What did you do to your E28 today?

rmiddendorf · Post by **rmiddendorf** » Apr 06, 2012 11:18 AM

I also installed my real plates yesterday...

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Apr 06, 2012 12:33 PM

rmiddendorf wrote:I also installed my real plates yesterday...

L_N_Love · Post by **L_N_Love** » Apr 06, 2012 5:25 PM

Huge bumper option?

rmiddendorf · Post by **rmiddendorf** » Apr 06, 2012 5:36 PM

L_N_Love wrote:Huge bumper option?

Yeah the London 2012 Olympics are borrowing them for their high-dive platform...

But seriously, I snagged a quick shot after a real estate shoot and only had my 11-16mm lens with me. You should have seen the shot from the front- it made the grill look HUGE and was not flattering at all.

ldsbeaker · Post by **ldsbeaker** » Apr 06, 2012 7:57 PM

Guess they WILL mount to a US model e28.
Just like I knew they would...

Trying to find an appropriate fabric/material to re-skin the panels with...

wkohler · Post by **wkohler** » Apr 07, 2012 11:29 PM

I removed the Johnson box and all remnants of oxygen sensing, as well as installed the original cracked-up dashbaord in my M535i. It's amazing how easy it is to install a dash that has to come back out. It slid right in and everything lined up.

Took like 5 minutes. Another 30 to get all the lower panels back in place and the instruments hooked up.

I think it runs better, but I haven't driven it since January due to no dashboard. I couldn't wait two more months, so I decided to do the swap twice.

twin55 · Post by **twin55** » Apr 09, 2012 12:27 AM

Finally installed my keyless entry correctly today

...it was purchased in mid - 2007. My first attempt in 2007 was a failure, couldn't get it to unlock.

Bav Ace · Post by **Bav Ace** » Apr 10, 2012 1:12 AM

Installed the Saab glass sunroof/moon roof. Also installed the larger...and quieter motor. I managed to minimize breakage to only the plastic rectangular motor cover. Usually I brake two plastic parts for every one I remove/fix.

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Apr 10, 2012 10:56 AM

I'm

... Man, do I need motivating!

ldsbeaker · Post by **ldsbeaker** » Apr 10, 2012 3:01 PM

A little darker than I have gone before...

rmiddendorf · Post by **rmiddendorf** » Apr 10, 2012 9:18 PM

I pulled the antenna again and re-seated it from the bottom using every available spacer and washer that came with is and those available from the old one. Even that wasn't enough and I had to resort to assisting support with electrical tape. It is secure now and no longer floating around in the hole. Done.

And I replaced the driver's window door seal. If you're going to do that job pull the mirror. I tried it without pulling the mirror and got stuck at- you guessed it- the mirror part. The mirror only takes an extra 5 minutes to pull and is necessary in my opinion. So now Heinz is ready to take on the rain.

Next I want to pull the grille and paint it black again. Its a little faded- not bad- but noticeable against the rest of the car since the other paint is so good. Anyone have any suggestions on paint? I am planning on using SEM Trim Paint Satin Black unless someone else chimes in. I may or may not get to that soon. I still have a cold and its kicking my butt plus its also R/C airplane and helicopter season.

jhall · Post by **jhall** » Apr 11, 2012 4:48 PM

Over the weekend I put a Dinan chip in the '88 then chased down a couple of vacuum leaks and fixed an exhaust flange leak. She's running far better than I've seen her before and probably the best she has in a few years.

Tuesday I took some Lexol to the front seats, I think I've found my new favorite leather conditioner by far. I'm not trying to delay the inevitable dye job that they need but anything I can do to protect them before that is a plus.

I also received my universal magnaflow muffler for the '85. Soon It will have straight through exhaust to just the muffler. I didn't expect to still have that car at this point so whatever, I'm gonna have some fun with it. Also considering a possible blitz Black paint job... I think it would look better then failing clear coat.

jhall · Post by **jhall** » Apr 11, 2012 5:23 PM

rmiddendorf wrote:Next I want to pull the grille and paint it black again. Its a little faded- not bad- but noticeable against the rest of the car since the other paint is so good. Anyone have any suggestions on paint? I am planning on using SEM Trim Paint Satin Black unless someone else chimes in. I may or may not get to that soon. I still have a cold and its kicking my butt plus its also R/C airplane and helicopter season.

I used Rustoleum 'trim and bumper black' on my White car and I liked it. Time will tell if it holds up.

twin55 · Post by **twin55** » Apr 14, 2012 6:07 PM

I search this p/n 64 11 1 469 182 and found this

so I called the phone number 1-913-342-5650 (ext 271)

Today I changed the temperature sensor passenger room - Part number: 64 11 1 369 828 /Old part number:64 11 1 469 182 , for $29.96.

Cactus · Post by **Cactus** » Apr 14, 2012 8:20 PM

Not an E28, but this is what I did to my E24 today:

I'm going to miss the old bird. Oh well, time to get cracking my my "m"535i.

ldsbeaker · Post by **ldsbeaker** » Apr 14, 2012 8:23 PM

I found out that I won't need the window 'breaker' any more. For some reason, i thought the sunroof wouldn't work with it "popped". Now i know.

Next i need to try to fit the manual crank sunroof assembly from the e30. Did you know that all the manual crank parts cross to the e30, e24, and e28? Now you know. Guess i'll do the saab moonroof at the same time.

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Apr 14, 2012 10:14 PM

Me and wifey took The Beast out for a Drive.

caleb 87 535is · Post by **caleb 87 535is** » Apr 15, 2012 12:00 AM

Fixed the hand brake

got it running agian

cleaned it out

made a poor impression on this girl by laying my seet all the way back and driving off. ( I thought it was cool) then fell asleep in the passenger seat.

rmiddendorf · Post by **rmiddendorf** » Apr 15, 2012 6:56 PM

I took Heinz, my ///M5, on a drive of SE Ohio. Great trip, but there is a significant hesitation under full throttle that I'm going to have to address. I'm skewing towards fuel or air based on the symptoms but may post a tech thread after a more thorough search. Interestingly enough a quick search of "hesitation under hard acceleration M5" didn't deliver any S38 results, only M30 related issues.

Will do more research...

m-racer · Post by **m-racer** » Apr 15, 2012 7:21 PM

ldsbeaker wrote:A little darker than I have gone before...

Would you please send me a pm with the fitment of your wheels. I have been wanting a set of E34 17x8, 17x9 Alpinas (assuming that is what yours are), but were afraid they would not fit. Possible yours are 16's, but if they are 17's would appreciate some info on how they fit, tire size, etc. Thanks.

wkohler · Post by **wkohler** » Apr 15, 2012 7:25 PM

m-racer wrote:
ldsbeaker wrote:A little darker than I have gone before...
Would you please send me a pm with the fitment of your wheels. I have been wanting a set of E34 17x8, 17x9 Alpinas (assuming that is what yours are), but were afraid they would not fit. Possible yours are 16's, but if they are 17's would appreciate some info on how they fit, tire size, etc. Thanks.

Tim, his are staggered 16s.

m-racer · Post by **m-racer** » Apr 15, 2012 7:41 PM

wkohler wrote:
m-racer wrote:
ldsbeaker wrote:A little darker than I have gone before...
Would you please send me a pm with the fitment of your wheels. I have been wanting a set of E34 17x8, 17x9 Alpinas (assuming that is what yours are), but were afraid they would not fit. Possible yours are 16's, but if they are 17's would appreciate some info on how they fit, tire size, etc. Thanks.
Tim, his are staggered 16s.

Thanks Chris. Wishful thinking on my part. I actually tried a set of Hartge's in 17x8.5, 17x9.5 (off an E30 M3) and they ended up fitting better than I thought they would. Fenders are rolled perhaps more than I thought. I had the body shop roll them years ago to fit the RK's but have no specs on what they actually did. Still wishing I could get a set of 17" closed lug Alpina's to fit.

m-racer · Post by **m-racer** » Apr 15, 2012 7:42 PM

wkohler wrote:
m-racer wrote:
ldsbeaker wrote:A little darker than I have gone before...
Would you please send me a pm with the fitment of your wheels. I have been wanting a set of E34 17x8, 17x9 Alpinas (assuming that is what yours are), but were afraid they would not fit. Possible yours are 16's, but if they are 17's would appreciate some info on how they fit, tire size, etc. Thanks.
Tim, his are staggered 16s.

Thanks Chris. Wishful thinking on my part. I actually tried a set of Hartge's in 17x8.5, 17x9.5 (off an E30 M3) and they ended up fitting better than I thought they would. Fenders are rolled perhaps more than I thought. I had the body shop roll them years ago to fit the RK's but have no specs on what they actually did. Still wishing I could get a set of 17" closed lug Alpina's to fit.

ldsbeaker · Post by **ldsbeaker** » Apr 15, 2012 8:24 PM

Nothing to add, chris got it. I wonder if the grass is really greener??
(btw, i saw your WTB for 17s, and i totally clicked on it thinking you were selling some. That's how blind i am when i see 17 and ALPINA in the same sentence. )

m-racer · Post by **m-racer** » Apr 15, 2012 8:36 PM

ldsbeaker wrote:Nothing to add, chris got it. I wonder if the grass is really greener??
(btw, i saw your WTB for 17s, and i totally clicked on it thinking you were selling some. That's how blind i am when i see 17 and ALPINA in the same sentence. )

Bingo. Grass isn't all that much greener. I really like the 17x8 RK's on the car and went to a lot of trouble to find a 5th. They are perfect. I am bored. I go back to Europe to work next week. It's what happens when I have too much time on my hands

Armydiver · Post by **Armydiver** » Apr 15, 2012 8:52 PM

I boxed up my seats and I am sending off to Jim's tomorrow which will complete my interior color swap.....

Very excited, I will be back on the road and should be at Vintage and possibly RTT.

I was going to send the trim pieces as well to be covered in leather but I am not sure when I am going to put the leather dash in. Probably next winter...

Also installed most of the powder coated stuff from Todd, car is looking great.

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shagrath · Post by **shagrath** » Apr 16, 2012 7:52 AM

Replaced the a/f in Lindsey's 85 eta and drove the piss out of it to and from DC. Over 1000 miles this week.

Repaired the cluster in the 88. Washed her goooood.

Coming up this week: Motor mounts and a/f in the 88.

This month hopefully: finish rear end suspension bushings, shadowline in full before Vintage.

Das_Prachtstrasse · Post by **Das_Prachtstrasse** » Apr 16, 2012 7:57 AM

Raged at it. Fucking POS.

On a side note, I ordered 2 sets of Hartge side decals, managed to locate a rear H5 badge, although the H5 badge is e34 correct. Pretty happy about that, though.. these things are bloody hens teeth. Also ordered some Leatherique filling compound which i'll use in refinishing the Alpina rear spoiler. If anyone wants to trade for a Hartge one, i'd be much obliged.. Tomorrow I'll be swapping my WAR chip out for a replacement, as after much deliberation, we have concluded it's the weakest link in this POS' running issues. If that doesn't get it running properly, i'll pull out the matches.

Gelatinous · Post by **Gelatinous** » Apr 16, 2012 2:33 PM

Yesterday:

Replaced the center link, idler arm, both tie rod assemblies, and both front swaybar links.

Alignment appointment it tomorrow, hopefully it'll help with the pulling right and tire scrubbing, if not I'm going to start looking at upper and lower control arms, as well as the heat shield shown on Rod's site as my car doesn't have it installed.

A couple weeks ago, I added the troll face sticker and I've had the Farfrompimpin sticker on for a while, thanks Fuel!

MicahO · Post by **MicahO** » Apr 17, 2012 7:54 AM

Drove it 50 miles this morning, over the hills, a good run on the highway. It's run around town a lot the past 2 weeks, but this was the first good long run. The exhaust (VSR cat, stock center resonator and Euro Supersprint rear can) sound great all the damn time. There was a lot of minor tweakery done over the past few months and the engine was flawless.

The cruise did not pick up and cruise me down the road. I fiddled with the arm for a bit and gave up. Then I hit a big pavement break, large enough to skip the CD, and the cruise engaged. WHOA DOGGIE!!! WHOA!!!. That was cool. I'll fiddle with the clutch pedal switch and see if that gets me something. Phucking phabulous car.

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