Brian's 1988 Bmw 535I E28

[brsteinbach]

Fender is looking good! It's gotta be from the Wi salty winter! lol

[Brian.]

GAY! What's broke? Btw, you said paint booth!? My car is primered...

Not sure. Something driveline/suspension related in the rear.

You realize you'd need to strip your car to bare metal, get that primer off, and reprime your car, because primer holds water like a motherfucker...

Fender is looking good! It's gotta be from the Wi salty winter! lol

I hardly drove this with the fender like that.. haha

[brsteinbach]

Not sure. Something driveline/suspension related in the rear.

You realize you'd need to strip your car to bare metal, get that primer off, and reprime your car, because primer holds water like a motherfucker...

I hardly drove this with the fender like that.. haha

That sucks about the broken shit.

Yeah I know it does, every time it rains my car is dry 5 minutes later hahaha!

I guess just the residue and snow must have rusted it.

[paddy_hanley]

Hey man, sick car. But you should either put your bumper back on or take off the lip.

[Brian.]

Hey man, sick car. But you should either put your bumper back on or take off the lip.

I don't have a lip? Nor do I have a bumper. I sold that ugly shit months ago.

I have an Air dam.. So? Sup.

[Brian.]

So, got a chance to jack the E28 up, take a sneak peak of what was going on under neath it. Found out my wheel bearing is destroyed. With the car jacked up. I spun the right rear wheel, and it sounded like there was sand inside it. So, I have to get that replaced sometime soon. And probably my dogbone links. because those look bad too. AWESOME!

[fpsthomas]

Could be worse, right?

[Brian.]

Could be worse, right?

Uhm. No, I live on a pretty restrictive budget, and this is gunna eat up my entire tax return. So this is pretty bad. Down my only vehicle, and I drive 100+ miles every weekend for the army.

[fpsthomas]

Well i dont know what wheel bearings cost where you live. Those dog links can wait a little while i guess.

[Brian.]

Well i dont know what wheel bearings cost where you live. Those dog links can wait a little while i guess.

The wheel bearing setup is only $100, but the cost to replace it is gunna be a bit I think.. I called the BMW dealership in Madison here, they said they've never worked on anything this old? It's only an 1988...

[fpsthomas]

No stealers can only read what the computer says. For e28 "computer says no".
You need to find a local garage with a hub puller. A special peace of kit in witch most garages won't invest on. But with it that tool it will only cost you like 2 hours in labour.

[Brian.]

No stealers can only read what the computer says. For e28 "computer says no".
You need to find a local garage with a hub puller. A special peace of kit in witch most garages won't invest on. But with it that tool it will only cost you like 2 hours in labour.

Shouldn't even take 2 hours with the right tool. It's honestly an easy job. theres a total of like 10 bolts, and a hub pull, then reverse. I've got a european shop here in the city that works on vintage euro's hoping they can help.


The dealership says they haven't worked on cars this old, yet they've had numerous 2002's in their shop.... So who knows.

[Brian.]

Slowly making headway on this wheel bearing/driveline issue. It might be a simple fix, or a wheel bearing replacement. We (guten parts service / Levent) are still sort of unsure as to what it is. An with the current weather weirdness It makes it hard to work on it. Hopefully I'll get this girl back on the road soon.

[Brian.]

status update on this damn car. New rear diff is in order. With this awesome Wisconsin weather, and the diff being destroyed in my driveway, 70 miles away from my shop.

So I get to drop the diff in my driveway. Yesterday, I got the passengers side off, next time it's warm, I'll go out and do the drivers side and drop it. putting in the same gear ratio diff, but welded. Because I'm too broke to drop cash on a LSD diff.


Sorry no pictures... =\ Though I copped a new camera. And it does some gorgeous shots. so stay tuned!

[Brian.]

Rear diff is still hanging in my E28, BUT. I did acquire my 2nd 3.25G/r rear diff, it's been drained, brake kleened, inside and out. Welded, for mad jdm euro slut drifting, or just to cause a ruckus. Wire wheeled the diff housing, time to paint it. Then drop the old broken diff, and install this one. Too bad wisconsin just got slammered with a snow storm. looking at a foot of snow

I also sold my Hartge front air dam. And found a use for an old street sign, gunna use it as a skid plate. Don't worry, reinforcements will be made