my cousins bought himself a beemer, 530d 2000 car

what number is it called as he's after some bits for it but even i'm confused.com now

i know that the 3 series was e30, e36, e46 etc but what are the 5 series numbers?

cheers

and, while i'm at it, am i right in thinking the e46 rims won't fit on it?

 

It's an E39

 

Here you go Dojj, Wiki should cover anything you need to know ref the model, the BMW Fans site is great as well lets you check all the parts fitted to your vehicle you can then copy/paste the part number as a search and will show you which other models it was fitted to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_5_Series

http://bmwfans.info/

Hope this helps there is a pile of sites available for BMW information UK & the States I found most of them by Google searches > BMW online manuals < or clubs etc, most are similar layout to Passion Ford some require registration, some dont.

Cheers
Fishy

 

model before his is the E34, his is an E39 and the newer ones are E60.

wikipedia will have all this stuff on it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_5_Series

 

also look at www.realoem.com for all the BMW part details, it's like FINIS on the internet fo BMW

 

Cheers peeps

 

Look on the sticker by the door pin switch!!
tabetha