A long overdue update – a year in pictures

This probably won’t include all details about what I have been up to, but here are at least some pictures. I’ve been too busy lately to update.

I purchased an E39 M5 to use as a daily driver and was able to repair a lot of things on the E30.

The M5 got some attention as well. It received BC BR type coil overs, aFe intakes, muffler delete, recovered interior trim, some new wheels, and head and tail light upgrades.

The E30 cracked its oil pan while trying to avoid some construction in Downtown Seattle. After the 2013 picnic (first pic of the gallery), the E30 sat for a while.

While it was sitting, I bought a skid plate for it, a new oil pan, a custom E36 M3 fuel pump, front lip splitter, euro analog clock, E28 M5 rear spoiler and a few other things.

When we were replacing the oil pan, we noticed a few other gaskets were leaking. So we took apart the timing chain cover and started to replace those gaskets when we realized a previous owner had cut part of the head gasket.

SO I took the head off, had it remachined, and replaced the head gasket. Now I don’t have to worry about that for a while..

I also picked up almost everything needed to do the 5-lug swap. I got a little ahead of myself and bought two sets of wheels prior to completing the swap.

One of the sets of wheels I purchased was the E34 M5 M system wheels with turbine covers. I spent a whole day polishing the lips.

I picked up a parts car too. It had a perfect sport interior, so I swapped that into my S50 car.