That’s my old car. Sad to see it crashed. Glad to see her back rippin that lsd never gets old👍🏼

Had to do something very similar to my 540 recently. A chevy ran over the front left corner of my car while it was parked. Needed a new hood, bumper, nose piece, left fender and had to straighten the fender support as well. Not nearly this bad, but similar. Did it in about the same time too. Spent the day after the accident driving to Houston getting all of the parts, slapped it all back together the next day. Love seeing this stuff.

Another E34 saved and back on the road, love to see it!

My father restored his old E34 525i in a similar manner 👍👍. Classic BMWs really are the best!

I am from Germany Bavaria and I love your show on KZfaq. I have a 1988 535i in Bronzitbeigemet, 5 speed manual, AC and leather natur and the washerhorns on the front bumper, with 300.000 km on it. That’s a real rare version in Germany and I love this car. I appreciate your videos and have a great day! Oliver

THESE FILLER VIDS UNTIL ANOTHER E28 EPISODE ARE MUCH NEEDED! KEEP THEM COMING

Awesome video Josh! I use to have a ‘95 525i years ago that I sold and I still miss that car, they are beautiful machines! A classic never dies…

Good job !!! unthinkable to look at how it was reduced at the beginning. the tree with dime bench function made the difference... the force of nature 🌳🌳🌳

I'm glad you made videos on this topic as I have seen many brand new and old bmw cars in the junk yard and was not sure if I should take the chance to by one. I have 4 bmw's 1991 bmw 525Iwith 240,000 miles, 1994 bmw 530I with 265,000 miles, 1999 bmw 740il with 230,000 miles and 2007 bmw with 137,000 plus miles and they run strong as long you take care of your cars they will last a lifetime!! My cousin had a 1987 528IE and it had 360,000 plus miles until someone rear end him and it totaled his car. Thanks again!!

This video inspired me to hop on Facebook market place and window shop for a 535i (like every car I lust after) and this is the first one I found! Good luck selling it brother

This was definitely a great watch. I love the simple filming format, subbed!

Another solid Video Josh, inspiring work man. Keep it up, love watching these videos!

Just as I saw "Coming up.." instant m539 restorations vibes. Own one of these as well hope to see more content with this beast

Glad the radiator worked out!! Nice work

Always a good thing to get another e34 back on the road!

Dude this is epic! Well done. Greetings from The Netherlands.

A great video and an exact duplicate of my 1989 black 535i 5speed. 175000 and still strong. I have a number of minor issues but I love the way the car drives and feels.

I was in a similar crash, luckilx I hit something only in the bottom, so no need for new hood, I fixed it in less than a day, those E34s are amazing

Great find Josh, 535's are the best!!

Lol when You had the coming up text in the start, I automatically heard it in my head with M539Restorations’ voice. Awesome job with the car!

The tree give life and take away life of all bmws

So jealous of you! Living my dream life😍

nice job! keeping a 535 alive! very cool

LOL! That's exactly what I have done to repair a couple cars in the past. No professional pullers or frame straighteners (Not that I wouldn't love to use them if I could afford it etc) just get a good tow rope or chain and connect it to a power pole and YOINK! LOL. Then some well strategized pulls with another car or truck and away ya go! "Some Zip Ties and some Self Tappers and Boom" LOL. Couldn't have said it better myself! Great fun video thanks!

Glad you saving it, not enough 535i left as it is :)

great video as always

Nice work mad scientist!

great concent keepp push broo !!!

Another timeless car saved glad to see videos like this pop up currently working on 2 e46s got one running perfectly some family just had it sitting we’re about to scrap it but it only has 160k miles with a 5 speed rwd started right up after a couple hundred dollars bought another one for $700 was tore apart by a twerker made a joke to my dad it would catch on fire started it up and it started smokin in the engine pretty bad but next cars gonna be a e30 hopefully to restore also want a e34 and e36 car to restore after the 2 e46s

You have large stones my friend! Saved another e34! Cheers, George

If you have a piece of metal and bend it 180 degrees back and fourth it snaps in half, if you bend it while holding a touch to the point being bendt so its glowing, you can bend it without it breaking for a good while as you don't create any big internal rifts in the material. If metal has been bends pretty badly you could heat it up and let the metal recrystalize a little and then slowly cool it so it doesn't get brittle, might get it a little further from the point of snapping in half, but then again, at that point it's less of a hazzle welding on a new piece..

hell yea man, living the dream

Hey man looks like you did a great job! I laughed at the part where the fender meets the rocker panel is rusty. Exact same thing with my wagon and I managed to zip tie the bottom of it well enough.

Good job and nice video..

It's shocking to see how much rust is on there. My 525i failed German TÜV and compared with this it is nearly rust free

would like to see a in depth video of u parting out a car like a e36. Love the vids and nice collection as always👌

The standard diff for the 535i manual is the 3.46 open. Only cars specified with the winter package would have gotten the limited slip and they're uncommon, at least for the early ones and the later ones got optional traction control. The only way to tell is to run the VIN or look as the diff and see if it starts with an "S" for sport. Even cars from places that get snow didn't come with them, speaking from experience here. They'll still step out with an open diff and they're very controllable with the throttle.

And that's what the glasses are for 😂😂😂 Josh a collision specialist now 👊🏽

Congratulations on saving a 535i 5 speed! I had read that only 6439 were sold in North America. I wonder how many of those are still around......

Like your skills and the knowledge. Most people would have written it off and gone for scrap

Nice work 👍👍👍, the way you fiksed that 535, is the most popular in Ukraine 😂😂😂👍👍👍

I had my e34 got rear ended &totaled bought it back from the insurance was about to fix it but I heard I will never run the same &I was on a really busy time I gave it back to the insurance looking back I think I should’ve kept it&fix it

Bro u talented. But u drive this car with tires like that visible at 18:28 in the rain, that is how cars get damage. Stay safe and restore this beast! Good job on this vid, I like it.

I did not know 535s came w lsd's. N now i want em even more

I bought a e36 with damn near the exact same damage, surprisingly easy fix

youre a legend

Have you ever tackled cutting/welding new metal for rusty jackpoints & rocker panels on these cars?

Hey, what about a Spring Meet in Chicago somewhere?

These cars are becoming rare. Save as many as you can.

verry nice, good job, i have a question,i wonder if stay al day to rebuild or repear your cars what you do foe living? money to repeair this cars?

One of my neighbors has an E46 like this. Wish that I didn't dent my 1st E46s quarter panel- I have to completely cut it out and reweld a new one to fix it :(

I like the e34 535i. There was one like this, only with automatic. I would like to buy more, but they are rare now.. On Car Gurus, there are only two cars and the prices are high.. But the car is super😊

Seriously underrated channel. Older Benz's are somewhat plentiful around me, but pre vanos BMW's of any sort are something I'm beyond in love with but virtually NEVER see. If I do, they're beyond gone or total showroom & are priced absurdly. You're doing God's work here imo. Respect!!

great save. No wonders it's going to slide. Just look at the tires.

When you sell it on, you should include all of the inner fender parts that you are just hammering back into shape, should a new owner wish to easily weld them in.

Looks very similar to a 91 I almost bought in Illinois like 5 years ago.

Are all 535 equiped with lsd? I have a 525t with a manual swap. Dont know what rear end it has but I know it isnt lsd. Theres a few 535 autos for parts. So should I get one of those?

looks ok to me

that black m3 in the garage for sale??

Not all 535i/5's got an LSD, that might just be because you live in a cold place where a lot of cars got optioned with the cold weather package (aka LSD and heated seats). Here in the southwest, I rarely ever see E34's with LSD's or heated seats, like I've personally worked on half a dozen 535i/5's with open diffs.

Reaper....

From the intro I saw what I think is a F30/F80 , I think

Oyeee remmember rebuild before crash bmw e34 wagon

ALL 535is had the LSD? I thought it was only winter package cars

BMW official instagram account have posted you!

Is this the one selling for 3.5k?

Ouch smh 🤦🏽‍♂️

This goes to show it’s possible but I hope it doesn’t come to that for anybody

No wonder why somebody had crashed this BMW with bad alignment and bald tires.