Okay, here's a long shot; I was at the BMW Festorics at Laguns Seca last year, and I managed to be parked next to an E34 Alpina B10. It was, I admit one of the sexiest E34's I seen in a very long time. I'm hoping that the owner might be on here, and if you are, would you please step forward? I would love to ask you some more questions about your car. I have a pic in my photo album "Ronin". Anybody know this car?
I imagine that is my car now. It does not have stripes on it now, I think the previous owner removed them to do some touch-up paint work. Unless there is another black BiTurbo in California.
That is a 1990 535i with Alpina cosmetics... originally it had gold Alpina stripes, front spoiler, front and rear B10-3.5 badges, alpina 8.5x17 and 9.5x17 wheels, alpina springs and shocks (changed later on with lower and stiffer setup), alpina shifter, non-airbag Alpina steering wheel (3-spoke), Alpina floormats, BMW rear headrests (US model 535i did not come with rear headrests), Dinan chip, sebring exhaust, shortened final drive ratio (3.64:1 I think), limited-slip diff, Pioneer head unit, soundstream subs, ADS power, you name it..
The car is solid balck with grey leather and original wood trim from BMW
Bought the car for about $41k in sept 1990 but spent another $15k or so in mods...
sold it @65k miles in june 1995 after I finished school and went back home.
Why do i think that is my ex-car? coz it has the B10-4.0 front spoiler ... i wreck the original B10-3.5 front spoiler sometimes in 1993 and couldn't find the same front spoiler anymore... the B10-4.0 front spoiler has cooling intake for the front brakes..
Thanks for the pic !!
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Last edited by BlueBiturbo; 31st August 2009 at 11:09.
i was parked next to that car on Saturday of the historics. Was very clean, nicely done. A few things that made me suspect it wasn't a real alpina, but great looking car. The owners were walking away from it as i was parking, didn't get to talk to them.
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91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; EAT Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
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