Montreal Blue e39 progress to stance...

[Tarmac180sx]

fire keep it up!

[brandonxdent]

If everything works out i should have my e39 5 series wagon, and then the fun begins! Have you had any trouble with the hub being an awkward size?

[xXp_ExoTiic_qXx]

Wow. Looks good so far!

[e39hamann]

Thanks guys! I'd like to add some small spacers but I'm focused on doing some maintenance for now. The hub size hasn't been that bit of an issue but I did have to get the centers of the Mitos bored out to fit.

Some pics from a little shoot done by my friend Andrew:
10515110_10152954289347782_7096393452080236032_o by e39hamann, on Flickr
Mike_Ashcraft_T (1 of 1) by Andrew Rothermel, on Flickr
Mike_Ashcraft_RightT (1 of 3) by Andrew Rothermel, on Flickr
Mike_Ashcraft_LeftT (3 of 3) by Andrew Rothermel, on Flickr
Mike_Ashcraft_LeftT (2 of 3) by Andrew Rothermel, on Flickr

Got a stud conversion kit, thanks to Ryan at Motorsport Hardware!
IMAG0521-1 by e39hamann, on Flickr

I hit 290,000 miles yesterday so here's some pics from Mpact on Saturday:IMAG0533-1 by e39hamann, on Flickr
My Dad's M5 in the background
IMAG0535 by e39hamann, on Flickr
IMAG0556-1 by e39hamann, on Flickr
IMAG0574 by e39hamann, on Flickr

[e39hamann]

Haven't updated this in awhile so I'll probably miss some things but here's the major stuff anyway.

Back in September I hit a deer and the whole passenger side of my car got repainted, got it back the night before I left for h2o:

20140925_173700 by e39hamann, on Flickr

At h2o:
20140926_121534 by e39hamann, on Flickr

Got re-manufactured calipers and painted them black and installed new rotors/pads, stainless lines also. Only pic I have from when I painted the calipers:
20140919_180954 by e39hamann, on Flickr

Then I got a new slimmbones carbon fiber front lip:
10524604_10154693753360076_8980770601862472347_o by e39hamann, on Flickr
10619987_10154700360880076_8618726783998894739_o by e39hamann, on Flickr

Made it into first class fitment which was pretty cool:
1956709_10154710891630076_1458777297811451546_o by e39hamann, on Flickr

Got stuck leaving my friends house
10626161_10154837620525076_7661701823456716823_o by e39hamann, on Flickr

Just this past week I picked up some manual heated sport seats and since my interiors grey I'll be using leatherique to re-dye them and my back seats too.
10834996_10155003839135076_625536615983654456_o by e39hamann, on Flickr

Yesterday my carbon fiber diffuser came and I put that on, it fit pretty well considering I got it from ebay:
10914771_10155027349760076_2074781921657090635_o by e39hamann, on Flickr
10923714_10155027349470076_4734906738820574186_o by e39hamann, on Flickr

I also replaced the o-rings on the fuel injectors since the old ones were pretty dried out, haven't had time to put it back together yet though.

[lowlife89]

Oh, how I love this color. I also can't believe the car is almost 20 years and, has 300k miles and it still looks this good.

Keep it up!

[e39hamann]

Haven't updated this thread in forever so figured I would since I have some time on my lunch break today.

I still have the car and it now has 304k miles on it.
I don't have any pics of the maintenance that has been done but both front and rear control arms, tie rods, ball joints etc have been replaced now.
Also replaced the guibo this past spring.
While at H2Oi this year I had my fuel pump go on me too, so that was replaced while I was there.

The biggest change has been the interior though, which I was just getting started on the last time I updated this.
Here's the dye I bought:
11254429_812767872112534_1259691124_n by Mike, on Flickr
Got black door panels:
10974370_10155144965375076_3840955876310375656_o by Mike, on Flickr
Black lower dash:
10995431_10155216453080076_6431709649487089424_o by Mike, on Flickr
Euro M5 leather armrest and center console:
20150603_104100 by Mike, on Flickr
BMW individual door sills:
20150627_173023 by Mike, on Flickr
OEM suede sun visors to match the headliner:
s-l1600-1 by Mike, on Flickr
Put an OEM black carpet in. I had dyed my grey carpet black at first but was not happy with the result.
20160912_220144 by Mike, on Flickr
Then came the fun part, dying the seats by hand. This took quite a lot of time and effort due to trial and error.
I found the best method was to use a paint brush and then a damp Bounty paper towel (yes the brand did matter, tried using store brand and they didn't work as well) to dab the seats after applied by the brush. This got rid of the brush strokes and gave it a more even look.

If I were to do it all over again I would have done the prep work on the seats myself and then had them sprayed by a professional, but for the amount I spent on these seats (probably around $400 total with the cost of dye and the seats) I can't complain.

20160705_210557 by Mike, on Flickr

Here is with the seats installed, going to be doing 2-tone door panels as well this winter.
20160917_132631 by Mike, on Flickr
20160917_131639 by Mike, on Flickr
20160917_132701 by Mike, on Flickr
20160917_132845 by Mike, on Flickr
20160917_132820 by Mike, on Flickr

Not much has changed with the exterior of the car, I swapped the black grills for some face-lift chrome ones. Thought they looked nice with the polished lips. Here's a couple pics from this past show season:
13475200_1770376109886242_9196845120915512459_o by Mike, on Flickr
13522964_1770376176552902_6128773357356400691_o by Mike, on Flickr
14087582_10157347083015076_1722489460_o by Mike, on Flickr
h2oi_10 by Mike, on Flickr
e39 high blurr 2 by Mike, on Flickr
30232471056_77503a5822_o by Mike, on Flickr
SRG_3717 by Mike, on Flickr

As of now the plans for the winter are to have some exhaust work done. I got a supersprint resonator delete pipe and will be getting rid of my magnaflow muffler for a vibrant muffler with an oval tip.
Just need to do my 2-tone door panels and that's about it for now. I have an e39 m5 now as well so that consumes a good amount of my car fund leaving not much for the 528 unfortunately.

Here's the M5
13528300_1770376073219579_3259116477845143030_o by Mike, on Flickr
20160818_130445 by Mike, on Flickr.
12823526_10156625907660076_1785472259406209851_o by Mike, on Flickr

[royalife]

Nice update man! beautiful cars!

[e39hamann]

Nice update man! beautiful cars!

Thanks man!

Got my new Vibrant muffler and Supersprint resonator delete in, soon as I get the M5 back from getting a new clutch and flywheel the 528 will go in for exhaust work.

PhotoGrid_1482969652314 by Mike, on Flickr

[cblock406]

That interior turned out awesome! Two of the best E39's hands down!

[C2_mad]

had not seen this before, love what you did to it. everything is on point will be interesting to see what you do with the m5.

[e39hamann]

Thanks guys!!

Picked the M5 up from the shop last week and dropped the 528 off.

The exhaust will be getting put on and somethings up with the headgasket. I think maybe a bolt or nut came loose and is letting oil get into the coolant. Hoping it's not something too serious as the m5 has drained my wallet a bit haha

[AtlantisTouring]

me likey

[Kris]

this car is perfect

[acefighter028]

This build thread is badass. This is the same wheel specs i was going to go and i was iffy on if it would fit right. Now i know it looks great. Badass car.