'86 325e restoration with s52

[squidmaster]

verrrry very nice build! I like it a lot

[Bimmian89]

verrrry very nice build! I like it a lot

Thanks a lot man! Much appreciated :)

[UpstateMike]

haha yeah I love the tucked bumpers, I cant believe how much changed the front end. Thanks though, my brother was a HUGE part of it I would still be working on it if it wasnt for his help.

My brother isn't into cars but my best buddy (25yrs of friendship) is and I'm damn lucky to have him. He found me an e30 in Florida and is going thru it for me so I can bring her home soon. His name is POORBOYZ here on rev. Real good dude!:)

[Bimmian89]

Off topic but here is a few pictures of my 330 I just got back from the shop. Got a CSL front installed, looks a whole lot better than the original.

[Bimmian89]

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[Chriskbmx]

Car looks great guys! hope you guys get around to pulling that carpet up soon and actually welding a panel in. have a mig welder is never a bad investment either. you can get a used set up with a bottle and cart for around 5-600 if you look hard. then you open the door to some much awesome stuff you can make and fabricate yourselves.

[Bimmian89]

Car looks great guys! hope you guys get around to pulling that carpet up soon and actually welding a panel in. have a mig welder is never a bad investment either. you can get a used set up with a bottle and cart for around 5-600 if you look hard. then you open the door to some much awesome stuff you can make and fabricate yourselves.

Thanks! Yeah, it's actually pretty solid 3/8" steel plate and has rivets every half inch. The one on driver side is actually a custom fit, it's attached to the side of the fender well as well so like I said its very solid, and has sealant on both sides as well as a " rhino lining type stuff on the entire floor front to back and in the trunk as well :)

[Bimmian89]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQwiXaxS9mU

Just a quick video :) Let me know what ya think.. 3rd gear 60-105 ( This was made on a backroad, no one around for miles. So dont think I drive this when other people are around.)

[Bimmian89]

Painted my fog light covers and resprayed the air ducts, also got the lip installed and the black kidney grills. (Thinking of color matching the lip.. What do you guys think?)

[fresh_TD]

Yea paint it to match

Sent from my GS4 Active

[Nick_S]

Paint to match forsure. Awesome build, car looks great!

[Bimmian89]

Alright so I painted the Lip to match everything else. It does look better, thanks for the persuasion lol

[HotelLima95]

If you don't mind me asking. How does the lip attach? Because I bought a series one with a missing lip and found one, now I just need to know how to attach it. In the stock lip there are 5 screws but the side has something weird and I can't find clips or anything.

[Bimmian89]

It has like two prongs that stick out on each "clip" it just slides between those prongs and the upper lip of the valence itself. Mine only had the ones on the side so I drilled a hole in each one without the prongs and ran a zip tie through it and the lip ( lip has a slit where it slides on the prongs) on the backside so you can't see it. PM me if you need more details.

[Bimmian89]

Alright so I got a Ireland engineering strut brace from a member here and it was too long for his car, so I tryed my luck since our measurments matched up and still ended up being ~ 1/8" to long. So I had a friend of mine that owns a fabrication shop work his magic on it. It feels so much better with the brace all the bumps in the road just feel so much smoother now, and handling is a lot tighter. Very happy with it.