That White Girl. E34...535i/5 speed

[rmehrIV]

Car is coming along well and looks great!

[dirty_thirty]

love seeing attention given to e34s, also really jealous of that carphone!

Haha I couldn't believe it! The junk yard by me has like 5 e34s completely gutted but the first one I go to and look in there's a car phone just sitting on the center console still wired up. What are the odds

[fivefourzero]

love seeing attention given to e34s, also really jealous of that carphone!

[M540fella]

Nice work! I do love the type 2s on e34s, And thank you for painting the trim, these cars need that contrast.

[BrandonMcKiernan]

Thanks homie. I'm jealous of your car's lows. I told myself I didn't want to slam it and deal with all those headaches again but you're making me second guess that plan. I guess stay tuned to find out!

haha do it. its gonna be a headache down the road i can tell but for now i love it haha. you wont regret it.

[dirty_thirty]

yooo black trim for the win. looks wayyy better.

Thanks homie. I'm jealous of your car's lows. I told myself I didn't want to slam it and deal with all those headaches again but you're making me second guess that plan. I guess stay tuned to find out!

[electricalbox]

Looking good!

[BrandonMcKiernan]

yooo black trim for the win. looks wayyy better.

[dirty_thirty]

Nice start!

Quality stuff you got there man! Keep up the good work <3

Thanks guys I appreciate the love!

Everything I ***** about the car you changed lol. Not that it really matters what I think, Im much happier to see the trim black and lip gone! Looking good! The ACS wheels look great!

Yea I agree. It's weird because I love mtech kits on e30s but for this car I just wasn't into the white trim. That old license plate bracket was too boxy and I want a euro plate. And as for the lip it was also just too big and bulky. I have ideas on what I want to do with the front bumper I'm looking into.

[keith2]

Everything I ***** about the car you changed lol. Not that it really matters what I think, Im much happier to see the trim black and lip gone! Looking good! The ACS wheels look great!

[Priestine]

Quality stuff you got there man! Keep up the good work <3

[DinanDave]

Nice start!

[dirty_thirty]

Primed the chrome rings for the center grill and painted them black as well













I didn't like that BavAuto lip so I took it off and I'm planning to build my own down the road.





I really want all red Hella tails but I'm having trouble coming across a set in good shape so I wrapped the amber for now.



I got what I thought was a good deal on here for some BavAuto lowering springs so I thought why not. I still plan on running BC coils later but I figured this might be better for winter to keep salt and junk off the coilovers.



Front springs





Rear springs



Front needs to come down more but she's getting there.







Perks of being a tech at a dealership.





And I threw some white led plate bulbs in.




Well that's all I have so far. I just ordered a ton of stuff last night so more updates soon. Basically when the weather gets nice I get ambition and when it gets cold I hibernate haha
Future plans are a respray in the spring. The paint isnt bad but it shows its age, more random parts here and there and next summer when I can ride a bike to work I want to clean and respray the bay and do possibly a m50 turbo swap.

Thanks for looking and all questions and comments are welcome!

[dirty_thirty]

Hello hello. I've had my e34 for almost 3 months now so I figured I might as well throw up a build thread. It probably won't be much of a build til spring bc I can never find motivation in winter haha But here she is so far. I don't own a camera so everything will be iphone pics. Sorry

She's obviously an alpine weiss II 89 535i. 5 speed car, 3 owners and spent most of her life in Cali. No accidents and all of the original VIN tags intact. When I brought her home the only things that didn't work was the cruise control and glove box handle was gone. (and the brake light switch went out on the drive back) But other than that I was happy. 219,000 on the clock but as well maintained as it was I had no worries. I was given 2 books and a thick folder of all maintenance.

Here is the listing of when I bought it with all the maintenance and upgrades she received from the pervious owner.



Enough introductions. Onto the pics.





Replaced the radio with one that I thought was fairly inconspicuous and had ipod hookup.





Like I said when I bought it the glove box handle was broken so I replaced that.



The P.O gave me the stock rear diff he took out when he put the 3.91 LSD in so I sold it online.



I had to snap a pic of this milestone. She's earned every mile.



I've never cared much for black wheels but my friend needed the cash for these since he completely changed his m3. (The hellrot lsx build on here.) So I went ahead and took them off his hands. I love some concave wheels.







The keys I got with the car were junk so I got these off ebay for like $12. Had a local place cut both for $30. Not bad considering BMW wants $30 per key.



We all know how old BMWs have faded grills and I'm trying to delete all chrome trim so I pulled everything apart and painted it. I used Satin trim black plastic paint from Autozone. If you do the last couple of coats real light it gives it a textured trim look like new trim.

























And a shameless whore pic of my bike!



Took a little road trip to Chicago. I've driven up there 4 or 5 times now and never had a bit of problems. Old BMWs with high miles are nothing to be afraid of if maintained.



A little personal hygiene for me and the land yacht.



Parts rolling in.





A trip to the junk yard for new bumper and door trims and what do I find? A mint car phone!























Cleaned under everything bc Im OCD as f*ck.