Sold recently on eBay for $19,100, this 01 E39 M5 would be expensive, considering that it has close to 100,000 miles on the odometer. But valuing this car based on the mileage and what you know about E39 M5s would be doing the seller, an engineer by profession, a great injustice because this is a [...]
October 31st, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | ContinuedOther Recent Articles
Experiment With GIMP To See How Upgrades Will Look
Nowadays, it’s common for us who visit online magazines and forums to see renderings of cars. They can be entire cars that have yet to see the light of day or they can be renderings of cars with body kits or different wheels. Using a BMW E39, the video below shows us the steps the [...]
October 25th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
Owner Takes Pics Of E39 M5 Clone Before Tucking In For Winter
As the poster says, this thread is a pic heavy one, so be prepared for slow load times. But it’s going to be worth the wait, because this gallery of an E39 M5 clone (a 528i) shows a nice-looking example of this classic car. The owner says that it will be some time before this [...]
October 23rd, 2011 | Brooks | 1 comment | Continued
Online Supplier Gives Lowest Price And Quality Service
This thread on an E39 M5 parts supplier reads like a fan page due to the number of positive comments. The topic here is about the great prices and quality service that customers have been getting from this online supplier. As you may well know, mass airflow and oxygen sensors are items that need replacement [...]
October 20th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
OEM E39 M5 Shifter Assembly For Sale
Found on this page is an ad for a used but in proper working condition shift lever and selector rod for the E39 M5 6-speed manual. The owner says these OEM parts were removed because of upgrades done to his car. Aside from the shift lever and selector rod, two plastic washers that are part [...]
October 14th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
Evolve Builds Thread Will Have You Drooling
Evolve Tuning in the UK has made itself known as producing pretty reliable and solidly tuned setups. Although they have several products for different car models, it seems that they’ve made themselves known on the back of their upgrades for the E39 M5, like their cold air intakes, exhaust upgrades and, of course, ECU tunes. [...]
October 12th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
Boosted E39 M5 Can Run With The Latest BMW M5s
Forced induction mods for the E39 M5 have been generally more successful and more attainable than those for the later, V10-powered M5, most probably because the electronics systems for the later car are so tied together that you can’t get a satisfactory tune without replacing a whole bunch of other stuff. At which point you [...]
October 9th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
Spare E39 M5 Dinan Stage 1 Suspension For Sale
This E39 M5 owner bought a KW V3 coilover kit for his car, and so ended up with a spare suspension kit. But this isn’t just a spare OEM suspension, because the set the KWs replaced is a Dinan Stage 1 kit. This set of front and rear struts, Koni shocks and springs have only [...]
October 6th, 2011 | Brooks | 1 comment | Continued
Shop In Netherlands Gives E39 M5 Nice Exhaust Sound
Taken in the Netherlands, the clip below shows a blue E39 M5 in really nice condition exiting a shop after having some work done to the car. Google Translate says the title is about a custom stainless steel exhaust, so this must be what this M5’s owner just had done. It’s a bit of a [...]
October 1st, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
E39 M5 Clip Shows What An Evergreen Toy It Is
Now that the newest M5 has been launched to an expectant world, M5 fans of a certain mindset will look at the E39 M5 as the last of the M5s that can be easily worked on by a dedicated owner. That it has classic lines that grow on you is just one of the pluses [...]
September 29th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
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