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Well, I posted it in the showroom when I first picked it up and many said to put it in the builds. This brings us here. I'll keep Things in a timed order, but every time I update it this first pic here will be how I got it, 2nd will always be the most current.
Now on to the car. 1991 BMW 535i (E34) 5-speed. KashirBeige Metallic, Parchment interior. Picked it up with 230k miles on it Septeber of 2011 as a daily, and most likely will continue to stay that way. Plans are: Wheels/tires (already have Style 5's), Little more low when time for new shocks/struts, Other little bits and pieces.
How it Came:
Current Status:
Got the car fairly clean, but still had to do my own detailing. Took the car on a fun run with some friends through northern Michigan. Thanks to the VERY sticky tires on the ugly wheels, I had no problems holding with Subarus, a built EVO and SRT4 in the backroads.
The dash and center were a mess of an aux cable and USB jack. So annoying, had to take care of that. USB and charger plug (from back of radio) ran to glovebox, Aux cable is now under center console:
$16 Supersteal on Yakima roofrack: (was later sold in lieu of free Thule)
November 29, 2011. Bad rain storms cause people to forget how to drive, and apparently strap things down. Got cut off on I94 and forced into a box spring mattress abandoned on the road (This is Detroit, after all) that I could not swerve around quick enough:
New bumper acquired, will be painted and put on come nicer weather. Still gotta find a driver's side fog lamp.
Sometime January '12, Aforementioned free Thule rack bars added:
January 14, 2012: Here's where things kindasorta start to get good. Finally. Got a wild hair up my ass one day in class and found a set of 5 BBS RC090's (Style 5's) for only $550. Now, I've never been a fan of these as nice as they are, just sooooo many of them. I go to check them out and drove away with all 5 for $450
Same day, just after getting the wheels home I decide I needed to do something about my boring roof bars. Picked up a few 2x3's, and some stain
6-pack of high life and a bag of fritos later I had this:
2 Days later I shred a belt and had a new found appreciation for my hood. As an umbrella holder:
How nice of you, giant dead bush, to roll in front of me at 90 mph..... jerk
Im not sure if this counts as a 'mod' but I did make myself a cupholder
:
It didn't deploy, just every time I turned the wheel the horn started going off. (In need of a new wheel... hint hint pm?)
Started to take apart BBS's to refinish them
and one wont come apart, I'll have to make a solution for that, but here's one pulled apart:
More and detailed ones will come when I update for the refinishing. Some time soon the wood bits will be on the rack, as well.
Thanks for looking.
Now on to the car. 1991 BMW 535i (E34) 5-speed. KashirBeige Metallic, Parchment interior. Picked it up with 230k miles on it Septeber of 2011 as a daily, and most likely will continue to stay that way. Plans are: Wheels/tires (already have Style 5's), Little more low when time for new shocks/struts, Other little bits and pieces.
How it Came:
Current Status:
Got the car fairly clean, but still had to do my own detailing. Took the car on a fun run with some friends through northern Michigan. Thanks to the VERY sticky tires on the ugly wheels, I had no problems holding with Subarus, a built EVO and SRT4 in the backroads.
The dash and center were a mess of an aux cable and USB jack. So annoying, had to take care of that. USB and charger plug (from back of radio) ran to glovebox, Aux cable is now under center console:
$16 Supersteal on Yakima roofrack: (was later sold in lieu of free Thule)
November 29, 2011. Bad rain storms cause people to forget how to drive, and apparently strap things down. Got cut off on I94 and forced into a box spring mattress abandoned on the road (This is Detroit, after all) that I could not swerve around quick enough:
New bumper acquired, will be painted and put on come nicer weather. Still gotta find a driver's side fog lamp.
Sometime January '12, Aforementioned free Thule rack bars added:
January 14, 2012: Here's where things kindasorta start to get good. Finally. Got a wild hair up my ass one day in class and found a set of 5 BBS RC090's (Style 5's) for only $550. Now, I've never been a fan of these as nice as they are, just sooooo many of them. I go to check them out and drove away with all 5 for $450
Same day, just after getting the wheels home I decide I needed to do something about my boring roof bars. Picked up a few 2x3's, and some stain
6-pack of high life and a bag of fritos later I had this:
2 Days later I shred a belt and had a new found appreciation for my hood. As an umbrella holder:
How nice of you, giant dead bush, to roll in front of me at 90 mph..... jerk
Im not sure if this counts as a 'mod' but I did make myself a cupholder
:It didn't deploy, just every time I turned the wheel the horn started going off. (In need of a new wheel... hint hint pm?)
Started to take apart BBS's to refinish them
and one wont come apart, I'll have to make a solution for that, but here's one pulled apart:More and detailed ones will come when I update for the refinishing. Some time soon the wood bits will be on the rack, as well.
Thanks for looking.
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