BreakMyWindow

Some shots taken of when I sold my old M5

Yep that dohc turbo era was great.

Had the sohc version of this and 2x ZR-4’s. Great cars.

Love it. Well done!

Suzuki super carry. They’re rwd i think.

Yep you only have to search on youtube for Arthur Tussik to see how repairs are done overseas on rails... Pull the rail out, cut a window where the kink remains and straighten that piece further using a hammer. take the piece cut off and straighten on a bench then weld all back together and paint. An amazing guy but that approach wouldn't cut it over here when the engineer inspects.

A belated 21st present has been ordered for the M5. - Clutch kit and at the same time a shifter rebuild using some new bits I have had stored away. -full suspension kit including shocks, all arms, ball joints, steering parts etc. Everything except subframe bushes and wheel bearings. diff bushes, diff seals, drive shaft cv, centre bearing and flex coupling were replaced in late 2018. -valve cover seals, air filters, cabin filters and fuel filter. Oil change to be done at same time. Be a good opp to also fit 4 new CPS's i've had in storage too. Planning to take it down to the end of the south island next year and will be looking forward to driving it on all the fresh parts.

Yep I broke a few of the tabs removing that cover. Pain in the ass! Have a bit of a google, i think it might need to slide down and then off once the top tabs come loose. Can’t quite remember but good luck!

Not too sure if any company would let you hire the use of a hoist because of safety reasons. I looked in to setting up a hire a hoist a few years back.

I had an issue with the rear centre seatbelt where it'd lock when you put the seat back down and not unlock preventing the seat back from going back up. Had to unbolt the rear lower seat base and unbolt the seat belt anchor off its bracket, that got old quick. To fix I removed the rear panel off of the seat back and removed the mechanism that does the seatbelt lock, it's some tricky ball and cup thing. It doesn't affect the seatbelt however from locking when you yank on it though. No issues with getting a wof.

The headlight washers are more like bonnet and bumper sprayers that leave water marks all over them. Pick up some e60 washer jets, a good upgrade over e39 ones.

I’ve found genuine bmw parts are cheaper on Schmiedmann vs fcp euro. But for good aftermarket fcp euro is better.

Use something like bmwfans.info to see if the 98’ ones part number matches the 03’ car.

The other alternative is to get a mate who vapes.

Had a nosey at the drains under the ebox and brake booster bulkheads?

The repairs don’t last long. Ok if you’re planning to keep for a short while otherwise just buy new from fcp euro. No coding needed for the asc modules on m5x powered e39’s iirc.

@hqstu

Yeah that male actor has a serious case of the come downs and on a mission to get his next fix. Hmmm maybe there’s meth behind this wall, let’s cut it open with this chainsaw.

Sold them a wee while back. Forgot to update the listing!

Yep so true. If it weren’t for pickapart and Zebra getting so many e39’s I would have never bothered with the old touring I had.

Such a nice looking car but tbh they scare the sh*t out of me haha

I've got a gen bmw handbrake shoe kit i'll donate to the cause also. Thought I could use for the M5 but appears not.

Yeah surely some fault messages would be there after it goes in to limp mode. Best to scan it as soon as it exhibits this behaviour though. I had a similar issue in my old m5 after doing clutch, the o2 sensor connectors were plugged in front to back. You mention the o2’s were replaced but was the exhaust dropped before it started going in to limp for maintenance/repairs?

They are, a thorough wof inspector will call you out on worn bushes and ball joints however as long as the shocks aren't leaking they seem to get through when in reality the shocks are pretty much poked before 100,000kms.

Check pick a part.