"What did you do to your E39 today V2.0."

[computiNATEor]

Good load, those 4 plastic shapes are $45.
Better be organic and gluten free. I'll plasti-dip lol

Duplicolor's vinyl and fabric paint is no joke...

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And, yes, genuine BMW bumper parts are obscenely priced. ECSs M- kit is currently $3039.58. Put another way, I bought 60% of my car for that price... https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...51112498507kt/

[tek.to]

Put in new plugs and coils today, and got my m5 bumper installed, wired the fog lights and now it's gonna stay parked for the night. I really want to go shoot some photos but I'm blocked in so maybe more tomorrow...

What are those two holes in the center below the kidney grilles? they look awesome


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[justinca540i]

What are those two holes in the center below the kidney grilles? they look awesome


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brake ducts

[tek.to]

brake ducts

Cool. Never seen them on most M5s


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[tek.to]

Finally hit 99,000


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[justinca540i]

Cool. Never seen them on most M5s


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That would be because it's not a factory part.

[syphilouis]

Here's a better pic of the 530i

[StRaNgEdAyS]

That's a very nice effect on those style 42s

Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder

[XAlt]

Finished the passenger door window reg job. I realized my driver's side door rattle was related to the bare metal part of the regulator hitting the metal strip behind it because of the lack of a rubber push pin.

I used the old part of the window holder rubber and jammed it between the regulator and the metal behind it, and also added the pin. Now I get a nice german thunk on both sides.

[syphilouis]

That's a very nice effect on those style 42s

Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder

I love the look of white wheels but they are a pain to keep clean. I might try gold next.

[StRaNgEdAyS]

Here's a better pic of the 530i

I guess the next question is... did you pop some tags?

Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder

[douglawrence42]

Today I didn't drive the 540. After a few days of driving it, I get used to the quickness, and I start to notice every little bump in the suspension. Solution: Drive 10 miles in a 7000 lb truck with a 163" wheelbase. I find that every time I do this, when I get back to the 540, 100 HP has been added and a full suspension refresh has been performed. I don't know who keeps fixing the 540 every time I drive the truck, but what a bonus.

[amancuso]

Refinished the headlights on the M5.

[nikh23]

Had some fun with plasti-dip today. Put some "smoke" plastiip on the turn signals, albeit I did this when I restored the headlights a months ago. I wasn't a fan of the black 18" style 42's and wanted more of an OEM look, tried the plastidip hyper-silver metallizer kit. Outcome is a bit darker than I would have liked so I may end up trying another color when this degrades, at least until I can afford to restore them professionally.

[JPR10]

Refinished the headlights on the M5.

Looks great! What did you use as a sealant/protectant?

[BimmrMeUpSnotty]

My upper radiator hose blew off the thermostat housing on my wagon on the way to work on Friday. I had been worrying about the cooling system since it has been about 80,000 miles since I swapped it all out the last time. When it blew on me on Friday, when the steam cleared up, was when I saw the upper hose had popped off. I was able to pop it back on, but it had some play between the hose and the thermostat, turned out, the lip that grabs the lip on the hose coupling had broken off, but right after I popped it on, a cool fellow Earthling pulled over just to give me a gallon of pre-mixed coolant that he had in his trunk. I'm not into religion, or anything, but I swear, he must've been God, or Jesus, or somebody important like that, or something, talk about luck! I was able to get the stuff overnight, I went ahead and did the whole thing, putting it back together, I realized that I had a brand new clutch fan from BMW, ordered it about a year ago and totally forgot about it, lol. Too bad I didn't have a new fan. But at least the Snot Rocket is back in order.

[syphilouis]

My upper radiator hose blew off the thermostat housing on my wagon on the way to work on Friday. I had been worrying about the cooling system since it has been about 80,000 miles since I swapped it all out the last time. When it blew on me on Friday, when the steam cleared up, was when I saw the upper hose had popped off. I was able to pop it back on, but it had some play between the hose and the thermostat, turned out, the lip that grabs the lip on the hose coupling had broken off, but right after I popped it on, a cool fellow Earthling pulled over just to give me a gallon of pre-mixed coolant that he had in his trunk. I'm not into religion, or anything, but I swear, he must've been God, or Jesus, or somebody important like that, or something, talk about luck! I was able to get the stuff overnight, I went ahead and did the whole thing, putting it back together, I realized that I had a brand new clutch fan from BMW, ordered it about a year ago and totally forgot about it, lol. Too bad I didn't have a new fan. But at least the Snot Rocket is back in order.

You should prob do the thermostat win case it blew off from being stuck closed. My upper hose started bulging the other day because of this, and rather than replace the hose twice I just replaced all of it.

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I guess the next question is... did you pop some tags?

Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder

Lol nah I work at the tattoo shop next door, and I'm no Macklemore.

[RuskiE39]

Participated in a large caravan to a BMW meet today up north, while up there had my car tuned by Dima with the DUDMD tune. VERY pleased and recommend anyone with a 540 to get one from him, he can tune the car remotely also if you live far away. (Seattle)

[amancuso]

Looks great! What did you use as a sealant/protectant?

Thanks, I used the 3M kit, the one by hand, not the drill. The kit comes with a synthetic wax, and recommends using a specific maintenance kit every 3-4 months. I plan on buying the kit and keeping them "sealed" that way.

[BimmrMeUpSnotty]

You should prob do the thermostat win case it blew off from being stuck closed. My upper hose started bulging the other day because of this, and rather than replace the hose twice I just replaced all of it.

Dude, I did the whole cooling system!

[RyansBMW]

Finished the passenger door window reg job. I realized my driver's side door rattle was related to the bare metal part of the regulator hitting the metal strip behind it because of the lack of a rubber push pin.

I used the old part of the window holder rubber and jammed it between the regulator and the metal behind it, and also added the pin. Now I get a nice german thunk on both sides.

I think my door rattle is from the same thing. Do you happen to have a picture of this? Are you referring to part #6?
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=51_2250

[XAlt]

I think my door rattle is from the same thing. Do you happen to have a picture of this? Are you referring to part #6?
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=51_2250

Yes #6 is it, it got knocked out onto the bottom of the door.

Jam #7 or similar rubber piece between it, the door thud comes back better than ever before.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjjOLF70t6Q

[RyansBMW]

Thanks!

[computiNATEor]

Had some fun with plasti-dip today. Put some "smoke" plastiip on the turn signals, albeit I did this when I restored the headlights a months ago. I wasn't a fan of the black 18" style 42's and wanted more of an OEM look, tried the plastidip hyper-silver metallizer kit. Outcome is a bit darker than I would have liked so I may end up trying another color when this degrades, at least until I can afford to restore them professionally.

Oooh, I really like the way the wheels look. I would tape off the lip and polish it up, but that looks very nice.

[RuskiE39]

Going to swap the coilovers from the 530 into the 540 tonight. Going to be a long day today and tomorrow. I have enlisted the help of my wife though and a 6 pack lol.