Finally...

zarbat007 · 07-15-2010, 11:06 PM

Picked up a 2002 E39 530i, manual, sport package with about 150,xxx kms from Toronto.

Love it!

. Will post pics later when I clean the car a bit.

bmwconnect · 07-15-2010, 11:28 PM

Sweet!! post pix now!!

carjoe · 07-16-2010, 02:37 AM

Noice. Pics. ASAP.

540iM · 07-16-2010, 06:53 AM

Great choice! Congrats.

chromius · 07-16-2010, 09:50 AM

Holy! I never thought the day would come! :p

Congrats, and great choice!

zarbat007 · 07-16-2010, 07:54 PM

Thanks guys, I'll post pics later when the car is washed. Right now its dusty and full of bugs from the drive back to Ottawa.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chromius

Holy! I never thought the day would come! :p

Congrats, and great choice!

Me neither

and thanks.
530is are so hard to come by

. It needs a bit of body work but I wont do that anytime soon.

bmwconnect · 07-17-2010, 12:48 AM

man that is a nice looking e39... good find!!!

carjoe · 07-17-2010, 01:12 AM

Quit teasing!!!!

zarbat007 · 07-17-2010, 07:53 PM

Some interior pics, I have yet to clean the interior.
My order from eshine.ca arrived yesterday and I've been too lazy to start cleaning.

Exterior pics later when I clean the car.

carjoe · 07-17-2010, 09:36 PM

Looking good so far!

zarbat007 · 07-18-2010, 07:37 PM

Just a quick wash and wax, also polished the headlights a bit. The paint is
Black Sapphire Metallic.

Front bumper is chipped quite a bit, so I didn't bother waxing it to avoid
fish eye problems later when I repaint it.

Headlights: Meguaire's Solo yellow wool pad with Meguair's PlasticX, then followed by yellow foam pad and Presta Polish.

Before (driver's side) after (passenger side). They would probably look better if I sprayed UV clearcoat over them.

Next time: Engine shampoo!

Thanks for looking.

carjoe · 07-18-2010, 08:42 PM

That's beautiful!

chromius · 07-18-2010, 10:34 PM

Holy...That's beautiful! You wanna do mine?

zarbat007 · 07-18-2010, 11:01 PM

Thanks.
The body is clean, but there is a dent just below the trunk, will fix it probably next year.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chromius

Holy...That's beautiful! You wanna do mine?

Thanks. Do what exactly? Wash and wax?

chromius · 07-18-2010, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zarbat007

Thanks. Do what exactly? Wash and wax?

Yeah, your job looks stellar, and I haven't done mine since last year since I was hoping to have the rust fixed by now, then I'd give it a good summer detail. But based on the quote I got for the body work, that might not be an option now.