Member
Hi. i just grabbed a 1995 540i yesterday with the 6 speed manual trans. The dude i got it from got it from some one who owed him a little cash and he was going to part it out. i told him no way. He knew nothing about BMW's or the rarity of the car.
I have a file of maintenance records. probably 20k in receipts just from 2010-2013.
The first and second owners loved this car and cared for it greatly, but now it's been sitting for a minute and needs some love for sure.
Car is from KY so no rust except for a few door bottoms.
It is black on black and has 259k on it.
The clown sold the cats off of it, so there's no cats; that's gonna be the first issue i plan to tackle.
"Hauls Sh!t & Ass..."
Good score. A fat stack of receipts is like gold when buying one of these.
P.S. Pics aren't loading...
MORΩN ΛABIA
BMW CCA Member
Wow, good find. What're your plans for it?
What pics?
Member
Yeah lol i need to upload some pics. i'm trying to restore it as much as i can. that's the plan. i've already cleaned the interior professionally. it wasnt horrible but certainly wasnt clean. the exterior needs a couple more trim pieces, three of the 4 doors have rust, and there's a weird issue going on with the paint in a few places, looks faded but im pretty sure it can be wet sanded or buffed back to new.
I have found the original window sticker in good shape..$52k. it has every option available that year for it including the M sport suspension and sport heated seats.
- - - Updated - - -
The exhaust needs to be replaced. so im gonna have it towed somewhere to have them work out a new system for it.
- - - Updated - - -
Gonna put in new fluids, coils and plugs, maybe VC gaskets, it needs rear suspension work.
Runs like new, but i plan to spend some money replacing everything i can.
Last edited by alexisonfire; 10-21-2020 at 04:11 PM.
Member
Any pics? a 540i/6 would be extremely tempting to me as well these days, seems like a nice score.
Last edited by fo3; 10-22-2020 at 12:28 AM.
MORΩN ΛABIA
BMW CCA Member
Custom exhaust? May I suggest... X-pipe, dual electric cutouts, and factory resonators.
Don't bother with coils unless they're actually bad (they rarely are; and if it "runs like new", they aren't). Plugs should be NGK BKR6EK.
Rear suspension work? Do you want a stock ride, an OE performance upgrade/comfort downgrade, or aftermarket same?
Member
BMW CCA Member
Congrats on the 540i6! They are getting harder to find now.
95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
Member
Well i was told it had a hot start problem, so i read maybe coils or plugs plus idk how old they are.Originally Posted by moroza
the car is having a new exhaust system put on today.
- - - Updated - - -
Yeah, that's for sure. especially in new england with all the rust.
Member
Sold the car the other day for $4500. i had 2k into it.
Member
Wow .. what brought this on?
Old BMW's FTW
Wow that was fast. What prompted the sale?
1995 525i 5-speed - Thread
Member
Doubled my money. No one else was gonna give me $4500 cash + a 1996 750 he had sitting around..essentially i got like 6k for it. it was too good to pass up. car wasnt worth 6k, lol.
it was a nice e34, but needed a crap load of work. he was def in over his head a bit, but he has money and loves these cars. he is also paying a shop to do all the work.
it needed full front and rear suspension inc. struts, driveshaft guibo/csb/trans mounts, all fluids, it had a 1 cyl misfire, window regs, trim pieces, all gaskets in the motor, prob trans seals and fluid, trunk struts, brakes front and rear, etc...the list goes on and on. it drove pretty bad cause of the work it needed.
Member
On a positive note- i saved this car from the crusher and gave it a good home. i was also able to buff the paint out and it looked like new.
MORΩN ΛABIA
BMW CCA Member
Sounds like you passed it on to somebody with the means and motivation to not only keep it out of the crusher, but bring it back to life. No complaint from me.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks