Zombie apocalypse e28

[Brocamdan828]

Why you no cut springs?

Because nex coilovers in a few weeks.

[Wyatt Lay]

Why you no cut springs?

[Brocamdan828]

So yesterday I sold my tired fomr the style 29's I previously had on the car to my friend for $150 and a set of black door cards he had laying around in his barn. They were pretty rough and the arm rests had a good bit of mold on them, but they cleaned up pretty nice.






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Got them cleaned up this morning and i'm much happier with the interior, I need to find a black rear seat and paint some more tan interior bits.






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And of course the driver door is the only one with a door handle trim piece... I only had one tan one that was not cracked so I painted it black and threw it on.


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I also threw in one of the mk3 seats I'll be making mounts for to see what it will look like againt the black door cards now... I think I'll be happy...


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I still need to fix some of the sagging fabric on the doors but after that I'll really be happy with it!



Also I un-tucked my bumper for the thousandth time... But who reallly cares about that.



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[Brocamdan828]

That rust spot under the rear carpet is from the rear window seal going bad. It's a good idea to fix that before the rust.

I'm digging the idea with the seats though, in a solid black that'll look pretty rad.

Awesome... more money down the drain! But thanks a lot for the heads up! I'll be looking at that tomorrow then. I just got some black door cards that I need to clean up, so while I get them on, i'll look at the seals and such. Hopefully they will look even rader witht he black door cars once I get them in! Hopefully will have pics of that tomorrow.

[nickskater09]

That rust spot under the rear carpet is from the rear window seal going bad. It's a good idea to fix that before the rust.

I'm digging the idea with the seats though, in a solid black that'll look pretty rad.

[Brocamdan828]

So I decided to test fit the seats I picked up from the mk3 jetta... I took out the passenger seat and vacummed the floor and under the seat and got it all clean... Pointless because I just put in a seat I got from a junkyard 2 minutes later... The seat fits the the spot good, I just need to figure out how to mount the seat. What I was thinking of doing was taking the mounts and tracks off the bottom of my e28 seats and cutting off the legs of the mk3 seats and welding the e28 bottoms to the new seats. I may have to take off the plastic side tray on the mk3 seats though. That's fine with me though.




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I plan to re-upholster the rear seats with the same black that's on the mk3 seats. I'm not sure if I want to do the pattern on the center of the rear seats or not. If anyone has re-upholstered their rear seats in an e28, I would love some tips. I'm also going to re-wrap the door cards as well.



While I was cleaning the carpet, I pulled up the back a little bit to find a huge rusted hole under the carpet behind the passenger seat on the floor. Lucky me, more holes to fix...




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[Brocamdan828]

If it's a zombie apocalypse e28, where are the godamn machine guns?

I'll be getting a cool little toy soon...

[PastaBatman]

If it's a zombie apocalypse e28, where are the godamn machine guns?

[Brian.]

Thanks a lot man! I've seen your car on instagram, I like it!

Thanks, wait till I get the hartge bumper fixed, my rear bumper on, and new fender and door! And then respraying it Beige!

[Brocamdan828]

Car's coming along good man! Following you in instagrammy!

Thanks a lot man! I've seen your car on instagram, I like it!

[Brian.]

Car's coming along good man! Following you in instagrammy!

[Brocamdan828]

Went to the junkyard today to try to find an e34 rear bumper and headlights.

I ended up walking away with a set of e34 headlights and a spare low beam for $20


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Also a pair of mk3 jetta trek edition front seats. They are in awesome condition as well, just need a cleaning. Also, they were only $20! Going to see if I can make adapters for them or whatnot to make them fit. I thought about grabbing the rear and try to make it work but I figure that would be a much harder task. I knwo they aren't everyones cup of tea, but I love the old retro designs on these seats. I plan on finding a set of black e28 rear seats to swap out.


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I was upset I couldn't find an e34 rear bumper I could use, they were all smashed up and cracked. Hopefully next time though!

[Brocamdan828]

No cats or go home. It's honestly not much louder in my car. Haha

If I stick with my plans for once in my life and swap the engine I want into it, I want to do some sort of different exhaust. I was thinking a side exit, but I will run a muffler with it. I already figured out how I want it to run it. As long as I get the e34 bumper, going to a junkyard tomorrow for one.

[nickskater09]

No cats or go home. It's honestly not much louder in my car. Haha

[Brocamdan828]

exhaust video clip

So I got bored waiting to go to work this morning, took a little video clip of my exhaust. I'm running 2 2.5 inch straight pipes from the cat back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0gZSBz2kzI&feature=youtu.be