Stripped the M5 before sending it to paintshop.
What do I see? Bad news. In fact very bad news.
My M5 has been in a serious accident, before I purchased.
Found out the following damages:
1- "B" pillar has been pushed inwards. Towards the transmission tunnel. So they did pull the B pillar back to its place.
2- Driver's floor, floor right under the pedals, front left chasis arm and left A pillar have been altogether cut. They have welded 520 i front left chasis arm, front left floor and the A pillar and also the driver's floor.
3- Transmission tunnel is not smooth, it is wrinkled.
All of these welds have rust.
Gentlemen, my M5 was totalled and repaired before I bought it. I did not know this fact. A friend of mine sold this M5.
Now my solutions are as follows:
1- As there is no other M5 E34 for sale here in Turkey, I may buy a E34 520 in good condition and swap M5 into the 520 chasis. Everything
will be M5, just the chasis / body will be 520i.
2- Get a new chasis arm, a new A pillar and new floor and weld properly.
3- Prepare the funeral of E34 M5 and send to graveyard.
The day I saw these damages, I felt very bad. All my dreams about E34 M5 are almost gone. Before sending to paintwork, I ve built a custom turbo kit for this car, I wanted to drive it turbo weekends. Now all the dreams are almost gone.
What would you do (Note there is no other E34 M5 for sale here)
It was a pleasure to surf on this forum, everytime I turned on this forum was exciting.
Looking at E34 photos on bimmermagazines was fun.
Now I wont be able to feel these.
What do I see? Bad news. In fact very bad news.
My M5 has been in a serious accident, before I purchased.
Found out the following damages:
1- "B" pillar has been pushed inwards. Towards the transmission tunnel. So they did pull the B pillar back to its place.
2- Driver's floor, floor right under the pedals, front left chasis arm and left A pillar have been altogether cut. They have welded 520 i front left chasis arm, front left floor and the A pillar and also the driver's floor.
3- Transmission tunnel is not smooth, it is wrinkled.
All of these welds have rust.
Gentlemen, my M5 was totalled and repaired before I bought it. I did not know this fact. A friend of mine sold this M5.
Now my solutions are as follows:
1- As there is no other M5 E34 for sale here in Turkey, I may buy a E34 520 in good condition and swap M5 into the 520 chasis. Everything
will be M5, just the chasis / body will be 520i.
2- Get a new chasis arm, a new A pillar and new floor and weld properly.
3- Prepare the funeral of E34 M5 and send to graveyard.
The day I saw these damages, I felt very bad. All my dreams about E34 M5 are almost gone. Before sending to paintwork, I ve built a custom turbo kit for this car, I wanted to drive it turbo weekends. Now all the dreams are almost gone.
What would you do (Note there is no other E34 M5 for sale here)
It was a pleasure to surf on this forum, everytime I turned on this forum was exciting.
Looking at E34 photos on bimmermagazines was fun.
Now I wont be able to feel these.