my daily runaround

Well jus decided to lash up this little thread bout my current daily hack. its a 2002 bmw e39 520i m sport in topaz blue..

In april last yr my mate bought this cheap and the day after he collected it i had a small issue with my old 180sx road car which took it off the road.So my mate lent me this bmw and i just loved it. Me being a true jap only man the comfort and smoothness was not somethin id had before so loved it. Upon getting the 180sx back i put it for sale and luckily it sold quickly so i paid my mate the price he paid for the car and the bmw was now mine.. i knew and still know nothin bout bmw's but learnt after getting the car it came with genuine m5 alloys,genuine m5 elec wing mirrors and genuine m5 interior rear view mirrors.

here it is when i got it
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with me being unable to leave anything alone i went and got the usual german regs and a set of coilovers to to make it look better and suprisingly lost very little comfort considering i chose budget coilovers. before i gott the car my mate hit a kerb and marked bumper and found some corner splitters for €40 painted in my cars colour and allso fitted them and painted the kidney grills black..

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I drove the car like this till sept last year , then needed money for a deposit for house rental fast so selling this was my qick fix. I sold it cheaply and instantly regretted it haven had to drive around in a 97 corolla.. I had sold it to a mate who only wanted the car for tthe genuine m5 bits to fit to his e39 530d. i missed the car that much i often joked bout buying it back and my gave me a price i couldn turn down. so i bought it back minus the m5 bits and only 1800 extra miles covered in the 6 months it was outta my hands..

here it is after i gave it a good clean when i got it back sitting on m-sport 17inch wheels

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my plan was always to refit the m5 bits so that it was the same as before i sold it so a guy offered me good money for the m sports so agreed to sell them. with them gone and not havin the full amount to buy m5 wheels i decided to try the wheels off m s14a drift car for a while seeing as they are a pcd of 5x114 and 5x120 and not being used as the drift cars turbo is blown. and to my suprise they fit and i kinda like them. I know this will shock and disgust the bmw oem purists but i like to try be different and as i said there only a temporary thing till i have full money for m5 wheels..

here it is on xxr 526's . Sizes are 18x9 et 25 fronts and 18x10.5 et 20 rears runnin 20mm spacers up front and 13mm of spacers on rear to flush out the e39s 74.1mm centre bore as my wheels only have a 72mm bore and widnt want to have to mill the wheels as again its a temporary thing..

opinions and critism welcome
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That's a lovely e39 really like the wheels

love the wheels,nice to see something different.car looks mint as well.where did ya get the wind deflectors,like a set of them for mine

I think they look cool? I have a set of m5 reps with tyres and spacers I would gladly swop ye??:-)

Lovely looking car. Is there anyone that is not in that shed!

Ill not be swapping them as theyre my drift cars wheels.

And in relation to the shed, im the one that found it originally i was rentin it with conor and a few lads yrs ago. So it was great to be able to have a spot for my drift car again

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Originally Posted by ste-dub

Ill not be swapping them as theyre my drift cars wheels.

And in relation to the shed, im the one that found it originally i was rentin it with conor and a few lads yrs ago. So it was great to be able to have a spot for my drift car again

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Don't mind me I have shed envy! :tounge:

Ahhh Steve...welcome! :)

The E39 is looking very well!

Cheers pal

Such a nice looking car!!! Welcome along

Thanks again. Everyones tellin me not to bother with m5 wheels again so i dunno

Ahh bubba


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I was posessed for the last few weeks at getting m5 rep mirrors but seeing the pics of yours with them and with normal im going to stick with normal ones. Your car looks so good with the jap car wheels or the msport alloys.i personally dont like the m5 wheels and got csl reps cheap for mine.

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Im startin to dount the m5 wheels myself now. Im a big stance and fitment fan an m5s just wont fit the way i like

Theirs no way I'd take those wheels off to fit m5 reps!!!

That's lovely. Please don't swap those wheels for reps.

A lovely motor with a great story. Looks fab a big thumbs up from me.

No no no if i do replace them it will be with genuine wheels..

These wheels are borrowed from my nissan silvia drift car

Pm on the way

Oh it's you...........:D

That be my old baby. Miss her a lot :(

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Originally Posted by Ppmmc

That be my old baby. Miss her a lot :(

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I remember this wagon well, at least she's been well looked after!