What did you do to your E28 today?

[DavidE9]

Stainless steel brake lines, big brake conversion.

[alemac1]

purchased an 8" sub to make an under seat enclosure thanks to the thread on here, got my diff rebuilt with all new seals & bearings, also a new crankcase breather hose.

[Federico]

Rebuilt my 43 year old heater valve.  Diaphragm was hard as bakelite and didn't want to come out. Also my 10 year old Wahler Thermostat was sticky and lazy and got replaced. I dumped it in hot water and remained shut for 10-20 seconds (i looked away and then found it fully open). The new one opened instantly.
 


 


 


 

 

[e28Sean]

Spent a bit of time adjusting my fog lights.  One of them was aimed way too low.  Got 'em nicely dialed in.


 


 

 

[stuartinmn]

Got my M535i out of the garage for the first time this year, and the leaves on the trees are finally popping out.  Two sure signs spring is here.  

[Etip]

Got my windshield wiper fluid sprayers working. Ordered new hood insulation retaining screws. 

[tig]

Pulled Minerva out of hibernation.

[Karl Grau]

^^^ Isn't that mural missing two wolves? 

 

[wayneoB7s]

done 3 car shows in a day ..... Ultimate bmw   celebrating  60 years of the Alpina  name with 1100 cars in attendance . then  off to the Piston club and then off to caffeine and machine 
 


 


 

[3hands]

Replaced all my sparkplugs today, although the old ones looked super good! 

[austin8753]

installed some extra spring pads in the rear of my m5 a few weeks ago, to attempt to correct the reverse rake. can't wait to change out the Spax springs for something else.

it's currently my only daily drivable car while the e39 is off to the body shop. been a long time since i've regularly driven it so i'm glad to bond with it again.

[328dabi]

 


 


 

I cleaned my 524td up a bit today. Installed new oem floor mats and new roundels on the hood and trunk. (The old hood roundel is better quality btw).  

Here is what an original full size spare looks like. 1984 date code. Made in west Germany. 

[3hands]

I detailed the hell out of my interior today!



Alex 
 

 

[328dabi]

I’m restoring this 1984 524td. It had a lot of paint fade on the roof and trunk. No clear coat. In an effort to try to save the original paint I decided I’m going to clear coat it. Today I restored all the black trim and finished the 1st coat and will be applying a second coat of clear tomorrow and then ceramic the following day. I also finished refinishing an oem early 80’s e28 Decklid spoiler, so that will be going on once I’m done with the paint restore.  I’m very pleased with the results thus far. 
 


 


 


 

 

[328dabi]

Two coats of clear done. Test fitting oem spoiler and oem roof rack. Going to install the spoiler in a few days after I do a ceramic coat. 
 


 


 

 

[Etip]

Looks great!!

[Mike W.]

 

 

No clear coat from the factory? That's a huge win. What color is it, it looks like Burgundrot, which on the ones I've seen does have clearcoat.

Looks good whatever.

[328dabi]

 


 

No clear coat from the factory? That's a huge win. What color is it, it looks like Burgundyrot, which on the ones I've seen does have clearcoat.

Looks good whatever.

Yes it is Burgundrot, which has factory clear coat. But the clear was chipping in areas. The roof and trunk were especially bad with paint fading and no clear. So I wet sanded and applied a coat of clear and then wet sanded and applied another coat of clear. In a few days I’m going to wet sand again and ceramic coat. Most people would have gotten a paint job. My goal was to try to preserve and keep original paint. So I decided to redo the clear coat and keep my fingers crossed that I bring it back to life. Still need to touch up some areas with touch up paint before doing a ceramic coat. But so far I’m pleased with the results. The car is presentable now, less than 400 in products and several hours of my time saved me 5k on a paint job and more importantly, the car retains its original paint.

[328dabi]

The trunk was by far the worst of it. Sun faded and original clear completely gone. First pic is after 2 coats of clear, second of when I first got the car and third after wet sand and 1 application of clear. in a few days I’ll do a ceramic coat. Should look even better. 
 


 


 

 

[Mike W.]

No clear coat from the factory? That's a huge win. What color is it, it looks like Burgundyrot, which on the ones I've seen does have clearcoat.

Looks good whatever.

Yes it is Burgundrot, which has factory clear coat. But the clear was chipping in areas. The roof and trunk were especially bad with paint fading and no clear. So I wet sanded and applied a coat of clear and then wet sanded and applied another coat of clear. In a few days I’m going to wet sand again and ceramic coat. Most people would have gotten a paint job. My goal was to try to preserve and keep original paint. So I decided to redo the clear coat and keep my fingers crossed that I bring it back to life. Still need to touch up some areas with touch up paint before doing a ceramic coat. But so far I’m pleased with the results. The car is presentable now, less than 400 in products and several hours of my time saved me 5k on a paint job and more importantly, the car retains its original paint.

Actually I did something like this 10 years ago and it came out pretty well. It looked good when I was done. Not as good as yours looks, which is great, but good. And I thought I was the only one crazy enough to try to reclear something! viewtopic.php?f=3&t=131715

[328dabi]

Yes it is Burgundrot, which has factory clear coat. But the clear was chipping in areas. The roof and trunk were especially bad with paint fading and no clear. So I wet sanded and applied a coat of clear and then wet sanded and applied another coat of clear. In a few days I’m going to wet sand again and ceramic coat. Most people would have gotten a paint job. My goal was to try to preserve and keep original paint. So I decided to redo the clear coat and keep my fingers crossed that I bring it back to life. Still need to touch up some areas with touch up paint before doing a ceramic coat. But so far I’m pleased with the results. The car is presentable now, less than 400 in products and several hours of my time saved me 5k on a paint job and more importantly, the car retains its original paint.

Actually I did something like this 10 years ago and it came out pretty well. It looked good when I was done. Not as good as yours looks, which is great, but good. And I thought I was the only one crazy enough to try to reclear something! viewtopic.php?f=3&t=131715

That’s actually really good. And a great write up.