jeffbebe 1560 Report post Posted September 29, 2014 Try http://parts.bmwofsouthatlanta.com/ - I use them a lot for hard to get or larger OE parts. They work out pretty cost effectively on the big ticket items such as bumpers, etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted September 29, 2014 (edited) Try http://parts.bmwofsouthatlanta.com/ - I use them a lot for hard to get or larger OE parts. They work out pretty cost effectively on the big ticket items such as bumpers, etc. Cheers. Whatever parts I can't source locally at the moment I might be getting from Schmiedmann. Getting a plastic m5 front bumper cover from there too for a good price (wanted to avoid any fibre glass replicas as much as I could). They also have some cheap used parts on there such as the metal bumper carrier. Hoping it doesn't take them months to send the stuff to NZ though... few weeks is ok; but not a few months. Will order the parts either tonight or tomorrow after a bit more research. Edited September 29, 2014 by Arma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted September 30, 2014 Tis done. Ordered parts from Schmiedmann. Now to cross fingers and hope they come within sub-1-month. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted October 4, 2014 Try http://parts.bmwofsouthatlanta.com/ - I use them a lot for hard to get or larger OE parts. They work out pretty cost effectively on the big ticket items such as bumpers, etc. Had a chat with them and they said shipping cost for a bumper would be between $1000-$3000. May as well get a brand new bumper in NZ if that's the case! Have emailed a few other places - waiting on a reply from ecstuning about shipping cost. I don't get why the shipping is so expensive when a bumper from ebay has shipping cost to nz for $100-200. Worst case scenario.. buy a brand new one in NZ. Or aftermarket plastic one from ebay (want to avoid this unless someone can tell me that there are aftermarket ones with fitment at least 90%+ as good as genuine). Or miraculously a used one pops up on trademe . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ahmedsinc 414 Report post Posted October 4, 2014 Surely someone in Nz has a reasonable msport bumper that can be repainted?? That's bloody ludicrous! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2425 Report post Posted October 5, 2014 Surely someone in Nz has a reasonable msport bumper that can be repainted?? That's bloody ludicrous! +1, there are a sh*t LOAD of Msport E39s in NZ. Surely it'd be easier to find something thats wrecking one? Otherwise, have you considered importing from Japan via someone like http://mlracing.co.nz ? Find the part on Yahoo Japan, contact them and see what they will charge to slam it into a container and bring it over. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted October 5, 2014 +1, there are a sh*t LOAD of Msport E39s in NZ. Surely it'd be easier to find something thats wrecking one? Otherwise, have you considered importing from Japan via someone like http://mlracing.co.nz ? Find the part on Yahoo Japan, contact them and see what they will charge to slam it into a container and bring it over. Had a chat to a few wreckers, but no one seems to have one. Feel free to point me to anyone I may have missed lol. Haven't considered importing from Japan - will have a look at that site, cheers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted October 14, 2014 So apparently my m5 bumper (and aftermarket mesh w/ brake ducts) have already landed in NZ awaiting the courier. Kind of faster than I expected... Also just ordered a bunch of maintenance stuff off ecstuning but I'll leave that for my project thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1560 Report post Posted October 16, 2014 Had a chat with them and they said shipping cost for a bumper would be between $1000-$3000. May as well get a brand new bumper in NZ if that's the case!Seriously? I've bought som big parts from them - engine trim, rear diffuser, etc and shipping was sub US$100. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allan 295 Report post Posted October 16, 2014 The front bumper carrier and front bumper shock absorbers for the 325 are rated at either 4km/h or for Korea at 8km/h. Would imagine the 5rs would be rated much the same. Glad to hear you are going to get her fixed if possible get involved with either the dismantling or re-assembly as it will give practical experience and how the cars are but together. Best of luck with the repair. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted October 16, 2014 Seriously? I've bought som big parts from them - engine trim, rear diffuser, etc and shipping was sub US$100. Yeah :S. They pretty much said it wouldn't be under 1000. Schmiedmann quoted similar. Ebay was a 100 bux for shipping and arrived in under 2 weeks. The front bumper carrier and front bumper shock absorbers for the 325 are rated at either 4km/h or for Korea at 8km/h. Would imagine the 5rs would be rated much the same. Glad to hear you are going to get her fixed if possible get involved with either the dismantling or re-assembly as it will give practical experience and how the cars are but together. Best of luck with the repair. Yeah I'm trying to get involved where I can (when not at work!). A good lesson. Shane will be hiring the jig for Monday, so going to drop off the parts today. No idea how long the actual repair is going to take. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted October 17, 2014 Took a few pics this afternoon.Removed most of the nose and drained the coolant. There was some coolant leak (based on missing coolant) but not much - couldn't figure out where it leaked from... maybe the drain point. Radiator looks fine though. Noticed some coolant seaping from one of the small hoses under the radiator on the right side of the car (undamaged side). Not sure which hose this is exactly but perhaps needs replacing. But from the looks of it, i might be able to actually drive it after the panelbeater repairs are done. Though, will probably take it to get all the maintenance stuff done straight away, including replacing all the parts I bought recently (refer to my project thread). Have taken some photos of chassis damage.Haven't had this much of a clear view of the chassis damage until now, so here it is for those that are curious:And here's the bumper shock area where most of the impact force probably traveled through:Didn't think I could fit everything in the car (apart from bonnet ofcourse), but turned out I could:Estimated to take a couple weeks to fix - hopefully earlier but we'll see. Miss driving her! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tristan 338 Report post Posted October 19, 2014 Looking forward to see it finished! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted October 22, 2014 Went over to Prima today to give them my Xenons and the new radiator hoses. Looks like they've successfully fixed up the chassis rail and gave a print out showing everything to spec - so am happy that turned out well! Now's just some painting and fitting left. Estimated to be done by next Wednesday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3570 Report post Posted October 22, 2014 Very good news indeed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Young Thrash Driver 1020 Report post Posted October 27, 2014 Surely this is your opportunity to paint that wood trim silver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted October 27, 2014 Surely this is your opportunity to paint that wood trim silver That wood trim is my 520i. I barely drive it so no point . My 530 has the brushed alum trim. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted October 27, 2014 concrete buildings = immoveable object.They dont move a miilimeter,so the energy is absorbed totally by the car,nearly two tonnnes moving at 15 km hr is a lot of energy to just stop dead.If you hit another car the energy is at least halved cos he crumples too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Woops double post. See below. Edited October 28, 2014 by Arma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arma 134 Report post Posted October 28, 2014 Almost done... :-). High likelihood of picking up tomorrow. Jason (from Prima, who did most of the work on the car) did an awesome job. Just got the rear bumper to fix up and repaint from an old hit n run on the car (doing that today). And also painting the foglight cover area black (like it was before). Really liking the brake duct mesh. Should look better once the foglight covers are blacked out. They kindly sanded and repainted my old grills since the plasti-dip came off it. Although, I bought some new ones so they'll try and put those on to see if they fit well. Also, the Xenons worked, plug n play. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1283 Report post Posted October 28, 2014 looking good well done 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3570 Report post Posted October 28, 2014 Looks great. Blacked out duct areas would be sweet 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rusteee 52 Report post Posted October 28, 2014 Looks awsome!! Well done Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1560 Report post Posted October 28, 2014 Looks good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1874 Report post Posted October 28, 2014 You must be stoked. nice restoration! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
