The e34 addiction

[Antrieb]

Just bought this one Friday.

'92 535iM, 180kmi, white/blue, tons and tons of recent maintenance, and adult owned.

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114124008-M-1.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114123897-M.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114124254-M.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114123989-M.jpg

[Antrieb]

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114124778-L.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114124861-M.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114125142-M.jpg

This one is definately getting some type of FI, along with some other tasteful mods :D

[Antrieb]

So basically now I have a Red, White, and Blue e34

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114127810-O.jpg

e34 err.... AMERICAN PRIDE!
http://www.geliosoft.com/3d-flag-screensavers/american-flag-screensaver.jpg

[angrypancake]

i think.... you should trade me that blue interior for a black one.

[BFEINZIMER]

why did bmw drop elipsods in their lights for a couple years i guess?

[Antrieb]

why did bmw drop elipsods in their lights for a couple years i guess?
I don't know man, I think it had to do with how much the original sticker was though :p

[Digita1 Ecstasy]

Did you buy the modded blue E34 or are you the origonal owner?


I remember seeing it for sale some time ago.

[CharlesAFerg]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/Optical1/ssss.jpg
Cool dude!
Car?
Track?

Where????

[Digita1 Ecstasy]

E39 M5
October
Nürburgring
Germany

[brosher]

USA! USA! USA!

Where'd you find it?

Before I got my 540 I had deposit on one just like that except it had blue pinstriping. The thing was immaculate but the seller and I couldn't work out the details.

[brosher]

Matching blue cupholder?!?! :D

[markus]

red coolant? looks good btw.

[BMWCCA1]

Are you all just calling anything with a manual transmission an "M"? ie: 530iM, 525iM? What's up with that?

[Gayle]

Are you all just calling anything with a manual transmission an "M"? ie: 530iM, 525iM? What's up with that?

What is the problem with that? I have seen that a lot. It doesn't mean that is a M5 or anything.


Antrieb--I love your car. I have a white 535 now, but it has gray interrior. Used to have a white 525 that had blue interrior and I loved that blue. I just think it is the best.

[Ross]

Looks nice.
Would you mind sharing the price?
Using a small "m" in the model designation would avoid "M" confusiion.

[Denton]

Are you all just calling anything with a manual transmission an "M"? ie: 530iM, 525iM? What's up with that?

I have a 525iA, or 525i Automatic. This is BMW's official nomenclature.

He has a 535i according to BMW, but too quell the questions of what tranny it is, he just says 535iM, for 535i Manual. Similar to 535i/5, for 535i 5-speed.

Nothing to do with BMW ///Motorsport.

[Denton]

Looks nice.
Would you mind sharing the price?
Using a small "m" in the model designation would avoid "M" confusiion.

If he were calling it an ///M car, he would say M 535i, as the ///M goes in front ofo the model name. ;)

[Macv]

Remember when you parked the red one in a giant mud puddle? Tisk tisk.

[Antrieb]

Thanks for the comments guys. I got the car for $4,000 which I think is a fair price considering it has loads of recent work done to it.

http://www.p-vector.com/forsale/535i/ <-- for sale add

[Dave M]

Well done!

Great body, set of winters, Bentley, parts etc........ certainly worth the $$

[Incantation]

nice.. do you have any more pics of the blue one? i was debating getting breytons a few years back but i couldn't decide if they would look good.. looks like they do

[Antrieb]

This is how it started out
http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/65702069-M.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/65702220-M.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/65702146-M.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/65702250-M.jpg

[dennyg]

Just bought this one Friday.

'92 535iM, 180kmi, white/blue, tons and tons of recent maintenance, and adult owned.

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114124008-M-1.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114123897-M.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114124254-M.jpg

http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/photos/114123989-M.jpg



My 1989 grey 535 has pin stripes. Was this original bmw paint back then? I see your white one has too. Seems out of place. Also rocker panels are thick with pebble guard. So much so the black paint wears on edge.

[Airborne001]

Hey dude, you bought the Manual version of my car. 1990 535i A with blue leather.

This is kind of OT, but the pics demonstrate one problem I have with mine, was hoping for advice.

In this model, in the white, look at the line between the hood and the grille. That black gap there has always bothered me as looking incomplete. It is about twice the size of the gap on the bottom, and to me looks sloppy. I thought that maybe at some point someone had removed/reinstalled my grille and not put it back correctly, but this car is showing the same gap.

I realize that is is most pronounced in the white, but it still bugs me. What would be some options for making this gap smaller/less visable? I thought about trying to lower the front edge of the hood by dropping the hinges a bit, but then I'd probably mess up the hood line/body panel match-up.

Can the grille be loosened and raised w/o causing a gap visable at the bottom?

Any ideas would be great, and thanks.

[Antrieb]

When I de-pinstriped the red e34, I just used a heat gun and it peeled right off, so it isn't paint. Not really sure what your talking about though. I also don't care about how the lower sections look or the rocker panels. They will be painted to match the car.

[BlueM60]

Mac, might I say your car is gorgeous in that pic, do you have any more of it? And which front lip spoiler is that?

-Ben

[Incantation]

very nice.. i am surprised you didn't paint the door handles too though but it does compliment the black tail-lights..

and i like that back window spoiler.. i debated getting that for a while and in the end i opted out because i didn't realize it would look that good

i like the slim mirrors too.. nice touch. all in all one of the best looking e34s i have ever seen :D

[BMWCCA1]

My 1989 grey 535 has pin stripes. Was this original bmw paint back then? I see your white one has too. Seems out of place. Also rocker panels are thick with pebble guard. So much so the black paint wears on edge.No U.S.-spec BMW ever came to the U.S. with pinstripes. They were all added by the dealer in a bogus attempt at increasing the profit margin. Any BMW (Euro, etc.) that did get built with pinstripes had them done in tape, including the M635Csi and the 2002 Turbo. Personally I draw the line at painted stripes but had to overcome my prejudice when I purchased my last two BMWs that had painted stripes. At least the E28 535is (M!!! Hah!) stripe was amenable to an application of lacquer thinner in removing the Motorsport stripes that went across the leading edge of the front hood! Gross! :(

The chip-coat on the rockers is like that on your year. Just respray it with black to cover it or remove all the black with polishing compound (or lacquer thinner if you're a gambler) and see how it looks in body color. You can alway black it again. I like the finish 3M Flexible Undercoating Spray gives it. Semi-flat black bumper spray works well, too. YMMV

[BMWCCA1]

If he were calling it an ///M car, he would say M 535i, as the ///M goes in front ofo the model name. ;)Heck, it's part of their profile. Meaning you don't have to use shorthand since you're not typing it every post. Mine just says "5-speed" so there's no confusion or mistaken assumption of pretense. I'm just guessing it was started by someone, copied by another, and the lemming-like behavior was simply perpetuated. Makes no difference to me other than it's a made-up appellation never used by BMW, unlike "535iA", that I found confusing and subject to misinterpretation. Better than a blatant misuse like most folks who call their car's "Sports" when they're not, simply because they have a manual transmission. Carry on! "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...."

So, what convention do you all assign to the few 540i with the M-sport package, including the 540iM as the Canadians call theirs? Now you see my confusion?

[Antrieb]

So, what convention do you all assign to the few 540i with the M-sport package, including the 540iM as the Canadians call theirs? Now you see my confusion?
I think that anyone who has an M-sport would say they have a 540i M-sport or M540i. :dunno

[BigTed00]

Antrieb:

nice find, thats one clean 535. You are very lucky to have owned such a nice collection of e34s, I'm extremely jealous.

Macv:

I love your car, I think I may just have to go back to black trim

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3791/carqr9.gif

[angrypancake]

So, what convention do you all assign to the few 540i with the M-sport package, including the 540iM as the Canadians call theirs? Now you see my confusion?


M Sport, # X/32

[Paul in NZ]

although a nice car,white E34,s just dont do it for me.All power to ya tho.I agree on the M535 or 535iM...no such animal (in e 34 guise any way)

[BMWCCA1]

although a nice car,white E34,s just dont do it for me.I agree, the exception being the '95 U.S. models with the white rockers, door bottoms, and front and rear valances. It sure is easy to keep clean, unlike my Diamond Black E28 535is which wants to be waxed every time it gets washed.

[Antrieb]

Yeah this 535i definitely won't be stock for long, you can take that to the bank :)

[angrypancake]

Yeah this 535i definitely won't be stock for long, you can take that to the bank :)


and the bank is gonna take you out back and bend you over! :D are you really gettin the SC off Justin?

[Antrieb]

and the bank is gonna take you out back and bend you over! :D are you really gettin the SC off Justin?
Thats the plan :)

[Paul in NZ]

unlike my Diamond Black E28 535is which wants to be waxed every time it gets washed.
yes...sorta like my diamond black e 34.......i llove the clour but man up close it NEVER looks clean except for the first thirty minutes after you wash etc etc