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Dec 20, 2017 20:32:41 GMT
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Nice looking car, good colour, (bit biased here though, my E46 Touring is also a Sport and the same colour lol)
Looking forward to seeing what you do with it
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Dec 20, 2017 20:34:17 GMT
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Looks lovely!
I spent a while looking for an E39 525 or 530 Sport (Touring or a saloon, I wasn't actually that fussy) a few years ago but couldn't find a reasonably priced one that wasn't a total basket case needing a fortune invested in it. Still fantastic cars, easy and fun to drive, as well as cavernous inside when you drop the rear seats.
Most of all, they just look 'right'.
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Dec 20, 2017 21:03:27 GMT
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The E39 was probably the last car BMW made that was any good I had a 530i touring and I've now got a 525i sport touring The 3.0 is the best engine option better power same mpg if I could have found a good but cheap one I would have bought it   |
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1992 240 Volvo T8
1955 Cadillac
1994 BMW E34 M5 (now sold )
1999 BMW E36 sport touring x2
1967 Hillman imp Californian "rally spec"
1971 VW bay window (work in progress)
1999 Mazda 323F
1987 Jaguar XJ12
All current
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luca24
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Dec 20, 2017 23:44:07 GMT
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Nice cars these, they do everything in comfort and style and are last of the proper BMW era that aren't totally riddled with control units and faulty I drive and ccc units etc and much better drive too IMO.
The Inlet and Exhaust cam sensors are different, the Inlet has a lead attached and the Exhaust doesn't, best place to go is genuine, I've seen aftermarket ones fail more often than not, Inlet cam sensor part number 12147539165 Exhaust cam sensor part number 12147518628 I wouldn't be too fussed about putting the High OBC in as those dash displays break up all the time and need repairs, plus they need coding to vehicle and the tamper dot will appear due to the chassis of the car it was removed from is embedded in the cluster itself, a new unit is £££'s spend the money on some staggered M parallel style 37's oh and those exhaust tail pipes on the sports are stainless and polish up a treat with some wire wool and some Mothers polish or Maguiars
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Audi B5 RS4 Goodwood green.
Saab 9000 Aero Saab Clinic Tune
Mk1 Volvo V70 T5
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shin2chin
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Cool car, love mine.
They do love to rot though. Get the plastic cill covers off and have a good poke at the jacking points.
If they're solid cavity wax the shiz out of them.
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1977 PORSCHE 2.0na 924
1974 VW Beetle 1600
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luca24
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That's fair enough all personal preference, you may have to get the rear arches rolled to accommodate the M5 wheels as they are bigger than the parallels.
You may find the sensor still fits, its deceiving as the OE 1 tappers in size from the base up the aftermarket one doesn't.
They have plastic sill covers that cover the bottom of the sills which run the wheelbase of the car, they harbour moisture and are getting common to assist the rot progress in the inner sills on the E39's and is an MOT failure if they get bad enough, seen plenty of these repaired, but as shin says check them out, prevention is better than cure.
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Audi B5 RS4 Goodwood green.
Saab 9000 Aero Saab Clinic Tune
Mk1 Volvo V70 T5
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shin2chin
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Making curse word cars slightly better
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Dec 21, 2017 10:41:07 GMT
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Cool car, love mine. They do love to rot though. Get the plastic cill covers off and have a good poke at the jacking points. If they're solid cavity wax the shiz out of them. I thought all the cills are metal? Or do you mean the under trays that mate up underneath the cill? Plastic covers underneath along the length of the cill. Perfect for trapping salt and water. Mine looked perfect until I looked under them. Had to repair both rear jacking points and cill ends. |
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Last Edit: Dec 21, 2017 11:29:05 GMT by shin2chin
1977 PORSCHE 2.0na 924
1974 VW Beetle 1600
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Dec 21, 2017 12:53:06 GMT
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Ref. your rear wheel arches
Most auto paint distributors will "make up" matching rattle cans
I've had a couple now and have been very surprised with the virtually perfect match, especially for a metallic.
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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ChasR
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2001 BMW 525i Touring SportChasR
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Dec 22, 2017 10:12:06 GMT
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It's surprising to see that the hate police aren't here. I've often debated getting an E39 Touring in either 530d or 530i flavour. I'm surprised how expensive they still are however! This should be a nice example hopefully at the end. If you are near me I'm happy to give a hand with diagnostics ; I have INPA which gives very good data on one of these  . |
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ChasR
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Dec 22, 2017 11:20:28 GMT
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I'll leave it out about the Common sense part. Let's just say it's one reason I haven't put a thread up on my other car ; I'm aware there is hostility at times to anything post-80s here despite the forum now being more than a decade old. I guess what I meant to say was 8 years ago you could get a reasonable E32 for less than a grand ; I almost did! It's surprising that the values relatively speaking have almost trippled in that time for a similar car IME. If you want a hand with the Cableshack stuff feel free to ask me ; INPA is a tricky system to use but very good once you get the knack of it. It's saved me and a mate a small fortune in garage fees! It can also do live data. Failing that, Jim at Cableshack is very good ; he's helped me on a few occasions. That's a good result on the load cover. You were luckier than my friend here with his E46 Touring . |
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Love the E39 touring, one of my favourite wagons.
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530 sport in silver with E60 spiders on for me please.
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May 13, 2018 23:03:27 GMT
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Looks like that bumper didn't have the washer jets originally either, as they certainly didn't come from BMW looking like they'd been cut out with a drill and hacksaw!
It would be better to cut down on the hardener slightly and do the filling when its warm than to wait and do it cold, when it would be more likely to pick up moisture that would later crack the filler or bubble up the paint.
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