Madison - E39 M5 - Thread

[REKIII]

Nice add!  Good to see other e39's showing up!

[i_love_cars]

Every time I see these cars I want to buy one. E39 M5 looks so good.

[YoungCR]

^me too especially since the price is right. Welcome again and it was nice meeting you yesterday!

[Jdesign]

Welcome! I love the E39 M5's. Im also in the Madison area and will keep a look out for you!

[vbhargava]

TehRaydarlover said:

Looks nice! Yeah, cam position sensors are a pain! Let me know if you need any help when you decide to tackle rod bearings haha.

huh...at what point should I consider doing the rod bearings?

[vbhargava]

i_love_cars said:

Every time I see these cars I want to buy one. E39 M5 looks so good. 

Now is the time. Nice ones are becoming harder to find and more $$$. Plenty of project version available cheap too.

[TehRaydarlover]

vbhargava said:

huh...at what point should I consider doing the rod bearings?

You're probably okay for a while at 100k. just something to keep in mind if you ever have the upper oil pan off for some reason. These were mine after 154k:

Old bearings are all out and new WPC treated ones are in 🖒

Cylinder 8 bearing definitely looks the worst, but minus the first two cylinders they all look pretty worn, very glad I decided to change them.

[vbhargava]

Jdesign said:

Welcome! I love the E39 M5's. Im also in the Madison area and will keep a look out for you! 

Looking forward to seeing you around Madison. I just bought an E30 that I'll post about shortly.

[vbhargava]

Finally got around to getting the car paint corrected and detailed. 

[patsbimmer1]

I love it!

[YoungCR]

Paint looks great!

[vbhargava]

Minor update: Went to install a shark injector tune to find out that it already has a tune on it. Not sure what it is but certainly explains the excessively sensitive throttle response

[Jdesign]

vbhargava said:

Minor update: Went to install a shark injector tune to find out that it already has a tune on it. Not sure what it is but certainly explains the excessively sensitive throttle response

Well thats a nice surprise!

[SteelBlue]

This is still probably one of the best cars BMW ever made

[vbhargava]

Finally got both Bimmers out at the same time

[vbhargava]

Headed over to Accumoto for a suspension consultation. Ended up raising the car 1 inch all around for a more comfortable daily ride and less twitchy backroads experience. Car is feeling much better and just needs to go back for an alignment next week. 

[YoungCR]

Accumoto is a cool place, that E36 is fresh!

[vbhargava]

New pedals and windshield washer pump! Pretty simple but taking off the wheel well liner can be a pain.

[B C]

What pedals are those/where can I get some?!

love it!

[vbhargava]

B C said:

What pedals are those/where can I get some?!

love it!

Turner Motorsports but bought through ECS. Contact @patsbimmer1 to order ECS parts at a good price. 

My only piece of advice for the install is to make sure you have good sharp drill bits. I went and bought new ones near the end and it would have saved me at least 1 hour. #facepalm