BMW E39 M5 touring build #2
Discussion
Rear jacking points (an E39 Achilles heel) while pretty solid are clearly on their way especially the offside rear.
A couple of areas of corrosion are where the tailgate aperture rubber seal fits over a metal lip and water can get trapped here so 20 years of not being cleaned and protected has caused this so it needs to be addressed. Thankfully this and the jacking points are the only areas of corrosion.
The flat section of the M5 boot floor unpicked and prepped for installation with a small section of the tourings original boor floor for comparison of various mounting studs.
The M5 boot floor and its U shaped section welded in. As many brand new panels as possible were purchased this time round which included all parts of the U section which surrounds the M5 centre battery tray and supports the rear silencers, the rear panel cross member and the outer exhaust brackets as these were all heavily corroded on the donor M5 shell.
pistonheadforum said:
Really interested in following this OP as I have an older e39 530d touring manual (2001) sitting in a shed with a valid MOT and I'm wondering what to do with it.
No garages really want to touch it as it's much more a thing of love to keep it on the road.
Everybody says scrap it, but it’s a great car to own and use and I have managed to avoid any huge bills as yet. Possibly as it's a manual.
I genuinely don't know what to do with it and would love to just put aside a couple of thousand to do just enough to keep it on the road so very jealous that you have the skills to do this inhouse.
I get the feeling the e39 530d touring might be a future classic but at the moment I don’t know where to start.
I think government is going to make long term ownership of diesels, particularly older ones, quite hard. Even if the maintenance is in check I do wonder whether tax / clean air zones etc will make it not worth keeping. Possibly less of an issue if lightly used.No garages really want to touch it as it's much more a thing of love to keep it on the road.
Everybody says scrap it, but it’s a great car to own and use and I have managed to avoid any huge bills as yet. Possibly as it's a manual.
I genuinely don't know what to do with it and would love to just put aside a couple of thousand to do just enough to keep it on the road so very jealous that you have the skills to do this inhouse.
I get the feeling the e39 530d touring might be a future classic but at the moment I don’t know where to start.
JB99 said:
With regard to the boot area floor modifications to the bodyshell, will this mean an IVA and/ or the issue of a 'Q' plate?
Surely this would mean any rust repair on any part of a monocoque body shell would result in IVA??It was clearly a rust repair as it's a common rust area
JB99 said:
With regard to the boot area floor modifications to the bodyshell, will this mean an IVA and/ or the issue of a 'Q' plate?
In short, no.The chassis part of the monocoque remains exactly the same. Essentially the only change is the deletion of the spare wheel well (a non structural part) and replaced with a battery tray shaped hole.
BSSBMW said:
JB99 said:
With regard to the boot area floor modifications to the bodyshell, will this mean an IVA and/ or the issue of a 'Q' plate?
In short, no.The chassis part of the monocoque remains exactly the same. Essentially the only change is the deletion of the spare wheel well (a non structural part) and replaced with a battery tray shaped hole.
I read recently about a classic mini electric conversion which only had four holes drilled into the boot floor requiring IVA.....tread carefully!
JB99 said:
Spare wheel well could be argued to be a 'crash impact area.'
I read recently about a classic mini electric conversion which only had four holes drilled into the boot floor requiring IVA.....tread carefully!
Do you piss on chips professionally, or is this more of a hobby/past time?I read recently about a classic mini electric conversion which only had four holes drilled into the boot floor requiring IVA.....tread carefully!
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