my fluffy 86' 535i build

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so i broke down the headlights to refinishing the buckets and clean up any connectors and covers. only managed to break 2 of the small cup grommets that hold the headlight to adjustor. after sandblasting of the buckets and some self etching primer, i hit it with some fresh black

started to polish up the chrome headlight rings as they were black and had over spray as well, came out looking new. old on left and polish on right




overspray and rust, a no go in my book.


headlight mess


primer


paint


i wonder what goes on those motor shafts and in between the stoppers on the chrome rings

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yep. same specs. 17x8.5 et13

[JE BMW]

Damn.. these are even better. 17s too huh?

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they are bbs rz412's 17x8.5et13. i have some acs type 1 rennsports that may go on but who knows

these are the acs type 1's that i did

3 were bent pretty bad



original 2.5 that were mirror polished and battleship grey barrels



some late late nights in the paint both

[JE BMW]

what rims are those. this is gonna look good.

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thanks wyatt! your e28 was great and super jealous of the lift cause as you see, iam working in the grass

[Wyatt Lay]

Well, this is going perfectly.

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haha, i am, my money comes in waves from selling parts and freelance design jigs. iam not buying any more parts for awhile for this car

[evoDRichie]

broke collage ass? my ass ahah nice work!

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so alot of work has been going into the e28 lately. its been crazy hot and humid, but the overcast has let me do some work

after 4 weeks of waiting for back ordered caliper parts, i finally got them and was able to finish putting calipers together



i also picked up some early large white base e36 window switches to the retrofit.

and it already looking alot better


new emblems

old rear emblem to be replaced

old front emblem

years of dirt


i know i havent washed the car in awhile so its weird hows the caulkyness comes up on alpineweiss for the older car,as i seen other 80's bmw do same thing

starting to install the zender wing. as you can see, very precise stuff here

holes drilled and just mocked on for now. some other work to be done before its 100% attached


so since rear brakes were done, i was able to put the rears together, me being only 5'8, my arms had trouble reaching into the rear shock mount areas in the trunk. but the rear has new rotors, pads, rebuilt calipers, stainless steel lines, coilovers, rear sway bar links and a couple of other bushings and small odds and ends


i think this thing is done for


got this in the mail from guten, brackets for front euro bumper, i could have made these, but i dont have to much time on my hands lately, so save it where i can



nice shinny chrome euro bumpers


removed old rear bumper, lower rear valence is gonna get shaved of brackets, striped of the old texture paint stuff, holes welded and re-painted before its all done

euro rear bumper mocked up, compliments the zender wing nicely i think. need to go to hardware store for some 1/4 longer lag screws for the sides and i gonna fab up a quick bracket to place on the inside of the truck where euro bumper bolts come through the sheetmetal

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well shit, i found out the mtech 1 wheel i got is a course splined and my car is fine. so the mtech 2 wheel is staying

but i got back another shift knob for the fluffy. i think its a orginal bmw woodgrain shift knob from the 80's as i pulled it from a woodgrain packaged e30. i had gave it to a friend before i got the e28 but then i wanted it back so traded another knob to him. its pretty darn heavy. anyone seen one before



picked up some nice infinity panel speakers for the fronts since they can fit into the stock location and look 100% stock under panels



and here are the pics of the spoiler. very clean, no rust, the rubber is in excellent shape

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im so glad u got the new wheel lol

which one, mtech 1 or 2? cause there both awesome!

[LeManta]

im so glad u got the new wheel lol

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some bad photos cause i snapped them real quick but here they are

the gems of today. e24 memory sport seats




good leather mtech 1 wheel


e24/28 hartge style strut bar, maybe its hartge and lost its badge, i cant find anyone who makes a similar one. not even knocks offs on ebay

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thanks man, i love your car, looked at your bimmerforums picture post alot recently because it makes me want to make my acs type 1's bigger now they are 2.5 lips are ready and 6in barrels