BreakMyWindow

Acouple of months back i spent a good half day cleaning and waxing the 540. That night, i parked my car at a friends house in Mt Eden (the cars boot was just about blocking the footpath, but there was still plenty of room to walk past it) the next morning i found a deep scratch (in to the undercoat/primer) that goes right across the trunk lid and on to the rear quater panel. The initial reaction was to hunt down the waste of oxygen and punch them in the neck, repeatedly. It's so annoying, and now i'm wondering if I should even bother fixing the scratch for it to only happen again. I had a quote for $600 to repair it, my insurance excess is $500. pain in the arse!!

/rant

Anyone know where i can get one for an e39 (pre-facelift) in the AKL area. Does not have to be a genuine item. Thanks.

Can anyone here vouch for the claimed power and torque increase? is it worth the $1500 or have BMW already done the best job they could with the 4.4 M62TU?

I asked if they had some dyno graphs for this model installed with a powerchip but they didnt have any available.

how much for the e39 turbine wheels and tires? and are the tires wof'able ?

How about this BMW Fail?

haha

Caustic soda aka oven cleaner.

http://www.bmwwheels.com/

look under the e39 section, they are not cheap tho! nor are they cheap to refurbish if u find a used set in need of TLC (like mine)

Glad you got it back Huttey!

For your info: all BMW E39s have a built-in factory immobiliser that CANNOT be bypassed.

No car thief can start the car without a key.

and if you have the CODE set, then he cannot start it even with the key.

The immobiliser is very sophisticated - it cannot be hotwired or bypassed. The only way to start the car is with an original key that is registered to the vehicles immobiliser system

Also, the E39 has 90% of the BMW alarm system fitted as standard - just add bonnet switch, tilt switch, siren, and interior sensor - the interior sensor is the hard part (head liner!)

and change the mirror to the one with the LED in it :-) - however any LED will do.

Adding an extra alarm only adds a flashing light and a siren. It offers no further drive-away protection

I would guess that your car was moved on a transporter.

Thats good to know!!

Are you serious? If a 2001- car with moderate KMâ€S is leaking oil and water already I would avoid the whole brand!! That’s discussing poor build quality right there. I have a 25 year old car that leaks neither and could be purchased for $500

yes, but you also have to factor in how the car's been treated.

is the reason why its munted parked next to it in the pic?

Welcome to the forum

I might like to also add, that , don't buy a vehicle without a pre purchase inspection. By the dealer or an independent BMW repairer who works on these vehicles. Do not get a check from anyone else ( no names ).

We see too many HORROR stories because of unproffesional or inaccurate inspections.

Cheers

Glenn

Take the Bimmer that's potentially going to be yours to this fella - I took my e39 528i for a pre-check and i was suprised to see they noted one of the rear speakers not working.. now thats a thorough inspection lol

HB Jochen, and thanks again for all your help and excellent advice!

Such a shame..

I read in TBMW mag that the e60 is exceptionally expensive to repair any frontal damage, and it looks like the chassis is well borked considering the front doors are misalligned.

nice buy!

being a one owner car u cant go wrong providing the ceo has kept up with the service schedule. At those kms, i'd get the cooling system inspected. The shocks may need to be replaced if not already. Get it to a bmw specialist for a once over when u receive it.

There was that white 325is Evo on here before as well (I think it was owned by a guy in Otago at some stage).

Cheers

Grant

Yup That's a mate of mine - Awesome car!

My OBC shows an avg. consumtion of 12.7 l/100km thats with 98% of time driving from east auckland to central auckland.

most probably the torque convertor going in to lock up mode - do you feel the "fifth change" at motorway speeds?

e34 518i.. absolute poo.

same thing happened to my dad's e34 520i (m50)

water pump.

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.

B**mmer !! I've got the same on the front passenger door. Grrrrrr.

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

That looks sh*t hot mate, nice stance, wheels and colour.

Would look cool with a German plate and a Snitttzzzzer (s) front and M boot lip, you could get it matched when you paint your boot.

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