M5 E39 - completes my stable

[DTMM3 5]

Wow.....very very nice M5.Congratulations!!!

[philwalter 30]

Very nice mate -!! Is this Nik's brothers car - from Napier ? Walnut trim ?

[Audidude 17]

Very nice mate -!! Is this Nik's brothers car - from Napier ? Walnut trim ?

That's the one, Phil.

[BreakMyWindow 1878]

Avus Blue, very nice!

[qube 3570]

looks very tidy! maybe later on you could get some xenon headlights for it to freshen up the front look

[Arma 134]

Awesome cars. Love the m5 - be sure to come around to one of the meets sometime!

[Audidude 17]

I was seriously thinking about getting one about 4 years ago. It was 30k and in pretty mint condition. Black with a SS Super sprint exhaust.

It just left me completely underwhelmed.

Underwhelmed by a car that outperformed supercars in its day? Maybe you had the wrong goalposts ☺..

Even today my 20V is a ripping drive and devastating cross country GT.

But you need to stretch it and drive it hard to appreciate it's qualities.

And also not be biased towards RWD

Edited September 29, 2014 by Audidude

[str8_6 275]

Nice, exact same spec as mine and almost the same production time. Very nice, Avus Blue is a cool colour, especially when clean.

Edited September 29, 2014 by str8_6

[hotwire 352]

Underwhelmed by a car that outperformed supercars in its day? Maybe you had the wrong goalposts ☺..

Even today my 20V is a ripping drive and devastating cross country GT.

But you need to stretch it and drive it hard to appreciate it's qualities.

And also not be biased towards RWD

Yep agree - in their day they were the ducks nuts, bullet proof mechanically. Yours is a brilliant example.

I haven't driven a 20v, have done the Turbo 10v & used to own the standard Quattro coupe, even that was a brilliant car to drive - very engaging - & easy to get in trouble with the law...

[vtgts300kw 90]

Underwhelmed by a car that outperformed supercars in its day? Maybe you had the wrong goalposts ☺..

Even today my 20V is a ripping drive and devastating cross country GT.

But you need to stretch it and drive it hard to appreciate it's qualities.

And also not be biased towards RWD

Yeah I think that was the problem.

Don't meet your heroes etc.

[deeveus 81]

Where's the poor old Amarok? Best utes IMO.

[jeffbebe 1560]

Buy these. Very well priced and are a great upgrade for the E39. Doubt they'll last long on TM for that price (don't worry, I'm not the seller).

[Audidude 17]

Buy these. Very well priced and are a great upgrade for the E39. Doubt they'll last long on TM for that price (don't worry, I'm not the seller).

Are these a straight swap-in for a pre-facelift car?

[Audidude 17]

Where's the poor old Amarok? Best utes IMO.

Right here (and you're right - the best ute of all):

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[Audidude 17]

And here's the final steed:

Edited October 1, 2014 by Audidude

[jeffbebe 1560]

Are these a straight swap-in for a pre-facelift car?

Should be as long as yours had preFL xenon a, which I think most M5s do. Easy to check on the build sheet.

You might have to splice a couple connectors as the FL ones will be slightly different. Half hour job max.

[str8_6 275]

They all had xenons, pre-facelift and facelift.

Should be as long as yours had preFL xenon a, which I think most M5s do. Easy to check on the build sheet.

You might have to splice a couple connectors as the FL ones will be slightly different. Half hour job max.

[jeffbebe 1560]

Easy. Well worth it. Hard to find OE facelift lights for less.

[Audidude 17]

Main course plated up:

[BreakMyWindow 1878]

Looks like a very original and tidy car (the m5) i'd keep the original headlights.

[Yuen 16]

Welcome - great looking M5 and cool plate.

[Audidude 17]

Looks like a very original and tidy car (the m5) i'd keep the original headlights.

Thanks and yes I've already decided to keep original headlights - I am a fan of keeping collectible cars as close to original as possible.

This car is definitely a keeper..........

[lidistick 70]

Welcome Greg.

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[qube 3570]

http://www.mbhp.org ?

Nah, cool plate i like it. Also intgrr / ntgrr

[bezzal 1]

Greg, nice work with KTN. Are they still going?