My e28 - 1985 535i (Semi Pic Heavy)

[AsharC]

Hey guys,

Been on the forums since I had my e30, that car is long gone. Picked up a '85 535i almost 2 years ago and this is pretty much how its come along.

Whats been done to it.
- H&R Sport springs (dead coil is cut on the front springs) and E90 drop hats
- Bilstein shocks
- 850ci 4 POT Brembo brakes up front
- E46 M3 Shifter, with all new bushings
- Full 3" exhaust with a resonator, its not that loud and sounds nice

The rear is now sitting on XYZ Coilovers, just waiting on the front to be welded.

Onto the Pictures.

When I bought it:

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Then I bought a set of staggered Style 32's

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Some brick road love

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A picture at a local meet in Chicago

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And then this happened

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Story time - I was driving on the expressway in the rain, with bald tires. Yes, I am a retard. The rear tire hydroplaned causes me to spin, I tried correcting, ended up spinning smashing the front end against a wall bouncing off and smacking the rear end. Pretty much did a full 360. No other party was involved.

I wasn't going to let go of the car to easy, decided to get it fixed. The body shop guys said that it would be hard to get the cat back to that color because it was a custom mix, and they said a full color change would only cost $200 more.

Pictures of the repair process (Disregard the gay autozone filter)

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Wasn't able to source a M-Tech front bumper so I bought a euro M5 Valance for now

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And out of the oven with fresh Lemans Blau paint

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When it was all done

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At a local meet

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Test fitting Rs's that I ended up selling to a good friend, and a member on here, Dannyyisntt.

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And then someone ruined my hood and this is her current state.

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Sitting purty next to my beater I picked up for $500

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The car needs a new clutch and a new hood. The clutch is here just need to replace it when I get back from school.

Thanks for reading
Ashar

[ANDRÜ]

Awesome job fixing it after the crash. I would have said fuck it thinking it was too much work, but that came out real nice. Keep on truckin

[dannyyisntt]

I'm surprised you haven't really shown her off here before! Car looks good, keep with it man.

[fresh_TD]

Nice, what made you go with the blue?

Sent from my GS4 Active

[WarHammer 2/1]

Car looks great. How much did that body work cost?

[AsharC]

I'm surprised you haven't really shown her off here before! Car looks good, keep with it man.

Thanks, I don't like showing off much.

Nice, what made you go with the blue?

Sent from my GS4 Active

Idk, I was going with royal blue then I saw lemans blue on e39 m5's that changed my mind. It was either blue or silver.

Car looks great. How much did that body work cost?

$2200 for the frame work and the paint.

[Cabriolet]

great job. i love what you have done with the car.

[AwakenNoMore]

Love it before and after. Glad you where able to save the car.

[dishwab]

$2200 for the frame work and the paint.

That seems like a great deal. Were you happy with the quality of the work? I'm thinking of getting a respray next spring. Was it in MI?

[AsharC]

Thanks for all the kind words guys!

[AsharC]

That seems like a great deal. Were you happy with the quality of the work? I'm thinking of getting a respray next spring. Was it in MI?

I'm happy with the quality of work they did. The owner is a good guy too, he pretty much let me store in the shop while I was looking for parts, which took forever. It was in Chicago, I only go to school here in Flint.

[StinkE30]

Dooooooooooood, right on! Way to take that thing back after the crash. Well done!

[Sea Aych]

Wow, i had no idea that was what it looked like before! Awesome you decided to get it redone after the accident :up: Work looks super well done too - One of the better looking e28s!
How did someone eff up the hood?

[e30saam]

looks great man! It's awesome that you fixed it after that huge of an accident. Does the car have a salvage title now?

[AsharC]

Wow, i had no idea that was what it looked like before! Awesome you decided to get it redone after the accident :up: Work looks super well done too - One of the better looking e28s!
How did someone eff up the hood?

Thanks, someone backed into it while I was parked overnight.

looks great man! It's awesome that you fixed it after that huge of an accident. Does the car have a salvage title now?

Nope, its still a clean title. I didn't go through insurance because they would've definitely totaled it, and then I would've had to buy it back and etc.