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From the carjam report : 'There is a matched security interest registered for this vehicle. Although, there is a data match, please check carefully the details of the vehicle security (collateral) such as make, model, year of manufacture, plate and VIN and the details of the actual vehicle. Another person or company may seize this vehicle to pay off the debt in case of a genuine match.' It's definateley been financed. The car jam report has further details that I will not disclose on a public forum. If you want a screen shot of the carjam report I can send to you. If anyone ends up buying this car, make sure you are paying the finance company the amount he owes directly, and not to the owner. I actually have his home phone number. He won't post up a contact number for anyone to view the car prior to bidding. Reading through his auction feedback, and his piss poor attempts at advertising and answering questions, i'm really put off by wanting to buy the car. If he was easier to deal with then making the trip down to Nelson wouldn't be as bad.

A full carjam report shows that there is money owing on this car. My guess is that he is trying to make a quick few grand on it...

Are they making a new film called 'The Slow and the Furious' ?

Yeah I can scan it for ya, won't be until next week though. Otherwise if u need it urgently, you could borrow it and scan the pages you need.

I do. Is it the one with the Z4M on the front cover?

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As i wait in anticipation for more details from the seller. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/...n-578691398.htm

No I didn't see your post unfortunately, some spam-bot had made a post, but your post had then replaced that post. Ghost in the system.. That's a real shame, there are plenty of e39 M5's in the uk. Im sure a decent one could be landed here for 20k.

It's looking like it may just scrape through!

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/factshee...st-vehicles.pdf Has anyone considered importing an e39 m5 from the UK or elsewhere? With the more stringent frontal impact laws, It seems that it wouldn't even be able to be registered as a SIV due to it not being a coupe, or convertible, although all those magazines i'm sure would say it's a collectable!!

Anyone else running one of these? There are a lot of cool features, but I find the alerts can get a bit much, so I've just enabled X, Ka and POP alerts.

$200 ?

Very nice camera and/or editing skills.

1x 25mm M-tech II sway bar with brand new genuine BMW group 25mm bushings. Note this is only suited to non m-tech I and II 535i and 540i models. Factory manual 540i also had this sway bar fitted standard. Excellent cond. no rust. $75 1x 14mm rear sway bar. Standard 6 cylinder e39 models (no m-tech I or II) came fitted with a 13mm rear sway bar. Excellent cond. no rust. $25 2x Genuine AC Schnitzer front lowering springs. Note that these will only fit v8 cars, including the M5. See pic of my red e39 in this thread to get an idea of how much of a drop they give http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=43905 Excellent cond. no rust. $85 2x genuine E39 rear springs, unsure of which model they came out of, they look to be from a m-tech I car. These should fit any E39 sedan that doesn't have M-tech II rear shocks, or has edc. $20 2x genuine e39 540i M-tech II rear springs. I have verified that the part numbers on these springs are from the car I describe. Note that they are also the same springs found in the rear of an M5. (Note that there are different spring rates based on the axle weight of the car) These springs will only suit an E39 that has either M-tech II/M5 rear shocks, or after market shocks that have the same lower spring perch to shock lower bolt distance as the M-tech II/M5 shocks. They will RAISE the rear of your vehicle otherwise. Excellent cond. No rust. Nike shoes not included ;-) $65

I've had 17" rims on my e39 before, and I do prefer the ride quality over 18" rims.

I have a set of 4 18" BBS RK II rims that I am keen to swap with for a set of staggered 17" style 32 rims. Specs of Rims and Tyres : BBS RKII 18x8.5 ET13 Tyres front : Falken FK452 225/40/ZR18 Tyres rear : Falken FK452 255/35/ZR18 Tyres have approx. 50% wear. Wear is even. The Rims do have some minor scratches which i can photograph for interested swappers. The Rims i'm after must be staggered (17x8, 17x9) Style 32 specificly for e39 fitment. With good branded tyres, not China rubbish. Tread wear must be warrantable, and even. BBS RK rims on my e39 : Style 32's im after :

There is some good info on m5board.com in regards to testing the MAF's by means of measuring how many litres per hour the car consumes through out the rev range. You can obtain this reading via the secret OBD menu, i think its in one of the first few tests. If you decide to get new maf's don't go for the vw substitue, not only do u need a special hard to find tool to remove the unit from it's housing, but it will degrade performance. I went down this road in my 540i ( m62tu uses same MAF as the m5) After replacing the substitute vw maf unit with a Bosch one, there was a noticable improvement in response and low down torque, the 540i would now plod along doing 60km/h up a hill with full torque converter lock-up doing about 1100rpm :-) where as before it would change up a gear. If you have the patience, read through this : http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e39-m5-e5...-mafs-work.html

It just needs some camber plates installed and it will be fully-hella-gay.

The e39 M5 has 18" wheels. Be careful with running wider rear rims, as they may not clear the inner wheel liners.

Nice photography!

Probably the Serious Crash Unit trying to working out what caused this mess.

afaik e39 v8 front struts won't fit e39 6 cylinder models.

While you're looking in to the sunroof, It would pay to check the cassette casing for potential leaking.. If you are able to slide the roof back completeley, detach the piece of metal which springs upwards upon the sunroof sliding back, just before the front sunroof corner drains, you should be able to see a seam which should have some sealant in it. If there are signs of the sealant coming loose or some of it's gone, then this will eventually let water in to the car! I came accross this problem on the weekend. i will post up some pics on the forum with a how to (just waiting for the silicone to dry, and to confirm that my solution has fixed the leaks)

Remove the 2 rear mufflers, and replace with 2.75" pipe. Opens up the V8 burble niceley. You shouldnt fail a wof either - i've been through about 8 so far.

In my experience, a 330i auto will keep up with a 540i auto up until about 4th gear...