Brian's 1988 Bmw 535I E28

[AMGwheelwhore]

Not sure about the wheel choice but interested to see if they'll work

[Brian.]

You could also change the bulbs that are already in there to a higher watttage. There is a thread on mye28.com that specifically says what the max wattage you can run for each bulb is. I think the reverse light is the only one that can run a really high wattage because it's is not on constantly. I don't remember the actual wattage now. But I was planning on doing this mod and the one you have done once I started messing with my E28. Also might try those Cibie headlights before I do what others do and just throw in HID's which people frown upon.

E30/32/34 low beam projectors fit in E28's with minor minor modification.
Which, once I acquire some, I'll do a write up of how to convert to E30-34 projectors.


I used E28 reverse lights for the new part of myrunning lights. brighter/ works well.

[Raarasutra]

You da man, man

[los02]

So, previously I mentioned doing a tail light mod. This is what it looks like, and how I did it. (Stole this from my super non-updated build log on the Wibimmers website.

You could also change the bulbs that are already in there to a higher watttage. There is a thread on mye28.com that specifically says what the max wattage you can run for each bulb is. I think the reverse light is the only one that can run a really high wattage because it's is not on constantly. I don't remember the actual wattage now. But I was planning on doing this mod and the one you have done once I started messing with my E28. Also might try those Cibie headlights before I do what others do and just throw in HID's which people frown upon.

[Brian.]

this is not accurate information.

Which part were you referring to? You could have highlighted something.

for 1, no M535i's in the US, unless imported, two, no M88's in 535i's, or M5's. M535i's normally came with the M30, few had the M88. So please elaborate.

[T3rd Ferguson]

Nope, no sister.. Sorry! And yeah, my phone autocorrected to m535i, instead of 535IA. But oh well.

Also, there was no M88 in M535i's. Just M30B34/b35's pending on where you were. M88's were bastard childs. They were thrown in random vehicles. So maybe they could have been dropped in select M535i's. But not for the US. And I'm too much of a bitch to import something like that..

this is not accurate information.

[Brian.]

@milano_red : I deliver.

[Brian.]

If not saleen rep's. I want another fat 5 spoke design with a lip. I love the look of fat five rims on my E28. It pulls it off really well. And it's a different look considering alot of people are running mesh style rims

[Brian.]

In for more pics of your girlfriend haha

But seriously, the car is sweet, what wheels are you planning on?

I'll uploaded another tomorrow

And these:


Saleen replica wheels 17x10

[milano_red]

In for more pics of your girlfriend haha

But seriously, the car is sweet, what wheels are you planning on?

[Brian.]

So, previously I mentioned doing a tail light mod. This is what it looks like, and how I did it. (Stole this from my super non-updated build log on the Wibimmers website.

So, if you've ever seen Chris or me driving at night from the back, our cars aren't easily seen. The running lights in the rear, aren't very bright, or a very big lit up area. So I took action. And did a little tail light mod that was actually pretty simple.

This is what most E28's look like from the back at night (not my photo, mye28.com):


And this is what mine look like:


These are significantly brighter, and more of a light up area.

This is what I did to help the situation. (hope you like my mad awesome paint skills.



Any questions, comments, concerns. Feel free to lemme know!

Later down the road, I've got some expensive LED lights I wanna throw in there, so it can aid in the brightness/being seen further away.

[Brian.]

Front valence mounted! Took a little fender pulling (Alot actually) to get it to mount up correctly. But I will say, I'm pleased as to how it turned out. Just needs to be painted, and have the under valence modified+ mount them together for extra support, anyways. PICTURES!


Shitty gas station shot in the ghetto. You can see how the under valence shows through, all goofy like.


This thing needs to be color matched....

[Brian.]

Also, I did an E28 taillight mod, because the factory running lights on these are about the size of a playing card and not very bright. I decided to make it bigger, and alot brighter.

Pics will come later tonight when it's actually dark out!

[Brian.]

it seems everyone loves it. I don't know how I feel about it just yet.. I guess time will tell!

[BrandonMcKiernan]

really like the valence. a little cuttin willget her all nice and in