My E39 540i Manual

[Dbn540i]

Good day gentlemen. Last week i attended to a niggle on my E39.

The car was 'sagging' at the RHS rear. I changed the rear springs and shocks absorbers and the problem was solved. It really made a difference to the ride and handling.

Now problem is there was a noise from the front suspension and the drag links were found to be defective. I cant find them anywhere beside the agents.

Where can i purchase a good quality set? Any help and advise will be appreciated.

Thanks

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[rsgordini]

These wheels look much better... beautiful 540 you have

 

[JMO1222]

Probably 1 of the cleanest E39s in South Africa!!!! What a car

 

[Dbn540i]

Bump.... any help?

 

[ChefDJ]

If I remember correctly, I had to get drop links from the agents too. Don't settle for cheap knock offs unless they're a reputable brand if you find some somewhere else. Rather spend the extra and you know they will last another 100k km or more.

 

[Dbn540i]

Thanks Chef. Will do just that.

 

[PLV]

Wish I could help. Sorry man.

Only thing that comes to mind is that it is prohibitively expensive to fix - so perhaps you should rather sell her to me...

:fencelook::smilebounce:

Just kidding. Hope you come right man!

She is a beaut!

 

[Dbn540i]

You in a long line for this car. So wait your turn :biglol::biglol:

Yes price is a factor but mainly the quality of the component. I know with the knowledge on the forum there are always better options.

In this case I have to go with the agents part.

There is Lemforder parts available on Ebay but it works out to the same as the agents so I rather just go with the agents option and a 3 day waiting period.

:ty:

 

[FILV]

Man this car looks so good!

I still find this shape so good looking.
And the most beautiful door handles too (don't judge lol)

 

[Dbn540i]

Engine bay Sunday. Decided to clean both my car engine bays today.

Took an hour per car. I used Meguire's Multipurpose cleaner followed by water using a spray bottle and then a wipe down.
To dress I used Meguires Natural Shine as that is the only thing I had. Sorry no before and after pictures. Just after pictures.

 

[individj]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Dbn540i]

With a week down and 2 more to go, boredom has set in. I decided to fiddle around and clean the steering wheel since theres nothing else to do.

Sorry for only 'after' pictures

 

[BeemerFanatic]

nice work during lockdown,

 

[Yuben]

That's one classy steering

 

[Mpower11]

Looks brand new, what products did you clean it with?

 

[Dbn540i]

Good day Gents.

After feeling a bit of Fomo after the E39 postings led by @nirvash and @Benji I decided to use my car for the long weekend away recently
Sorry for the late post though.

Realizing that I have not used my car on the open road in a long time, a last minute family trip to Clarens from Durban popped up so I thought why not?
My 'miniature' me's are at an older age of understanding the do's and dont's, while in my cars so I made the best use of that situation

The drive there was a great with not much traffic.

The driving experience was spirited for me but not so for my better half as I had to be constantly warned that 'they' are in the car.

I drove via the N5 then branched off via Phuthaditjhaba, pedal to metal straight onto Clarens.

The car did not skip a beat minus the odd suspension squeak that will have to be looked at.

Fuel consumption was where i was blown away, going up i had a fuel consumption of 9.5L/km



and on my return i achieved 9.1L/Km when i reached home, not bad for a thirsty V8 on a 910km round trip.




There were not many pictures that i managed to take beside one, where I decided to take in the scenery



Mini me always looking and reporting back to his mom of what i am doing

and then a mileage milestone.



After this fun trip,

A proper clean up was undertaken..............
















then for her to be put away again till the next time.



Stay safe guys.

Cheers.

 

[Benji]

This has to be one of the cleanest E39 540s out there 👌

Good to see the car being used as intended, I still maintain there is little else that comes close to these on the open road

 

[modocrat]

Honestly, this is so refreshing to see after looking at the grotesque G90 and all the dashboard iPads.

This car is truly a time-piece @Dbn540i.

 

[nirvash]

Absolutely amazing,
well done, congrats, and glad to see your are enjoying it as intended!
Keep up the good work maintaining that beauty! 👌

 

[Blue Shirt]

Where did you buy this car cover? I'm looking for an indoors dust cover but can only find the plastic waterproof types.