1982-1988 BMW E28 Front Suspension Refresh DIY
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- čas přidán 20. 11. 2018
- This video will walk you through how to replace the front suspension on a BMW E28. This guide will help you work on many different cars, including:
518, 518i, 520i, 524d, 524td, 525e, 528e, 525i, 528i, 533i, 535i, m535i M5. 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Did my control arms last year and this friday the steering parts on my e28. Great video!
This is a very helpful guide, Thanks!
Happy to help!
Great Video
this video is very helpfull
Great video! Thanks!
Happy to help!
That is going to be a job...well done....I have to do this as well. You removed the strut to make it easier ok.
Using this for future reference 😤👍
Nice 👍!
Cool!
More e28 content!
Is a rear suspension refresh in the works?
Yes! We are waiting on the rear trailing arms to come back from powder coating before we throw some new bushings in em and install! So much more e28 stuff to come, including engine swaps and a full track car build.
In fact, the load on the suspension prior to torquing the bolts should be the vehicle weight plus the equivalent of 2 adults sitting in the front seats, one adult sitting in the back seat and about 100 lbs in the boot/trunk.
Garrett Lowell
And the car needs to be roller back and forth several feet for the suspension parts to seat properly, then tightened to torque specs.
Where did you read that?
Nice video Mr :
Where or how did you get a front lower aluminum control
You missed out the hard bit. How did you remove the shock absorber from the strut after you took it off the car? It needs a special tool to remove it and also one is useful to clamp the strut while working on it.
The rest of the job is some if you work carefully.
Does anyone out there know what spring damper combo this is? Looks like it’s partially assembled from ground control maybe?
I just want to change upper and lower control arms, swaybars and tie rod end assemblys. Do I also need to take off the whole shock assembly and brake or is it enough to just remove the parts I want to change?
No, you should be able to keep the shock assembly in place if I remember right.
Is the e28 still a project til this day?
Where’d you find your kit?
What model e28 is that?
How much cost it ?
What brand are the upper control arms you bought?
Hard to find these days... I went with Delphi upper control arms on RockAuto fitted with PowerFlex street bushings
What's the brand of that kit and why did you choose it?
Buy genuine BMW or Lemforder brand. Genuine BMW suspension parts for this car are made by Lemforder. All others are junk and will stretch and the car will feel sloppy. I owned 23 BMWS mostly 80s. That’s my advice to you. Pay a little more but save yourself the headache for years.
How many pairs of those gloves did you go through on this job? Just use regular work gloves and they actually protect your hands and don't tear every time you touch the car.
This is a subject that few people discuss. Lol Its hard to use the camera with regular gloves. And the car we were working on was really greasy, so I didn't want my $20 mechanic gloves to get soaked in dirty oil. Rubber gloves are cheap and actually keep your hands clean which is important to me because I work in an office setting. I use regular gloves often, but when filming the dexterity is a priority.
Did you just say "unloosen this"? ;)
Deeeewds thank you for the informative video but christ allmighty do you have to run that music throughout the whole thing? how about like, 20 seconds at the top of the clip, fade it out, bring back a little stinger at the end of the vid. Its really distracting. My 2cents
Do you have and ig?
Yessir! @racecar_andchill
And my personal is @stanlyshakedown
Also, "held up by..... deez nutz" uhuh huhu huhhuhuhu :)
haha i heared that too.
I never noticed that until now! 😂