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My beast arrived today from the armoring company and here are some pictures...

Because the windows were changed, my HUD now has a light shade behind it as you can see in the photos... The car now has a communication device that allows me to talk to someone outside without opening the window or door and the buttons to operate this sistem are fixed in the driver's seat. It also has a siren in case i get into troube.:1zhelp:

The other button located below the dasboard near the brake pedal is a sistem that i can use to lock the windows from going down... its hidden because of valet guys, not that im going to give the car to them, but anyway...

In the pictures you can also see that the tweeters in the front doors are fitted togheter with the overlap ballistic protection.

You can see that the buttons for opening the back windows don't exist anymore, since they dont open anymore... everything else is normal... except for the added weight of 185kg...:mad: How much? U$$35.000,00+ :deal:

I'll post about the straight acceleration, handling and braking changes later... i want to drive it a little longer before i comment on those.
 

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#7 ·
Gotta love life in Brazil. I've been pushing my father to armor his S-class in Nigeria, but seems to fall on deaf ears. Very nicely done.
 
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DucatiBMW said:
what do you do when your outside the car? body guards? Glock? D.E.? AR15? any protection on the wheels?

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I carry one .44 magnum always with me and i have one AK47 in the trunk...J/K... When out of the car you have no protection, you have to be very careful and try to stay always alert. The hole ideia of armored cars in Brasil, (the largerst fleet of bulletproof cars is here) is to avoid getting into trouble on the streets, expecialy at stoplights. Here we have a lot of grand theft auto, and many times people get killed in these thefts.. Since im 19 years old, my dad didnt let me cruise around with my beast and decided to armor it.

Yes the wheels get a light aluminium belt that wont let the tire let loose from the whell, so you can keep on going in case of a blown tire by a shot. NOTE that the wheel may get destroyed if a long journey is covered, this is just in case of emergency...
 
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Exactly....have the 44 ready to go. You get the M6 Wheel option in Brazil?
 
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bmw1986 said:
Exactly....have the 44 ready to go. You get the M6 Wheel option in Brazil?
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Yes, my car was the first one here in Brazil with the M6 wheel option. BTW i was just kidding about the guns... Its forbidden by law to carry guns here. Only the bad guys have them...:grrrrr: ouich :1zhelp:
 
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Holy crap!

This post was bad for Brazilian tourism! I am never going there now, I don't care how awesome/frisky the chicks are!

I was on the fence after a business associate got robbed at a light in a taxi (all jewlery and cash on him), but this takes the cake.

:eek:
 
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I am upset with you done with the M, but it is your choice. I know what you are talking about (violence), your father's precaution ... but do you use the M daily???
 
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Alex, I have been following your journey in e60.net and fully understand your rationale behind not armoring an M, it is after all a high performance vehicle. Now, suppose you were given the choice of keeping the car or selling it and getting something else armored, what would you do? ;) He will undoubtedly lose acceleration and handling ability, but at least he will now feel safe. He should have thought more about this before buying the M5 though.
 
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StealthBlue, do you ever carry passengers in your car?

I doubt the SMG would grenade (any more than normal, that is :) )

<200 kilograms is hardly the end of the world. Besides, you now probably have one of the only armored M5s in the world. :cheers:
 
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7 speed SMG said:
You can see that the buttons for opening the back windows don't exist anymore, since they dont open anymore... everything else is normal... except for the added weight of 185kg...:mad: How much? U$$35.000,00+ :deal:

I'll post about the straight acceleration, handling and braking changes later... i want to drive it a little longer before i comment on those.
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Wow, that is IMPRESSIVELY light for armor protection. I don't think I've ever seen one gain that little weight.
 
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I doubt for that modest weight gain that the protection is to full VR4 standards. Nonetheless it buys time that is crucial in the event of an attack. Sad to hear this is necessary but I guess if you want to drive an M5 in Sao Paolo this is the price you must pay :dunno:

I wonder whether BMW would offer a "protection" version of the M5 via their security vehicles division. I know that they do this for the regular 5 series:

http://www.bmw-ids.com/5sec.html

The cost, however, is horrendous hmmm
 
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Alex.br said:
I am upset with you done with the M, but it is your choice. I know what you are talking about (violence), your father's precaution ... but do you use the M daily???
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Definately not my choice. This was my DAD's Choice. I tryied to do everything in my power to change his mind and failed to succed. What he keeps saying to me is that i will understand this when i have my son.
 
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7 speed SMG said:
Definately not my choice. This was my DAD's Choice. I tryied to do everything in my power to change his mind and failed to succed. What he keeps saying to me is that i will understand this when i have my son.
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He is right especially in Brazil, you can't complain about 185KG that’s nothing
its like having a fat guy who sleeps at McDonalds all day, you are lucky
with the weight I know people they armored there cars an weight was between 500-1000KG!!!:viking2:

Enjoy your car and don't worry about the weight at all
Peace of mind is worth much more that! :)
 
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Ashok Arora said:
I doubt for that modest weight gain that the protection is to full VR4 standards. Nonetheless it buys time that is crucial in the event of an attack. Sad to hear this is necessary but I guess if you want to drive an M5 in Sao Paolo this is the price you must pay :dunno:

I wonder whether BMW would offer a "protection" version of the M5 via their security vehicles division. I know that they do this for the regular 5 series:

http://www.bmw-ids.com/5sec.html

The cost, however, is horrendous hmmm
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BMW won't offer a protection beast. Its not the purpose of the car.

I don't know witch are the full VR4 standarts, but the bulletproof level of the car is 3-A witch is the same as level 4. 90% of all cars armored in Brazil are like that. Mine is the 7th E60 M5 armored by G5 here in BR. There are more by other companies .I think that the transmission is supposed to handle the extra 185kg. The M5 touring weights around 100kg more than the sedan if im not mistaken...

The guys at the armoring Co. weighted the car before and after and the difference was 185kg. The problem is: Fuel Tank. The car was sent with around half a tank to them and returned with 1l.(I know this because after the pick up of the car i managed to put 69L in the tank) They have to ride the car to see if there are any rattles or creaks (luckily my car is rattle free) and they might have weighted with this 30liter difference. Putting the original weight to around 210kg...I'll see if i can get a copy of the document they have.

Also i will race a friend is his normal beast. Videotape it and post the results...
 
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Do you know the armouring level you "bought" for the M5? Is it VR4 or less?
I bet it's not higher than that... :D

185kg sound a bit of a light armour for such a car...

It's bad though to be so lucky having such a car at your age, but not feel free to enjoy it....It's like the golden cage of the fairy tales!
 
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Given that the range of the car is already poor (<200 miles in city driving) I wonder what the fuel economy is now!! :rolleyes:
 
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