The E39 M5 Video Guide Blog

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New Video Added: Replacing Front Bushings

Sooner or later lower control arm bushings need to be replaced in the front suspension of the beast. It’s just an inevitable reality of owning these cars. However, many dealers want to charge you for the entire control arm which is usually an unnecessary expense. In this new video I just added, you’ll learn how [...]

Brooks | April 19th, 2011 | Continued

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Cash Prize Giveaway Contest

The cash prize contest is now closed and the winner is Beautiful Beast. One of the best things I’ve seen from people I’ve met through this website is the incredible passion people have shared with me about the M5 through their stories and photos that regularly wind up in my inbox. And I really thought [...]

Brooks | January 13th, 2011 | Continued

Feature Article #3

A Drive To Sun Peaks To Meet Porsche Friends

Hard to believe that it’s been almost a month since we got out and drove up to Sun Peaks. The purpose of the trip was primarily to get the friends of Motorwerke together for one last drive before winter. The event got a lot of attention and press from the media. There were two M5′s [...]

Brooks | October 7th, 2010 | Continued

Feature Article #4

The E39 M5 Experience

Well… first of all this is going to be a longer post. So if you are not an automobile or M5 enthusiast you may wish to just scroll down to the pictures and leave it at that. However if you are an owner of an M5 or thinking about buying one, I’m sure that you [...]

Brooks | September 12th, 2010 | Continued

Feature Article #5

Weekend Road Rally With Friends

Recently I had the privilege of being invited on a weekend drive with many customers of my friend Chris Germana, owner of the independent shop I take the Beast to – called Motor Werke here in Kelowna. The drive was about 3 hours in length and took us down to Penticton from the West Side, [...]

Brooks | June 28th, 2010 | Continued

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Pic Catches Cool BMW M5 Logo

You may have seen this pic that’s made the page of a mainstream blog. Entitled “The coolest BMW M5 badge we’ve ever seen”, this picture of BMW’s M5 badge is truly and literally one of the coolest you’ve ever seen. The badge has been coated with different forms of snow, with the bottom part showing [...]

January 26th, 2012 | Continued

RDSport Wheels Seem To Be A Good Fit For The E39 M5

On this thread, you’ll find pictures of a couple of E39 M5s shod with RDSport RD2 wheels in the 19-inch size. The RD2 wheel is a 5-spoke model with widths that allow you to set up a staggered look on your car. As the original poster did say, this look with a fat rim at [...]

January 24th, 2012 | Continued

V8 Power Makes A Return In The Latest M5

Looking back on the philosophy of the BMW M5 (sports car performance in a business suit), one could argue that the latest iteration of BMW’s bully sedan is the logical successor to the much-loved E39 M5. For starters, the 2012 M5 looks so much like the executive sedan it was intended to be, with softer [...]

January 22nd, 2012 | Continued

E39 M5 Drivetrain Underpins Classic E9 Restoration

E39 M5s on the road are now more and more becoming project or weekend cars and will in a number of years be called classics themselves. But not as classic as the 1970 CS and CSL coupes that are still pretty beautiful to look at after all these years. In 2011, German tuner MKO completed [...]

January 12th, 2012 | Continued

Technical Discussion On E39 M5 Turbocharging

Started around October of last year, this thread was started by a forum member who was looking for interest from E39 M5 owners about a twin turbo setup for the beasts. Admittedly, he doesn’t have much experience about forced induction nor tuning the S62 engine. He planned to buy another E39 M5 as a mule [...]

January 5th, 2012 | Continued

BMW E39 M5 Or Hybrid M3 For A Daily Driver?

Watching this short vid of an E39 M5 running against a hybrid M3 will have you wondering which car you’d like to have as a daily driver. There’s no mention if the E39 M5 has any mods, but the E36 M3 has an engine swap, that being the 3.2-liter S54 off an E46 M3. As [...]

December 28th, 2011 | Continued

E39 M5 For Sale In Washington State

There’s a 2002 E39 M5 for sale in Washington that, for whatever reason, is being disposed of after only 3 months of ownership. The car looks nice enough, and the seller says that it’s got no major issues. In fact, it reportedly doesn’t consume oil as other E39 M5s are wont to do and the [...]

December 21st, 2011 | Continued

E39 M5 Wheel Bearing Service Discussion

Something to watch out for when you perform do-it-yourself work on your E39 M5 is to make sure that you have the procedures and model-specific details down pat. Case in point is this guy who replaced his rotors and pads, only to discover that the left rear hub was wobbling. He even took videos to [...]

December 14th, 2011 | Continued

Stanced E39 M5 Looks Good

Although a large number of E39 M5 enthusiasts like seeing the car in its OEM form, it’s refreshing to see other owners taking their M5s in new directions in terms of alternate wheel fitments and looks. Take the case of this M5, which has been fitted with 19-inch wheels. Widths are 9.5-inch for the front [...]

December 9th, 2011 | Continued

E39 M5 vs. ’98 M3 With Engine Swap

Before the newer generations of M cars became more flamboyant, the E39 M5 and E36 were true sleeper cars, recognizable only to a few enthusiasts. Lots of people were caught by surprise at how an innocent-looking 4-door sedan like the E39 could move so fast and so nimbly. Same with the M version of the [...]

December 6th, 2011 | Continued