This BMW Was Saved From Being Parted Out!
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2022
- In this video I summarize all the work that was done to this 2011 BMW 535i with the N55 motor. This car was completely restored and all the maintenance was taken care of.
This was an auction car that was brought back to excellent mechanical and physical condition.
If you've ever wanted to attempt restoring a car with mechanical and cosmetic issues but were unsure how much it could cost you this video may help.
If you're interested in making an offer on this car you can email me at avemandiy@gmail.com
Special thanks to Joel from Rolley Motorsports for all the help on this car.
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SOLD SOLD SOLD!!!!! First person who came to see it bought it.
now THIS is how you advertise for a used vehicle!
That’s some awesome work you done to the car.
Thanks!
Great job on the refresh and good luck with the sale. People need to understand the the $5.5k you put into it would likely be over $10k if they paid a shop to do the work. The N55 motor is a beast!
Someone is going to get an absolutely AMAZING deal! Do NOT take anything less than your asking price! It's REALLY hard to find ANY used car that has been reasonably taken care of, much less up to date on ALL the maintenance -- especially one this old. It might take you a little bit longer to find that discerning buyer, but one you do they will really appreciate what you've done and be willing to pay for it. Kudos to you and whoever is lucky enough to buy this car. You put a lot of work into it. If I wasn't so far I'd come take it for a spin and probably take it off your hands. I took my first F10 for a test drive last week (a 2016 528i xDrive). A fully loaded-to-the-gills model -- I mean, this car had EVERYTHING except night vision -- for more than twice as much as you are asking. Every single thing worked though -- it was amazing -- I tested this car out for almost 3 hours. The 20 way seats were really nice as well. Only thing is, it needed an alignment, which normally wouldn't be a big deal. But when I looked at the Carfax, it already had FOUR alignments -- which freaked me out and made me wonder if something unfixable was wrong with the car. So I reluctantly passed. O
I've been watching you for years and am really excited for the new direction you're taking this channel. Mega-props to you for upending your life and diving in the deep end to give it a shot. That's how success happens and you deserve all the good that will come from it. As another comment mentioned, don't take a penny less than asking. The used car market is nuts right now and in my opinion, a car gone over by you is easily worth many thousands more than just cost/parts/labor invested. I still have my '11 E90 335i and don't need this 535, but if you did this same scenario with a white E70 X5 M, I'd give you ALL the money for it. :)
Thanks for the encouragement!
The NEW 'Wheeler Dealer'! Next you'll have your own TV show. I enjoy your video's. Greetings from an old jarhead in WNC
Bro this is what I’m talking about! That car is now actually worth 14,000!And worth every penny!A1 Start to selling bimmers! Bro your going the right direction with your decision and from your past videos I know for certain you’re on the right path!!
Hi. Thanks for all the DIY support. I also have an F10 535i with 108,000 miles. Your con tent has been fantastic. Gave me the confidence to pull apart the dash and replace busted vent louvers also. I was also able to have an intelligent conversation with the dealership about transmission fluid. Thanks again and good. Staying tuned. John
I live in Orange County and have a 335i. If I was in the market I would definitely buy it from you. I've always wanted the bigger body and more comfortable ride. Great job. I'm sure you'll sell it. Also, 130k miles is nothing on that engine and tyranny. I'm at 146k and car is solid from my maintenance.
I TRULY appreciate the work u put into the 535...... I truly want to buy it at the full asking price. The cost of the car & getting it here to Jacksonville Fl..... Would take everything I have saved up. But I really hope someone buys it for your full price. I've watched the video and most of the other ones on this car, many times over & over. Thanks 🙏👍
Cars and bids is a great place to find buyers that appreciate future proofing maintenance.
That’s a great price for that car. Good work sir.
If I would buy it, I would be super confident the 5 series would hold and not have problems for the next years ! High quality restore ! 😎
I have 2011 535i manual and I absolutely love it!!
There are too many of these headed for the scrap yards way too soon.
They are beautiful examples of an old saying, "If you take care of your car it will take care of you."
I fell into my '11 535i Xdrive one night when a good friend called and asked me if I could help him change the serpentine belt on his car.
EZ Breezy/No sweat I said...
( Genuinely thought and expected this would be the case... lol )
Turns out, it actually ATE the belt!
Yup, I said ate.
The belt had slipped, due to an oil cooler leak.
It then wrapped around the crank and was subsequently pulled into the motor through the seal.
I've never seen anything like it.
Realizing that it would need more attention and skill than a simple belt change, I had to tell him it was out of my league as far as repair.
He was then quoted $8K for an engine replacement through a local dealer.
In other words, it was "Mechanically totaled"
I met with him again, shortly after he got this news, and he asked me this,
Think you can fix it?
If you can, then she's all yours.
He slid the fob across the table and that was that.
It was anything but easy, and if it weren't for the help of another close friend in his off hours at his shop, on his lift, I'm really not confident that the "BaDmobile" would have avoided the same fate as most N55's with similar problems.
I've had it for over 2 years, put on over 40k in miles and aside from a HPFP, sparks and coils, I've only had to add oil and gas ever since.
Speaking of oil, that's my only gripe.
No dipstick.
WTF, in their elite engineer mind, thinks it's a good idea to skip the analog measurements of such a crucial component?
Great video! My old man used to have an F10, I drove it a couple of times and was very surprised with how easy it is to drive. It indeed has presence and status, especially the non-Ms. You feel like a director of an important company driving this thing!
Car is totally worth it!!
Yay I have been waiting for this, please save more BMW F series car in the very near future
Awesome work on the car! I love project cars like these. The love, care, and thoughtfulness you put into restoring the car should be highly appreciated. 😃 Super cool to see a car from 10+ years ago still looking new and performing like how it’s meant to be.
She looks awesome! Bravo 👏🏻
Thanks!
It's a reliable beauty agian. Ready for a lot of miles. Thanks for sharing. Dutch regards Nico.
Can’t wait for more stuff man! Good
Work!
Thank you for the great videos for the BMW community. I see too many of these great cars getting to be riced-out never finished projects or never running correctly again. Keep doing great work with these vehicles. 😎
Fantastic content. I appreciate that you show your thought process for troubleshooting and diagnosis.
Awsome end results!!!
Great job and I like that camera view while driving
Looks dope! Nice content bro! - Jercy
Been following this project since the beginning and the difference from start to finish is night and day. Great work man. Trying to find a buyer through RUclips is genius as well. I’d would personally buy this car from you for 14k. If you’re gonna do this again with a newer model and with less miles I’m definitely pulling a loan from the bank💪🏼
Great work man! Thanks for the excel sheet too!
Thanks!
Amazing work! hopefully you find a buyer from one of the watchers that appreciates the hard work you put into it 💪
Thanks, I hope so too!
There are some real deals at auctions if you can find them. I bought a 2012 535i X-drive from Copart in January for $3400. I put about $1400 of parts into it, and did all the work on my own, and I've been driving it and it runs great. It also came with every option available from the factory! I get comments from people about how nice it is quite often.
Awsome car !!! Job well done.
great rap up on your first business venture of restoring and selling cars in your new shop.you covered pretty much everything from start to finish.you had a plan,executed it and hopefully it will pay off in the end.good luck with the sale.looks like its fantastic start to your new business.all the best to you and Joel.
Thank you!
Hopefully you get what you are looking for on the car. Great work 👏
Love the content! Keep up the good work.
Thank you for watching!
The courtesy service shuttle at my local dealership was often a 5 series, even a GT sometimes and I was always impressed by the ride quality and comfort.
Yeah it took a couple days of putting miles on it to really appreciate how relaxing it can be to drive.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s already sold 👍
I bought my 535 just before the used car market got crazy. But if I was looking now, I would be having this one shipped to Chicago! This is still a very fair price.
Great job, if I was close to Cal. i would like to buy this car specially if I know that someone like you has restored it. Wish you all success
Thank you!
$14.3K for that car is a steal! I have a well maintained '11 535xi with 40K less miles and I'd still swap it out for yours in a minute. Starting a Musa fund now to get one of your future builds. lol
Excited to see the 328 as that is what I have. Mine is a 2014 and I had to put a new motor in it last month.
Good job would be a nice trend to see in the used car market instead of the current state of the used car market we are all typically used too. 👍🏻
I’m a happy owner of my 2011 F10, Fresh oil is a must on these turbo charged N55 engines, every 3k or 5k miles.. I put Liqui Moly oil . My car gets OEM or OE parts nothing less when needed, cosmetically in great shape , interior has no signs of wear due to up keep with leather treatment and moisturizer on the seats , the only wear it had was on the driver side floor mat but I went and bought an OEM floor mat at BMW. A year ago bought a new set of tires, same as factory all season GoodYear LS-2 run flats. A BMW owner should know that these cars need to be spoiled and demand attention more so than your average commute 4 banger economy car, if you don’t you’re in the wrong market.
Hey Musah, was up? I’m so happy following you n being able to see the quality of ur work n clean intentions flipping cars doing the right thing n not focusing on money alone fixing very minimum. If u don’t mind letting me know how to find the ista software please?
Congrats accomplishing ur projects n welcome to paradise. Thank u so much!
Roberto
Thanks for the kind words. You could check bimmerscene.com and research there.
Even though the channel went in the direction of a "wheeler dealer", keep the detailed DIY stuff on the channel. Because of them, I started watching the channel and got some good tips for my N54.
Everybody's a "wheeler dealer", no?
Producing something good for a market price isn't wheeling and dealing in a negative connotation sense in my opinion.
Maybe he got sick of IT bullshit and horrific hours.
If I was him I'd do less perfectionism and fix it solid for the client and that's it.
Any car any time can shit the bed. These N55s chs he the filter housing and it's siezed. That's a engine design flaw IMO. I blew a turbo on an N54, drove it back w no oil at least a mile, changed the turbos and its still running perfectly with great power. I dohbt you could run an N55 dry for a mile back to thr shop when not knowing what happened exactly and have it run again.
Some bmws are worth saving, others aren't, in my opinion. I think bmw was at its best prior to 2003 for 5 Series, 2001 for 7 series and 2006 for 3 series in short.
The cars he is working on are probably all going to end up mechanically totaled out with little to no value (parts, cats) as I just don't see a collector market for bmws after they have 12345678 and all the various X derivatives.
In short basically after E series bmws that spanned decades, the F and G series cars are good to fix and sell for the last go round before the junkyard. That said the N55 leaks less oil and the turbos don't shit the bed and everything else around it like the N54 but I don't believe the engine itself is as well designed and strong.
If I bought a car accidentally as a know nothing buyer because my interest is elsewhere and I just want a car, I'd hit an absolute jackpot lotto ticket goldmine if I bought a car like this from a careful and honest guy like Vehicular DIY.
Kind regards
Yeah I will stay true to that on cars that will stick around longer on the channel.
This was a bit of an experiment, I think on the next car I'll focus just on the issue that caused the car to be disabled and give it a quick clean and send it on it's way to compare total profit.
EAG exists because of the M mystique, which, unfortunately, won't likely translate for an "ordinary" BMW, though it SHOULD. I would love to be able to buy such a wonderful rejuvenation.
Perhaps you could look into restoring Ms, which have the residuals you need to cover the bottom line.
Best of luck. Wonderful channel.
The three series is for the kids the five series is for the parents. Love the 535i it's so smooth and refined. Whoever gets this car is going to be very happy.
Who is the 1 & 2 series for?
@@Hilfiger1 babies and toddlers
Lol I got a genuine laugh out of that.
Awesome job, been following your channel for a while. Kinda do the same thing you do but I dont make videos lol
@Vehicular diy. I just took delivery of a 2022 m4 competition convertible and given the huge openings what do you recommend for cleaning bugs from the radiator area since there is no direct access. If possible without having to take the front bumper :)
If you have a Facebook page you could advertise in Market Place and link this RUclips video to that so that prospective buyers can hear and see what you've done. I'm sure that you will get your asking price. Great work.
Thanks, yeah I'm planning on that. For now I didn't advertise it anywhere, was waiting to see if a RUclipsr viewer wanted it before the ad goes live.
Hey I have a question If you did a manual swap and a engine swap i can’t get it to start no crank just lights turn on would the car turn on with the transmission programmed or no?
Nice restore! My dad has an E93 335is and lives in SD. Where in SD is your shop? Thanks!
Yo congrats on the new shop! I'd send my BMW to you with no hesitation. Btw do you still have your G80? I was expecting a bit more content from the s58.
Thanks! I don't, I used the opportunity of the hot car market to take some profit from it. I'd like to get back into an S58 once things cool down a bit.
@@VehicularDIY I figured you must have sold it. it's crazy how much they're going for right now. you can always get an X3M for cheaper anyways. Cheers!
TPMS Antenna could’ve been fixed by removing the cover and cleaning the corrosion and resotting some of the joints in the power supply a few of the joints
What did you use to reset the adaptations on the transmission? I didn’t think it was necessary to reset them on F10s.
It was a Autel scanner but I'd typically use ISTA. It's not a must unless it was done outside of the recommended service interval or if the tube seals etc. are replaced.
Dude, way to build and then leverage your brand. When all goes well, you could build and sell your dreams, they will line up.
What did you do with the blown n54? Was it rebuild
just a thought about up coming projects,,,,,,what about an e90 M3 or covering any late model bimmer to a full electric
Please post very soon on the F30
Nice vid again. Is that iDrive knob OEM though? Looks like a Chinese aftermarket one..
Thanks, no it's aftermarket.
wat year is ur 535 ? ask n becuz mine is a 2012 ...and at 97 k miles I did water pump
Will you be doing more of these series?, I really hope so!!!
Yeah that's the plan.
@@VehicularDIY YAY😁😁
Did the shifter come with carbon fibre trim from factory? I don't see any other carbon trim.
It didn't, it was just an easy fix for the bubbling trim. I wanted to try it out to see if it blends in.
Would a car start if you don’t program the transmission after doing a manual swap
Why did you do adaptation after change in the transmission fluid is it required?
It's not an absolute must, given this car was driven by someone else prior and the fluid should have been changed closer to 100K we did it as a precaution. We drove the car in a way to speed up the teach in process after.
@@VehicularDIY so the dealer would say it required. Lol
That’s awesome, where is your shop in San Diego?
It's in Escondido.
How long did it take to sell this car? If you get another one to restore, I might have a trade buy for you with my 335i. Only needs an oil pan gasket. Has a JB4 with methanol. 147k on it. I'm just up the 5 freeway.
I bought one of these, 2011 model, 97,000 miles from salvage. Major engine issue, still trying to figure it out. Power Steering is gone too.
Damn, if only that thing was not black. Do an alpine white car please.
You're in San Diego?
Hey I’m having an issue with my bmw f30 328i 13” I had my indie shop replaced my battery because it was bad but a week later it’s saying “battery discharge start engine” so I took it back and they charge the battery and tested ok and they also registered it to but a week later I get the battery discharged in my new battery please help ..
What type of battery did you end up putting in? Perhaps the battery type was incorrect, if your car came with AGM but now has a standard lead acid etc.
Soapy Joe's!
where is the shop??
main TEN nence
What is the name of your shop?
Your in sd??? dude i would love for you to work on my n54
I can work on your N54😉
Hey yeah I'm in SD. I'm working on flip cars only at moment. If anything changes I'll announce it.
ledge@@VehicularDIY Forsure man! keep it up always blessing me with knowledge
I'm looking for a 135i N54, if you come across one, I would be interested
Sure you don't want a E93 335i N54??? One of those coming for sale for sure soon, it is getting subframe bushings now.
@@igotaction I would consider an e90 but that's about it, I personally don't like the looks of the e92 and e93 is a convertible which I would never get
If I get an N54 flip car I'll look for a 1 series as I haven't worked on any.
@@VehicularDIY if I find one and needs some work, maybe we can work something out? Im in SoCal too
Hey man hope all is well, anything new??
Great car for someone who wants an executive vibe but doesn't want to blow $80K
Convert the 328i to 6MT and people will be beating your door down.
converting a late model dimmer to an electric I mean
Why do you say it would be good for a few years? Does that mean the car would be totally worn out or do you mean it should be free of major maintenance for the next three years?
That would all depend on annual mileage but really for the next 50,000 miles it only needs basic maintenance, oil/filter, maybe one air filter in between.
@@igotaction okay that makes sense, thanks for the reply.
Yeah should have a low total cost of ownership for the next owner.
Excluding common wear items these motors are good for over 200k mi.
bimmer....ugh I cant spell
Sounds pretty cheap imho