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I spent 3 months restoring my BMW E38 7 Series - RESULTS!

Stephen Hickey
2017 ж. 16 Шіл.
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I spent 3 months restoring my E38 7 Series. Work performed below. This car is for sale in Ireland.
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- Full alloy strip down, repaint and diamond cut to OEM finish
- Brand new set of Kumho KU39 tyres
- New OEM master cylinder
- New OEM Brembo pads all round
- New OEM fan shroud
- Install of factory upgraded 16:9 screen and MK4 DVD navigation (2017 map)
- New passenger side mirror glass
- Complete removal of exterior door and bumper strips, sanded and refinished with new clips
- Re-spray of passenger mirror cover, right side side skirt and two corner trim pieces
- Replacement rear PDC sensor
- Brake fluid service
- 2 hour engine bay detail
- 12 hour paint correction detail
- 4 hour interior detail
- Headlamp and tail lamp refurbishment
- Rear tail light bulb error repair
- Air conditioning recharge (14/07/2017)
- New NCT (11/07/2017, expires July 2018)

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  • Greetings to Éire from Bavaria/Germany! This car was manufactured in the BMW plant Dingolfing (80km away from me). Many neighbours, friends and relatives worked on this! We're happy you enjoy it!

    @ElektronikIdee@ElektronikIdee6 жыл бұрын

    • ElektronikIdee that's fantastic to hear, thank you!

      @voodoomelons@voodoomelons6 жыл бұрын

    • If you ever experince any problems with the radio or sat nav, let me know, maybe I can help.

      @ElektronikIdee@ElektronikIdee6 жыл бұрын

    • ElektronikIdee that's really nice what a lovely comment

      @dermok99@dermok996 жыл бұрын

    • I have a e38 2001 740iL 388 000 km Russia, Siberia Best beautiful car

      @Ivan_Afanasev1974@Ivan_Afanasev19744 жыл бұрын

    • Totally agree the bmw and merc from 80s and 90s are what you call cars...

      @habzrahman8315@habzrahman83152 жыл бұрын

  • Best looking 7 series to date!

    @SquidMissile1@SquidMissile16 жыл бұрын

    • Yeah, G10 is probably the best 7 series but not the best looking. E38 is the one

      @Krzysztof_88@Krzysztof_886 жыл бұрын

    • G11/12*

      @cemyukseloglu1@cemyukseloglu16 жыл бұрын

    • Cem Yükseloglu Yes, you're right

      @Krzysztof_88@Krzysztof_886 жыл бұрын

    • E38 is the best looking 7 series made to date, period, no contest, end of story. Thank Chris Bangle for ruining the line starting in 2002, and new models still haven't returned to the understated elegance of the old ones. Future classic.

      @SiliconClassics@SiliconClassics6 жыл бұрын

    • ... And still 🔥

      @johnhouston8297@johnhouston82974 жыл бұрын

  • You have made me proud of my E38, 5.4, V12 '98 with only 85,387 miles, American Specs, is quite a bit more luxurious with double glazed windows, curtains and the rest. Yes, it is a great car to own and drive. I use it only for European Travels. The engine really opens up and roars on German Autobahn. Like you I have 235/50/R18 front and 255/45/R18 ContiSports 3. Pixels on the Dash are almost unreadable. I suppose I need to spend some money to make it look like yours. Congratulations!

    @corneliusdrvanderbilt822@corneliusdrvanderbilt8226 жыл бұрын

  • Absolutely stunning car. Far better than any brand new cars coming out now

    @CHARCHIKS@CHARCHIKS6 жыл бұрын

    • Exactly! I mean is it cause we are just getting old but maybe not its just the newer generation of designers have lost their way. There is no fucking doubt about that. Each line on this car is there for a reason cause the 7 after this is just terrible needles silly fucking miss guided trying too hard fuck I could go on all night. Who the fuck gave the go ahead for the latter? bloody madness and wtf is with the grill on the 2020 version? Am i alone in thinking its just shite?

      @jes9856@jes98564 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you for taking care of this car. Not many people want to restore 90s car.

    @konliner9286@konliner92866 жыл бұрын

  • Got myself a e38 and I'm about to restore it so that it looks brand new like yours. Got the same color and I love it :) you did a great job

    @SIrAiLoEtX@SIrAiLoEtX6 жыл бұрын

    • Well? Did you do it? There is no video on your channel about it...

      @Frikoo@Frikoo5 жыл бұрын

  • One of the sexiest sedans ever built. I love these!

    @MattH-wg7ou@MattH-wg7ou6 жыл бұрын

  • The last nice BMW! Thanks for saving this one!

    @MrDonkrypton@MrDonkrypton6 жыл бұрын

  • Nice to see one that hasnt got stupid M badges, slammed on coilovers with stupid stickers

    @jomo0581@jomo05816 жыл бұрын

  • Gorgeous car! This is how i want my E38 if i had one. Those ''Tomorrow never dies'' rims are HOT!

    @USAS12@USAS126 жыл бұрын

  • This is the most beautiful BMW ever made !

    @monirmualla@monirmualla6 жыл бұрын

  • That's an elegant cruiser -- no need to hard accelerate through the gears in a motor like this, relaxed driving, roll the window down and listen to that straight-6 (with a hidden switch to bypass the silencers/mufflers, of course)

    @mickkennedy1344@mickkennedy13446 жыл бұрын

  • Man,that is BMW for life.One of most beautiful ever.

    @maccca78@maccca786 жыл бұрын

  • Very nice. Keeping an old classic looking good.

    @MrSTALLION1988@MrSTALLION19886 жыл бұрын

  • This was the king of cars at one point.

    @armen45100@armen451006 жыл бұрын

  • I had 2000 728 I and 1996 728 I, and I never felt that the engine is not powerful enough for the weight of the car, great engine and transmission, love it.

    @habeebnihad7715@habeebnihad77156 жыл бұрын

    • Engine is fine. But the tranny is not...why the hell torque converter clutch disengages on 5th gear and above 90 kmh only? If the clutch was involved on all gears (like my same age renault does) it would completely diffferent experience. By the way, how do u find the difference between m52tu an m52 non vanos ?

      @RivieraByBuick@RivieraByBuick5 жыл бұрын

  • Wow man, amazing work!! Love the car :) I have an e39 540i

    @MichaelRoninTV@MichaelRoninTV6 жыл бұрын

    • Michael Ronin I also have an e39 540i. They're great.

      @TheFishingMusician@TheFishingMusician6 жыл бұрын

    • i have e24 635csi 84'

      @gabri4wheels@gabri4wheels6 жыл бұрын

    • Gabriele gabri mines an 87

      @strikertitan9163@strikertitan91636 жыл бұрын

    • Just got rid of my non vanos e39 540i 6 speed and got an e92 335i... missing the e39.

      @dirktha8892@dirktha88926 жыл бұрын

    • I also had an e39 540. But it was written off 2 years ago. I miss it so badly 😭

      @Markjw25@Markjw256 жыл бұрын

  • The E38. The best looking 7 series imo. Keep up the good work.

    @vruiz78@vruiz786 жыл бұрын

  • Definitely the best color BMW ever produced.

    @azoozi031@azoozi0313 жыл бұрын

  • The last of the glorious 7 series.

    @dfwrealestateservicesllc2878@dfwrealestateservicesllc28786 жыл бұрын

  • Congratulations. Yours is probably the most beautiful e38 7 that i have ever seen. And the little spoiler in the back?...fantastic. Again, congratulations.

    @adriansierra1@adriansierra16 жыл бұрын

  • Looks like a luxury house inside ... timeless bmw design

    @makosasimakis118@makosasimakis1184 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful car, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this! Great inspiration for my E39 restoration project too. E38, E39 and E46 are some of my favourite cars ever.

    @carlkolthoff5402@carlkolthoff54026 жыл бұрын

  • Loved this video! Attention to detail bought a smile to my face 😁

    @adibansal96@adibansal966 жыл бұрын

  • Congratulations for this wonderful car... For me this is the best lookin 7er ever! Great job and always ride safe!

    @joergvanho1982@joergvanho19826 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful 7 series, your passion for this car really shows! You've done amazing work!

    @thisisgevan@thisisgevan6 жыл бұрын

  • Great work, takes a plethora of effort and care to reach this plateau. I have a 97' a4 and I completely empathize with the side molding clips. Have been a hobby mechanic for over 10years and have never seen a personal restoration this clean, 120% bro!

    @natetinsley3119@natetinsley31196 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful Car! Great Job! Owned an E39 540i 6 speed and it never looked this good! Moved to an E60 535xi recently (after a few year gap in BMW ownership). Glad to be back in a BMW!

    @garygrenier@garygrenier6 жыл бұрын

  • One of the most handsome cars ever built, for sure.

    @mtxrawkus@mtxrawkus6 жыл бұрын

  • absolutely beautiful car. The back end of the E38s and the E39s are perfection.

    @vviiper@vviiper6 жыл бұрын

  • It looks even like a brand new one. Respect man

    @S4NY4RKuRDBoZZ@S4NY4RKuRDBoZZ6 жыл бұрын

  • Congrats on having such a beautiful car, you worked hard on it and it shows!

    @DimitriMiles@DimitriMiles6 жыл бұрын

  • So nice! So classy. Very good work. Love the clean and not tuned look. You have an eye for aesthetics.

    @zerotonine807@zerotonine8076 жыл бұрын

  • Fell in love with this car when I saw it in the Transporter movie!! so badass!

    @stevepolychronopolous7490@stevepolychronopolous74906 жыл бұрын

  • That's a beautiful looking car, keep up with the good work 👍👍👍

    @tazak786@tazak7866 жыл бұрын

  • Very nice indeed, that straight 6 is a great engine, along with other fine engines from BMW.... I would love a E38 750 Li V12

    @andrewward9601@andrewward96014 жыл бұрын

  • Love this model design. It's a classic.

    @alejandrocalle5326@alejandrocalle53266 жыл бұрын

  • I always wanted this Car. Most 7 series ended up With Ballers who don't care to spend the money it take for the up keep and every 7 Series is run into the ground. This would be a great Car to rent out for Movies, cause this looks like Brand new

    @k9forkids@k9forkids6 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful car. Stunning actually. Personally I love 3 series with the exception of these 7 series an some 5's of that era. The body is so sleek and the paint is gorgeous. You're attention to detail is phenomenal. This is high on my list of dream cars.

    @corazon335xi@corazon335xi6 жыл бұрын

  • Stunning looking car. I had one and really regret passing it on....

    @iain2030@iain20306 жыл бұрын

  • Congratulations for the work, the car is in brand new condition !

    @darkdjo@darkdjo6 жыл бұрын

  • Wow, love it! You detailed and restored it, no cheap tuning or other crap. Just straight bring the best out of this wonderful vehicle. All about original parts. You are a real petrol head. Like!

    @captaincrazy5075@captaincrazy50756 жыл бұрын

  • I do love a 7! This one is beautiful,amazing condition for the age and miles

    @jaymobambino@jaymobambino6 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful ride, you did a fantastic job in taking care of it and restoring it. It really looks like new.

    @hayksamvelyan@hayksamvelyan4 жыл бұрын

  • That is one clean and straight E38! Nice work.

    @MrPitatom@MrPitatom6 жыл бұрын

  • Great job man, it looks amazing! E38 is my favorite Bimmer, it's such a beauty.

    @Tvv1SteR@Tvv1SteR6 жыл бұрын

  • Lovely car and a credit to your attention to detail and keeping with the original design. Very tasteful mods in keeping with the era.

    @stevek3036@stevek30366 жыл бұрын

  • Good work beautiful car..love the smooth quiet engine

    @truthseeker8483@truthseeker84836 жыл бұрын

  • She's beautiful! Great work has been done!

    @bullet_tooth_tony@bullet_tooth_tony6 жыл бұрын

  • You did a very nice job. It looks new. Thanks for the video.

    @richard8342@richard83426 жыл бұрын

  • The car looks fantastic, great job! Even being that old it`s still good looking and worth keeping.

    @Zilvinas021@Zilvinas0216 жыл бұрын

  • Top class job, looks superb. I'm running an E36 325SE with 157k from 1994 and trying to get it up to spec. Runs beautifully and sounds good, Dunkel Blue, its coming along but takes time and money but what a great drive, no tearing about but such a nice car. Thanks for sharing, great looking car and great job!

    @derekstocker6661@derekstocker66616 жыл бұрын

  • Great job! Had a 2001 740iL. Had the 6 Series premium package 19" inch staggered fitment on mine. Owned an auto detail company for 6 years so was super clean and sharp like yours. You have done a fantastic job. Never sell it!

    @shaundahmad1@shaundahmad16 жыл бұрын

  • Amazing, your BMW looks great.

    @stevem2323@stevem23236 жыл бұрын

  • It is a beautiful restoration! Great work!

    @uweboker5983@uweboker5983 Жыл бұрын

  • Absolutely beautiful! You should be proud.

    @nihoole@nihoole6 жыл бұрын

  • Damn, that's a fine piece of metal right there! The golden age of BMW and arguably of the industry as a whole. This car is probably better than the new 7 series. Pure class!

    @WiseWik@WiseWik6 жыл бұрын

  • so nice! I love these cars so much, and you have a near perfect example

    @TheTrandana@TheTrandana6 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful car! Great work man!

    @mschoenfuss5738@mschoenfuss57386 жыл бұрын

  • A great example. Top work

    @gurinderkular7209@gurinderkular72096 жыл бұрын

  • Great work with the car mate, looks lovely and makes me miss my old one!

    @mrgcc@mrgcc6 жыл бұрын

  • Sweet looking ride. Good restoration job.

    @ShannonFLHI@ShannonFLHI6 жыл бұрын

  • Very nice and clean example! Modern classic.

    @McgregorKLB@McgregorKLB6 жыл бұрын

  • gd damn that is beautiful .. awsome work

    @Ladosligese@Ladosligese6 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful car my friend and great attention to detail, perfect video and perfect 7 Series.

    @scottwebster9101@scottwebster91016 жыл бұрын

  • Absolutely stunning! That car is very lucky that you care for it so well. I have a 2002 E39 M5 that I lavish the same sort of attention on, and I'm glad to know there are other that do the same for BMWs of this era. The E39 and E38, I don't feel, have been matched by BMW; they represent a real peak in my opinion. Thanks for sharing this!

    @TheKRVR@TheKRVR6 жыл бұрын

  • mad respect!!! these cars are so beautifull and awesome.. its a car from, when they made cars that was better.

    @tuemose22@tuemose226 жыл бұрын

  • Your car looks fantastic, it is a great credit to you

    @arcadeuk@arcadeuk6 жыл бұрын

  • Great job, hope to see it on the road around Dublin!

    @animalcol1@animalcol16 жыл бұрын

  • that interior alone is stunning. so clean and nice

    @e34boat88@e34boat886 жыл бұрын

  • My brother in law had one. I think this was one of the best looking 7 series BMW made.

    @boostedmaniac@boostedmaniac6 жыл бұрын

  • Great work, awesome car and your attention to detail is superb.

    @brentfiecken4267@brentfiecken42676 жыл бұрын

    • Much appreciated!

      @voodoomelons@voodoomelons6 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful. Favorite car right there 👌🏼

    @johnhouston8297@johnhouston82974 жыл бұрын

  • looks like it just came out of the dealership, amazing job!

    @ricardo_acosta@ricardo_acosta4 жыл бұрын

  • Looks gorgeous!

    @aimani.abdullah9248@aimani.abdullah92486 жыл бұрын

  • Such a gorgeous car, good job m8!

    @gahty57@gahty576 жыл бұрын

  • that is an amazing car! great stuff, man!

    @daCorasla@daCorasla6 жыл бұрын

  • Just love those E-38's and love all older version BMW's. These kids today just don't understand a no frills driving machine and neither does the new corporate BMW office these days. It's disgusting and disgraceful that they don't offer improved versions of these and E-46 and so on of these generations. It's a total shame !!! I'm more German than they are in this regard-very sad !! And for the record I bought 10 to 15 BMW'S including the newer iterations but was disappointed in their lack of agility and drivers feel that previous generations all shared.

    @gregorytrane7828@gregorytrane78286 жыл бұрын

    • m2 competition finally seems a promising alternative to e46

      @lilvirtt3577@lilvirtt35774 жыл бұрын

  • Nice work. Owned 2, loved them.

    @badsanta69@badsanta696 жыл бұрын

  • Looks lovely mate

    @stevenmorrish2258@stevenmorrish22586 жыл бұрын

  • Great work, congrats

    @DRSEBAS18@DRSEBAS186 жыл бұрын

  • wow, you did a great job restoring that car.

    @DrSivaMahalingam@DrSivaMahalingam6 жыл бұрын

  • Great job. My E38 2,8i parking in garage last 8 years, driving only season 04 / 10 months, not in winters. 😎👍👍👍

    @mikelbrutusZ@mikelbrutusZ5 жыл бұрын

  • Wow nice work! I love it!

    @pkocylowski@pkocylowski6 жыл бұрын

  • your car looks stunning. nice job

    @ArtzierzDJ@ArtzierzDJ6 жыл бұрын

  • Very nice car. Glad to have this car.

    @hokihartanto7075@hokihartanto70754 жыл бұрын

  • Still looks good!!

    @1995RangeRover@1995RangeRover6 жыл бұрын

  • Very clean. I had a 2000 750iL for many years.

    @greekcs@greekcs6 жыл бұрын

  • Congrats, is one of the coolest car ever made. I have one at job 16 years ago (725D) and I'm thinking to buy one as a second car in a future.

    @neletg@neletg5 жыл бұрын

  • Looks great good luck with it

    @lawrencel1964@lawrencel19646 жыл бұрын

  • Stunning machine! big up man! :)

    @gabika1@gabika16 жыл бұрын

  • Love your passion for the car!

    @andrewhutchinson1400@andrewhutchinson14006 жыл бұрын

  • Best looking car man! Great work

    @aurabays6516@aurabays65162 жыл бұрын

  • Good job what a beautiful car its one of my favourites

    @yasarkarim4180@yasarkarim41806 жыл бұрын

  • Mate, you have a lovely car. Nice job, well done!

    @MaxiBela@MaxiBela6 жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for keeping it OEM

    @eyesurgeon69@eyesurgeon694 жыл бұрын

  • Great looking car. Paint looking good.

    @kevinford6420@kevinford64203 жыл бұрын

  • Look like a million dollars! Amazing what some love can do

    @williamskagen9901@williamskagen99016 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful work 👍🏽. You are very talented. Hope I get too see you on the road somewhere in Dublin.

    @badrinair@badrinair3 жыл бұрын

  • Well done mate!

    @johnlemon543@johnlemon5436 жыл бұрын
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