New daily driver arrived: '00 530d E39

After some search (2 months) I found a 530d in mint condition:


here are some shots:

Options:

factory options (too much to be listed - a short summary):
- cosmos schwarz metallic
- face lift Xenon
- face lift rear lenses
- sun roof
- black sports leather
- MID
- PDC
- Radio / CD changer
- M-tech suspension
- M5 front bumper (original)
- M-tech aerodynamic package
- activated factory Webasto heating
- brake upgrade to 324x30 front in spring 2007
- sway bar upgrade: front 25mm (M-Tech II), rear 16.5mm (M5)
...

aftermarket options:

- tinted rear windows
- M5 lookalike exhaust (Rauscher Tuning)
- wheels summer: 8.5x18 front and 10x18 Rondell Type58 with 235/40/18 front and 265/35/18 rear
- wheels winter:  8x17 et10 Mtech wheels from 850i / M5 E34 with 235/45/17
- clear turn signal lamps
- GSM remote control for factory Webasto heating
- Parrot bluetooth hands free phone system
- sw by www.regelin.de

- short shift kit -25mm by shortening stock stick
- Wiechers front strut bar installed


Winter 05/06 impressions:


brake upgrade 324x30mm:


modification to exhaust:

to make a more TDS like sound (the aftermarket M5 look alike exhaust produced a very strange
- a kind of rustling sound) I implemented a 2nd outlet tube to the stock muffler and
made some modification to the tuning 4-tube part.

 

 

more to come...