BMW 525i Battle-Axe

[ccbyrd007]

Greetings from Houston TX

Just thought show my 93 BMW I picked up for $300.00 not running.













Got it to the house to see what was all wrong with it..











Got it running but would not go into gear... found out it was the clutch and and throw-out bearing..

So I started to get to the trans..



















couldn't get that damn clip loose..





picked up some new shocks on ebay..



bolts where a pain in the ass to get to...







got them all!!!





new carrier bearing!!

[ccbyrd007]

Got the trans out!! throw out bearing exploded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





new carrier bearing installed



checking all of the vacuum lines and hoses





jacked up!!!









New Parts!!!



and tools!!



cleaned up the trans..

[ccbyrd007]

new clutch slave cylinder and it was a bitch to bleed!!





got the radio to work too!!!



fixed the windows!!

[ccbyrd007]

started on the jacked up suspension parts..


















fixed the rotted wiring on the headlights...





got him painted...









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He is rolling and painted!!!!!





now comes the hard part.. how to bring her down...

[ccbyrd007]

wheel choices.....

would these look good on the car??



how about these??



looking at these to bring my battle-axe down...



anyone have any experience with BC RACING FULL COILOVERS??

[Majend]

i'm surprised i don't see more of these on here because i think they look so damn good

[ccbyrd007]

Thanks! I am really enjoying this car love the styling...

[jeremy242]

sweet deal on the car for only have some basic maintanence parts to have to change out. Paint looks good, i have a schwartz 2 e34 525it that needs to be repainted.

[Spados.]

lovely e34, looks brand new! a mate of mine has a 525i e34 running on e70 X5 wheels with stretched tyres. pretty tight fit but it looks boss. no pics sorry.

keep up the good work.

[laBeef]

Good work brother. Way to bring it back to life, but it must have been a bit pricey.

[ImAwesome]

wow, thats was a lot of work

[e39hamann]

Nice work! Reminds me of the black e34 me and my dad are working on bringing back to life.

[ccbyrd007]

Good work brother. Way to bring it back to life, but it must have been a bit pricey.

Actually I have only spent about 1700.00. That is including the price of the car, TTL, parts, tools, and paint. I have been ebaying everything. I think the coil-overs and wheels are going to cost me more than the car and parts. LOL!!! I love the way my battle-axe runs! this is my first BMW and I think I am hooked. I'm thinking about selling my MR2 Spyder to get another BMW.

[ccbyrd007]

While I'm getting the money ready for the coil-overs and rims, I thought I'd take care of some of the little things.

got my new shift boot in...



replaced the glovebox latch.....



fixed the gas door latch, and I'm in the process of trying to fix this damn seat twist on both my seats. did some research and I think I can fix them pretty easily.

pulled the strut off to look at the springs.... tempted to cut them...

[Zack Bennett]

okay, just came across this build, and its tits, good shit