WIBIMMERS

I've fallen off the map here on WIBimmers so I figured this is a good way to get back into it. 

I picked this car up this summer west of Dallas, Texas. The green 540 was riddled with rust beyond repair and had to go. I picked up this car with 128,000 miles and drove her back home. It was kinda a barn find, two guys who own a BMW shop got it from someone and proceeded to do no maintenance on it.

I decided to try and do this car some good right off the bat. I dropped the money on an 18-piece Lamforder control arm kit, engine mounts, and polyurethane subframe bushings. Doing the work on this car was an experience I've never had before. I would pay you if you found rust on this car. I was rubbing the dirty off the brake lines to find unoxidized metal (see picture below).

Some other things I got done were getting my 2-piece, 18in style 5s redone. They were sandblasted down and are now powder coated, the barrels are imitation chrome, the faces are gray, and the bolts are zinc coated. I also let Marc screw around with the exhaust and this video resulted... https://youtu.be/16bq2TZDAZE

I have some maintenance I want to get done but I am still a college student so it's getting done slowly. I will be commissioning into the navy in May so I should have the money to get some more done. I am thinking about buying another car so I can be dedicated to working on this car but it's very hard to justify having two cars being a 22-year-old in the navy. I also need to find a friend to be able to do my own work down here.  

Some upgrades I would like to have done very soon are:

• New exhaust fabbed up, goal is to sound like this https://youtu.be/gT3G2O6pViA
• Coilovers, still shopping around
• M60B44 Frankenstein build (M62 block with M60 head)
• General restoration 

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/6001375430.html

Finally got my own car everyone! First I would like to say thanks to Chris (CYoung) for making this all happen while I'm down in South Carolina for school, he picked it up for me and did all the dirty work for me. Like the title says it is a 1995 e34 540i 6 speed. According to wiki there were only 3,200 produced so they are a little hard to come by. It has a 4.0 L V8 and a Dinan chip making it put out around 300hp. I haven't have the pleasure to drive it yet but I trust Chris's word 100% and he said that it is in perfect mechanical condition. Rust is not a big issue on the body which is also rare for e34s. Interior looks great as well and came with style 5 wheels with summer tires. Overall, I am very happy, got it for a great price, and was definitely worth it. Oh yea, its Canadian too  .

I've got a couple plans for this summer. I would like to get some Spax lowering springs to get rid of that nasty wheel gap and possibly some exhaust work. Other then that I do love the way e34s look with style 42s so maybe I'll pick up Patricks from the Madison Bimmers Facebook group if I have the monies. No big plans as of right now, 300hp should do the trick for a while at least .

Yes another 540 for the gang! We are starting a cult/gang/mafia, we haven't decided what it's going to be yet but something with V8s including the frankenstein e30

Well the damage report came back today and it was minimal! Turns out the linkage that went from the brake petal to the master cylinder rusted up (Damn Canadians) and that's what was causing the brakes to freeze up. He just took it apart and lubed it up and suggested I find a none rusted one from a junk yard eventually. I was expecting some huge problem and it was a under $100 fix so I pretty damn happy and I can leave from home on time.

For your Frankenstein BMW needs. Disclaimer, may need to change undies after watching.

It's basic economics. 

Either the demand for E30s/older bmw is going up or the amount of people selling them in decreasing or both. Kinda what Chris was saying on Facebook.

Well as long as my car is out of the shop by Tuesday I'll be home sometime Wednesday or Thursday so we can plan this thing out.

Good deal if you ask me

http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/cto/3655980244.html

My pictures from the meet! Feel free to add your own pictures to the album as well.

Step one, turn up volume 

Step two, prepare yourself

Dominic540 said:

.As far as the dual exhaust option, it would require cutting/modifying the spare tire tub, as there is no room for a pipe on the passenger side. I would stay away from that personally.

Or do dual pipes side by side like my 540   also, another person to join our 540 gang when we go to meets Dom! 

I really need to do my exhaust too, I'm just cutting out my cats and stock resonator and putting a magnaflow resonator on. If you want Zach, we could team up and knock both of our cars out when I'm home in a week.

Makes me feel like Christmas morning.

Can I vote for all of them?

REKIII said:

No m60 or m62 here

If I ever join you guys, I'll park far enough away so no one thinks I'm part of the group!!

It ok, we will have bomb ass stickers on our cars so people will know the difference

I just got a new record at 22.2 mpg with the V8! I probably drive 70% highway though. Really isn't that bad but the premium gas is killer

watertown.E39. said:

Im definately diggin the sound of a 540 mafia! Thanks for the welcome's everyone. Ill definately look forward to metting most of you at upcoming events this year and ill definately be at (from the looks of it) at least 4

To gain entry to the mafia, car must make a minimum of 100 db under load. So people know we are coming

Dominic540 said:

Wonderful idea

This guy is doing it right... 

But I heard if you keep the cats in there it is still very loud 

CYoung said:

Possibly an exhaust but I'm not quite sure what's in the budget for mods. I'm sure things will be done down the road if Matt wants it long term but he hasn't learned to turn a wrench yet. It'll just be me and Ben doing maintenance for now.

I've been chanting long tube headers to Chris for a while now.

CYoung said:

All of these parts are replacing parts I shouldn't have put on the car in the first place but "I wanted to drive it".

Moral of the story is the 540 isn't being driven till a lot of work and money goes into her...