1988 BMW E24 M6 total restoration project started ! Many pics !

[Wh33lhop]

Vlad, you doing anything to the motor or just leaving it a stock S38B35?

[Vince30]

Nice river cruise! I love chicago.

[vlad]

Vlad, you doing anything to the motor or just leaving it a stock S38B35?

it only has 63k miles, it is a one owner car, so for now it will be stock, whatever the new owner will want, I can do it

Nice river cruise! I love chicago.

I now love Chicago as well (when the weather is nice)

[vlad]

Had to get the new ECU that took few weeks to find. The old one just gave up and the car would not start.

it went to the mechanical shop for some maintainence



came back, the car is running flawlessly now !



putting some finishing touches on it

[Peterkaczynski]

wooot! sex.

[Nairb]

Just out of curiosity, how much does it take to do a restoration project like that?

Awesome build, thanks for the thread.

[thowes24]

soooo jealoussss!

[Jean]

Just out of curiosity, how much does it take to do a restoration project like that?

Awesome build, thanks for the thread.

More than you can afford pal! S38

[Garageaholic]

Absolutely Beautiful, Vlad. Love nicely done E24's.

[325ix]

Looks great! I love the gold on red, looks really good.

[vlad]

Just out of curiosity, how much does it take to do a restoration project like that?

Awesome build, thanks for the thread.

each restoration is unique, it all depends on what the owner wants to do and how far he/she wants to go as far as paint, mods, etc...

Absolutely Beautiful, Vlad. Love nicely done E24's.

Looks great! I love the gold on red, looks really good.

thanks guys :up:

my buddy came today with a carpet washing machine and we gave this 22 year old rug a good clean up, it came out awesome, even better than expected !





tomorrow I'll finish up cleaning the interior and will put two newly re-upholstered front seats back in, also the windshield will be installed tomorrow.
That's it for now, she goes back to sleep in a good company ;)

PS the front will be lowered this weekend

[vlad]

got the new winshiled gasket and the new windshield.
The glass guy spent about an hour on the windshield installation, what a bitch, just didn't want to go in









we also spent like 30 min trying to get the rear glass molding back in, these moldings on e24 are such a pain to install, especially when they are 22 years old and bent, but it's all good now, only the minor stuff left

[325ix]

whats left? It looks fantastic now!

[structured]

Vlad, have you been driving this car around at all? I saw one just like it in Yonkers about a week ago. Red with ///M badges. The car went by fast so I couldn't tell if it was the real deal.

[vlad]

whats left? It looks fantastic now!

will finish up some interior bits and pieces and get it ready for the photoshoot this weekend ! :up:

Vlad, have you been driving this car around at all? I saw one just like it in Yonkers about a week ago. Red with ///M badges. The car went by fast so I couldn't tell if it was the real deal.

:rofl: I wish I was driving it but it had no windshield ever since we took the old one out for the restoration