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Thread: Alpine 01 E38 M sport project

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    i like the NBT upgrade that should be awesome.

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    I kept reading you say "NBT retrofit" and didn't want to look like a noob asking what you meant; now I know!

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    . I was the same way for the longest time.

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    Hello Sir.

    This car looks just fantastic!

    Please don't ruin the car!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jwohl View Post
    Hello Sir.

    This car looks just fantastic!

    Please don't ruin the car!
    Check out the OP's profile and all the work he's done with his other vehicles. I think this car will be far from ruined while in his hands. MUCH IMPROVED is more like it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GaryE30 View Post
    Check out the OP's profile and all the work he's done with his other vehicles. I think this car will be far from ruined while in his hands. MUCH IMPROVED is more like it.
    Don't worry, this car is going to made way awesome, even before Brandon gets his hands on it .

    Keep track of it in the E38 section thread as that one gets the updates first.

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    Yes, Sir!

    I tried, but I may be too new to this board. Can't find in profile!
    I'm curious!


    Quote Originally Posted by GaryE30 View Post
    Check out the OP's profile and all the work he's done with his other vehicles. I think this car will be far from ruined while in his hands. MUCH IMPROVED is more like it.

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    You go through cars so quick it is hard to keep up! Can't wait to see those Arc 8's on an E38, never seen one with them before. Thanks for linking the build threads.
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    .Tom.'s E38 with them




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    Wow that looks great, thanks for posting! Those wheels pretty much look great on everything.
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    Agreed. I obviously love them since I have them on my touring but when I saw .Tom.'s car pictured, I was sold on how they look mounted on the E38 as well and almost immediately ordered another set

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    dude - this is a great p ickk up, I cant tell you how much I love the E38 styling - with the M parallels too - it looks in MINT condition!


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    Thanks! I agree and feel that it's my favorite body style of all BMW's. I will definitely be keeping the M pars for cold weather driving.

    All the interior is being delivered to Brian (Redshift) with fibrenew who will be dyeing everything. Very excited to post some updates but he has other work in line too so might be a bit. I got the Alpina front lip. It's an eBay replica from Latvia but it looks very nice. Going to see if my body guy will consider removing the logo and making that smooth but that will depend on the cost..

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    I've been away catching up on life and such. Isn't this done yet? Come on fellas, I know what you're all capable of doing :P LOL!



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    Haha, it's still in Charlotte.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AquilaBMW View Post
    I've been away catching up on life and such. Isn't this done yet? Come on fellas, I know what you're all capable of doing LOL!
    Michael, check the thread in the e38 section. This one doesn't really get updated.

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    NBT is alive

    Quote Originally Posted by blackknight530i View Post
    Sorry it was kind of quiet this weekend, but I went to VIR Saturday and to Raleigh Sunday to help Brian get set up for Brandon's interior parts. There was a lot of reorganizing of the shop to do to make room for all these parts. The door panels come apart in so many pieces, and he needs them all separated to get the best dye coverage. Three huge folding tables later and an engine and other such stuff moved around and we had everything laid out. Took the plastics off the seats and door panels as well. I think Brian is going to get started on the parts this week, but it will take him a while to get through everything. I expect he'll post some updates here and there over the next couple weeks.

    Back in Charlotte, I got the round to flat pin cable from Brandon that he got for the old e38 and was able to get the NBT fired up.



    I was kind of freaking out when the amp wasn't outputting any sound, but I forgot that I needed to code it to MID_basis so that it doesn't cut out after 5 seconds due to the old head unit being removed. Quick NCS Expert session and that was fixed.

    His is a Euro NBT, so it doesn't have SiriusXM or HDRadio, but all the other functions work great (so far, but haven't tried nav since the car has no seats ). I tried hooking my phone up by Bluetooth and having the antenna on top of the parcel shelf, but under the trim should have great reception, which was important because I think Brandon plans to pretty much use his phone by bluetooth exclusively. Traffic over the FM antenna seems to also be working properly, though it's not nearly as good as Waze.

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    So what functions will you eventually have in the NBT? or what will you be missing?

    cant wait to see the arc8's on the e38!
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    I will post up more details once I get the car.

    Some photos Brian sent me.






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    looking good just curious how do the door panels reassemble? do you use a very strong adhesive?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sabreslight View Post
    looking good just curious how do the door panels reassemble? do you use a very strong adhesive?
    Thanks! Much of the panels are fastened with nuts but some pieces will need to be plastic welded back together. Brian with Fibrenew is doing all of that.

    I have ordered all the OE parts that needed attention

    black floor mats
    CPS
    ABS sensor
    cowl panel
    engine bay rubber seals
    C pillar/drip rail trim with new rubber
    passenger side headlight cover

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    Thanks for the info your project inspires me to finish my 7
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    BSKCASE - '98 740il Arctic Silver/Black 175k'ish - Face-lifted, 3" Projectors, Shadowline, 01 Tails, Hydro Trunk, Sunshades, 750il Full interior retrofit, Sport Seats, Steptronic, Face-lift Steering Column, X5 Steering wheel, E53 4.6is Cluster, Euro E66 Piano black/Chrome Grab-handles, Chromeline, Suede Pillars/Headliner, Auto wipers/Lights, Lighted Handles interior/Exterior, Dual battery retrofit.

    WIP: Custom Style 42 18x9.5" ET12, 18x10.5" ET8, 3.15 LSD Rear diff.

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    E38 door panels are extremely modular. You can mix and match colors in all sorts of combos.

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