What did you do to your E28 today?

benfidar · Post by **benfidar** » Jan 24, 2011 5:14 PM

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Put in the seats that I just redyed. Replaced the stock wheel with a M-tech 1 wheel. Replaced the rearview mirror.

benfidar · Post by **benfidar** » Jan 25, 2011 12:14 PM

Changed the OBC lightbar. Wow, that was an annoying and time consuming job! I had to do contortions to get the panel unscrewed and more to get the cables unhooked.

brkinshiz · Post by **brkinshiz** » Jan 25, 2011 12:42 PM

let a shop know that they owe me a new exhaust hanger for the defective one they installed, and finally realized how long this whole "remedial maintenance" thing is gonna take....yay for project daily drivers

John in VA · Post by **John in VA** » Jan 25, 2011 2:37 PM

benfidar wrote:Changed the OBC lightbar. Wow, that was an annoying and time consuming job! I had to do contortions to get the panel unscrewed and more to get the cables unhooked.

Be lucky you weren't doing this chore on an E30 - much more involved. E28 one is cake!

slammin_e28 · Post by **slammin_e28** » Jan 25, 2011 2:39 PM

John in VA wrote:
benfidar wrote:Changed the OBC lightbar. Wow, that was an annoying and time consuming job! I had to do contortions to get the panel unscrewed and more to get the cables unhooked.

Be lucky you weren't doing this chore on an E30 - much more involved. E28 one is cake!

X2! Amen!!

I installed e23 hood struts and took a picture as requested. It can be viewed in the "Eye Candy" subforum.

wkohler · Post by **wkohler** » Jan 25, 2011 2:42 PM

CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER!!!

FTE FTW.

Eta power · Post by **Eta power** » Jan 25, 2011 2:43 PM

Last night: New Dogbones.

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Jan 25, 2011 4:24 PM

Last night... totaled the damn thing.

derrith · Post by **derrith** » Jan 25, 2011 9:43 PM

Yesterday and today the M535i got:

M5 Clutch and Flywheel

19lb. Mustang Injectors

New clutch slave

Non motronic bellhousing

Trans fluid change

Titanium wheel studs

German Domestic Market e32 4 pot fixed brakes.

324x30 Next to 302x28 rotors:

Installed:

cddallara · Post by **cddallara** » Jan 25, 2011 9:58 PM

Drove the 533 today. Smogging the m535i tomorrow, wish me luck, it is Commiefornia after all

Alfonso Bedoya · Post by **Alfonso Bedoya** » Jan 25, 2011 10:31 PM

fixed non working brake lights, after continutiy tests and jumpering it came down to a faulty brake light switch...glad it is done though!

Das_Prachtstrasse · Post by **Das_Prachtstrasse** » Jan 27, 2011 6:54 AM

Got bored of working on the e30, and cleaned the wheel wells/brake calipers and struts of the e28 with degreaser and a wire brush, and was pleasently surprised at how well they came up. Had no idea the original coating was silver under 25 years of road grime.

Here's the left side before (didnt get a photo of the right side before)

And here's the right side, after.

Much nicer

cddallara · Post by **cddallara** » Jan 28, 2011 12:55 AM

Drove the 533 since my 4Runner is having key issues. First time it's really been driven since Shawn's WF in September!

Idles high, and has fat fuel leak right above the exhaust.

Fun as fawk to bomb around in tho, with ladder/conduit on the Thule rack!

Alfonso Bedoya · Post by **Alfonso Bedoya** » Feb 04, 2011 12:41 AM

Intake plenum gaskets, no problem-o mang! Only 17 bux from stealership!

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Feb 04, 2011 1:00 AM

Put the ///M5 on my insurance yesterday.
I'm hoping to get it inspected and registered later today, in preparation for this weekend's drive to Austin.

Wednesday night I replaced the passenger front door with a dent free one.

Last night 17x7.5 style 65's which I had refinished and fitted with 235/45's and 255/40's were installed.
Halogen shop lights made the driveway tolerable, even in 33° weather.
Hopefully weather will permit pics tomorrow.

Slow_Ballin' · Post by **Slow_Ballin'** » Feb 04, 2011 1:16 AM

Yakima rack installed this morning, and cleaned out some trash inside.

benfidar · Post by **benfidar** » Feb 04, 2011 9:07 AM

write up:
http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?p=815439#815439

slammin_e28 · Post by **slammin_e28** » Feb 04, 2011 9:29 AM

benfidar wrote:write up:
http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?p=815439#815439

Clicky =

The topic or post you requested does not exist

I rebuilt the shifter and installed a e46 330i shift lever. Still waiting on parts from BMW of Richmond. New trans mount coming from Germany!

(I know I coulda gone used, but I got carried away, I fucking LOVE new parts!)

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Feb 04, 2011 11:58 AM

1st 5er wrote:Hopefully weather will permit pics tomorrow.

Got the permit.

MicahO · Post by **MicahO** » Feb 04, 2011 2:17 PM

slammin_e28 wrote: .....I fucking LOVE new parts!

Me too!

Last night I got a box of e28 love (and an e46 water pump) from DPP. This box included those dastardly, non-rubber, "Rubber Bushings" for the euro low beams, as well as two brandy-new euro high beams.

(the ones I bought weren't cleaning up well

)

I got the right side lights put on last night. Once you start unpacking a box like that, SOMETHING has to get put together.....

slammin_e28 · Post by **slammin_e28** » Feb 04, 2011 2:36 PM

MicahO wrote:
slammin_e28 wrote: .....I fucking LOVE new parts!
Me too!

Once you start unpacking a box like that, SOMETHING has to get put together.....

Yessir! I got my shifter stuff in and was sitting at my desk at work trying to put it together!

Just got another nice little bag of shifter bushings, etc.

Picking up some of Paul's UCABs tonight too!

Das_Prachtstrasse · Post by **Das_Prachtstrasse** » Feb 04, 2011 5:58 PM

Got my 528i flywheel modified with a dowel pin for the Motronic bellhousing sensors. Now i just have to wait on a set of bellhousing, and pressure plate bolts and she can all go back together. Finally.

Xenocide · Post by **Xenocide** » Feb 04, 2011 6:33 PM

Last night
Fabricated the exhaust, did the upper control arms, bled the cooling system, then buried the tach needle at 5k and kept revving

I'll be putting in the 7k tach plate and coding plug soon along with LCAs, still have some slight shimmies

bimmerman78 · Post by **bimmerman78** » Feb 04, 2011 6:39 PM

OK, so this was last week, but whatev...
Replaced rear subframe monts with Powerflex Urethane stuff

Reinforced subframe support arms. I bent the crap out of the stamped steel flimsy OE stuff.
I used the mounting points and welded in a piece of rectangular tubing

Replaced diff mount with NEW one from Brian (thanks Brian, very nice piece at a very nice price) and installed 3.46 LSD diff while I was at it.

Repaired/reinforced rear shock towers. The shocks were pushed thru about 1/2" so, I took a slide-hammer with a home-made plate to flatten towers again, then I welded in a plate for reinforcement. Then, I welded in a Shock Tower Brace for added strenght

Installed front KONI adjustable sway bar (the rear one didn't fit for some reason)

And I welded up the broken exhaust flange on bank 2.

It feels like a completely new car.
Tomorrow I will be installing big brake kits front and rear, with Zimmerman rotors and Hawk Street Performance Pads.
more to come...

slammin_e28 · Post by **slammin_e28** » Feb 04, 2011 10:05 PM

Took all of this, plus some other parts that came in today,

...and put them into this:

Install tomorrow, then diff swap, and driveshaft install, if I can piece one together. Should be rollin!

eddie · Post by **eddie** » Feb 05, 2011 4:10 PM

Spent $625 on a muffler ... OUCH!

Did I spend too much?

OEM BMW M5 muffler and resonator - BRAND NEW never installed.

Cheers,

Eddie

iNJECTiON · Post by **iNJECTiON** » Feb 05, 2011 6:23 PM

Replaced interior driver side rear door handle
Replaced passenger mirror
Replaced door handle trim
Took the factory radio out smacked it on the bottom a few times put it back in..

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Feb 05, 2011 7:07 PM

///M5 safety and emissions testing completed... I got the sticker.

Some final cosmetic and mechanicals completed in preparation for our Winter Meet of Tex-Fest aka LoneStar Burgers & Fives.

"MyE28.com" and "Respect Y

ur Elders" window decals were placed on the rear window.

ldsbeaker · Post by **ldsbeaker** » Feb 05, 2011 9:13 PM

1st 5er wrote:///M5 safety and emissions testing completed... I got the sticker.

Some final cosmetic and mechanicals completed in preparation for our Winter Meet of Tex-Fest aka LoneStar Burgers & Fives.

"MyE28.com" and "Respect Y ur Elders" window decals were placed on the rear window.

I want to see the INTERIOR!!

Let's go back 7 days...
I invited rojacob down to do euros, but first I had to move my beater out of the garage. She did NOT want to start. So we pushed her out and we spent about 10 minutes trying to get it to move under its' own power. No dice. Fuck it.
Did euros.
Today...
Invited ///Marine over for moral support while I fixed the brake issues. (no WONDER the car was $500!!!)
Put some gas in the car, and a CHARGED battery. She ran fine. Amazing.
Replaced a caliper with one that I could actually bleed. GTG.
Went to the other side and dremeled off the stuck hard line so I could replace that final soft line. GTG.

Two lessons learned today:
1) Brake fluid is NOT violently flammable. Keep the heat down, though.
and b) When you are frustrated and about to eff something up... WALK AWAY. Take a "brake". Come back later, and finish it.

Final note, I think I have an idea why my red e28 has been so... ummm immobile for the last 4 years. And that bitch is gonna run by the end of the month. You heard it here first.

slammin_e28 · Post by **slammin_e28** » Feb 05, 2011 9:31 PM

Installed the shifter. Good-n-tight!