my e28 build

[bimmerspotter]

i love this car

[Token]

he sold it has a e24 now

[Reudiger]

i want to know what happend with this sick gray e28? is it still your´s?
i love the colour and the stance. looks very sick with those rims in black and white. love it raelly much!


Sick picture!

[TheNeek]

thanks nick!

how hard was it to rebuild your diff. i think i need new front bearings and to reshim it. i posted on my e28 asking how to do it and everyone said just scrap it and find a new one. can you give me some directions that you followed?

It's not that hard. I didn't replace the bearings. I just cleaned the balls out of everything, replaced the friction discs and re-did the seals.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1115194

I have a scanned copy of the blue book for the E21 and I just followed that.

[bjh102]

Car looks great. Love it.

You could probably pull apart and rebuild that diff for less than it cost to find another one. I put new friction discs and cleaned and re-lubed everything in my diff for about hundred bucks. Might just need to re-shim it to get rid of the howl.

thanks nick!

how hard was it to rebuild your diff. i think i need new front bearings and to reshim it. i posted on my e28 asking how to do it and everyone said just scrap it and find a new one. can you give me some directions that you followed?

[TheNeek]

Car looks great. Love it.

You could probably pull apart and rebuild that diff for less than it cost to find another one. I put new friction discs and cleaned and re-lubed everything in my diff for about hundred bucks. Might just need to re-shim it to get rid of the howl.

[bjh102]

well i guess its time for some updates. i got the coilovers got a LSD diff and got my wheels together and tires mounted. put everything on. and it didnt go low enough. pulled it all apart again and cut the strut down more so the shock fit in there with no spacer. now the collar is almost all the way up and it sits right where i want it. the borbet type A's rubbed like crazy but i had bigger issues to figure out before that. after installing everything i literally drove 20 miles and hit a step in the freeway and destroyed a shock and broke my struts.

blown shock


wheel rubbing


i got a new shock from ground control got my new wheels and tires mounted got the struts fixed and reinstalled everything. the wheels clear the strut now still need a 10mm spacer to get it flush. they are a really weird offset. 17/8.5 et+something.

wheels


car

its all done cept i need to find a different diff cause the one i have howls like crazy!!

let me know what you think. a few mre things left to do and ill be happy.

[frink84]

I wish I could sell my extra.

What started as a joke has now made me sad.

if i had the cash i would take it off your hands... got too many pending projects for that car, cant do it now

[wkohler]

i have one lined up. im picking it up at wicker fest. my buddy logan also has a spare pan for me i just need to grab it. so hopefully after that i am all good.

I wish I could sell my extra.

What started as a joke has now made me sad.

[driggers.a]

Austin, do you not check your e-mail?

I do. I must've missed it.

[bjh102]

Sounds to me like you need an aggregate protective plate. Haha.

Austin, do you not check your e-mail?

i have one lined up. im picking it up at wicker fest. my buddy logan also has a spare pan for me i just need to grab it. so hopefully after that i am all good.

[wkohler]

Sounds to me like you need an aggregate protective plate. Haha.

Austin, do you not check your e-mail?

[bjh102]

The Yay roads aren't for the weak.

lol no they are not.

but seriosuly thankyou to everyone that helped me out this weekend. i really would not of been able to do it without you all.

[driggers.a]

The Yay roads aren't for the weak.

[bjh102]

coilovers went on this weekend. within 20 minutes of driving i had pulled my fender inwards jumped my car on the freeway and bent an oilpan lol. its not leaking thankfully. wheels and spacers should be good to go on by this coming weekend. as well as the roof and shadow line. ill have mike snap some pics for me tonight or tomorrow.