1986 BMW e28 5 series touring car rep

I imagine that is pretty rare, I wouldn't do anything that changed the appearance too much, upgrades are always a good idea but that's just me.
Your car-your choice.

My advice, is do what suits you and what will make you happy when driving it.

A full stripped out and liveried up grp a replica would be epic in my eyes, however only if you were going to use it on track etc. Stripped out & caged car for road use can soon become tiresome especially in slow driving situations, as not the most road friendly.

If its occasional blast out on a Sunday, or summer commute, or even all year round road use keep your interior and comforts.

Its perfect as is man.

Thanks for the input people. I’ve decided to go ahead and build the car I’ve longed for. Some people my think I’m butchering a perfectly nice car but to be honest it has its fair share of issues plus it is only a 520i not an M535i or M5, that means I can sleep at night.

So first off I’ve stripped out all the interior, including the sunroof which was one of the many issues, rot! The sunroof aperture was riddled with the brown stuff and had to go, also touring cars don’t have sunroofs and would have looked odd. Also found more rot on the front screen pillar and scuttle.











Next weekend I’ll be taking to car to work and wheel up a piece sheet steel and weld up the hole properly.

It is quite a rare colour combo, interior is for sale. I’m going to try my hardest to move parts I don’t need on. Parts are getting rare so it’s always good to try and help others out.

It’s been a while since my last update. Whilst 2020 has been a complete s**t storm it has also been a blessing in disguise and with 3 months off work I’ve really been able to crack on with the 5 series. First things first was to get all the metalwork finished and naturally I unearthed lots of rot which wasn’t ideal but sometimes you’ve just have to get your head down and crack on.

When I finish the cage and all the welding was done I then prepped the underside of the shell and undersealed the exposed areas. I then made the daft decision to paint the underside by hand. The end result is actually quite good due to the rough undersealer finish you can’t see any brush marks but my god it made a mess! The colour I went for in the end is Ford race red. 











Then it was off to work for priming and a bit more colour.

















Typically I ended up priming it on the hottest day of the year! Luckily I had ordered slow hardener and thinners. Next up is to 2k satin black the inside and paint the engine bay and boot.

























Coat of wet on wet primer was applied before paint.





















Unfortunately I’m going to have to re-do the satin black. I was sidetracked and forgot to mask up a couple of small holes on the inside of the shell and as a result I got red overspray on the fresh satin black! Never mind luckily it’ll be an easy re-prep and paint. Now the car is back home and in the garage I’m going to leave it a month before blocking the primer, it’s good to let the primer settle before blocking, it helps to minimise sinkage.

That......

Is a load of work.

I am liking it so far.

But then, I do prefer a bit of colour over Matt black.

Bit like having tonybmw back online.

E28s and E12s are my all time favourite, this is a great build.