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Posted: Dec 18, 2005 12:19 PM
by cj
Not much really. The most significant mods are:

Suspension-
Ground Control adjustable height coil-over system
Ground Control caster/camber kit
Koni Sport dampers (sls deleted)
Complete suspension rebuild

Motor-
Fresh S38
Euro exhaust cam gear
JC chip

Rolling stock-
Alpina wheels (8x18 front, 9x18 rear)
Yokohama es100 (225/40 front, 265/35 rear)

Exterior-
New coat of Spies Hecker single stage Schwartz
All new bumper surround trim
Euro headlights
All new marker and tail light lenses

Interior-
Leather dash
Re-covered seats
Recaro baby seat(gotta take care of my little guy)
m-tech II steering wheel

Mods I have parts for but, no time(first part of '06)-
e34 m5 big brake kit
m-tech body kit
stebro exhaust

http://www.bmwmregistry.com/detail.php? ... l8oRLmAr95

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Posted: Dec 18, 2005 3:25 PM
by Bryan in SB
Very nice!

I'm not much of an 18" wheel guy for our cars, but yours look great. I think the close spoke pattern keeps it from looking 'wagon wheelesque'.

Not a bad wagon in the pics either.... :D

Posted: Dec 18, 2005 3:37 PM
by Yellow2
Very nice. Always nice to hear what other people havei n their cars. Your car looks great with those fatty tires in the rear too !!!

Posted: Dec 18, 2005 5:08 PM
by Skeen
Looks great. I would suggest doing the front sidemarkers in a smoked clear or leave the fronts orange. Just looks a little inconsistent, but the car overall looks amazing!

Posted: Dec 18, 2005 5:53 PM
by cj
[QUOTE="Skeen"]Looks great. I would suggest doing the front sidemarkers in a smoked clear or leave the fronts orange. Just looks a little inconsistent, but the car overall looks amazing![/QUOTE]

I have a smoked set of side markers. They looked a bit cheesy. I think it is the result of them being amber/red then smoked. I'll buy new front lenses just to take a look. Does anyone make clear smoked side markers?

Cris

Posted: Dec 18, 2005 6:35 PM
by e28blackbeauty
Wow your M5 looks amazing. Those Alpinas are one of my fav. on the E28. I wish my M5 looked like yours.

Here are the clear blinkers and tail lights but i dont know of anyone for the side markers.
http://www.algonet.se/~kinnby/shop/shop_us.htm

Matt

Posted: Dec 18, 2005 6:42 PM
by cj
[QUOTE="e28blackbeauty"]Wow your M5 looks amazing. Those Alpinas are one of my fav. on the E28. I wish my M5 looked like yours.

Here are the clear blinkers and tail lights but i dont know of anyone for the side markers.
http://www.algonet.se/~kinnby/shop/shop_us.htm

Matt[/QUOTE]
I have the clear front blinkers for my m-tech kit. I did'nt know of the clear tail light panel. Thanks!

Cris

Posted: Dec 18, 2005 6:46 PM
by Black Out
hey cj, great looking car. Was it difficult putting 18"s on the car? or does your setup not lower the car at all?, i think the 18's look great.

Posted: Dec 18, 2005 7:34 PM
by cj
[QUOTE="Drew in South FL"]hey cj, great looking car. Was it difficult putting 18"s on the car? or does your setup not lower the car at all?, i think the 18's look great. [/QUOTE]

It was'nt difficult at all. The m5's fenders seem to have more"roll" to them than an "e" or an "i" car. The limiting factor to make the offset on the rear wheels more positive was the trailing arms. What I did was fit up the wheel with no tire installed to see how far I can go in toward the trailing arm. I had a few mm to move the wheel inboard so I had the backpad on the Alpinas shaved 7mm to move it further inboard. Total offset is now 32mm. The front was lowered 2" and the rear I adjusted down 1.25". These measurements are taken from the center of the hub to the fender opening.

Cris

Posted: Dec 18, 2005 9:33 PM
by e28blackbeauty
[QUOTE="cj"]I have the clear front blinkers for my m-tech kit. I did'nt know of the clear tail light panel. Thanks!

Cris[/QUOTE]

No prob, But i think you only get the clear lens and you have to break out the taillight to replace it with the clear. sounded like a pain to me.

Matt

Posted: Dec 18, 2005 9:58 PM
by BMWJustin
Now that is a beautiful e28, and I love the wheels.
Justin

Posted: Dec 18, 2005 11:29 PM
by .45shooter
Sweet Ride!!!!!!!! I seen it during the Norcal meet at the Fremont dealership!!! Looks 10 times better in person

Posted: Dec 19, 2005 12:43 AM
by cj
Thanks for the compliments.

Cris

Posted: Dec 19, 2005 1:13 AM
by Tjn182
Cj - The ground control suspension - is it still available? I don't recall ever hearing that they covered e28s...

Posted: Dec 19, 2005 7:39 AM
by Shawn D.
[QUOTE="Tjn182"]Cj - The ground control suspension - is it still available? I don't recall ever hearing that they covered e28s...[/QUOTE]
You don't remember Ed's old 535i, huh?

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