Facelifting The "Cheapest" V10 BMW E60 M5 6-speed - Project Raleigh: Part 3

Nice facelifting! And, an M5 with many shades of paint is still an M5! 😎 Maybe a good paint correction/polish will take out some of the variations. Good to keep it at low prio though.

"...because there's ketchup, boogers, and white stuff on it..." Hahahahahaha! Sounds delicious. Enjoying your videos and Patreon updates greatly and excited to see you juggling existing projects, new projects, and the constant desire to add even more new projects. Regards from the UK, Graham.

Thanks :) Give them a try, I used them a lot and never had issues and they were always nice over the phone and even overnighted some parts for me.

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I’m checking out RMEuropean today for my other E46 project. Did not know about them. Thanks. My daughter is miffed with FCP because they sent the incorrect tie rods for her ‘92 E30 325ic. The guy kept telling her it was an E36. Hey, maybe you can get Kinder to sponsor a “snack moment”! 😬 when I lived in Herzogenaurach for a bit I loved eating Kinder cakes. Awesome video as usual.

It’s pleasure to watch your videos ! ✌️

Thank you! Gonna leave the headlights alone as I love everything about them now. I'll use OEM F10 LEDs for rear license plates as current bulbs are really dim. Normally I'm not a fan of LEDs as they are just too bright and the whole rear end of the car is shining like a light pole but these are OEM and supposedly tamed.

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Thank you, Oleg! The referral link is in the description of the video. Glad you caught that, Autodoc is spending a lot on marketing and their service is mediocre in my experience and prices always higher than what you'll find on Daparto. That's why I'm happy to tell people about Daparto.

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Thanks! In this particular case, I googled and found a picture on M5board.

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Thanks, David. That extractor is actually in my shopping cart on Amazon, good to hear it's worth it. So far I was borrowing one from my neighbor, you really need an extractor to clean the carpets proprely.

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Haha thanks!

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Hey Todd, I'd love if I could make that happen, but finding good companies to work with is tough. As you may know, I lived in Santa Barbara and back then I was always using RMeuropean. Really good service, quick shipping and always the lowest prices compared to others. I used FCPeuro too and they are excellent as well, but shipping was slow to CA. I wrote to FCP a long time ago about partnership and they turned me down. ECS actually reached out to me and wanted to send me parts for project Raleigh but their marketing guy properly pissed me off. They initially sent me a list with parts in value of $3k which was ok but contained their in-house brand WPC bearings which I didn't want to use. I sent them a list in similar value with parts that I needed and after 25 pointless emails, he switched the story and was like we'll give you $300 store credit per episode for a full promotion in the videos. Which is laughable as I also have to pay shipping and import tax when buying from the US, I'd be actually losing money. After such time-wasting, don't think I'd ever work with them.

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Great job with the headlights and rear suspension. I enjoyed watching it, as usual you never disappoint. Have you considered using led indicator light bulbs in the front headlights. They give great instant amber light and modernise the look.

I found Daparto from you and will be using them to order parts in the future. I compared pricing and they're cheaper than autodoc for me. So thank you. How can they know that I come to them from you? There's no referral link or anything? I want them to know you brought me to them so they continue to sponsor you.

Another great video Streten! May I know how you get can those badges fitting instruction on minimeters? I have installed M aero kit on my F46 2er Gran Tourer, and would want to stick the side ///M badge. Would want to know the perfect fitting instruction. Appreciated.

For carpet cleaning, consider a sprayer/extractor such as Bissell 3624 Spot Clean Professional Portable Carpet Cleaner. I have used a device like this, and find a huge amount of dirt is removed compared to using an aerosol cleaner and vacuum cleaner. You spray a soap solution into the carpet and then vacuum the soup out of the carpet.

David Benefiel

This was amazing!!! Love the new headlights!

Thank you for another fantastic video!!

I think your greatest skill is making your voice deep and high-pitched in videos 😅 kidding kidding! The car is looking sharp! You can just tell people you have that fancy paint that changes color haha. Also I hope no one from German TUV watches your channel😉

Nismo

Sreten, for us Yanks, what's your preferred site until Daparto comes to The States? I've ordered in the past from FCP, BAVAuto, Pelican, ECS and others. All fine, but no favorites. It would be cool if you could do a partnership with a great US site and we could use SRETEN as a discount code!

I love that you’ve still got the NC plates on it!!

Chad Baptiste

Oh boy!!! Grabbing the beer and snacks!!!!

Quickest reaction time when I saw the thing pop up

Denis Caterenciuc