I think the gap you are referring to is by design as the airbag needs to move to push the horn. At least to me it looks the same as every other facelift wheel I've seen and has worked great.
Excellent vids man, found the shifter bushing one especially useful. Nothing is missed. Do you still have the car? Any more e39 m5 content in the works?
Thank you. Still have the car, going to store it for the winter soon. I got couple videos filmed but started school half a year ago and work at the same time so time to edit and film has been scarce. Also budget on car is tighter now that I had to reduce my working hours. A lot of work is planned for the car: suspension needs a refresh, clutch is slipping a bit, timing chain guides and a complete audio system overhaul to name a few. If I happen to win a lottery these are coming soon 😀
Not sure as I never used them on any car, pre or post facelift. Also you probably need to have a stock headunit for them to work. Everything else works though
@@alexdoescars is this single of dual stage airbag? i really want the facelift steering wheel in my M5 but mine is from 02-99 so single stage airbag is it possible?
Mine is 06/99 so dual stage. Switch from single to dual happened in 03/99 so yours should be single. If you want to make sure, one clear difference is when you remove the steerig wheel, if slipring stays on the wheel it's a single stage. If it stays on the steering column its dual. Because of this not only are airbags not interchangeable but neither are steering wheels. Swapping is possible but you need to swap at least steering column, airbag modules and probably lots of other stuff like seatbelt pre-tensioners and rest of the airbags. If you have a donor car and lots of time, should be doable.
The airbag doesn't seem it fit flush, maybe it's blocked by the wires and is not all the way in. Same happened with mine
I think the gap you are referring to is by design as the airbag needs to move to push the horn. At least to me it looks the same as every other facelift wheel I've seen and has worked great.
Excellent vids man, found the shifter bushing one especially useful. Nothing is missed. Do you still have the car? Any more e39 m5 content in the works?
Thank you. Still have the car, going to store it for the winter soon. I got couple videos filmed but started school half a year ago and work at the same time so time to edit and film has been scarce. Also budget on car is tighter now that I had to reduce my working hours. A lot of work is planned for the car: suspension needs a refresh, clutch is slipping a bit, timing chain guides and a complete audio system overhaul to name a few. If I happen to win a lottery these are coming soon 😀
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Do those r/t and speak buttons straight up work or?
Not sure as I never used them on any car, pre or post facelift. Also you probably need to have a stock headunit for them to work. Everything else works though
@@alexdoescars maybe you can program them on aftermarket unit?
Maybe, haven't ever pressed them, they might as well have worked for all I know. I don't have the car anymore so cannot test it.
which year of construction is your m5?
1999
@@alexdoescars is this single of dual stage airbag?
i really want the facelift steering wheel in my M5 but mine is from 02-99 so single stage airbag is it possible?
Mine is 06/99 so dual stage. Switch from single to dual happened in 03/99 so yours should be single. If you want to make sure, one clear difference is when you remove the steerig wheel, if slipring stays on the wheel it's a single stage. If it stays on the steering column its dual. Because of this not only are airbags not interchangeable but neither are steering wheels. Swapping is possible but you need to swap at least steering column, airbag modules and probably lots of other stuff like seatbelt pre-tensioners and rest of the airbags. If you have a donor car and lots of time, should be doable.