E39 Tourings?

[Bavarian3]

Anyone own them? I think Ben Careful had one; I am looking at a 528 or 525 versions.... any known issues?

Cheers-

[devonjordan]

The only problem that I know of, is the Rear Leveling Air-Bag things tend to blow out. Other than that I think they are pretty solid.

But I am know expert. I do know that Markseven, ZM BlueDevil and others on the board have owned them though. Hopefully they all pop in here.

[lowlightbw]

id like to know as well. also is it difficult to replace the rear leveling suspension with say coilovers?

[Bavarian3]

Devon,

Do you know if all the tourings have the self-leveling systems? I know it's a common problem on the E34 M5s....

Cheers!

[gearheadE30]

Also, rear carrier bushings tend to wear out. Dunno how involved the repair is though.

[ZM Blue Devil]

check out the e39 section on bimmerfest. The biggest crew is there.

[devonjordan]

Devon,

Do you know if all the tourings have the self-leveling systems? I know it's a common problem on the E34 M5s....

Cheers!

I know the 540's and 528's have them...

[chrisesteschiro]

The airbags are a non issue, the pumps never go out and new oem airbags are cheap and easy to replace. The rear hatch auto shut will go out but its about 100-150 to replace. The rear subframe bushings go out and they are pretty expensive and very hard to replace.