The start of my Ti purchase was a rough one. It was the first car I bought with my own money and the first car that was titled to me. I planned to drive it to school in St. Louis for a year, and then start the repairs. Much to my dismay, the 1 hour drive back home showed many problems and I deemed it unsafe to drive 2000 miles away from home. I parked it and decided to fix a little bit of it every break I have from school.
I'm one of the contributors to the YouTube channel E39Source. I used to have an E39 M5 which I miss dearly. I sold it for the 318ti and will continue to make DIY videos for the channel.
Now the fun begins.
What it looked like after sitting under a car cover for 3 months. The interior is clean besides a destroyed drivers door panel.
The first thing I did when I came home was a valve cover gasket. I also did the oil supply seal, spark plugs, micro filters, air filter, and an oil change with 0W-40 while I was in there. I also made a video on the valve cover gasket DIY for E39Source.
The plugs and engine was clean even though the car seems to have been neglected.
My version of the valve cover DIY video. The better edited E39Source video will come later.
http://youtu.be/nLJ5G7HAZDE Due to it being Thanksgiving, I also made a large haul of parts. I'll have photos of the online orders when I'm back for winter break, but in the meantime, here are two things I was able to pick up.
Yes, I managed to get 8 Star Specs and a BavAuto suspension kit with Bilstein Sport shocks for less than 4 bills. #winning
My '96 318ti - The wrong car for STX 
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