My car, close up, with a wide angle lens! - United Bimmer Community

**mullethunter3** · 07-23-2006, 10:24 PM

Phoot shoot:
Mostly meine Auto, however, can you spot my mom's car too?

**94bmw325i** · 07-24-2006, 12:00 AM

cool pics, how is the maintenance work going?

Rooz · 07-24-2006, 12:08 AM

4th pic down looks REALLY bad ass

**BMWLotAttendant** · 07-24-2006, 03:20 AM

1997 e39 528i?

Looks good.

Nice and clean.

**celsdogg** · 07-24-2006, 08:14 AM

two nice rides. you should do a photo shoot with them together!

nick_318is · 07-24-2006, 11:01 AM

Car is looking good Amanda, M42 Power!

**catalyst** · 07-24-2006, 11:22 AM

Very nice, looks clean.

**mullethunter3** · 07-24-2006, 09:34 PM

keep in mind, this is how it started:

AND.... NO GRAY SIDE SKIRTS!!!!!

no, it's a 2000 e39 528i, good guess tho

and the maintence work is excellenct
here's the list from purchase to now:
-new fan shroud
-Euro ECC license plate, frame and strip
-replaced instrument cluster lights
-changed blower resistor
-no more gay pinstripes
-replaced broken fog light, ran over it, replaced it again
-two new rims (two bent)
-four new tires
-Bilstein Sports all around
-redone headliner, a, b and c pillars
-redyed back dash
-20% tint
-new spark plugs
-new rear diff/ pinion arm gaskets/ fluid
-Kicker 12'' subs
-Sony 1600W amp, Sony HU
-redyed all black trim with Forever Black
-Gray side skirts, no more
-gray bumpers, no more
-(in progress) reupholstering all door cards in black vynil
-(to come) Brembos all around

and probably more later, if i remember more... all done by yours truely, except that rear diff thing, and tint

i'll take more pics when i prep it for Midwest Bimmer Festivus, Aug 5

witeshark · 07-24-2006, 09:46 PM

Beauty!

I guess your mom's is the white one in the backround

**c1apton** · 07-24-2006, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by witeshark

Beauty!

I guess your mom's is the white one in the backround

Damn "witey" your observant

Amanda - wasn't it you just a couple of months ago "singing the blues" about all the work you were facing? (lol) For someone who had lots of work & no time - looks pretty DAMN GOOD GIRL! The maintenance list is "descriptive" (no more gay pinstripes, unintentional fog light delete) and entertaining. I'm not going to patronize you for being a babe, but you should be pretty damn proud of yourself for getting it done...

(there's alot of folks here who would still be whinning or posting questions of what if, or what about this & that) Nice job, looks good

**BMWLotAttendant** · 07-24-2006, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mullethunter3

no, it's a 2000 e39 528i, good guess tho

My next guess was 1999.

Off by 3 years, not bad.

**mullethunter3** · 07-25-2006, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by c1apton

Amanda - wasn't it you just a couple of months ago "singing the blues" about all the work you were facing? (lol) For someone who had lots of work & no time - looks pretty DAMN GOOD GIRL! The maintenance list is "descriptive" (no more gay pinstripes, unintentional fog light delete) and entertaining. I'm not going to patronize you for being a babe, but you should be pretty damn proud of yourself for getting it done...

(there's alot of folks here who would still be whinning or posting questions of what if, or what about this & that) Nice job, looks good

thanks, clapton (i seem to be saying that quite often, now...)

yeah, my car was going through a time where it seemed more bad was going on than good. i was also at college (no time for car, car wash, etc) and once I got back, I fell in love with it again. I'm going to keep it until it needs a engine rebuild, and even then I might rebuild it and keep going. who knows.

my ultimate plan would be to keep all my cars, just keep amassing a huge collection, you know and hopefully buy a M5 from the MotorSport factory in Munchen, Deutschland someday. that would be cool, to have all the cars I owned, right back to the one I bought when I was 17, and worked my ass off on. But that's my ultimate plan, who knows how it will all pan out.

**c1apton** · 07-25-2006, 12:22 AM

No need to thank me, you did all the work and in short order - impressive. Re: keeping all your old cars - there's a "line of thought" there but things and $$$ needs change, but car collecting can be a good $ investment. I wish I had some of the rides I've had in the past. I've had 2 other "birds" years ago that's why I built the one I have currently. The current one has almost $40k invested but it's worth over $100k (now if I would've kept the other 2 which were purchased at $5500 & $8000) If you can afford to buy, keep, maintain and stash a car for years - it's money in the bank.
Should have told me, we're playing Hamburg tonight and then off to Oslo - oh well maybe next trip eh?

**Spieluhr** · 07-25-2006, 04:35 AM

she's a beauty man!

**mullethunter3** · 07-25-2006, 09:09 AM

man?

anyway, this was the goal of the phoot shoot in the beginning, however, it mutated into a car shoot

so, no man here...

and clapton, next trip for sure

**c1apton** · 07-25-2006, 10:33 AM

What car???

**mullethunter3** · 07-25-2006, 11:22 PM

nice

**BMWLotAttendant** · 07-25-2006, 11:33 PM

And you did all your own work. Wow! Something I must say that I could NEVER do.

Your car looks good, especially the wheels/tires...I love cleaning BMWs and looking back at my own satisfaction in doing a great job and making a great car looks its best. Then the best part is driving them

How are you still single?

Sorry, had to comment.

**mullethunter3** · 07-26-2006, 12:15 PM

actually, i'm recently single. my bf of about 13 months and I called it quits about a month ago

so, hopefully not single for long, but i think college will take care of that

thanks for the complement, lotattendant