# BMW e39 paint job done

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e39-paint-job-done/254693
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [September 24, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e39-paint-job-done/254693 "2010-09-24T23:30:24Z")
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### Author: ![love4boost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/love4boost/32/6658_2.png) [@love4boost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/love4boost)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e39-paint-job-done/254693/14 "2010-09-25T11:38:37Z")

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> [@WTB: short shifter](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-short-shifter/35270/4):
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> LS1 for sure.
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> E39 540 is about on par with E36 M3 performance in a straight line.

Thats odd, why becuase of the heavier weight? You’d think a 540 would rape an e36 m3 with 50 more hp… My 540 feels torquey as fuck, my old m3 felt nothing like it.

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