Maybe he meant $20k including price of car. I know who he bought it off of, I believe he paid around $10k.
I do not know the actual dollar value invested, but it was def. more than $5k.
I just sold my auto (w/ a bit less mileage) for $15k. I had replaced literally everything on that car though.
Cosmetics def. go a long way. If he had the bumpers resprayed and changed some of the interior trim he would have gotten $15k.
I wanted to see pictures of the subframe plates, if those aren’t welded correctly - you run into issues. I was interested in manual swapping it.
Current - 2005 330i ZHP - Black on Natural Brown, 2005 Volvo S60R - Passion Red, Looking for a Manual Imola Sedan