E28 M535i

Post Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:02 pm

Some photos of my latest completed project. The car isn't for sale...and actually doesn't even belong to me...I did the project for someone else:

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/in ... gmGal=m535

Also some "Before" and "During" shots (not well sequenced yet...sorry!):

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/in ... =cc_before

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk:80/gallery ... =cc_during

Regards to all!

Post Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:18 pm

That is sweet! Whoever 'someone else' is I hope he's pleased. I just love these sorts of restorations, I'm slowly trying to get do mine on my e12 m535i. Did you replace many of those engine parts? What sort of budget was this?

Post Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:24 pm

Hey, thats awesome, you made it look brine new. You know the owner of the car, isnt he a surgeon or something along those lines, that restores bmws to there former glory as a hobby on the side?

I use to read into this site a lot, I even bookmarked his site,

as pritty much every car of his is near enough showroom condition

Post Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:58 am

anisotropy wrote:That is sweet! Whoever 'someone else' is I hope he's pleased. I just love these sorts of restorations, I'm slowly trying to get do mine on my e12 m535i. Did you replace many of those engine parts? What sort of budget was this?

Thanks!

Yes...quite a lot of replacements but also just a lot of cleaning for weeks on end with toothbrushes etc!
Restoration costs in terms of parts and third party costs etc ran to circa £5K.
Very best of luck with the E12 M535i !
Cheers.

Post Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:02 am

madaboutthe30 wrote:Hey, thats awesome, you made it look brine new. You know the owner of the car, isnt he a surgeon or something along those lines, that restores bmws to there former glory as a hobby on the side?

I use to read into this site a lot, I even bookmarked his site, as pritty much every car of his is near enough showroom condition

Yep, that's me! Thanks!
I also have this one of my own (it's not on my website)...it's a 528i though. Cost me about the same amount to do...plus a further £2K to buy in the first place . No point me trying to sell it at the moment though as really I don't think people are buying cars of this calibre at the moment.

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/in ... gmFilters=

Cheers!

Post Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:05 am

derin, did you have a white E28 in the mags a short while ago?

Post Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:46 pm

Yep!..That was me too!

The chap who owns the Diamond Black one above also now owns that white one having bought it from me! He'd actually agreed to buy it from me before the article was actually published.

Post Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:52 pm

Those cars look wonderful. All of them. Please don't park too close to my car at a show, mine looks bad enough already.

Post Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:50 pm

derin wrote: Yep, that's me! Thanks!

Really!! Well its a pleasure to finally meet you

Look forward to anymore of your projects

Post Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:51 am

Derin it's Jan here, Moseleys friend and it's clear to me you are out of your mind. That is just amazing.
Want to do my touring ? lol

Outstanding yet again.

Post Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:53 am

looks fantastic but a couple of questions. Whys the body kit not been replaced after resto? Also no front sports seats? Nice work though.

Post Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:34 pm

Mox3d wrote:Derin it's Jan here, Moseleys friend and it's clear to me you are out of your mind. That is just amazing.
Want to do my touring ? lol

Outstanding yet again.

Hi Jan!

Sorry for the late reply! Just back from France today.
Yeah...I know I must be mad! But that's probably the last of them...they're just far too much hard work now.

You're Touring wouldn't take much....and you've got all of Nigel's at your finger-tips too!

Post Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:41 pm

B7 wrote:looks fantastic but a couple of questions. Whys the body kit not been replaced after resto? Also no front sports seats? Nice work though.

Many thanks!

Yes...I decided to remove the bodykit for a couple of reasons:

1) It had not only hidden but also contributed to a number of the rust problems this car had.

2) I (personally) prefer the look without the bodykit (plus the car should be lighter too now

)

What I hadn't appreciated before I made this decision was that it wasn't quite as simple as just leaving the bodykit off. In fact, I hadn't realised that in addition to a number of things having to be removed (eg. different jacking points etc) the M535i actually has no proper front valance under the bodykit!

Thus, it turned out to be a bit more of a job than I anticipated.

Yes, you're right though...it's an interestingly spec'd car from new in that it was an M535i complete with bodykit but spec'd with 'Comfort' Seats' like the 535iSE rather than the 'Sports Seats'.

Post Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:19 pm

derin wrote:
B7 wrote:looks fantastic but a couple of questions. Whys the body kit not been replaced after resto? Also no front sports seats? Nice work though.
Many thanks!

Yes...I decided to remove the bodykit for a couple of reasons:

1) It had not only hidden but also contributed to a number of the rust problems this car had.

2) I (personally) prefer the look without the bodykit (plus the car should be lighter too now )

What I hadn't appreciated before I made this decision was that it wasn't quite as simple as just leaving the bodykit off. In fact, I hadn't realised that in addition to a number of things having to be removed (eg. different jacking points etc) the M535i actually has no proper front valance under the bodykit!

Thus, it turned out to be a bit more of a job than I anticipated.

Yes, you're right though...it's an interestingly spec'd car from new in that it was an M535i complete with bodykit but spec'd with 'Comfort' Seats' like the 535iSE rather than the 'Sports Seats'.

Great looking car mate

what did you do with the bodykit if you still have it drop me a pm