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[BMW BRAH]

Well umm i dont know how to start... well i guess ill start at the VERY beginning.
when i was 16 my dad brought home a 1986 535i from work that they where going to scrap.and i fell in love i begged him to keep it and it eventually became my first car. i drove it for a year untill i found a BADASS 91 k5 blazer so i sold the car and got the truck... i regretted ever since.

2010-06-02 16.27.22 by OFNA123, on Flickr
thats my old e28

my old k5

Fast forward four years (i cant belive its been that long) and me and my friends decided we all wanted to get cars and have a cool little club so we can be cool and drive to car meets and stuff together and take pictures. i was looking on the good old craigslist and found an E28 for 700 bucks i called the guy up he told me it ran and it was a 535i with a 5 speed.. SOLD me and my friends drove an hour away and saw this.


IT WAS A 528E AUTO

But it wasnt too rusty (so i thought) so i talked the guy down $300 and towed it to my friends house that night.


towed it with my daily 84 k5 diesel (23MPG FTW!)


at my friends that night

the car stayed at my friends for a week untill i broke the news to my parents
i got the car home and started to tear it apart.








Testing out some low


cutting out ALL of that rust i found


Cleaning out my trunk lol


my drift car AWW YEAH BRAH


i was able to pick out some FREE wheels from work


17x9s i love how they look


picked up some euro grills brand new from the warehouse in Germany!

A week later i was looking once again on craigslist i found a set of sport seats, a m30 with trans/ecu, and a drive shaft for $650! i think i got a good deal!



i pulled up the carpet and found this






All cut out!


Got some free tires! there runflats... so dang heavy...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86350950@N02/7926896670/
wheel gap is like vaginas the more fingers the worse


as you can all see my friends always are hard at work helping me


got an OEM tail panel

And that brings me to today! i made me some floor pans
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86350950@N02/7926886692/

and then my friends called so i took a break to go play in the mud!



I have huge plans for this car. and its gonna be nice and clean. im hoping to have the car complete by march... like i said i hope...

so hears the build plan.
1.body.new fenders rear quarters and new tail pan. Euro head lights and bumpers. and new paint

2.M30 and trans, re gasket the motor new injectors and plugs. new clutch and light weight flywheel, z3 short shifter and EVENTUALLY i will turbo it

3. new breaks and all new suspension bushings and i will be sitting on bilstein HDs and SPAX springs

So here we go!

[GLi16v]

Broken links, welcome!

[willis]

Guy says 535i 5speed. 528e automatic.













































Fix your links, this thread intrigues me!

[7elephant]

i thought its only me that can't see the pics

[d.parker]

holy broken links batman

[Spiff]

looking good so far, cant wait to see more!

[atkins]

Like the color. You should probably fix the links.

[BMW BRAH]

Links fixed!!!

[Wyatt Lay]

Excited for progress

[Vince30]

Looking forward to seeing this thing come together. I was mad when you sold your old one. I love me some e28.

[Rob&co]

this is gooood so far


ps where do you work!? u lucky guy!!

[logyt]

Lookin forward too see where this goes.

[BMW BRAH]

Originally Posted by Rob&co

this is gooood so far


ps where do you work!? u lucky guy!!

I work in BMW parts, man do i love my employee discounts!!! (and free shipping from Germany)

[Bokeh]

Originally Posted by BMW BRAH

I work in BMW parts, man do i love my employee discounts!!! (and free shipping from Germany)

Must be nice! It looks like this car is headed in the right direction. :thumbup: Sucks about driving all that way and finding out it was 528e auto, but at least you got it for cheap.

[derpstarr]

I like this, I like this for sure.

[BMW BRAH]

So i was on my way to work this morning and all of the sudden my eyes got really sensitive to the sun, it was like snow blindness. i drove like this for a half hour before the pain got too intense. i ended up at the ER and the told me i had an issue with my corneas. HURRAY NO WORK

so being my stupid self instead of resting like i was told to do i worked on the car!


i attempted to clean my carpet ... i scrubbed and scrubbed

AND TADA!!!! its still brown and nasty! ill pressure wash it again later



I got my floors 80% done ill finish this week and hopefully have my interior all in

[BMW BRAH]

Okay im hoping to get the car painted In the next few months (if my eyes can freaking get better so i can weld) So in the mean time im trying to brainstorm some colors... originally i was going to spray it the original color, burgundrot-metallic, but since almost every body panel is gonna be new im thinking im mix this project up a bit!

im thinking im gonna do bahamabeige-metallic... or do i do the original... OR do i go green???

what do you guys think??

[royalife]

LAST ROW SECOND COLOR!!! that green would look amazing and different

[Wyatt Lay]

Do the OG color...

[BMW BRAH]

So i still haven't gotten much done but i did get some more parts!!

i got one quarter panel in today.


IMG_20120912_130128 by OFNA123, on Flickr

My manager gave me a box of stuff from the back. FREE SCORE!


IMG_20120912_140139 by OFNA123, on Flickr

I found a matching set in the box! i think im gonna make a center gauge pod ontop of my dash. My buddy made a really nice one with ABS plastic and PVC pipe so ill give it a shot.

IMG_20120912_224459_377 by OFNA123, on Flickr

And here is everything i have so far!


IMG_20120912_224211 by OFNA123, on Flickr

Hopefully my other quarter panel gets here by the end of the week so i can start doing some cutting!

OH I ALMOST FORGOT, me and my gf broke up so i no longer need to buy a ring... turbo time???

[244Brick]

Originally Posted by BMW BRAH

OH I ALMOST FORGOT, me and my gf broke up so i no longer need to buy a ring... turbo time???

Sad to hear!!! Well mmore updates

[Bokeh]

Originally Posted by BMW BRAH

OH I ALMOST FORGOT, me and my gf broke up so i no longer need to buy a ring... turbo time???

Sorry to hear that but turbo plan sounds good. :thumbup:

[AndreaLeel]

i thought its only me that can't see the pics

[DannyE32]

after its done this E28 will get you a new gf

i like color #199. dark red.

lucky to get all those parts for free and discounts.

[stikrz]

FREE is awesome! I envy you sir! Have fun with it I have owned 9 528e's so far. Yours is pretty rough but it's awesome someone is fixing it up. You should thinnk about doing a b35 upgrade before engine install. Maybe even a Miller MAF. Just a thought!