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It's Back! My 540i repaired, full repaint after accident. Lots of additions. (No 56K)

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Finally after two months, my good ol 540i is back.

Repairs/Additions Include:

M5 bumper
New fenders
New hood
M5 mirrors
M5 rear spoiler
Eibach Pro-Kit springs (-1.25in front, -1.75in rear)
Bilstein Sport Springs (installing next monday)
Replaced chromeline with shadowline trim
Replaced clear corner angel eyes with new lit amber corner xenons.
Hardwired radar-detector mute button/alert light
New instrument cluster

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Car looks great Matt. I have a 97 540 also and want to duplicate what you have done except for maybe the front and rear bumpers.


A few questions. I believe you bought the headlights off ebay, but what about the shadowline trim? I am looking to do my windows and all of the lower trim and would like to get the M5 trim like you have.

How hard were the windows? I hear it can be a pain but the rest of the car goes pretty quick and easy.

Where did you buy the rims? Are they off-set? Do you like them?


Thanks,

Eric
 
#18 ·
saltshaker185 said:
lookin good... dont get much better then that... i really like the passport there also, looks stock... how did u do that?
Car looks great Matt. I have a 97 540 also and want to duplicate what you have done except for maybe the front and rear bumpers.A few questions. I believe you bought the headlights off ebay, but what about the shadowline trim? I am looking to do my windows and all of the lower trim and would like to get the M5 trim like you have. How hard were the windows? I hear it can be a pain but the rest of the car goes pretty quick and easy. Where did you buy the rims? Are they off-set? Do you like them?

About the radar mute button hard-wire, this was my inspiration for it... It only took about 2 hours and was very easy. If you do it, be sure to buy an extension phone cord(with 4 wires) and coupler.
http://www.audiworld.com/tech/elec104.shtml

The headlights are not from ebay, they're from the dealer. They run about $700 each after tax. (i got to play with insurance money) The window shadowline was a bitch to install, but does look great when its done. I bought my wheels from AAA rims out of michigan, but I couldn't recommend them because they're all getting replaced in june as two have become bent way too easily. I'll be replacing them with OEM M5's.
 
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