Butler's E34 M5 Barn Find Restoration

[jeenyus]

congrats. PM how much you paid to get your e91 tinted. Thanks for the closure.

[0-60Motorsports]

Congrats on the sale and the E90 M3. Its gorgeous.

[Butler]

Hey guys,

Insanely long time no update - sorry about that. Wanted to post a quick good bye for you gentlemen and ladies so you all knew where this thread went with some closure. Its been a fun a wild ride with an E34 M5. Thanks for all the support and likes along the way. The new owner is a great guy with a LONG history of E34 ownership. He was over the moon to finally have an M5 of his own.

Sold on Bring a trailer.

Here are some highlights :D

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1991-bmw-m5-54/?utm_source=transactionalemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bat_listing_started_user

BaT_E34M5-78 by Nick Butler, on FlickrBaT_E34M5-79 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

BaT_E34M5-51 by Nick Butler, on FlickrBaT_E34M5-55 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

BaT_E34M5-4 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

BaT_E34M5-1 by Nick Butler, on FlickrBaT_E34M5-1 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

BaT_E34M5-14 by Nick Butler, on FlickrBaT_E34M5-14 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

BaT_E34M5-141 by Nick Butler, on FlickrBaT_E34M5-141 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

BaT_E34M5-146 by Nick Butler, on FlickrBaT_E34M5-146 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

BaT_E34M5-117 by Nick Butler, on FlickrBaT_E34M5-117 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

BaT_E34M5-143 by Nick Butler, on FlickrBaT_E34M5-143 by Nick Butler, on Flickr



M5_barnfind by Nick Butler, on Flickr
M Cloth Seats-10 by Nick Butler, on Flickr
Untitled by Nick Butler, on Flickr
Untitled by Nick Butler, on Flickr
M5s day out-6 by Nick Butler, on Flickr
M5s day out-7 by Nick Butler, on Flickr
BlackInteriorTrim-6 by Nick Butler, on Flickr
BaT_E34M5-74 by Nick Butler, on Flickr
BaT_E34M5-73 by Nick Butler, on Flickr
BaT_E34M5-51 by Nick Butler, on Flickr
Untitled by Nick Butler, on Flickr
Untitled by Nick Butler, on Flickr








For those that are interested, here is my new ride. 2011 E90 M3. Beyond excited about this little gem.

Untitled by Nick Butler, on Flickr

Build thread here: https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1564962

Cheers!
Nick

[CorvallisBMW]

Got any pics of the rest of your new interior?? I'd love to see 'em!

[D.Martijn]

Just read through your whole revival thread of this stunning M5!
Very nice job on saving this car. I'm loving the OCD cleaning, well done!
Cant wait for some more updates :up:

[paynemw]

:)

It's so funny to see how many people who love Toyota Trucks probably also love BMW cars! I've owned 3x Toyota Trucks and 2x 80's BMWs. Love both brands dearly. I also loved off-roading in the PNW.

[alistairolsen]

Lovely car and a great job of saving it. Always nice to see a car go to someone who will take care of it.

Have you seen the previous owner since you've done all the work?

[lukem23]

Any updates on this thing?

[doorman]

Those door cards are friggin sweet!!!

[MR E30 325is]

Definitely a massive upgrade!

[0-60Motorsports]

Beautiful

[cblais19]

I love the pattern, so 90s!

[Butler]

Project Motorsport Interior is officially underway -

I love this car very much but its short coming, hands down, is the interior. Its absolutely trashed. The silver lining? It allowed me to justify buying something new, which is a direct translation for something special. :P

The interior I went for is a complete antracite leather with silver M cloth inserts. It is 1 of 500 interiors made for the E34 M5 for the european market!



Package 1 of 4 arrived today.
Door cards - Here is the before & after for you all, starting with the most god awful of the 4 original door cards. LOL :help



M Cloth door cards-3 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

M Cloth door cards-5 by Nick Butler, on Flickr


M Cloth door cards-4 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

M Cloth door cards-10 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

M Cloth door cards-11 by Nick Butler, on Flickr


M Cloth door cards-2 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

M Cloth door cards-6 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

M Cloth door cards-7 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

M Cloth door cards-8 by Nick Butler, on Flickr

M Cloth door cards-9 by Nick Butler, on Flickr




Drivers door is here too, just ran out of time and I'm still waiting on the rest of the shipments! :) Enjoy the pics. More to come soon.

[Butler]

Looking really really good! It's settled nicely now, I like the ride height. How are you liking the PSS? Nice job with the smileys too, makes such a big difference

I may be joining you with a similar project soon :)

PSSs are stellar! Nothing better if you ask me. We need more E34 M5s on the road. :) :devil:




Got a set of 15mm spacers installed.


BEFORE

15mmRearSpacer-before by Nick Butler, on Flickr

AFTER

15mmRearSpacer-after by Nick Butler, on Flickr

I tried to get the same angle, but its close enough to see that it looks better :P I love the look but these will eventually go on the front and I'll buy a set of 20mm for the rears some time later.


Finally got my hands on a set of euro projector fog lights but I didn't know ahead of time that they used different connector plugs. For anyone else looking to do this you'll need to snag a set of H1 plugs and wire them in place of your 9006/9005 plugs.

The H1 plugs and wires can be bought brand new for about $45 all in or from any local E34 parts car. You'll want to snag them from the front bumper trim trim lighting. Picture here.

Untitled by Nick Butler, on Flickr

Spliced them in, bolt up the new fogs and enjoy!

Wahoo! My lighting setup is finally coming together. Leaps and bounds ahead of where this car came from, which was moss filled broken fog lights and cracked, water filled US spec halogens. A set of HIDs are the last step to complete but not a priority at the moment.


Untitled by Nick Butler, on Flickr

Untitled by Nick Butler, on Flickr

Untitled by Nick Butler, on Flickr

[Jb325is]

Looking really really good! It's settled nicely now, I like the ride height. How are you liking the PSS? Nice job with the smileys too, makes such a big difference

I may be joining you with a similar project soon :)