Goodbye Nina... say hello to Veronica

[Koen]

Sweet! Congratulations man... One of my childhood dreams ;)

[MC Hammered]

Still waiting for parts to arrive so I decided to take advantage of the nice weather yesterday and go OCD on cleaning up the car.

I decided to go from back to front so out comes out all of the trunk trim panels



Bottom




Left hand side




Right hand side



One spot where there was no dust



Looks like the Sahara!



So I attacked it with a vacuum and got as much out as possible. Here is a shot of the rear deck trim piece after I hit it with the vacuum



I then decided to remove the rear seat, remove the torn up sound insulation and cleaned up the build up underneath the rear relay modules. I found a old cigarette butt, some chips and paperclip.






My friend Terence of Glossworks Autospa come over to help detail the exterior of the car and do some color correction.

Debadging the trunk



After giving it a nice bath he proceeded to claybar the panels



Now time to do a cut polish



Before and after on the hood




Applying sealant



Polished front door compared to untouched rear door



He was only able to do the complete the front driver side quarter of the car. He plans to finish polishing the rest of the car tomorrow.

In preperation for tomorrow I decided to remove the door handles to replace the gaskets. This task is a lot easier if you just read and follow the DIY instructions to the letter instead of trying to interpret what they said. FYI "push away from you" means just that, it does not mean you PRY away... PUSH.

Anyway here is what a 20 year old gasket looks like




And all door panels removed for refinishing

[noE30]

Love it! I really want to pick up an e34 as a daily.

[MC Hammered]

Sweet swap, I'd have done it anyday. BTW, Is that duct tape on the intake hose?

Yes and a new hose has been ordered

I heard it was the same guy who bought my M3 vert?
Now he is going to have 2 very hot e30s!
I wouldn't call an M5 with chicks name though, unless it really meant something significant :pimp:

It was the same guy and he now has a nice set of cars in his garage.

I don't know if I could ever give my car a guys name. Just sounds awkward saying "I'm taking Klaus out for a lube job"

[vlad]

I heard it was the same guy who bought my M3 vert?
Now he is going to have 2 very hot e30s!
I wouldn't call an M5 with chicks name though, unless it really meant something significant :pimp:

[Farbin Kaiber]

Sweet swap, I'd have done it anyday. BTW, Is that duct tape on the intake hose?

[dubsport87]

very nice purchase, I just picked up a 92 535i myself, they really are great cars.

[alB5]

that B6 wagon is tits, and oh yeah the e34 is pretty cool too :o

[matthugie]

You, sir, are a man of great taste. Well done on all counts.

[mtechnik]

Congrats. Great pick up.

[schtozo]

Very cool and nice e34M. I love those cars. Good luck with her

[blksuperman2]

wow. Awesome pick-up. love the E34 M5. Sad that you had to let the vert go though.

[F34R]

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

I know this is an e30 forum and that is how I started here, but I thought the M5 would be an exception that might be accepted.

It is a BMW, I think we would be idiots for not liking that!

I am a MAJOR fan of the e34 M5, you sir are winning in a golden light! I think she needs to get LOW ;)

[MC Hammered]

It is a 1991 Eurospec M5

It didn't come with an owners manual so trying to figure out how to change the language from German to English and nothing seems to be working.

[Jean]

Nice! What year is the car? It must be non airbag car, as the front knee console is quite small vs the ones we get in the states.