your view on a 2001 525i I may be getting soon

[cferb]

My dad had a 99 528i for a while, he loved it, he hasn't liked a car that much for as long as I can remember, and he goes through cars once every 1-2 years. It was a great car, drove like a much smaller car, plenty of power, though not fast, never had any problems either. Someone rearended him though, knocked him into the car in front and totalled it :(

Too bad, it was a 6 speed with the sport package, not a common car.

[TDE30]

Also plan on replacing your VANOS seals with something like the Besian vanos seal kit. That's next on my to-do list.

Any reason to go that route over the ±$300 Dr. VANOS kit?

Too bad, it was a 6 speed with the sport package, not a common car.

Err, the 5-speed, right? That is a very cool combination though, the Sport Package has the shadowline and Style 5's among other things.

[SpecM]

Err, the 5-speed, right?

yea, I think only the 540i's came with 6-speeds

[Ben Carufel]

Any reason to go that route over the ±$300 Dr. VANOS kit?

It all comes down to if you want to do the work or not. Dr. VANOS means you receive a fully assembled VANOS unit which is just a bolt-in thing. Besian seals are an install-it-yourself thing. The Besian seals require you to disassemble your VANOS unit and install the seals yourself, in other words.

Dr. VANOS actually uses Besian vanos seals.

Read this post:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14706027&postcount=6

[TDE30]

It all comes down to if you want to do the work or not. Dr. VANOS means you receive a fully assembled VANOS unit which is just a bolt-in thing. Besian seals are an install-it-yourself thing. The Besian seals require you to disassemble your VANOS unit and install the seals yourself, in other words.

Dr. VANOS actually uses Besian vanos seals.

Read this post:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...27&postcount=6

Ah okay, good info. I've never disassembled a VANOS unit myself, but if anything it sounds like it'd be a good learning experience to replace the seals and everything.

[cferb]

Any reason to go that route over the ±$300 Dr. VANOS kit?



Err, the 5-speed, right? That is a very cool combination though, the Sport Package has the shadowline and Style 5's among other things.

Yea I guess, I didn't pay that much attention, it was manual, whatever that would amount to. And yea, style 5s, and shadowline, and I think a sport suspension too, a few little m things too like the steering wheel and shift knob IIRC

[femme325is]

I want this car Femme if you don't. You should get it.

ya know, if you blow this guys mind away he may give it away to you too ;) lol

BTW guys. Thanks for all the kickass info. R3v sometimes really does come through on some threads :P