e34 540 Daily Driver Project

[suspenceful]

Any plans to lower the back down a bit?

Love those wheels on there.

[StriggityStrack]

suspenceful said:

Any plans to lower the back down a bit?

Love those wheels on there.

I didn't put the exhaust back on yet because I am working on some bugs but I am hoping since it is 1,000,000 lbs it will help the back settle down a bit more. It does concern me enough to think about lowering the springs but I doubt I will act on it because the rake isn't horrible and this will be a daily driver.

[StriggityStrack]

I’m really not a huge fan of the e34 steering wheel but instead of replacing it with a better one I was able to spruce it up a bit. I used a universal genuine leather wrap from Amazon and stitched it to match the M pattern. I didn’t know if I would like the wide stitching at first but it feels amazing in hand because it add a bunch of grip to the leather. All in all not a bad look for $20 total. 

[Jdesign]

On a scale from 1 - 10, How hard was that? 

It looks amazing though!

[StriggityStrack]

Jdesign said:

On a scale from 1 - 10, How hard was that? 

It looks amazing though!

The difficulty was a 5 but it took a good hour and a half to complete. The leather was surprisingly easy to manipulate and the stitching stayed tight along the way which I did not expect at all.

[YoungCR]

Link to the amazon product? Looks great!

[StriggityStrack]

YoungCR said:

Link to the amazon product? Looks great!

Leather wrap in size "L-". I didn't go with the regular "L" because coincidentally there is a review from an e34 owner who suggested it is loose fit but it probably would have worked just fine if you don't like the gap in mine. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01L8NUQSS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Colored thread to match the M stitching. I have a whole bunch now though if you need some. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y63TK4D/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Jdesign]

That's pretty awesome for how cheap it is. Link saved for future use!

[StriggityStrack]

Well she drives but has the dreaded 50 shimmy. As of now I have the whole font suspension back off to work on the upper and lower control arms. It would have been great to do that when I replaced the front shocks.... On another note if anyone has some rare e34 goodies they are looking to liquidate feel free to push them my way.

[SteelBlue]

I want another E34 again. I’m partial to the skinny grilles

[Earl]

SteelBlue said:

I want another E34 again. I’m partial to the skinny grilles

I miss my e34 even more seeing this too. I'm also partial to pre facelift versus post facelift.

[StriggityStrack]

@Earl @SteelBlue I am not a huge fan of the pre face lift because of the body lines. I like the small kidneys but the hood lines are too narrow and my favorite brake duct valance wouldn't work at all.