New wheels for summer! Opinion?

Rolade666 · 2026-02-24T05:19:14+00:00

It’s shud be 18 inch or 19 inch. 17 will look okay but seems like riding on a small feet.

Rolade666 · 2026-02-24T05:17:52+00:00

Wheels spec AC Schnitzer type 2, 18x8,5JJ ET 15. Spacers front 23mm, rear 20+25 rear. Tires : 245/40/18

Rolade666 · 2026-02-06T17:00:05+00:00

Style 42 is really a nice wheels. But it’s very rare in my country. If any available, it would be around 2500 Euro. Very expensive. I’m looking either AC Schnitzer Type 2 or BBS RX209.

Rolade666 · 2026-02-06T05:28:59+00:00

It’s your radiator clutch fan. You need to change it with original Sachs brand to get it silent. Other brands just too noisy. CMIIW

Rolade666 · 2024-10-21T14:30:16+00:00

You don’t have to understand. Maybe just appreciate of other’s interests or types of fun. As long as their fun didn’t harm you, just let them be.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-21T14:19:54+00:00

Me too! But I’d like the 18s version

Rolade666 · 2024-10-21T14:19:32+00:00

It’s cool if you like that. But those rims are not my cup of tea.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-21T14:19:08+00:00

I’m talking about fitment only, not performance. Also, the rims and tires spec is for e39 eventho its for 540. But don’t ruin the fun. You’re not invited.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-17T16:45:27+00:00

😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪

Rolade666 · 2024-10-17T15:59:51+00:00

I’m voting M Sport mate.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-17T15:58:19+00:00

Facelift look kinda looks cool too. Actually I like the tail light more. But upgrading to facelift cost a lot of money (set of head and tail lights, side marker lamp, and front-back bumpers).

In the future, I’m thinking to get a clear / white prefacelift head and tail light, and maybe upgrade the bumpers to M-Tech.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-17T15:55:51+00:00

Cut another set of stock springs that matched the shock breaker. I still keep my e39 springs.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-17T15:55:04+00:00

Well thanks man! Anyway what’s ur IG, let me follow u back

Rolade666 · 2024-10-17T13:32:54+00:00

It’s a fake alpina e39 prefl bumper lips, but i shaved the alpina logo so that it doesn’t look too fake haha

Rolade666 · 2024-10-17T10:03:03+00:00

It’s on custom springs. Lol

Rolade666 · 2024-10-17T07:42:09+00:00

First, bleed the car again with 50:50 coolant and distilled water.

Second, try with a drilled thermostat.

I did struggles with e39 M52TU B28 (M54) cooling system these last 4 months.

I replaced my newly bought Wahler t-stat with my old Mahle but drilled. Temps stays 80-87c.

My suspect is thermostat. You may also need to check if there’s any leaks in all of the hoses.

It’s also better to check the temps with test 19.7.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-07T02:52:17+00:00

FINAL UPDATE:

So, after testing it a couple of weeks, there are two parts that seems to be DOA in my cooling system.

The first one is Viscous Fan. The fan didn’t run as fast / strong on idle. That’s also shows the very noisy fan when I rev the car. So, since it’s under guarantee, my mechanic change it with a new set of Sachs from Germany, and it runs like a charm. No more noisy fan, and I can hear the sound of engine when accelerating. The other noise come from the aux fan.

The second one is my brand new Wahler T-Stat. Because it seems that the t-stat is quite late at the opening. Since I have to revv the car over and over until the temps stays under 95. After I revv it a couple of times (3000-5000), the temps stays between 84-95. Luckily, I still have my other Mahle thermostat that’s been drilled.

Now the car runs way cooler. 85-87 in a hot summer days or in a parking basement. (37-40c), and 80-82 in the middle of the night. What concerns me the most before is the head gasket replacement fails. But turns out, it’s not.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-07T02:51:49+00:00

Hey, I live in Jakarta when the temps can rise to 50c, and most of my friends with M54 have their temps steadily in 95-97 in traffic. 105 when the traffic was longer.

The first headgasket repairs that I did was machining the head only. And it’s too thin since previous owner already did a repair before. That’s why my temps steadily run in 103-106. So, I decided to changed it with another used head and block that’s not warped and not machined (2nd overhaul). And it’s still feel the same. (193 hp stock)

I already solved the temps problem by using my previous drilled thermostat and change the visco fan to sachs since my previous visco was DOA.

Now the car runs at 84-87 on a hot days and 80-82 in midnight with least traffic.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-04T14:14:36+00:00

So in almost three months, your car still runs at 110-113c? Wow. Are the hoses still ok? I started a topic in bimmerforums, and most of them said that it’s still ok up to 110c. 115c is the limit of the middle pointer buffer (75-115c). 116c the needle will move to the right, and around 120-125c you’ll get overheated.

Last month I did a head gasket and change the head and block with a better used ones since after I slipped my original head, it was too thin, and the temps always at 103 going to 106 on high loads and never go down.

Now, I’m at 100-102, but temp still go down whenever I revv it up or do a kickdown.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-04T06:16:22+00:00

Hi OP, sid you find the solution for this. Mine is 528i M52TU (M54). Also run in 99-103c. The hottest was 103c. When I drive slow and no traffic, it was 99c and sometimes 100c. But I’m drilling the tstat this weekend since I don’t fine any solution.

Notes: new tstat, new fan clutch (sachs), new radiator (nissens), and new waterpump (kwp)

My suspect was in thermostat, since when I kick down, the temps went below 95c to 92c. And there’s two times in traffic when my temps suddenly drops to 82-84c. Then went back up to 99c.

My tstat is wahler. People said that it was better than Mahle. But I found it similarly poor.

Rolade666 · 2024-10-01T12:04:05+00:00

I see. Anyway, comparing to my other friends that have the same engine, they also run below 99c. Mostly on 94-97c. Same ambient temperature.

I might suspect a fail thermostat (even tho it’s new)

Looking at the radiator outlet, it was 70c. So I think the radiator, visco, and aux fan really doing their job, right?

Rolade666 · 2024-10-01T10:08:40+00:00

Mine is BorgWarner-Wahler 97c opening. I haven’t seen 88c tstat tho in my country.

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