E38-735i 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2013 Looking at getting my 2001 E38 735i converted to LPG. Has anyone done this conversion in an e38 (or e39/X5 with a M62 V8) ?? Does anyone recommend an installer in Wellington (or North island) ?? any other help/ideas hugely appreciated.. Cheers Andrew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1283 Report post Posted August 19, 2013 is it worth it?? whats it cost these days to fit a kit how many km do you do a week/year etc will you keep the car long enough to get the value out of it maybe sell the 735i and buy a 728i etc\ I have a few customers with these that get about 900-1000km out of a tank on a trip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E38-735i 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2013 is it worth it?? whats it cost these days to fit a kit how many km do you do a week/year etc will you keep the car long enough to get the value out of it maybe sell the 735i and buy a 728i etc\ I have a few customers with these that get about 900-1000km out of a tank on a trip Havent had it priced up yet, just wanting anyones thoughts on it at this stage.. doing approx. 35-40 thousand k's a year, and not willing to sell it - is mint condition and pretty high spec'd. Will do as much research as I can Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allanw 1071 Report post Posted August 20, 2013 Probably not really common over here. It's possibly marginal if it's worth doing. To do it properly, you want a complex system. It can take a long time just to pay for itself. Some of the UK forums would have good info on it, as it's pretty common over there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
my_e36 43 Report post Posted August 23, 2013 Probably Poland is a good place to start, they LPG everything. Anyway, you'll be looking at $5k+ for the conversion and the complex kind of the LPG system need a annual servicing. But since you drive a fair bit of milage per year, you can probably gain that cost back in couple of years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted August 23, 2013 out of interest would you also need to pay RUC? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites