400,000 miles never looked so good ! My new Daily project - E34 S52 OBDI

[vlad]

The car was drivable. Not the best ride but it was fine to drive..

no, it was not fine to drive, I took it on the test drive and had to exit the highway at the first exit because of the vibration and tire rubbing and very poor brakes

I'll put money down that jason finds this thing a couple years from now and buys it back again.

by then the car will be fully sorted out and an absolute joy to drive :up:

I replaced the radiator, did the full coolant system flush and replaced the thermostat.
Also replaced the oil pressure sensor and did the synthetic oil change again



will install an alarm and replace front speakers tomorrow, maybe replace the head unit as well

[323iNathan]

lovely 5er. Also, nice choice of wheels!

[jaywood]

What headlights are those?

[ak-]

Am I the only one not digging the headlights? The previous ones looked better IMO.
Car looks comfortable.

[JGood]

no, it was not fine to drive, I took it on the test drive and had to exit the highway at the first exit because of the vibration and tire rubbing and very poor brakes

It was not "undrivable", was his point, and mine. Jason drove the car, hard, for a long time. It didn't crash, it didn't blow up, and babies didn't die. Did it need a suspension refreshing? Yes. Was it undrivable? No.

Tire rubbing? Of course. It's a sacrifice that differentiates amazing looking cars, with good looking cars...

Am I the only one not digging the headlights? The previous ones looked better IMO.
Car looks comfortable.

It might be the fact that smoked headlights and clear tail lights are the exact opposite...? Or the M-badge on a 525i throwing things off...

[LuckyHenriksen]

It was not "undrivable", was his point, and mine. Jason drove the car, hard, for a long time. It didn't crash, it didn't blow up, and babies didn't die. Did it need a suspension refreshing? Yes. Was it undrivable? No.

Tire rubbing? Of course. It's a sacrifice that differentiates amazing looking cars, with good looking cars...

What I have been thinking the entire time

[M3TROY]

literally 90% of what vlad said in this post is BS.
look for a full writeup on my restore project that was STARTED by vlad and finished by another shop.

for thos who dont know, vlad only does bodywork NOTHING more.
the pics hes showing in this thread are not even of his shop, they are of another shop that actually does all the MECHANICAL work for him.
further more this is the same shop that painted his personal cars.
the only car of his he has ever painted is the estate/touring car he has now.

[ZinnoBerrotEta]

Where did you source the dye to do the interior??? It was dyed, right?

[vlad]

What headlights are those?

kopis smoked smilieys

Where did you source the dye to do the interior??? It was dyed, right?

http://www.leatherworldtech.com/