BreakMyWindow

Any progress?

Can bullet proof it for a decent price on ebay.

Maybe the M stands for Munted undertrays..

Looks like it had rear subframe mounting area cracking repairs.

E39 interiors age much better than e34.

Annual Clay bar and wax job done!

Wet the rear window with the door card removed and then open the door. You’ll see exactly where the water comes through between the foam and the metal of the door. Removing old butyl is such a c&nt of a job, I completely removed all of it from the foam and metal on the drivers back door. Sika mastic and a caulking gun made it easy to apply a new bead on the foam. I got lazy with the passenger back door. I tried just heating up the old butyl and sticking the foam back down. Still leaked. So i just applied some sika mastic along the bottom of where the foam joins to the metal. This seems to have done the trick because i spent about 4 hours cleaning old butyl off the other door and there was no way i cbf’d doing that again in this humidity. The sika mastic is white coloured but you can’t see it once the door card goes back on.

Spending my only week off dealing with leaking rear door foam moisture barriers and a door card that’s separated. Old car fun.

I think ecstuning still do an interior sun visor for the front windscreen that’s for the e39.

Nanna’d it from Auckland to Gisborne. 3/4 tank of fuel used which worked out to be 10.4l/100km according to the obc.

Ignition Switch.

referring to muscle cars before they discovered independent rear suspension.

Like a modern day muscle car. Only good in a straight line.

Better, as in more expensive?

If you mean the thrust arms can be twisted a bit by hand then that’s normal. I can do that to my ones and i’ve just replaced the bushes about 2 weeks ago.

Yeah that’s if being fussy. Get an M5 steering box with servotronic. Wouldn’t be gutted.

Keep the original sump and modify an e39 v8 subframe?

I think also if it’s true m-tech the chassis id will be wbs.... compared to wba..... ??? Could be wrong?

New rear lower bumper trim to tidy up the appearance followed by a bath.

Yeah I miss those days....

E39 M5 Pro's - Torque - LSD -The V8 rumble - Manual - Easy to work on E39 M5 Con's - The petrol and tyre bills - The tendency to sledge and the re-circulating ball on-centre steering feel

And what about the steaming pile of ....American cars ?

The Hilman Avenger has a special place in my heart. Bought a pretty tidy one for $350 back in 2006 with some mates and spent a few weekends trying to kill it on a paddock. It had a fresh 1600 in it and was a 4-speed manual, good for donuts in top gear on the grass, probably all day. The only issues we really had were the engine mounts breaking. We fixed that by stropping the engine in place. In hindsight I would have loved to have restored it, but being a young early 20 something idiot back then, it was decided that paddock bashing was a better idea.

I can confirm it has an operational LSD.

Nice, i can see the appeal for giving it a new lease of life.