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Alpinas? You're going nuts.

They look nice.

wkohler wrote:Alpinas? You're going nuts.

They look nice.

Well, I really bought these for the E9 I will someday own and restore.

cek wrote:Holy sh** I think these look great.

Definitely keepers.

T-Shirt also.

Those wheels MAKE the car. Nice upgrade! I am still looking for a set just like those for my 535is.

The wheels look great (as is to be expected), BUT, one almost wishes the car wasn't shadowlined now. I think chrome better suits the nature of the wheels.

In any case, good score.

Drew in NYC wrote:one almost wishes

Whom is this 'one' you doth speak of? Isth he The One?

cek wrote:Holy sh** I think these look great.

I agree.

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Best photo yet!

Looks great, and yes you are going nuts!

What are ya crazy!?! Keep the shadowline, but get the euro bumpers on.

Your car finally looks good! chicken f*&ker

leadphut wrote:What are ya crazy!?! Keep the shadowline, but get the euro bumpers on.

Shadowline ain't going nowhere. And euro bumpers will come, in due time. However, the highest priority $$$ thing is to replace the rocking chair with E34 Sport Seats.

Your car finally looks good! chicken f*&ker

Thanks. I think.

cddallara wrote:

cek wrote:I seem to have developed a serious condition. Anyone know if there is a scientific/medical term for it?



I have my eyes on a set of Alpinas as well. And I lust for Hartge too.

You seem to be developing a bad case of wheelfortitis, sometimes referred to as kholeritis.

There is no cure, just go with it. The stronger you try to fight it, the worse (better? ) it gets...

I rest my case.

leadphut wrote:What are ya crazy!?! Keep the shadowline, but get the euro bumpers on.

Shadowline is more of a modern look; these wheels are not. As the car currently sits, my opinion is that the BBS RX that were on the car previously were the best match. Of course, to each his own.

I never thought the day would come where I'd actually be defending chrome (I love shadowline), but here we are.

Drew in NYC wrote:Shadowline is more of a modern look; these wheels are not.

I disagree with this. My '88 911 is "shadowline". Shadowline was an option on '80's BMWs. Now, it appears to me that Alpina wasn't a 'shadowline' shop, so if you want to argue that Alpina intended these wheels to go with brightwork, I won't disagree. But Vlad car has no illusions of being an Alpina. He desires to be a daily driver that Charlie loves to drive and look at.

In the end it is all subjective. I want Vlad to be sans-brightwork. I think these wheels look amazing as he sits. In fact, I think that I need to get the silver strip on the door guards painted black ASAP.

Here's a series of pictures showing the evolution of Vlad:

As purchased from PO, no-shadowline, Style 8 wheels
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Shadowline & new suspension (rear too low):


Rear raised up a bit:


BBS RX wheels:


Alpina open lug wheels:

Vlad's become quite handsome.

Side to side makes it easier to see the progression. The alpinas are a really nice choice of wheel.

leadphut wrote:

Oh my...looking quite right these days CEK.

PS - I have a rather nice, clean and straight center rear bumper cover if you're interested.

BimmerSultan wrote: PS - I have a rather nice, clean and straight center rear bumper cover if you're interested.

Thanks, but no point investing in that when a euro bumper conversion will eventually happen...

^^^I hear ya...can't wait to see it again at that stage. Seriously nice one.

BimmerSultan wrote:

leadphut wrote:[/quote

*THAT* looks TIGHT!!
Those Alpina's are da bomb!!

I love the black centered, polished lip look of my Fuchs:



Nice stable you've got. Cool thread going.
Your e28 is looking HOT! Your 911's already there:)

Yeah, I like the black/polished lips on Fuchs also. Here's my '86 w/ 16x8, 16x7 Fuchs.

so far I have to say I like the Alpina's best, but you still haven't mounted the BBS RS .

Dinan e28 wrote:so far I have to say I like the Alpina's best, but you still haven't mounted the BBS RS .

Yes, and BBS RSs are to vintage bimmers what Fuchs are to vintage 911s.

The RSs will be my winter wheels; Ill go with Extreme Contact DWS or the Michilen equiv snow/ice tire (X2 something?) I still haven't finished detailing them. I figure I have until about thanksgiving before I need to move on tires for them.

Vlad now has upgraded tail/brake lights thanks to rwd535 (http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=109181).

Before:


After:



PO had already done a half-bit version of this upgrade, but I had ripped his stuff out. This kit is a far better solution.

cek wrote:The RSs will be my winter wheels

You may be the first person to ever say that!

The new Alpina wheels look amazing. It's the perfect wheel for this car. Congrats. Keep building your wheel fort though.

jay wrote:

cek wrote:The RSs will be my winter wheels

You may be the first person to ever say that!

I don't understand what the big deal is. On my M-Sport my winter wheels were throwing stars. It's not like I'm going off-roading. Just putting good snow/ice tires on.

The new Alpina wheels look amazing. It's the perfect wheel for this car. Congrats. Keep building your wheel fort though.

Wheel fort. I like!

If anyone knows about winter in the NW, its Jay. Just sounds funny to hear someone say they will use RSs for winter wheels. Personally, Id use the RXs for that, but hey. Haha.

"Wheel Fort" is a trademark of wkohler. lol.

Spent time today on the voltage drop issue.

I tore into the fuse box, determined to rule anything in that area out as a culprit. Based on this I'm pretty sure it is not related the fuse box. In the process I checked all wires. There's two PO implemented hacks within. One looks abandoned with an old splice connector in place with nothing coming from it. The other is part of his upgrade to higher output headlights. Both of these are are solid. I also cleaned all of my relay contacts and put dialectric grease on them.

I still haven't found the source of the problem, but I think I uncovered another clue:

If I remove any one of the three brake bulbs the problem goes away. I'm considering driving without a rear center brake light as a short term fix! (kidding).

Could this problem be somehow related to the Active Check system? I spoke with the PO today and he said he had replaced the light active check module by the mirror in his attempts to fix this problem (he suspected something similar). He had also shorted the coil-thingies in the rear brake light relay (but did NOT short the one found in the center brake light module). I've since removed his shorting wires...

(Remember, he had gone as far as wiring in a separate relay for the rear brake lights in the trunk trying to get around this issue...that didn't help and I've ripped all that out).

The confusing thing is that, while I continue to focus on something related to the brake lights, because it causes the most dramatic voltage drop, I do see a lesser voltage drop from some other circuits such as the blinkers/hazards (these do not cause the radar detector to reboot).

FWIW, I *am* going to rewire my stereo power/USB adapter/radar detector to work off the accessory fuse box connector . I have verified that the switched connector on there does not suffer the voltage drop. But that will only work around the underlying issue.

Shit.

I seem to have made things worse.

Driving in to work this morning the "Check" light came on multiple times (with Brake Light lit on Active Check). Hitting brakes turned it off...for a few minutes...then it would come back on again.

I think that's probably due to me removing the jumpers the PO had put on the reed switches in the rear brake active check relay box.

However... My blinkers stopped working (and then started working again) several times. I think the windshield washers went off line too (I was so flummoxed I'm not sure).

I'm guessing I screwed something up putting the fuse box back together.