Hi I recently purchased an '04 545i v8 6speed MT. Absolutely love the car so far, drives like a dream. I replaced my built '01 Jetta 1.8t with the bimmer, albeit totally different vehicles comparatively but hands down a solid upgrade. It was a little difficult going from a smaller FWD high-boosted(20-22psi) to a bigger N/A RWD. But I'm pretty comfortable in it even if I had to step out of my comfort zone where I know and understand the vehicle platform better in VW-land.

However when I first started driving the bimmer I honestly felt as if something was terribly wrong, or I just couldn't drive it . I did a little research and found out about the valve in the clutch line. Haha I felt like I was learning how to drive standard shift all over again(although it's all I've even owned and known in my ten years of driving). Aside from that I'm a happy camper. Onto the photos








I'd like to keep the 545 pretty simple as far as modifications go. But I do have a short "to-do" list.
-upgrade AE bulbs from the dim oem bulbs
-yellow fog light bulbs & lamin-x
-pick up some VMR wheels and summer tires
-lci tail lights and adapter cables
-install AUX cable and have it coded
-(possibly) give it a moderate drop and wheel spacers for a decent daily driving fitment.
-rpi exhaust

And if anyone here is into track toys (even if not bmw) here's my project car that I'm rapping up as of now.












Ok enough whoring from me, haha! Thanks for having me here!

 

nice!

 

Congrats and welcome!

 

Thanks!

 

Both cars look great.

Welcome to the forum.

 

welcome =)