Specs:
1991 BMW M5 - Brilliantrot over Light Silver Grey
195k miles
Zero Rust
Southwest car
No accidents
I had been looking for an E34 M5 since before I sold my E34 Touring earlier this year. I bought this accidentally on eBay in mid-Summer and had it shipped to me in the Midwest. It’s been a Nevada car it’s whole life and according to the Carfax, was mostly serviced at BMW of Las Vegas.
The car had some needs when I bought it.
The interior was in good shape, but a hole had been warn through on the driver’s bolster. I am a big-time user of ColourLock products and repaired the seat using their glue, filler and dye. The seat now presents very well.
The shift boot was worn and cracked so I bought new shift boot and e-brake covers from Condor Speed shop. I also bought their tall shift knob - mainly because I liked the look of it.
The original floor mats were shot - and I’m pretty particular about interiors - so I ordered a full Cocomat set - front and rear.
The window tint had peeled a bit in the corners, so I decided to have the windows professionally stripped and re-tinted at 35%. Looks fantastic. This was done just last week, so not all pictures show the current state of the tint.
The car came with naked M-systems so I sourced some covers from Europe. The covers are in outstanding condition (with brand new stainless bolts) and the wheels are decent (present great from 5-feet) but have clearly been refinished in the past.
On the exterior, the car had two glaring flaws. On the right rear C-pillar, the clear had given up. I’ve done some light paint work in the past so I decided to do the repair myself. The repair presents well. Close-up pictures included. Also, the passenger door had a significant dent - almost looked like someone had backed into the door. I had my PDR guy come and work it over - looks infinitely better and certainly doesn’t jump out. It also has some touch up paint covering the same door where the damage was previously.
The paint presents very well - Brilliantrot is a stunning color in person - and you’d be very proud taking this car to C&C. It does appear over time someone got a little aggressive when polishing on the edges, as in spots you see dark showing through. I have the same issue with my ’91 850 in Brilliantrot. I’ll get some pictures of what I’m talking about this weekend.
The SLS suspension had also failed when I took delivery, so I did the SLS-delete using the kit from ECS Tuning and put H&R/Bilsteins on all around.
Because I figured I’d have this a while (it is a bucket-list car for me and my first E34 M5), I bought the Mark D’Sylva chip. I have not yet installed it.
Other minor things - all new door handle gaskets went on this past weekend. The original radio had a burnt out screen, so I bought a refurbished unit and just installed it last week. Works flawlessly. No warning lights on the car at all. OBC pixels are perfect and bright.
On cold starts, I hear what I believe to be the secondary air pump making noise until the car warms up - usually a few minutes. I do not have any history on the car outside of what’s shown on the Carfax and what I’ve done. Link included below.
I’ve only put roughly 100 miles on it since I bought it since it was almost constantly in a state of “doing something to it”.
This one just looks outstanding - especially when sitting next to the other ’91 Brilliantrot car in my fleet. It’s not perfect but it’s a nice driver-quality M5 that the next guy or gal will enjoy.
No trades (unless you catch me in a weak moment and it’s a car + cash deal). Happy to help facilitate shipping if needed - I do it A LOT.
Price is $13,000.
1991 BMW M5 - Brilliantrot over Light Silver Grey
195k miles
Zero Rust
Southwest car
No accidents
I had been looking for an E34 M5 since before I sold my E34 Touring earlier this year. I bought this accidentally on eBay in mid-Summer and had it shipped to me in the Midwest. It’s been a Nevada car it’s whole life and according to the Carfax, was mostly serviced at BMW of Las Vegas.
The car had some needs when I bought it.
The interior was in good shape, but a hole had been warn through on the driver’s bolster. I am a big-time user of ColourLock products and repaired the seat using their glue, filler and dye. The seat now presents very well.
The shift boot was worn and cracked so I bought new shift boot and e-brake covers from Condor Speed shop. I also bought their tall shift knob - mainly because I liked the look of it.
The original floor mats were shot - and I’m pretty particular about interiors - so I ordered a full Cocomat set - front and rear.
The window tint had peeled a bit in the corners, so I decided to have the windows professionally stripped and re-tinted at 35%. Looks fantastic. This was done just last week, so not all pictures show the current state of the tint.
The car came with naked M-systems so I sourced some covers from Europe. The covers are in outstanding condition (with brand new stainless bolts) and the wheels are decent (present great from 5-feet) but have clearly been refinished in the past.
On the exterior, the car had two glaring flaws. On the right rear C-pillar, the clear had given up. I’ve done some light paint work in the past so I decided to do the repair myself. The repair presents well. Close-up pictures included. Also, the passenger door had a significant dent - almost looked like someone had backed into the door. I had my PDR guy come and work it over - looks infinitely better and certainly doesn’t jump out. It also has some touch up paint covering the same door where the damage was previously.
The paint presents very well - Brilliantrot is a stunning color in person - and you’d be very proud taking this car to C&C. It does appear over time someone got a little aggressive when polishing on the edges, as in spots you see dark showing through. I have the same issue with my ’91 850 in Brilliantrot. I’ll get some pictures of what I’m talking about this weekend.
The SLS suspension had also failed when I took delivery, so I did the SLS-delete using the kit from ECS Tuning and put H&R/Bilsteins on all around.
Because I figured I’d have this a while (it is a bucket-list car for me and my first E34 M5), I bought the Mark D’Sylva chip. I have not yet installed it.
Other minor things - all new door handle gaskets went on this past weekend. The original radio had a burnt out screen, so I bought a refurbished unit and just installed it last week. Works flawlessly. No warning lights on the car at all. OBC pixels are perfect and bright.
On cold starts, I hear what I believe to be the secondary air pump making noise until the car warms up - usually a few minutes. I do not have any history on the car outside of what’s shown on the Carfax and what I’ve done. Link included below.
I’ve only put roughly 100 miles on it since I bought it since it was almost constantly in a state of “doing something to it”.
This one just looks outstanding - especially when sitting next to the other ’91 Brilliantrot car in my fleet. It’s not perfect but it’s a nice driver-quality M5 that the next guy or gal will enjoy.
No trades (unless you catch me in a weak moment and it’s a car + cash deal). Happy to help facilitate shipping if needed - I do it A LOT.
Price is $13,000.