Minerva: The S54 powered, better than new, E28

[Karl Grau]

^^^ What Adam said. It looks amazing.

[Nick1984]

Great color and an amazing build! Can't wait to see it finished

[davintosh]

Noice.

[delvin]

Headers came out great and that color with the black interior is gorgeous.

[Tiit]

Good progress. Thanks for keeping E28 community excited by sharing your awesome project.

[piperbrothers]

Will you be "shadow-lining" the tail lights or leaving them chrome? If the former, is it simply a matter of taping off and painting with satin black Wurth (or similar)? I have a very nice set with better lenses than my current ones, but they are chrome.

[tig]

Will you be "shadow-lining" the tail lights or leaving them chrome? If the former, is it simply a matter of taping off and painting with satin black Wurth (or similar)? I have a very nice set with better lenses than my current ones, but they are chrome.

The ones on the car now are temporary. I have a like-new set that were already shadowlined that will go on before completion.

I shadowlined the set on Vlad with SEM Eurotrim Black 4 years ago and they still look amazing. The key is to scuff the plastic chrome before painting.

[tig]

Some more pics from my visit to the shop today. Things are picking up steam, but he motor's still not in.

I had a bad dream and woke in a panic thinking I had forgotten about getting a shift boot with a good frame. Searching the garage found TWO. This one is the better of the two. I've ordered a new leather boot off eBay and I'll let them fight. I bought one from the same seller for Maytag and it's quite nice.


I'm not putting a wing on this car. But I always loved the E39 M5 spoiler. I found this rubber lip (just sitting on Maytag to test fit) and really like it. Never seen anything like this on an E28 and think it may add a nice touch, especially if I can get it painted body color.


BBS RZ-394 8.5x16 ET13



Fikse Profil 5S, E28 Fitment 17 x 8.5 ET13 Forged




I've ordered tires (Conti DWS for the RZs and Pilot 4S for the Fikses) and took the wheels in to be mounted. The 16" RZs will be for daily driving. The 17" Fikses will be dress shoes because we all know E28s ride like ass on 17" wheels.



Some pr0n of little things...


My bad. I thought I had two full sets of brake shields. Apparently the parts for Minvera had two right-rears and no left-rear. They are still available new so one's inbound from Blunt...





The rebuilt ABS pump from above...



Forgot to order a grill. Inbound...




Thank you Pavel...







I'm keeping this. You never know...


I'm pretty damn excited about the interior. I have a nit or two about the rear seat that I'm going to ask to get fixed (e.g. cross strap on arm rest is not straight).


The weird blotches are from Dan's iPhone... the lights in the store room are flickering and they confused the camera.



I took these photos today; I didn't want to completely unwrap things...


Left this lovely beast at the shop so they can have another E28 to ensure everything goes in the right spot...

[delvin]

Those Fikse look like jewelry, very nice addition!

[tig]

Can haz bronze glaz.

[LeiseyJr]

The bronze glass is a very nice add on!

[geordi]

Catching up to all your activity Charlie!
Wow... absolutely gorgeous. I had to look at the pics with sunglasses on.

I have an Euro M5 trunk lid spoiler that you may consider. Smaller than the e28 spoiler. I'll shoot a few pics an email to you.

Can't wait to see this puppy.

[tig]

Catching up to all your activity Charlie!
Wow... absolutely gorgeous. I had to look at the pics with sunglasses on.

I have an Euro M5 trunk lid spoiler that you may consider. Smaller than the e28 spoiler. I'll shoot a few pics an email to you.

Can't wait to see this puppy.

Hugs, man.

The trunk carpet set, etc... got shipped back to Seattle yesterday. I'll be at 425motorsports Friday for a conjugal visit.

[duggi]

Whoa, I haven't looked at this thread in a while, but I love the progress! The blue is killer and I'm glad you went with the houndstooth, gonna look sharp!

[tig]

Another conjugal visit today. It was fun. Some of the pr0n...

Maytag seems to be enjoying the company...










Blunt sent a US grill. Fudge. Had to send him title again. Euro grill inbound.









Brake lines are all hooked up.






ABS is in. VIN says car had ABS. Evidence says otherwise. Regardless, it does now.




This goes here. Need to add studs. Anyone have a pic of an M5 framerail showing the stud detail?



<3. Can't wait for this puppy to be in place. Should be next week. We keep finding missing parts in the engine bay...






Dinan sways have been powdercoated. Rear is in the car.



Windows are done. All glass is in, all regulators greased. All electrics tested and working smoothly.







Gawd lordy, the bronze glass looks awesome!







Euro mirrors.









This... will... not... do. Bummed it's marred. Will fix.


I didn't look at these close enough before dropping them off... They will not do. I've got the chrome tails that were on the car up till now at home and plan on shadowlining them tomorrow. I'll be selling these.



Thank you @ahab for the factory/M5 shadowline door mouldings. They look great.




This... makes... me... grin... I found a guy on eBay who makes 'em and would do custom for me.

[Dale3783]

Jeez Louise. Simply amazing.

[tig]

Shadowlined the good chrome tails. There's a few minor mars and tiny cracks in one of the lenses, but nobody but me will ever notice them. It's almost a shame to convert such a tits pair to shadowline, but what choice do I have?



Cleaned the insides of all the lenses with alcohol.


Carefully masked. I learnt from when I did Vlad's that you need to be real careful to not have any masking tape touching the formerly chrome part, or when you de-mask them you'll expose chrome.




Scuff the chrome with 300grit sand paper. Could probably go coarser, but this is what I used on Vlad and they've held up for 4+ years.


Took a break to go on a boat ride with my buddy's Mastiff, Marco. He's a good boi. Still a puppy at 195lbs...



Cleaned and ready:


The stuff to use.


Many thin coats.


Drying now...

[Karl Grau]

I love the Porsche paint code sticker.


Here are a few pics of my heat shield. I can try to get you 2 or 3 precise measurements which should make the other mounting points obvious.

[tig]

I love the Porsche paint code sticker.

Here are a few pics of my heat shield. I can try to get you 2 or 3 precise measurements which should make the other mounting points obvious.

Figured you'd like it.

You are a scholar and a gentleman for posting those pics. Thanks sir. Hugs.

[tig]

Yeah, those will do just fine.

[davintosh]

Been a while since I visited this thread; wow.

But I dunno about those seats, Charlie. Yeah, they look spiffy and neat & clean and all, but I'm afraid they just aren't going to meet your standards for comfort with all that crisp new fabric, and that foam that hasn't been broken in... I suggest you send them to me, and I'll ship my well-loved set of black leather sports right back to you; they'll provide a much better level of comfort for you.

Happy to do this for you. No need to thank me.

[tig]

Been a while since I visited this thread; wow.

But I dunno about those seats, Charlie. Yeah, they look spiffy and neat & clean and all, but I'm afraid they just aren't going to meet your standards for comfort with all that crisp new fabric, and that foam that hasn't been broken in... I suggest you send them to me, and I'll ship my well-loved set of black leather sports right back to you; they'll provide a much better level of comfort for you.

Happy to do this for you. No need to thank me.

I'll get them packed up and shipped this weekend. I really appreciate your generosity on this matter!

[1st 5er]

Been a while since I visited this thread; wow.

But I dunno about those seats, Charlie. Yeah, they look spiffy and neat & clean and all, but I'm afraid they just aren't going to meet your standards for comfort with all that crisp new fabric, and that foam that hasn't been broken in... I suggest you send them to me, and I'll ship my well-loved set of black leather sports right back to you; they'll provide a much better level of comfort for you.

Happy to do this for you. No need to thank me.

I'll get them packed up and shipped this weekend. I really appreciate your generosity on this matter!

Y'all have moved my heart with your ecpresssions of generosity to the poimt that I want to participate.
Look for a PM that includes my FedEx account #, as I would like to pay shipping cost, both ways.

Hugs all around.

[funkycharms]

What do you plan to use for vapor barriers?

[tig]

What do you plan to use for vapor barriers?

I used contact paper to great effect (I think) on Maytag. That's my current plan here. Open for other ideas.

[wkohler]

That contac paper works awesome. Wouldn’t do it another way. When you’re putting it on it doesn’t seem like it would stick but oh boy it sticks.

[duggi]

What do you plan to use for vapor barriers?

I used contact paper to great effect (I think) on Maytag. That's my current plan here. Open for other ideas.

That contac paper works awesome. Wouldn’t do it another way. When you’re putting it on it doesn’t seem like it would stick but oh boy it sticks.

So glad I saw this just before tackling in the next few weekends on all four of my doors =D

[funkycharms]

What do you plan to use for vapor barriers?

I used contact paper to great effect (I think) on Maytag. That's my current plan here. Open for other ideas.

That contac paper works awesome. Wouldn’t do it another way. When you’re putting it on it doesn’t seem like it would stick but oh boy it sticks.

So glad I saw this just before tackling in the next few weekends on all four of my doors =D

You and me both, thanks for sharing. I am ready to seal my doors also.

Thats This stuff, Correct?

[jhh925]

What do you plan to use for vapor barriers?

I used contact paper to great effect (I think) on Maytag. That's my current plan here. Open for other ideas.

"Factory" trimming foil (P/N 51951924961) is still available. Pelican has it for $36 per meter and that's plenty for two doors. I used this when I re-did my '87. It's not super easy to work with, but once on it works great. Note that if you order it, it won't come with BMW logos on the backing paper ... that is, this is freshly manufactured material made to BMW specs by a third party. When you get it, it seems more like you're buying an OE part, not BMW OEM (like getting a Mahle filter instead of a BME filter made by Mahle). Not sure if I'm saying that correctly.

[jhh925]

From your original post:

Budget: I budget ~$15k/year for cars for me (not including insurance or fuel). This covers ALL of my personal cars (but not my wife's or kid's) and thus will not all be spent on this build. I expect this build to take 3 years total (clock started ticking last summer when I bought the chassis). I do not plan on keeping a ledger on spending, just generally keeping within my $15k/year budget. I'm sure I'll end up spending more than rationally makes sense.

Just thought I'd ask the question (half seriously, half just to poke the bear), now that you're about three years out from when your clock started, are you anywhere near those limits?