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broster

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Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
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8th Feb 12 at 16:40

Thought it was time I started a project thread for my M5, had it a few years now and done a fair few bits to it, here is a brief run down of most of it:

This is how i bought the car a few years ago, looked pretty reasonable, had non standard wheels on it, but i planned on sourcing std wheels and paintwork wasn't too good but mileage was good and history backed it up.

next i sourced some std wheels but in silver not shadow chrome and had rich of refined detail fame come and give it a proper clean up for me:

next up time to make it a bit louder, i fitted de-cats, x-pipe and magnum rear silencers from supersprint:

then i found a mint set of wheels just refurbished in shadow chrome, so purchased them, and cleaned the car

with plans to make it faster i got fed up of the standard brakes not lasting to long, already fitted a new set of genuine discs and pads to the front, so went the whole hog and got these:

Stoptech 6pots for the front and 4pots for the rear, with their bell and rotor kit, fronts went on straight away, no probs:

when fitting the rears i found the NSR hub carrier was bent, always had problems getting the wheel alignment spot on, despite replacing all the arms and bushes, so sourced a new hub carrier from a breakers yard (£70, BMW wanted £600+vat), then fitted the rear brakes:

had to use 10mm spacers on the rear to get them to fit the std wheels

next up was to fit the BC racing RM series coil overs:

its a bit low at the moment but will sort that out when i get some new wheels:

next to fit is these new manifold collected today:

once their are on, a little map should see the power up from 420bhp where it is now to 435bhp.

iv done a few other upgrades to it over the years:
X5 Bushes
DVD based sat nav
Digital TV tuner from a later M3
BMW Bluetooth
Ipod interface
Tested plenty of maps out

thats about it for now, new wheels are ordered, they shall be around 2 weeks away now, and it will allow me to remove rear spacers and then ill sort ride height and wheel alignment out.

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daymoon

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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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8th Feb 12 at 16:53

Them manifold are bloody awesome!

broster

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Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
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8th Feb 12 at 17:16

quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
Them manifold are bloody awesome!

indeed, std m5 ones are the same as the 540, very restrictive

gez bay

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Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: South Wales drives: Vxr
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8th Feb 12 at 18:29

Ant B

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Registered: 4th Jan 09
Location: Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire
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8th Feb 12 at 19:23

love it

Graham88

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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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8th Feb 12 at 19:26

Very sexy manifolds

Gareth T

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Registered: 14th Feb 06
Location: newcastle
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8th Feb 12 at 19:28

Lovely car

M Sutton

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Registered: 11th Jan 03
Location: Northamptonshire
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8th Feb 12 at 19:35

Very nice Mark! Always liked these

broster

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Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
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18th Mar 12 at 14:32

manifolds now on, new lambdas etc, got a problem with the fuel pump now tho since i ran it out of fuel, so ill change that, new filer then get it mapped.

got my new wheels fitted in the mean time:

rear brakes now fit without the need for spacers, so no more rubbing either!

Linch

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Registered: 4th May 06
Location: Whickham, Tyne and Wear
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18th Mar 12 at 15:01

That is fooking awesome!

broster

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Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
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18th Mar 12 at 15:02

cheers, i love how it looks and drives now.

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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18th Mar 12 at 15:21

PIMPIN'

Marc

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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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18th Mar 12 at 15:39

Well thats just fricking awesome Brosty!

Graham88

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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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18th Mar 12 at 15:47

Epic

Chris C

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Registered: 2nd Jan 05
Location: Hemel Hempstead
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18th Mar 12 at 20:06

Looks amazing

Jon_C

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Registered: 7th Dec 05
Location: Suffolk
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18th Mar 12 at 20:34

That looks fuckin mega. My best mate has recently bought of these in Silverstone Blue. Its a monster. Are you selling your original wheels?

Tomnova16

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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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18th Mar 12 at 20:42

suit this much better than they suit the e46 m3

looking sweet

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Gareth T

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Registered: 14th Feb 06
Location: newcastle
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18th Mar 12 at 20:44

Very nice looking car

3i_gaz

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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Liverpool
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18th Mar 12 at 23:13

Lovely that mate love E39 shape Bimmers!

but prefer the standard tailpipes

richc

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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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18th Mar 12 at 23:18

lm's set any car off. Need to get my golf on them.

mike56gte

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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
Location: Fife, scotland Drives: Audi S3
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19th Mar 12 at 01:01

wow!

broster

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Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
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19th Mar 12 at 08:14

quote:
Originally posted by Jon_C
That looks fuckin mega. My best mate has recently bought of these in Silverstone Blue. Its a monster. Are you selling your original wheels?

Possibly but have to be a good offer to sell them, they are mint with new tyres.

Awesome colour silver stone blue. Good choice!

Thanks

Jambo

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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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19th Mar 12 at 08:52

PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT!!!!!!!!

Lm's where designed for E39's tbh!

Jon_C

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Registered: 7th Dec 05
Location: Suffolk
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19th Mar 12 at 19:30

quote:
Originally posted by broster

quote:
Originally posted by Jon_C
That looks fuckin mega. My best mate has recently bought of these in Silverstone Blue. Its a monster. Are you selling your original wheels?

Possibly but have to be a good offer to sell them, they are mint with new tyres.

Awesome colour silver stone blue. Good choice!

Thanks

Could you u2u me a price. My mate is on about getting his done. Might be easier to buy your mint one and flog his on.

BYRON

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Registered: 1st Jun 04
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19th Mar 12 at 19:57

Fuckin outrageous

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