Steering wheel - yes but the air bag is different and costly. The install is also costly from what I've read.
Guage cluster - yes, easy but the M5 specific features won't work (oil temp, tach lights)
Search for the threads on 540i upgrades. The looong thread covering 540i wagon upgrades covered lots of this (gauges for sure).
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'06 X3 Black Sapphire/Tan PP, Steptronic, Xexons, Heated seats, Privacy glass, UGDO, Compass, bike rack, iPod adapter
Sold '06 650i Black Sapphire/Cream Beige sport package, 6 speed
'02 M5 Titanium Silver/Black Luxury/Burl
Seats ---- yes if you can work out the wiring issue
steering wheel ---- depends on what year is your 540i.....pre-99 and i don't think you can use any M5 wheel...after 99 i guess that is straight plug-n-play since after 99 all E39 use the same stage 2 airbag system and you should be fine....install isn't anything costly....check out those DIY site and you should have any idea
Seats ---- maybe go for Recaro manual sportline like i do ?? it save some pretty good weight compare to the OEM elec. seats
on a 97, you have a single stage airbag, so the M5 wheel and air bag will not work. I did a sport wheel swap on my previous 98 528, bmw does make a sport wheel for single stage airbag cars. It looks like the 00 wheel, but the rim is not as fat. This makes me wonder if you could get an 00 wheel, and find the 'correct' early single stage airbag. I believe bmwtips.com has the part numbers for the various steering wheels. I have my 00 wheel and airbag sitting on a shelf in my garage if you want to experiment.
Buying new, both the wheel and airbag are similar cost, when i did my 528, it was about 800 for the combo.,
There was also a wiring harness change for the seats somewhere between 98 and 02. When we were trading in my wifes 02 525iT, i tried to swap her sports seats into my 528, but the harnesses were different, and i didn't want to go cutting wires the night before the trade in (it was a last minute thought, what can i pirate off the trade).
Mike
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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
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