BMW 525i Battle-Axe

[Vermilion]

I really respect how you've repaired this car properly, putting in the work to restore it to its original quality. I'm looking forward to how it turns out, don't ruin it!

[ccbyrd007]

I really respect how you've repaired this car properly, putting in the work to restore it to its original quality. I'm looking forward to how it turns out, don't ruin it!

Thanks!! I am really trying to bring my baby back to life.

[B Rod]

This is really cool. How much have you put in at this point? If you dont mind sharing of course.

[ccbyrd007]

This is really cool. How much have you put in at this point? If you dont mind sharing of course.

I am about 1950.00 into it...

300.00 for the car
500.00 for the paint
bodywork free
labor free
parts 800.00
additional tools 200.00
tax title and license 150.00 LOL!!

I have been living on Ebay and Autohaus to source my parts... also there are tons of salvage yard here in Houston..

This is the first BMW that I have owned... I am amazed on how simple they are to work on.. The engineering stack-up on most of the parts are designed to be replaced fairly easily. I love the smoothness of the ride and these M50 engines are awesome!!! great torque curve and with the manual trans, They really can get going!!!

I really want to completely build this car out for under 3 grand... that is including the Wheels and tires once I find some that fit my style and budget...

[B Rod]

Talk about doing it right. I love autohaus!

[ccbyrd007]

Talk about doing it right. I love autohaus!

Autohaus has saved me soooo much money on this rebuild. and they get the parts to me within about 4 days

[ccbyrd007]

I was bored this weekend so I picked up some new strut inserts and top mounts and ..







could not help myself...





just curious to see what it would look like... it actually rides much better this way... still getting the coilover configuration down.. will build my own very soon....

[ccbyrd007]

The strut setup did not look that bad after I cut them...

[Hotsauce]

You sir, must be a wizard. I used to have a 91 535i and it was probably the best car I ever owned.

[ccbyrd007]

got the battle axe on the rack and had the hangers for the exhaust all replaced.. had a sqeaking noise that was driving me nuts....



while it was up there, I got a good look at what all I need to address down under...

looks like I need to replace upper control arms

[E28stoff]

nice work. just get a cheap coilover conversion kit from ebay which comes with the top plate and threaded adjuster. you can buy better springs from swift after. you can either reuse your spring mounts on top of the coil spring plate, or get camber plates.

this is what im doing with my e28, i found a cheap sleeve set with the same ID as the OD of my strut housing. im looking forward to seeing how itll work with my g60 shocks

nice work on the build, great looking e34

[ccbyrd007]

this is what im doing with my e28, i found a cheap sleeve set with the same ID as the OD of my strut housing. im looking forward to seeing how itll work with my g60 shocks

nice work on the build, great looking e34

Thanks man!!

[DannyE32]

wheel choices.....

would these look good on the car??




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



anyone have any experience with BC RACING FULL COILOVERS??

like this:



and I would recommend KIDO coilovers, they are better built then NEX and have camber plates up in front.

[uvebeenrobd]

WOW...great work...I'll keep an eye on this.

[ccbyrd007]

like this:



and I would recommend KIDO coilovers, they are better built then NEX and have camber plates up in front.

Yess!!!!!!!! looks awesome!!!!