No problem. Glad you could make it out.LeiseyJr wrote:Thanks for letting us see it.
Anytime, thanks!Pavel wrote:I am glad you could host us! Impressive work.
I need me a lift like that now.
Let me know when you are ready for some S38 work.
) but will finalize that today so I can get started on prepping the body for paint.
Thanks. Ask and you shall receive!EventuallyAyrton wrote:Awesome work as always. I love the fender flares, I can't wait to see what the rears will look like
Front yes. Rears are 10"86GT635 wrote:17x9s?
Pavel wrote:That's right keep that momentum going!
Thanks! That is what I figured, plus with the suspension parts being yellow as well i thought adding another color would just be too much going on.EventuallyAyrton wrote:Everything looks incredible. Those yellow calipers are going to go really well with the blue of the car
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Interesting link, they do look similar. I purchased them from someone on the forums that contacted me directly to my email back when I had posted a WTB thread. You are correct, they aren't OE headers. When I purchased them I did the mistake not to read his discription correctly. I thought I was getting OEs, but when I went back to my emails with him, he did explain they were replicas he had mocked up from the originals. I am still debating if I should run them or not since the front section does not line up. I am going to attempt to get them straighten out and get them inspected by a local fabricator. If they check out I will run them, else I will have to source some and learn from my mistake.Cooperman wrote:Nice project.
Questions: Where did you get the headers? They do not appear to be OEM euro headers. I have seen stainless sets like yours on ebay.de for a good amount less than a set of the BMW ones.
As seen here: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Headers-for-BMW- ... Sw2XFUleql
This is what I found from my emails with him. "I used to reproduce those headers long time ago but I stop the fabrication due to the huge amount of labor involved and the cost of materials.Cooperman wrote:I contacted the seller of the ebay headers to get the specs, but have not heard back from them. Do you know the tubing diameters and what gauge steel yours are? Just curious.
Our Wedding day, Aug 27th. I do have a little over a month, but don't want to depend on a week before the wedding as I know attention will have to go towards it.wkohler wrote:What is your deadline for?
Good luck!
Thursday I officially became a homeowner so that is done with and the car has a home once its completed. Now I think I feel comfortable of being able to finish it in time with that pressure out of the way. Doors, lock mechanisms, and front seats have been put in. I was going to install the door glass and wrap the doors up today but found out I never ordered the pillar trims on the door frames. So tomorrow I need to call the dealer and hopefully they are available within the country and not Germany, else Im screwed. My original plan was to have the engine in by the ends month and that backfired as I am still waiting on the headers. Last I spoke with them my set was next and should see them Tuesday/ Weds, so lets hope thats the case. Other than that I plan to assemble what I can so in case I need a part I can still have time to source it. Other than that it is finally looking like a e28!
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. I used some foam like wrap that bumpers come in to make the template and I think I still have the ones I used. I will have to make sure of that tomorrow as they will probably come handy in the future. The final product was pretty spot on, only trimming I had to do when I started to install the dash and components was around the pedal bracket, but just enough to get it to mount flush on the firewall.Adam W in MN wrote:There's so much inspiration in the eye candy section lately, maybe someday I'll bump my resto.
When the time comes I may have some questions for you regarding the firewall and floor padding insulation that you did. I have a firewall insulation piece but sadly the old rubber was two brittle and cracked in half when it was shipped. But it could be used as a template. I may have a lead on carpet padding from a forum member but it's always good to have alternatives in case that doesn't work out.
Thanks for the kind words! It has been non stop since November, but I couldn't have gone this far if it wasn't with the help I've been getting from my father, brothers and friends and lets not forget the amounts of info on MyE28. Any helping hand comes a long way. Especially with having the 2 biggest changes of my life happening at the same time.86GT635 wrote:There is some serious hustling going on with this project. Building a m5 from the ground up along with custom touches in a few months.. wow.
I'm happy for you- a lot going on and that's awesome. Great work. Car looks awesome too. If you can't find the a pillars I'm sure someone here will let you borrow theirs.
