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.
2003 330i ZHP; Imola/Alcantara 6 speed, 2002 330xi ZSP; Blue gray/Black 5 speed