New Member....in search of my first M5 E39...question
Hello,
I am a newbie here, still searching for my first M5 E39, with a question.
I have seen and driven several E39s so far. A pretty clean 2002 I am interested in has the woodtrim and black leather interior but it does not have woodtrim on the handbrake. Is that normal? The owner is the second one and stated that he bought it without the woodtrim on the handbrake.
you sure? I thought the handbrake was leather with wood trim, as well as on later cars with sport trim.
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Mike
91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; EAT Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
That's not normal, i don't think. I thought the black e-brake handle came only with the aluminum trim. That's not a bad thing (that a previous owner switched out the trim), as long as it was done properly and you like it.
The absolute BEST advice when buying an M5 is to have a PPI done. To not have one done, is asking to be surprised by something down the road, which may/may not be something extremely costly.
That is the way it is suppose to look. I happen to have the Brush Titanium look on mine, BUT everything seems to appear the way it should be ... AT least from what I can tell from your photo's.
ALL stock e39 M5's come with a leather grip hand brake and NO WOOD on the grip itself.
You need to take your pictures ... either in full sunlight ... or in full shade BUT NOT in 1/2 & 1/2 ...
ALL stock e39 M5's come with a leather grip hand brake and NO WOOD on the grip itself.
That statement is NOT correct. "Luxury" interior (as opposed to "sport"), with wood trim, came with matching wood brake handle. That's the way mine came when 'took new delivery. 'Can supply photo, if somebody needs proof.
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Dan
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Daily Driver
'02 M5 (Chiaretto Red Metallic w/black napa full heritage leather/wood trim/leather Euro cntr console/BSW speakers and sub) Sig series Dinan S/C'd S3 package/ Dinan S3 clutch-flywheel/Dinan high capacity oil cooler /Dinan forged aluminum wheels/Dinan SSK/Dinan - Brembo BBK/Stg 3 Dinan - JRZ suspension/monoballs/275-35-18 RA 1's all around
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The "Predator"
'02 996TT w/X50 (slate grey metallic w/full natural grey leather, small carbon package, aluminum trim pieces, exterior color painted wheels, etc, etc).
EVOMS Stage 4 (640hp/615tq)
PSS9 w/F&R H&R sways and EVOMS F&R shock tower braces
Sachs clutch and Porsche SSK
Toyo RA-1's 245/18 fronts; 305/18 rears
Normally I would expect that "Luxury"-trim M5s come with matching wood handbrake. Yet, this is the second Luxury-trim one I see without wood on handbrake. Is it possible that for some reason they were stock without the woodtrim on the brake?
Last edited by eliasargyris; 11th November 2008 at 22:36.
I believe that the parking brake handle should match the rest of the wood trim. Is there a receipt that shows the previous owner switched it out for the leather instead? Truth be told, I switched my worn titanium parking brake handle out for a leather one - liked it better...
NeedanM5
Nope....
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