BreakMyWindow

Put it on a diet.

I ate magi 2min noodles for lunch at work with flavoured tuna for 4 months straight. would only eat 2min noodles if stranded on an island with no food. yuck.

I dont think for the money you will spend on modding the intake/exhaust/ecu you will appreciate the gains (if any) compared to modding a turbo japper in the same way. These cars are pretty much as good as they can get out of the box.. unless you wanna get a supercharger kit $ $ If you want to open the v8 sound up a bit just pop in to a pit stop or any exhaust shop really and they should be able to help.

Really boils your blood doesn't it. Especially after you've spent all day cleaning it.

Have considered the Shnitzel front lip but much like a schnitzel it well get beaten as the front bumper is already quite low. Thinking about an m5 front bumper

Yup i did, that was a 528i. I traded it in and kept the wheels.

yup, and now complete with a nice key scratch going across the whole boot thanks to some worthless sh1t c#nt!

Yeah they were, theres a few 535 and 540's about with the style 5's. These are only the 17' models, The 18's look alot better on such a big car but are from what i was told, they are more prone to warping.

Nz-new vanos model, done 226k and still going strong.

Looks like it has the genuine m5 wheels on it too! Just be extra cautious of the dodgy cooling systems these cars have.

I was reading on the us sites that the e39 m-sport models had revised automatic transmission logic i.e faster shift times, won't change gears till higher rpm compared to a non-sport e39... offcourse u cant believe everything u read on the net.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=165847890

clearance shouldnt be an issue, its if they will fit on an 8" wide rim that they may be a problem.. id suspect the wider 18" versions of my rim have a different offset to allow the wider tire to be fitted.

Yep! have seen that 255's are permitted for the e39 540.

Thanks! so in terms of looking odd.. the sidewalls of the 255's will not look perpindicular to the road when looking side on?

I have 235/45/17 tyres all round on my e39 540. I am wanting to fit 255 width tires on the back, but am not sure if they will fit. The rims are the same as the ones pictured 17"x8" size. Would I be able to fit 255 width tires on an 8" wide rim ?

E39 540 with non dsp 10 speaker amplified stereo system. When i turn on the rear window heater, the radio station i listen to becomes distorted (sounds like its not quite tuned in) This happens only sometimes, I can't quite determine what causes the rear window heater when turned on, to intefere with radio reception.. Any one had this problem? if so what the resolution? Any thoughts ?

so if u wack in the guts of an LSD from the models listed above and u have DSC turned on in say a e39 540i what happens? error? or would it just act as normal and cut torque supply?

i have an e39 540i and i've just replaced the twin rear muffler (well ones a resonator that was full of water) with a 3" inlet and outlet hi-flow muffler, got the guys at pistop to fab up a droopy outlet tip so it all looks nice and stock and hides under the bumper. Sound is good, quiet idle, no drone when cruising at 100, but when doing 60 - 80 in fifth there is a drone. Nice roar when u plant it. Cost me 280 all up. Thinking about getting the centre resonator swapped out (boomerang shaped thingy) with a hi flow resonator to open the sound up a bit. Note the inner diamater of the stock exhaust piping is 2.6" which is an odd size. I ended up using 2.5" to replace the small section attached to the new muffler. Didint notice any increase or decrease in performance.

Definatley should have came with an LSD as standard, but i guess that the majority of these cars were snapped up by exec. buffs... they wouldnt know what to do when both rear wheels loose traction and the rear end steps out.

depends what your used to. Driving a 540 after a 528 puts a smile on your dial.

agreed.

The yanks wank on about the pre vanos model being better up in the top end due to bigger sized inlet piping.

I'm looking to get a wheel/suspension alignment for my e39 540, and would like to know if there are places in the AKL region that u guys would recommend. Cheers.

Cheers, will do so what casues the torque conveter to go in and out of lock up mode, is it a software issue in the transmissions brain, worn out torque converter parts, or a combination of the two??