average.
My plan is to clean it up, maybe do some brake and suspension upgrades and just drive it. It’s going in for body/paint first, new fender and oem bumper cover then I’ll have some light paint correction done and apply some kind of protective coating. I’d like to replace the headlights but not sure I want to spend $900 on new oem lights; not a fan of polishing out the lenses as it never lasts long, but I may just do that for now. Interested in upgrading the headlights but haven’t read up on what’s available for the Z32 yet.
I will probably replace the carpets as well, just because it’s relatively cheap/easy, and do a very thorough interior detail.
Not sure what I’m going to do about brakes/suspension/wheels/tires yet. This is going to be a commuter, I’d like a reasonably comfortable ride but at the same time I’d like to tighten the car up a little. I’d like to upgrade the brakes but still reading up on options. I like the idea of KW v3’s but not sure I wanna spend the money yet. At the very least I will refresh all the oem parts...rotors/pads and suspension/subframe bushings all around. The car has chrome oem wheels now - I will likely replace with non-chrome stickers for now, unless I decide on a brake upgrade that requires 17s. Any advice in this area is highly appreciated.
Thanks for reading, and TIA for any advice you may offer...I will update with pics within the next few days.