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And another clip of me being a bit too keen with the throttle.....

Mowed the lawns on a paddock today with it...

Pm me and i can give you a contact in Chch that i used to fix my cluster.

1. It depends on what needs doing, it's a 15 year old E39. The vibration would need more investigation. Assuming that is minor and maybe needs at most an inspection 2 type of servuce i'd say late 20's. 2. Low teens to early 40's. 3. Niggly electro-mechanical stuff goes wrong with vanos. The engine is actually pretty reliable for what was a masterpiece in its day. I'd say what mainly goes wrong is stuff associated with a heavy 15 year old e39 - Suspension, tyres, drivetrain. You can easily spend 10k plus fixing issues if you're wanting to keep it mint.

After owning 2 e39 M5's with and without cats, I'd definitely choose cats. The smell at times gets in the cabin and it's not pleasant.

PM'd

If the broken pieces of bumper have been pushed in behind it and resting above the lower belly pan it should be able to be repaired with some plastic welding.

Nice! Looking forward to the build thread

I used kiwishipping to bring a couple of clutch and flywheel sets about 2 years ago. Took about 9 weeks to get to my door.

I've used this company before for 1 hour of troubleshooting on the dyno before. They also hosted a bimmersport dyno day back in 2014 for us. People seem to think dynos are just for checking Max Power and torque output or for tuning. They're also a useful troubleshooting tool. http://www.mcrautomotive.co.nz/ I paid $85 + gst for 1 hour of time.

Maybe best to log it on a dyno? An hours worth of time on one could be a lot cheaper than a court hearing...

I have an m62tu timing chain tensioner available.

Yeah movie make believe.

Mine works. Used a 2degrees pre pay sim, setup call forwarding on my cellphone to the car phone and use the built in handsfree... Or the brick

Open diff

It was this car as seen in the movie Ronin that got me in to M5's. Spectacular Engine.

How many kms on the originals? I would just go with stock shocks, are they different to non DD e60 v8 cars? Using aftermarket stiffer shocks might upset the DD system? It's like wearing a Hugo Boss tailored suit and getting Warehouse shoes. No body will notice but the end result is a bit cheap feeling.

Sold.

Just bought a set of PS4's. Got them for $1420 fitted and balanced. 245/40/18 and 275/35/18 sizes. Coming from Pilot Super Sports these seem to be every bit as good, particularly in the recent Auckland rain.

Just over 5mm tread depth left. Evenly worn and no puncture repairs. Approximately 3 years old. 245/40/ZR18 $200 Picked up in Auckland.

Sold.

Bmworkshop in Grey Lynn.

New Shoes and a fancy wheel alignment that uses Lasers.

I suspect the arrangement of the Crank case ventilation system requires that the valve cover is leak free.

Over the years on various e39's i've had : Dunlop dz101- shyte in the wet Falken fk452 - decent Toyo T1r's - shyte in the wet Nitto's - shyte in the wet Michelin Pilot Super Sport - amazing in wet and dry, too soft on track. Getting a set of the new Michelin PS4's fitted tomorrow, will let you know how they go.