5-speed e39 540iT, Do they exist??

[Grant318is]

X2. M50 turbo kills the V8 any day and is way more fun.

[Raxe]

I'd rather have a manual 325xiT, those are pretty sweet. 540iT is really heavy.

[delatlanta1281]

Yeah, because people convert them. They didn't come from the factory that way in the US, and you will be hard pressed to find another one for sale.

There's a silver one down the street from me in little 5 points. It's rad. They exist, but I have only seen one. The 528it in manual however does exist, did a coolant system refresh on one last year, it was fun.

[naplesE30]

Man I thought 6spd were in the US, pretty sure I remember an article in roundel a few years back about a guy who purchased one used, it took him like 2yrs to find one.

[Wh33lhop]

I saw a 540it 6 speed for sale on Craig's once so yea they do exist.

Yeah, because people convert them. They didn't come from the factory that way in the US, and you will be hard pressed to find another one for sale.

[ZM Blue Devil]

But all teh parts were in a E39 wagon :nice:

oh crap thats right. Thats Brian's touring, owner of bmwpedals.com

[giantkeeper]

No we drove to the carbq in e30s.

But all teh parts were in a E39 wagon :nice:

[K1CKBAC]

I saw a 540it 6 speed for sale on Craig's once so yea they do exist.

[ZM Blue Devil]

how much?

The steering wheel, airbag and wiring I believe cost just shy of 2k. The car is forsale for 25k.

You know there is an article in Bimmer magazine about your car. I read it today about how it was 100g new and is worth the asking price.

Not my car. Unless someone wrote up about it without me knowing.

The car you brought out to the CarBQ? That thing was hawt!

No we drove to the carbq in e30s.

[nando]

it's funny because I also have a T30, but I got it years and years ago, for MS tuning. It ended up being perfect..

[James Crivellone]

sounds like you've been learning the same stuff! :)

Hell I have 3 friggen T30's dedicated to it, that plus the Yellow diag head, USB OBD2 cable, the circular adapter, Carsoft cable, all that crap lol

[jason952]

540iTs never came in stick in the US. Sedan 540i 6 speeds are actually rather plentiful though.

ditto this

[nando]

With Progman or WinKFP + Daten files you can easily solve that issue :)

sounds like you've been learning the same stuff! :)

[Kingb]

Its not SMG, you retain the existing Steptronic Auto Trans.

You install the e46 m3 paddles shifter steering wheel, there is a cable you run from steering control unit to shifter.

When you put the transmission in Sport mode the paddles activate.

I can take pics if really interested.

Or someone can buy a 2001 540 Dinan S2 M5 body Touring with 30k miles and enjoy it themselves.

You know there is an article in Bimmer magazine about your car. I read it today about how it was 100g new and is worth the asking price.

[nando]

Your dash will be lit up like a Xmas tree if you swap a manual in.

that's really easy to fix.. if you know how. :)