My ongoing E39 540 project

**bErio** · 01-04-2011, 06:55 PM

This summer i bought myself an E39 and desided to go all the way with it

These are the mods so far
OEM Full ///M kit
OEM Facelift lights with Ebay white angeleys bulbs
17" BBS Style 5 RC090 wheels
19" BBS LM 10,5 at the back and 9" at the front ( I think )
Coilovers on the way
Total respray = "cocain white" with a black top
A glass sunroof
Black headliner
Black carpet

Well here's my ride
540 1997 model

Will post more when the coilovers are landed, the windows retinted and the LM's under the car

**Artikgrau325is** · 01-04-2011, 07:33 PM

VERY nice, I especially love the interior work, but it all looks great!

**Compactive** · 01-04-2011, 07:40 PM

is white the go to color for E39s? looks great

**e30lov** · 01-04-2011, 08:44 PM

you guys from iceland are nuts...

Huge props man, it looks great so far

**jhstealth** · 01-04-2011, 09:05 PM

a lot of work. that was a sweet blue too. Love the interior.

**snosk8luke** · 01-04-2011, 09:36 PM

Looks like alotta money but very nice work bud

**steezytaco** · 01-04-2011, 09:38 PM

Looks great good work.

**bErio** · 01-04-2011, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by snosk8luke

Looks like alotta money but very nice work bud

This beats my wallet you may say.. It took me a lot of work tracking down the only 19" BBS LM's in Iceland, only this set and one 17" exist on Iceland
I'm only 22 years old, but I have a lot of great friends that have helped me with this and I am very grateful for that

**boarchicken** · 01-05-2011, 02:14 PM

dam dude that looks so niceee!!

noob question.. what are lms? ;]

**bErio** · 01-05-2011, 03:15 PM

LM's = BBS LM

**Mark@EAC** · 01-05-2011, 03:41 PM

great project so far, I like it!

**whitebeast** · 01-05-2011, 03:41 PM

Love ittttt!

**bimmermane30** · 01-05-2011, 05:31 PM

Good work. Looks good. One wonders why you didn't just buy a White e39.. Although I get it, at the same time its a lot of work, especially painting the engine bay.

**DoubleO** · 01-05-2011, 05:35 PM

good job man keep it up (and take pics along the way)

**patrick houston** · 01-05-2011, 05:51 PM

Looks awesome man! Could you provide some more detail on the sanding you did on the car? I don't know much about paint prep, and am curious why the doors look like they were sanded more than for instance the left quarter panel.

Keep us updated!

**thedude60126** · 01-05-2011, 06:19 PM

very nicely done sir

**cbouchez** · 01-05-2011, 06:34 PM

Very nice! I love the LM's can't wait to see them on your car.

A lot of $$ on that car... How come you did not sell it and get an M5?

**bErio** · 01-05-2011, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by bimmermane30

Good work. Looks good. One wonders why you didn't just buy a White e39.. Although I get it, at the same time its a lot of work, especially painting the engine bay.

I always wanted a white M-Tech E39 and so I just did that
There are about 4 white E39 cars in Iceland and none of them are 540 or M5 so I decided to do this. And the color is not a BMW white color, its just pure white straight from the shelf.

Originally Posted by DoubleO

good job man keep it up (and take pics along the way)

Will do

Originally Posted by patrick houston

Looks awesome man! Could you provide some more detail on the sanding you did on the car? I don't know much about paint prep, and am curious why the doors look like they were sanded more than for instance the left quarter panel.

Originally Posted by patrick houston

Keep us updated!

All the doors had some dents in it and damages so we fixed that and had to put primer on top. That’s why the doors are more or less different.

Originally Posted by cbouchez

Very nice! I love the LM's can't wait to see them on your car.

Originally Posted by cbouchez

A lot of $$ on that car... How come you did not sell it and get an M5?

I bought the car for the 1/5th amount that a good E39 M5 cost in Iceland, and there are just 3 cars here in Iceland I would like to buy. Most of the cars have been mistreated by lets say.. not so smart people that think that burnouts and doing donuts on a M5 doesn't cause damage.

**bErio** · 02-10-2011, 12:32 PM

Well hello there

**bErio** · 04-01-2011, 10:29 PM

My BBS LM Refurb

Old center caps

The bolts from one wheel

The wheels and the GrandSport Corvette under its cover

The tools

It came apart..

Air valve

The old ones.. Going to replace them

Front wheel before cleaning it

Some wheel cleaner

Then I put some WD40 on the nuts and let it stand for 15 minutes or so

Yeah baby

All the bolts gone and i washed it a bit more..

Out it went

Cleaned it some more...

The bolts and nuts marked and put in bags

And this is the final result, there is one wheel being polished so thats why there are just 3 there.

This should be one hell of a summer!

**whitebeast** · 04-01-2011, 10:47 PM

I wish to have my own garage full of projects one day!

Wheels look like there in good hands my friend

**united2512002** · 04-02-2011, 09:14 AM

I love seeing a E39 have the attention to detail and time put into it to make it look just amaizing. You have done a great job so far and i cant wait to see whats next.