Daily Driver 528e Project

[StereoInstaller1]

Soooo...
Does this mean you can mock up a box for the E28 now?
Huh? Huh?
How about now?

Oh fuck.

What we're gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time.
When the only people that existed were troglodytes...cave men...
cave women...Neanderthal...troglodytes.

Next, I will start getting PMs about E9s....

[eric (^__^)]

I approve of this project.

[StereoInstaller1]

I approve of this project.

no one cares about anyone from Tacoma.

[eric (^__^)]

no one cares about anyone from Tacoma.

[Jparkr]

Back from the UC
time to work.

[Spiff325iS]

This is like the ultimate post-christmas morning presents picture that everyone on this board would love to wake up to. I know I would..

[Jparkr]

we have almost finished the front suspension. A few hours and we will have pictures up...
That is the goal anyway

[StereoInstaller1]

John, let me get this straight...you broke your finger while I was taking a dump at the strip club?

Goddammit man, wear your fucking helmet!

[Jparkr]

hahaha no no, I broke it yesterday morning. I was getting the car ready to come off the trailer and it went on its own. I grabbed the tow strap and prevent it from rolling down the ramps but it was too heavy to hold alone for long, I held it for about 30 seconds while yelling for James or Joe but no one could hear me. So, It finally got to the ramps and I tried to slow I down with the tow straps and I did enough to let go and sprint to the car and pull the e-brake. I noticed however when I opened the door there was a finger laying in my palm.
I thought it was just dislocated so I reset it but I knew it was broken after the pain stayed after the reset. That was 11:30. I made an appointment at 3:15 and Funk dropped me off at some health care place that couldn't help, so they gave me directions to urgent care and sent to the metro.
Anyways James picked up me at 7:30 and we got to work and finished the front suspension, which you will see in a few minutes.

~fin~

[James Crivellone]

ALRIGHT, Here are some pictures from day 1 and 2.

Loading the car onto our kickass trailer, complete with surface rust, dented fenders, positive AND negative camber (its all about features baby), and one mismatched tire.. Needless to say she handled fantastic at 45MPH in the right lane of I-5 during a downpour...




John decided to take a, "group shot" of everybody during the drive down..yeah...thrilled.....



Navigating with sophisticated computer technologies



Uh Oh, damnit John, how many times do I need to tell you, leave the do..... yeah broken finger, amazing!



Yup, that does not appear to be correct, no sir, I don't like it.



Anyway, with John at the hospital I cranked up the music and continued working, yanking the front suspension.





Next, the cripple made me drive my ass across town and pick him up, bastard couldn't even take a cab! Either way, he decided to start helping and we began replacing the springs/shocks, front bearings, brakes, bushings, etc.



Yeah....check out my scar ladies



Front completely stripped for new front valance (I will repair the front core support later on)



Me forgetting that e28 brake calipers are on the front, not back...yeah took that strut back off a few min later..



Me pressing out bushings (with all 10 of my fingers) with the almighty press



John yanking shock number 2



The front strut CORRECTLY mounted this time



Next up, front wheel bearings



mmm sexy



90% completed front strut, (brake calipers had blown seals, so gotta tackle that tmmrw)



Overview of today's work, 90% of the front suspension is installed




More to come tommorrow!

[ldsbeaker]

Me forgetting that e28 brake calipers are on the front, not back...yeah took that strut back off a few min later..





The front strut CORRECTLY mounted this time





More to come tommorrow!

This totally fucked me up for a second there. I had to look at the picture of my E28 to make sure that I didn't fuck it up!!

[eric (^__^)]

I have the same spring/shock combo on my car.

[T Verdier]

this looks like fun.

[318isbmw]

Joe's organized chaos of a shop. Place cracks me up how he finds everything in it and knows where it all is.

Looks like some real good progress, and that's a good dent on the finger, nicely done.

[Jparkr]

We finished up the front today, (brakes, steering) Tore the 5spd stuff out of a 535i and completed the rear subframe. pictures will be up later tonight/this morning