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General Information

Year
2002
Make
BMW
Model
E39 M5
Color
Titanium Silver
Packages
S752
History
Never have I ever had such a difficult time taming a stallion.
2002 BMW E39 M5 (Titanium Silver)

Modifications

Drivetrain
Custom tune by me, on 1601 MSS52 software
SMG CANBUS enabled and jumped to main CANBUS for additional logging
Full SAP removal, including aluminum tubing, pump, valve, vac lines, etc
Becker catback exhaust with decat, stock headers
DIY foglight CAI
Zionsville E39 M5 super duty cooling kit
New cooling system hoses
New water pump
New A/C idler pulley assembly
New water pump pulley
New coolant temp sensor and radiator outlet temp sensor
Full coolant evacuation and 2x distilled water flush, then filled with 50/50 distilled water and BMW OEM blue coolant mix
Aux fan and shroud delete
E46 S52 PWM fan controller for DME+PWM control of Spal fan
Redline MTL 75E80 in transmission
South Bend Stage 1 clutch
JB Racing 14lb singlemass flywhee
All new transmission/shifter hardware (ECSTuning rebuild kit)
New timing chain tensioner
All new power steering lines, o-rings, and banjo bolts
New starter
New clutch fork lever
New clutch fork pivot
New guibo
New rear main seal
New valve cover gaskets
New thermostat
New oil separators
New oil separator lines
New spark plugs
New throwout bearing guide sleeve
New clutch slave cylinder
New clutch slave cylinder lines
New intensive washer pump
New regular washer pump
New washer pump grommet/strainer
New rear diff cover gasket/seal
New rear diff input/pinion seal
New rear diff side seals
Liqui-Moly Full Synthetic 75W140 in rear diff
New AUC sensor
New windshield washer lines
New fuel filter
Degreased/washed everything. I mean Every. Single. Thing. I have pictures.
Cleaned, re-routed, re-loomed and re-wrapped all under-hood wiring harnesses in high-temp Tesa tape
Other stuff I'm forgetting
Interior
New OEM BMW F10 M5 6MT shift knob
New OEM BMW E39 shift boot
New OEM BMW E60 550i short throw shift lever

Custom modded armrest eject-box for more storage

Piano black trim swap

Custom LCI E39 M5/E46 M3 steering wheel made by andri-zakus on eBay

Painted parking brake handle matte black

Full LED replacement with Yorkim LEDs

Custom touch iDrive NBT controller mount fabbed by me
Police-issue (heh) ashtray insert to make it a tiny storage pocket

Illuminated BMW M aluminum door sills

Complete interior removal and cleaning
Complete front seat disassembly and cleaning, degreasing, and re-greasing seat tracks
Completely cleaned and degreased moonroof and re-greased
Un-taped and re-loomed all interior and trunk wiring harnesses with new high-temp Tesa tape

Much leather cleaner, conditioner, and patience
Exterior
Exterior
Headlights
Custom headlights from scratch
E82 bi-xenon projectors
COB LED 130mm halos
Morimoto 2Stroke LEDs
Morimoto ZKW clear lenses
Fully custom turn signals
Gloss black painted headlight interior
Other
LCM 4B w/Auto LWR
External LWR removal, rewired actuators and sensors straight to LCM 4B
Much, much custom coding
Front
Black kidney grilles
Drilled out front brake ducts
New brake duct-compatible pork chops
New OEM BMW front fender liners left and right
DIY foglight CAI with AEM dry liner shield
Side
LED sidemarker/side turn signals
Rear
LED reverse, brake, 3rd brake, turn signal
Brake Force Display LEDs in OEM rear fog slot
Docooler LED license plate modules
Chrome BMW license plate frame
Matte black rear trunk lid M5 badge
Audio
Custom MKIII nav unit (BMBT) with 7" HDMI display, made by me

Fi BL 12" subwoofer
Rockford Fosgate 1200BDCP sub amp
Fiio DAC for sub amp
All 0-gauge wiring, including engine ground strap to chassis up front :D

M-Audio & DSP
DSPC controller from E38
SPDIF 44.1kHz 16-bit PCM into DSP amp

RAD module delete
TEL module delete, it's complete harness removed too
GT/NAV module delete

Touch NBT controller for Kodi, w/custom fabbed mount/trim

OEM BMW F10 550i AGM battery

2x Raspberry Pi, PiCAN DUO CANBUS interface, 2x Rolf Resler IBUS/KBUS interfaces, HiFiBerry Digi+ Pro SPDIF interface for DSP amp audio

A massive written-from-scratch Node.js application for CANBUS/IBUS/KBUS/relay/etc control (https://github.com/kmalinich/node-bmw-client)
CANBUS decoding/parsing
Comfort turn signals
Welcome lights
Custom cluster text
HTML5 WebSocket dashboard
Way, way, way more, this does not even close to do it justice
Suspension
New Powerflex Street front subframe bushings
New Powerflex Street rear subframe bushings
New Powerflex Race front swaybar bushings
New Powerflex Race rear swaybar bushings
New Powerflex Race front diff mount bushing
New Powerflex Street rear diff mount bushings
UUC street trans mounts
New left and right front control arms
New left and right rear upper control arms
New left and right rear ball joints
New left and right rear swaybar endlinks
New left and right rear integral links
New left and right rear guide links
Rear subframe completely degreased
Powerstop drilled+slotted rotors and pads
OEM BMW 4-wheel alignment
Other stuff I'm forgetting
Wheel and Tire
Wheels. Tires.

Gallery

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