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good to see that progress is still being made
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Old skool kool
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Yep, it sure is. Finally!
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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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Well today i removed the front wing from the E28 as it was going a little crusty around the lower edge. This is the part of a body resto that every E28 owner dreads! Your lovely super mint E28 may well show some lovely holes at the bottom of the A post! Old wing: crusty and not very pretty  I was pretty happy with the condition of the bottom of the A post as i expected the worse when i saw 24yrs worth of mud fall out as i lifted off the wing. Only a small hole where one of the mudflap fixing go had rusted out. They are in the bin so thats no problem. Rest just needs a tidy up and some more underseal. Gave it a quick clean with some G101 and it came up well. Will clean off the seam sealer and apply new stuff when the new wing goes on:    Was quite relieved.  Just got to source another wing now, would rather a mint genuine one than a new pattern one. BMW can supply me with one but they want my left testicle plus cash. And it's my favourite one. ;D |
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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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Definitely worth getting a genuine one if you can
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Old skool kool
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Don't suppose you have one?!
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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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This is a superb example.
Those wheels are gonna be perfect too.
Excuse my ignorance, but I haven't heard of the Shadowline moniker before?
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Excuse my ignorance, but I haven't heard of the Shadowline moniker before? Shadowline is the proper BMW term for the black trim around the rear lights and the doors/side windows, as opposed to chrome, and applies to any of their cars that had the option. I think only the E24 6-series used a different name but am not 100% on that. |
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That wing doesn't look too bad. I can try to weld in a bit at bottom for you if you like as I've had plenty experience of late with my rover?
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That wing doesn't look too bad. I can try to weld in a bit at bottom for you if you like as I've had plenty experience of late with my rover? Cheers for the offer bud but it's actually worse than pic makes it look. Bit at front too. How is the rover coming along? |
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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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Excuse my ignorance, but I haven't heard of the Shadowline moniker before? Shadowline is the proper BMW term for the black trim around the rear lights and the doors/side windows, as opposed to chrome, and applies to any of their cars that had the option. I think only the E24 6-series used a different name but am not 100% on that. That's it, and it makes such a difference to the e28. |
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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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That wing doesn't look too bad. I can try to weld in a bit at bottom for you if you like as I've had plenty experience of late with my rover? Cheers for the offer bud but it's actually worse than pic makes it look. Bit at front too. How is the rover coming along? No worries. If you can't find one then the offer stands. The Rover's coming along Slowly. I think the hardest bit is done. There's a few more patches to do then I can start work on making it look a bit prettier. |
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Guy painting the e28 is a good mate and pretty reasonable if you need someone.
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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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should take about 6 months to restore....
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May 10, 2011 12:37:49 GMT
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the engine bay looks fantastic! I bought an E28 520i last night and it needs a monster service so I'll pop off the engine cover while I'm at it and do what you've done.
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1974 MK1 escort with a zetec on GSXR itbs (will finish some day)
1989 BMW320i touring, sits low and looks real fast. isn't.
2004 Skoda Fabia VRs
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May 10, 2011 15:33:18 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!
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'86 E30. '86 E28. '92 E32. '97 Laguna. '98 March. '00 A4. '05 Focus.
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May 10, 2011 18:09:27 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 |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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May 10, 2011 20:20:40 GMT
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Guy painting the e28 is a good mate and pretty reasonable if you need someone. Cheers, I've got someone lined up to to paint it but that's several rolls of mig wire away. |
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May 11, 2011 12:24:17 GMT
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Guy painting the e28 is a good mate and pretty reasonable if you need someone. that's several rolls of mig wire away. haha i like that! |
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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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the engine bay looks fantastic! I bought an E28 520i last night and it needs a monster service so I'll pop off the engine cover while I'm at it and do what you've done. Cheers bud it was worth the couple of hours work, super easy to do. Just remember to get it super clean and heat it up before applying the vht paint. I've started doing a bit of mirror polishing on the side so i will be polishing a lot of my engine parts including the cam cover, |
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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 12:30:08 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! Cheers it is a right good one. Took me a few years to find a decent one at decent money. I chased this car for a year before i got my hands on 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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Just got to source another wing now, would rather a mint genuine one than a new pattern one. BMW can supply me with one but they want my left testicle plus cash. And it's my favourite one. ;D
