Dream Car Build E28 M5

[CBREEZ]

this will be fun

So far it has been!

Those HRE's are rad.. Going to look the part on your E28 for sure.

Thanks man, I'm patiently waiting while they're being refinished!

This will be good.

Keep your fingers crossed!

This is going to be stunning!!

I'm hoping for it!

So in for this. The E28 M5 is the thing dreams are made of man, very excited and happy for you

Also the history is a massive plus, I proper geek out over that sort of stuff

Did the person you buy it from mention why they were getting rid of it?

Yeah the documentation was certainly and added bonus I didn't even expect when I bought the car! The PO had bought another car and needed the room figured he'd pass this one forward, boy am I glad he did.

Wow dream car for sure. Both of your cars on here look great!

Thanks man!

Looks amazing my friend, if you need a hand with the lips I'll happily give you a hand. And if you need a few odd and end parts too let me know

Thanks bud!

well done sir! those HRE's will be the bee's knees.

lol thanks

This is gorgeous! It's in excellent shape. Can't wait to see it sitting on those HREs.

- Renato

slowly but surely!

Your dream car? More like everyone's! This is fantastic I can't wait for updates.

haha so many people don't even know about these, its a shame!

This is awesome! Perfect starting point! Where in RI are you? When I saw the antique plate was from RI I got pretty stoked. I'm from 'gansett, I'd love to see the car some time.

I'm from the Bucket

Jealous

We can share!

Amazing find! This will be so good with those HREs on. Subbed!

Thanks!

[philohlean]

I love this. Definitely in for more. As a recently new owner of an M car that was also acquired through an Ebay ad that was stumbled across accidentally, I appreciate tremendously what you're planning to do. HREs are a fantastic period correct choice, and I'm heavily considering the GC coils for the E36. What made you go with them?

[CBREEZ]

Been a while not too many updates as I've been real busy with work..but here you go!

Here's some comparison of the old v. new suspension
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Got her sitting a little closer to earth….
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A few later I decided I'd start slowly replacing all of the suspension components

Sway bar links
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Complete Tie Rod setup and Idler arm
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Gotta love 28 year old suspension components! Front sway bar bracket
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I also started disassembling the wheels to be refinished
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Finally, I received some euro goodies from across the pond…
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Have a few more parts and updates coming soon! Stay tuned, I' have some decent sized plans over this winter!

[I_Haz.:R32]

Wonderful stuff here. Can't wait to see more!

[Dano]

I'm in on this build! looks really good already. Love the 80's 5-series always wanted to try one out and build.

[Nuts]

Awesome bud!!

[AtlantisTouring]

i've been watching this car on instagram man, love it. look forward to seeing it with the wheels on

[190Evan]

Wow, what a find, that thing is gorgeous. I wish I had another car so I could get all of my underbody parts and suspension replaced. Solid work man!

[delvin]

Very cool! In for more

[DinanDave]

So perfect! Love your wheel choice!

[Alex_ger]

Love that, everybody in germany would go crazy for US E28 M

[CBREEZ]

Love that, everybody in germany would go crazy for US E28 M

Its funny how that works, I guess we as people are always interested in what we can't have or what we weren't allowed to have. We in the U.S. would love to have all the different years and colors the European market was allowed to have!

[CBREEZ]

Not that anyone cares, but here's a quick update. More Euro parts showed and wheels are 75% done. Parts came in the night before I went on vacation so I wasn't able to take any real pictures. For now here are some pictures of where the wheels stand now.

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Here's the difference between one of my dirty barrels and one that's almost completely clean. These are original Hayashi Racing barrels. They don't appear to have ever been cleaned!

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[I_Haz.:R32]

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drool...

[Jroc]

Love this man, the HREs are perfect and im glad this is a restomod