Post a picture of your car here Part 4 (quote a picture, get a 24h ban!!)

vintagevrs · 02-02-2016 09:35PM

I know you want to change those wheels FN but those are one of the nicest wheels for the e39 in my humble opinion. I think nearly all aftermarket wheels will cheapen the look of it. Happy to be proved wrong though.

Both those cars are looking great

vintagevrs · 02-02-2016 09:35PM

I know you want to change those wheels FN but those are one of the nicest wheels for the e39 in my humble opinion. I think nearly all aftermarket wheels will cheapen the look of it. Happy to be proved wrong though.

Both those cars are looking great

Voodoomelon · 02-02-2016 09:42PM

FN's car is great, but no question, M-Pars are the best wheel for the E39. I think the 17's are undersized.

m-i-m-m- · 02-02-2016 10:05PM

Funnily enough I was lining up a few sets of wheels in work today before I cleaned it, these Work Equips are bmw pcd, very very rare! Could 'work' pardon the pun. Reckon they look the biz. Cost more than the car though :pac:

YbFocus · 02-02-2016 10:07PM

Meister's with a serious offset would look insane on it

Supergurrier · 02-02-2016 10:08PM

I detest the split rim look with the little bolts things on the edge, look so fussy

m-i-m-m- · 02-02-2016 10:13PM

Supergurrier wrote: »

I detest the split rim look with the little bolts things on the edge, look so fussy

Ya some people don't like the bolts, they are 3 piece wheels though so the bolts are necessary to keep the wheel together!

Chris_Heilong · 02-02-2016 11:57PM

I like the split rim look as it is aggressive, we need more aggressive in our lives.

Foxhole Norman · 03-02-2016 12:46AM

vintagevrs wrote: »

I know you want to change those wheels FN but those are one of the nicest wheels for the e39 in my humble opinion. I think nearly all aftermarket wheels will cheapen the look of it. Happy to be proved wrong though.

Both those cars are looking great

At the moment I have 2 different OEM sets that I'm trying to sort, 18" Staggered Style 32 and 18" Staggered M-Parallels, reckon I might go for the 32's!

166man · 03-02-2016 04:24AM

Supergurrier wrote: »

530d are a great car in e39 form, brother has one.

Very capable package for the money

Problem though is trying to find a clean one at this stage. Most of them are 13+ years old with North of 200k miles. Finding one that doesn't need suspension, brakes, cooling parts done etc is going to be tall order and even if you do you'll pay through the nose for it.

Good car though the E39 is I don't think I could pay €1500 to tax it and have a 190 odd bho diesel 5er....

m-i-m-m- · 03-02-2016 06:49AM

166man wrote: »

Problem though is trying to find a clean one at this stage. Most of them are 13+ years old with North of 200k miles. Finding one that doesn't need suspension, brakes, cooling parts done etc is going to be tall order and even if you do you'll pay through the nose for it.

Good car though the E39 is I don't think I could pay €1500 to tax it and have a 190 odd bho diesel 5er....

Very true, I've been looking for one for a while. I got lucky with this one. Power wise a proper remap, straight pipes, egr delete, and you might be up to 230bhp or so, and shed loads of torque! That's the plan anyhow. This one has less than 200k on the clocks, 4 x brand new bridgestone potenza re-002's.... no suspension problems I could find, not a rattle or bang, suspension feels very tight. Only current issue is it needs an ABS module.

Genuine m-sport, not a re kitted one... and very clean inside and out. It does need NCT, but has only done 3,000 miles since it's last one.i paid €1200 for it!

Supergurrier · 03-02-2016 08:36AM

166man wrote: »

Problem though is trying to find a clean one at this stage. Most of them are 13+ years old with North of 200k miles. Finding one that doesn't need suspension, brakes, cooling parts done etc is going to be tall order and even if you do you'll pay through the nose for it.

Good car though the E39 is I don't think I could pay €1500 to tax it and have a 190 odd bho diesel 5er....

They are all about the torque tbh as with all 6 cylinder diesels

Daaryl · 03-02-2016 10:49PM

Few pics of my E36 i found when i was at auto hereos

Daaryl · 03-02-2016 10:49PM

Few pics of my E36 i found when i was at auto hereos

Foxhole Norman · 03-02-2016 11:00PM

Daaryl. That is mint.

Big Nasty · 03-02-2016 11:07PM

Take it over a 'twin cam' any day.

dodderangler · 04-02-2016 12:02AM

Had this in the fixerupper thread. €250 quid 01 320 diesel

GvidoR · 04-02-2016 12:05AM

Looks very tidy. What's wrong with it?

Toyotafanboi · 04-02-2016 12:12AM

GvidoR wrote: »

Looks very tidy. What's wrong with it?

It's a 320d :pac:

dodderangler · 04-02-2016 12:13AM

GvidoR wrote: »

Looks very tidy. What's wrong with it?

Lying up for 18 months put a battery in it and abs light is on . Needs trackin and that's it

dodderangler · 04-02-2016 12:13AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

It's a 320d :pac:

I know but it'll do me for next six months til I get me land cruiser

Toyotafanboi · 04-02-2016 12:15AM

It's a fine job for €250

dodderangler · 04-02-2016 12:17AM

Another one

Ron Burgundy II · 04-02-2016 01:37PM

An old photo of my Mark 5 TDi. Had to remove the bumper just to replace the external temperature sensor. It used to inform me that it was either plus 50 degrees or minus 20 odd

. Traded it in for a Passat Jan of 15, wish I kept it now. Great car and decent power at 105BHP.

Shannon757 · 04-02-2016 05:42PM

Good old WD40.

Hal1 · 04-02-2016 08:18PM

Now use it to clean that front end. I couldn't bare it to put everything back on knowing it was that filthy underneath. Ocd much? yeah a bit now and then...:o