1985 E28 spoiler paint

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Well, shocks mounted, rebuilt wheel cylinder thrown on, brakes bled and re-adjusted, time for a quick testlap around the shop I thought. Car feels so much better with the new shocks, no more horse and buggy bounce...!

Brakes suck though, the old girl still takes a hard left turn as soon as you touch the middle pedal. Sigh.
A quick test on the roller bank got me confused; BOTH RH side brakes are fooked.

I don't get it;

- The master cylinder is a split circuit unit, but it splits front and rear;
- Brake shoes are adjusted properly (with old cars like this, all shoes are separately adjustable);
- All wheels turn freely and the drums don't hang-up (what's the proper British term..?);
- There appears to be no more air left in the system;
- Can't find any weird bends or dents in the brakelines;
- The PO fitted new hoses just prior to shipping the car...
- WTF?

I won't be able to work on the car for about a week, so I'll have enough time to think this over. If anyone can chip in, feel free to do so .

Thanks for reading, Shiva.

Pffff, it's been a while...

I gave up on the drumbrakes, decided it just wasn't worth it in the end. I tried everything I could think of, it just didn't work. I am now going to use the disc conversion kit I bought from Rustyhope to get it road legal.
So today I started by taking apart the front RH brake set-up and cleaned up the spindle a bit before I decided it was time for a quick test fit.
Frustration hit me right in the face as I tried to fit my new caliper to the conversion kit's caliper bracket. The caliper pin holes are off by just a few mill, enough to make it a rough fit.... So I guess I'll have to re-drill the brackets or make new ones from scratch. Will decide on that one later...

Thanks for reading!

OK.... Caliper mounting brackets redrilled, steering arms drilled to 14mm and the spindles now have 14mm fine thread in the lower bolt holes.
I had to use the grinder on the mounting brackets to provide some clearance for the calipers (see pics)
I bought some 10.9 fine thread bolts and slapped it all together, then shot some gunmetal grey ''hi-temp'' on the lot. I know this probably won't last, but after all the hard work I just had to have something shiny to show for, LOL...

Bolting stuff together;





Hacking of the exess lenght of bolts;



Making room for the calipers;



Spray;



Result;



Thanks for looking!!!!

Great looking car, will look suitably awesome once it has it's height slightly adjusted.

Well I'm waiting the next update with anticipation!

4 years would be pushing it, hahahahaaa


I've got myself another toy to play around with, SWMBO wanted a somewhat luxurious car to cruise around with in the weekends... The kids are getting bigger and our Renault Twingo just doesn't cut it anymore.

So I went and bought me this;



It's a 1985 525e which looks nice from a distance, isn't all that crusty and is sporting leather E32 seats.

So.... The wheels are the infamous TRX jobbies and as I'm not about to spend € 2000,- on tires alone, these sadly have to go. It's a shame though, because I love the design.
I scored a set of cheap 16" from a newish 5er and tried them on for fitment;



They're a bit too modern for my taste, but they'll have to do for now. They're going to be black, which might help with looks a little. I hope;



Fronts are 205/55R16, rears 205/60R16.

Had to chase out a bunch of Gremllins; battery would drain in a matter of hours, heater fan didn't work, rear lights looked like a Xmass tree, front fogs didn't work etc...



Took me nearly a day to remove all the boy racer wiring, filled a bucket with it;



Took the dash out to sort all the loose connections, screw connectors ( people who use these in cars should never touch cars) and live wires dangling freely;







While I was at it, I cleaned all the connections in the fuse box, replaced the fuses, replaced a sticky fog light relay (causing the battery drain) and removed the remants of an alarm and immobiliser. Also cleaned the rear lights and connectors, but I'll have too take a better look at those at a later stage. They're pretty bad, a known issue with these cars apparantly.

Nice car, and nice work on the wiring - what a mess!