bmw 524td 86' Snowflake

[thanq]

Hello everybody!

Have no recent updates on my car, I've been on vacation, and one of my stops was Munich where I visited BMW museum.
I thought it will be intersting to some of you guys here to see it on photos, so here I've uploded some of them to imgur.

https://imgur.com/gallery/Ebsfj

hope you'll enjoy some of rare german cars in perfect condition, I wish I have one of them for my project! haha

[SoapHero]

Looks very sick

[thanq]

Hello guys, it has been awhile since I posted something, but I have some updates on my car that I want to share.

So as I metioned I will run coilovers on my e28, but coilovers manufactured for e39. I have been searching some threads for how it could be done, found something on
stanceworks and mye28 forum, and here is steps that we done with front suspension.

First here is mine suspension kit. Set of MTS Technik coilovers for e39



Strut was removed from housing, we thought to cut thread on housing itself, but it was too thin, so we have welded small clutch with thread on it.



Original strut housing was cutted, stabilizer mounting was cutted and welded on clutch with inner thread for connection, also it gave me additional height adjustment







That's how it looks assembled



Next I'm going to sandblast welded parts and paint it for best look and to prevent rust.

Custom camber plates are ready too



Also I bought all new parts for my front suspension, going to order new parts for brakes and put this all together.

[thanq]

Waiting for more pics ! It will be on coilovers ?
Greeting from Lithuania

yass, I have set of new e39 coilovers, going to make custom struts for fronts, and rear installs without any modifications.
Have been in Lithuania couple years ago, nice country with great people

[juodasdumas]

Waiting for more pics ! It will be on coilovers ?
Greeting from Lithuania

[thanq]

Hi all,

quick update on wheels,
tires falken ziex ZE in 205 40 17, got nice stretch on 8.5 wheels








wheels already installed on car, now I need to get much lower!

[thanq]

And here is result

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also we're working on custom caps for them, will look nice with white/blue bmw logo

[thanq]

Here I have some wheel refinishing process photos

this is how my friend found them

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They were fully sandblasted, barrels painted with black matte

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Goals (maybe not as big lips as barrel, but definitely need some wider outers)
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[thanq]

Hi everybody, so it is been awhile since I wrote here something last time,
I got few updates on my car as last year was mainly about trying to get knowledge and practice of paintworks

Also I have new wheels for my BMW, there are set of rare Enkei King 17 8.5 4piece rims. They are refinished, centers painted in white
and lips are polished,I have everything to install them except tyres, I spent a lot of time looking for best tyre sizes to go with nice
but not hardcore stretch

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Maybe somebody won't like such set on classic car, but I have really nice adapters to make it work, I want to make good looking fitment

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for now I have set of e39 coilovers, front suspension needs some modification to install them, but after research I realized
that there are no coilovers with straight forward installation to strut, and e28 coilovers cost me a ton with delivery and fees.


My car finally totally white, without any black stripes

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Some smaller things that I've done is exhaust, it is not fully straight piped, but I removed front muffler so sound is more deeper
I found a lot of nice, original things for my car, such as almost new OEM spoiler, alpina steering wheel, early pfeba front spoiler (it
requires early front bumper apron, which I bought too)

So that's it, now I'm trying to find some time to install all this stuff and try to enjoy summer with my BMW

ah, almost forgot, I'm not going to rebuild it for gasoline, I found myself enjoying diesel cars!

thanks everybody, hope this season will be more productive for me with my build and build thread as well!

[delvin]

He's your dude http://www.e28.nl/

[thanq]

Hi everybody!

I didn't write for a while, but now I have some updates to my car.

So first of all, good news, my car moved to warm and dry garage:

I'm very happy, cuz now it is closer to my house and stored better.

Second one, I bought some nice things:
1. ABS system

it is in nice shape, but previous holder cut connectors to rear brakes, it is not a big problem so let's go further.

2. Original rear axle with disc brakes. It is very good, I wanted to install rears suspension from e32 because it is easier to find it here, so it is luck that I got this thing, and fairly it was very cheap.

Now I'm going to use sandblaster paint it and change all consumables.

3. AC

It is very rare option and hard to find in Ukraine. And I don't have sun roof so I needed this thing to drive comfortably during hot season.

BUT! I got everything to install it except central console for ac cars, this is very sad, cuz it is hard to find here such a things, I explored ebay parts and shipping cost me a money, I could buy it for 50$ but need to pay 100$ for shipping.

If anybody know where I could find it in EU or sent it to me with cheap shipping costs I'll be very thankful!

[thanq]

good build, planing to buy one of this, but maybe 520i or 528i, dunno

hello from another ukranian, but in spain

Thanks! How is it in Spain? My uncle living there, so I used to be in Barcelona for summer sometimes!

[mishamykhaylov]

good build, planing to buy one of this, but maybe 520i or 528i, dunno

hello from another ukranian, but in spain

[thanq]

you could always try and find a cheap 740d to keep it diesel but have an awesome v8 at the same time Would be interesting! Either way, love e28's! keeping an eye on this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmPJ4gT8rwo

V8 Diesel BMW

I'm thinking about 3.0 turbo m57, It produce nice power in stock and with little modification it could be great with it's torque

It would be a great combo.White car with red interior.Always liked E28s.Please getmrid of that awful black stripe on the hood.

thanks!
I'll remove that black stripe shortly, just want to do good paintwork and restore car body to perfect condition.

[sotiris cb3]

It would be a great combo.White car with red interior.Always liked E28s.Please getmrid of that awful black stripe on the hood.