E39 Build: 6.0 LS. Coils. Burnouts.

[E.Three.0]

Can't read cause I'm in class, but definitely subscribing because of title.

[nsogiba]

Congratulations on the wedding (most important), and getting the car fixed! Moar burnouts - maybe in the daytime?

Yeah - I need to have someone film/shoot from the outside since it's always more interesting from that angle

Dude congrats on getting married! Still hope I'll see this thing around Buffalo sometime before I leave

Yeah, seems the season is pretty much over, the car is being put away in the next 2 months I think.

Damn fine build thread. What are your plans for the car in the future?

Over the winter:

Install AC
figure out why one of the coilovers feels blown
little odds and ends to reduce some NVH

Long term:
BW S475

[DeltaAlpha9]

Damn fine build thread. What are your plans for the car in the future?

[philohlean]

Dude congrats on getting married! Still hope I'll see this thing around Buffalo sometime before I leave

[speakerboy]

Congratulations on the wedding (most important), and getting the car fixed! Moar burnouts - maybe in the daytime?

[nsogiba]

ok, there is a happy ending to the story (not that kind of happy ending)

overnighted a balancer from Summit, but because it was ordered after the evening shipping deadline it wasn't going to make it in time. There was just one left locally, so I snagged that and a 3 jaw puller. Unfortunately it was the same aftermarket brand as the one that failed, so I have to install the ACDelco that showed up too late. After scratching my head for a while figuring out how to pull her off, I came up with this:

Started here


Took a lot of wiggling to get everything lined up right


and off




I just so happened to have a spare Goodyear belt laying around so popped that on and buttoned it up:



6.0 E39 Fixed! - Click for Video

just in time for this


and this


and most importantly this


Leaving the Wedding - Click to View

I can't seem to get the youtube videos to embed so if anyone can help that'd be appreciated.

a special thanks to my best man, Tim (technician117) who helped immensely throughout the evening (mostly calming my nerves and helping pack the car at the end of the evening).

The End

[Darkyoshi154]

That sucks man

[Earl]

That sucks=/

[nsogiba]

well shit





couldn't handle the severe race conditions I guess

[cullen61918]

enough pics? well documented!

[e38art]

such a sick build man. ill be picking your brain when i swap the m62 in my e38 for an LS.....and then boost it muahaha

[Earl]

So damn good=)

[Tarmac180sx]

Fabulous build keep it up

[nsogiba]

was out at Bimmerfest East a few weeks ago. a guy on bimmerforums snapped these:

[nsogiba]

I found some old pictures from a few months back that I took after I got the fenders rolled in the rear. I use this build thread as a record of sorts and i realized that I never took pictures of the exterior after the M bumper conversion (front and rear). I am not a fan of the stance movement (quite the opposite - stick your stretched tires up your ass) but I do like things to look proportional to the body. Up front: 225/45/18 with a 12mm spacer, and 235/50/18 rear with 10mm spacer. Those rear tires are since gone, replaced with 245/40/18. I never really plan out tire size when replacing- just whatever is readily available in something close to my size, and cheap (with the way I go through tires it makes sense for me).