Olie's E32 with B11 running gear.

[NeilP]

Seriously excited for this.

[cus]

so much potential! this is gonna look pretty sweet with the wheels and coilovers!

[SomeLankyGuy]

Cleaned up, and a few bits to go on.








Tow bar off.





Stack oil pressure gauge.




KW Variant 1's, with BC camber plates







PLS Evolution 1's, 17x8.5/10J, ET 14/15 5x112, 15mm PCD adapters





Olie

[DutchStance]

Multispokes from a E39 Alpina may look good to?

[SomeLankyGuy]

Cheers man

Yeah, the wheels, I mean, I like them as wheels, but I just don't dig them on this.

I'll probably refurb them, (polished lips, anthracite centres) see if I change my mind, if not I'll keep them for a future E36 Touring project I have planned.

I thought futuras woere a good shout as they're quite clean cut, and I think they'll suit the straight, clean, lines of the 32 quite well! I'm up for suggestions though, my wheel knowledge is okay but nothing extraordinary!

Interesting yo usay that about air... I'd not really considered it, but as this car is going to be nothing but a pimp weekend cruiser, I guess it can't hurt haha

I'll look into air kits!

[IamParadox]

Awesome history! I'm in to see where this goes, and I agree with you about the wheels. Futuras would look great. If it were my car I'd skip coilovers and go for air, though.

[SomeLankyGuy]

Hi everybody

My name is Olie, thought I'd join up to hopefully meet a few new like minded people, get help and advice etc!

Anyway, my next project is one with huge sentimental value to me, as it is my old family car from when I was a young lad.

The car in question is an '88 BMW 730ise, but with a twist.



NCB Autokraf built this E32 into full Alpina B11 spec when it was about 4 years old, using all new parts bought direct from Alpina.

Once completed, they sold it to my old man, and he used it for the next decade or so. When the car got to 100k miles, he took it off the road and replaced it with something else.

Many cars have come and gone, but my Dad could never bring himself to part with the E32. It's sat on my Grandmothers drive for around a decade, being practically unused.

Anyway, my Dad was finally forced to accept he wasn't going to use the 32 again and sent it to the garage to be recomisioned, ready for sale.

I enquired about the car, as I didn't really want to see it sold either, at which point I was told "If you want it, have it!"

So there we are, that's a bit of history about the car! Sorry to bore you haha, but as you can probably tell, very important car to me this one!



Plans at the minute:

Mild restoration as time and money allow, I want this looking the way it did the first time I saw it (Condition wise)

Stance. Need the front going down quite a lot! Currently researching E34 coilovers, any input welcome!

Rims. I don't think the splits that are on it suit it very well to be honest, I'm currently thinking about OZ Futuras in 17x 9 and 10j flavour!




So there it is, sorry for the long first post!

Any input, comments, advice or whatever welcome

Olie