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Old skool kool
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May 11, 2011 12:35:46 GMT
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I had some good times in an E28, kind of done them now but each time I see stuff like this posted up it gets my pangs going again. Nice attention to detail  I am a huge fan of attention to detail too, i will be reapplying the stonechip on innerwing and painting it body colour. |
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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May 11, 2011 17:58:37 GMT
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I'm really jealous! The E28 is my favourite BMW. I had two but never in as good as nick as this. Wish I could find one! it's not that hard to find a really good one... |
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Old skool kool
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I'm really jealous! The E28 is my favourite BMW. I had two but never in as good as nick as this. Wish I could find one! it's not that hard to find a really good one... It is if you don't want a 518 or want to spend less than £2k. I found it difficult because i wanted a genuine car rather than one that had been welded or painted before. p.s it's paul from troon that bought the bumper on bmw5! |
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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May 12, 2011 17:03:45 GMT
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Keep up the good work .E28 are great cars.Ive only had 3 of them ;D
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May 12, 2011 21:24:59 GMT
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This is going to be lovely when finished, seems to be in good hands.
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Old skool kool
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Keep up the good work .E28 are great cars.Ive only had 3 of them ;D They are great, nothin quite like a large german '80s barge! |
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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Old skool kool
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This is going to be lovely when finished, seems to be in good hands. I hope so, i'm basically aiming for a clean car with just a drop and some bbs. Real time and money will go into making it as factory fresh as possible. Speaking of hands i managed to break mine at the weekend so will need to take a break from the E28 for a couple of weeks.  |
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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May 13, 2011 11:57:03 GMT
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it's not that hard to find a really good one... It is if you don't want a 518 or want to spend less than £2k. I found it difficult because I wanted a genuine car rather than one that had been welded or painted before. p.s it's paul from troon that bought the bumper on bmw5! Not really, unless you're buying an enthusiast owned car. The one in my sig was/is super super clean, lowish miles, and cost me nothing like £2grand - I'm selling it for £800/offers and not losing money even if I let it go a bit cheaper. I've seen plenty of others at the same price all the way up to a 528 - not come across any non-rusty 535s under £2k but that's no surprise! |
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Old skool kool
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May 28, 2011 21:35:47 GMT
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Well another update here, just a quick update but a great big job! RUST. BMW underseal is sooooo thick it hides a lot! I knew about the small hole where the mudflap fits too but after digging around in the same area i found more rust.  Wee easy one but then i found:  Can see a small hole beside the jacking point and the sill has a long split too. Not impressed, that winter has been really hard on the old girl. Other side is solid thank god. So big cheers to Glenn (useless inc) who had a gander at the rust and is gonna have a bash at sorting it out for me tomorrow. Broke my hand a few weeks back which was healing nicely, untill the bonnet decide to slam shut on it as i was cleaning the inner wing up, broken again. This car really fecking hates me! But i love it so it's stuck with me. Needing a small cheering up i bolted on a bbs today just for the hell of it:   More updates after some welding.  |
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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haha, mine had rot in exactly the same place, had to cut off jacking points, make plates up to fit then weld em back on
used Teroson spray sealer to recreate OEM finish as best as poss
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Old skool kool
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Yeah it's very common, usually caused by someone at some point in history been careless when jacking it up. We've done a temp patch repair on the sill section but fully removed and repaired the jacking point floor section.
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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At least we chopped all the grot out before we welded in the new patches. The car is really rust free given the state my e28 got itself into and it was the same age. It wouldn't take much to fix it properly it's just time, weather and weld sparks in the ear hole counted against us.
I was going to give you a buzz about getting the Rover into the garage tomorrow but I went down on the off chance tonight and one of the guys down there waved me in.
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nearside rear outersill subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded. offside rear outersill subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded. nearside rear outersill seat belt anchorage prescribed area excessively corroded. nearside rear wheel arch seat belt anchorage prescribed area excessively corroded. This is what ive got to get sorted on mine  |
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love those wheels much can a set cost you? I'm picking up a e36 5, and would look pretty nie on that!
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if in doubt get the  out!! or you could go flat out  |
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Old skool kool
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love those wheels much can a set cost you? I'm picking up a e36 5, and would look pretty nie on that! £100 will buy you a shabby set and just need to spend some time on them. They ain't too hard to get a hold of, are from an E38 7 series. |
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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nearside rear outersill subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded. offside rear outersill subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded. nearside rear outersill seat belt anchorage prescribed area excessively corroded. nearside rear wheel arch seat belt anchorage prescribed area excessively corroded. This is what ive got to get sorted on mine Ouch but worth doing. I think i read about your troubles over on bmw5, definately worth saving tho. |
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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At least we chopped all the grot out before we welded in the new patches. The car is really rust free given the state my e28 got itself into and it was the same age. It wouldn't take much to fix it properly it's just time, weather and weld sparks in the ear hole counted against us. I was going to give you a buzz about getting the Rover into the garage tomorrow but I went down on the off chance tonight and one of the guys down there waved me in. Thats fine glad you got it in ok, must have been a mission! Big cheers again for the welding, really appreciate it. |
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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Old skool kool
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Jun 15, 2011 19:42:16 GMT
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Not a great deal happening but an update on the wheel situation. I have a set of 16" BBS wheels i was refurbing for the car but really wanted a set of dished split rims. A set of RS's would have been first choice but wallet says no. Decided to try get something with a classic look but not something that has been seen on countless BMWs before. Came across these:  Stern 3 piece splits in 17" flavour, 7" up front and 8" out back. In R33 skyline fitment with decent adapter friendly offsets. They are in need of a rebuild which suits me perfect. Previous owner had the front of them blasted unfortunately. Makes polishing take that bit longer. They now all look like this: ;D  FSCFO! I'd like to use the wider rears on the front and rebuild the fronts with wider lips to put on the back. Contacting Image about having some custom lips made up so will see what figures they get back to me with. Barrels powder coated, lips polished and faces painted. Just can't decide on colour yet! |
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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Jun 15, 2011 19:46:13 GMT
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Those will look great, and not something you see on every other bmw |
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Old skool kool
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Jun 16, 2011 11:49:13 GMT
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Cheers dude, thats what i was aiming for.  |
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1987 BMW E28 525E, Lachs silver, Shadowline, BBS
1999 BMW E36 318is Sport, Black with lows and no powa
1993 Subaru Impreza WRX, silver, tasty bits, STI wannabe
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