# M539 Restorations: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-29, M539 Restorations has 786,000 subscribers, 154,629,129 total views, and 200 videos. It ranks #95,659 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [M539 Restorations](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for M539 Restorations is “Can I Make This BMW Motorsport Engine Bulletproof? Rare, Cheap Z4M”, a long-form video published Oct 12, 2026.
- These are M539 Restorations’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Oct 14, 2024 and Oct 12, 2026 (47 long-form videos and 1 Short).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 691,010. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “How Bad Can It Be? - Neglected, Rare, V12, Manual: BMW 850CSi” (1,225,348 views, Apr 1, 2026). Least viewed: “Traveling back to 2002 and inspection 1 of 43 Alpina B10 V8s. #mechanic #mechanic #cartok #bmw #e39” (158,214 views, Jun 2, 2026).
- Median length: 56:36 for 47 long-form videos.
- In this sample, M539 Restorations’s consecutive uploads were a median of 14 days apart (shortest gap 2 days, longest 36 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Can I Make This BMW Motorsport Engine Bulletproof? Rare, Cheap Z4M](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/EaJHlTdaOjs/) | 2026-10-12 | Long-form | 861,293 | 1:33:12 | 1.44x |
| [The Previous Owner Gave Up On This Old BMW. I Didn't.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/kUVkxMOMrvE/) | 2026-09-20 | Long-form | 960,280 | 56:36 | 1.37x |
| [The Engine in This Cheap BMW 530i Was Tortured. Can I Get It To Run Well Again?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/I48O7Fx1lrs/) | 2026-09-05 | Long-form | 911,836 | 1:03:28 | 1.3x |
| [How Many Issues Can A Cheap & Insanely Neglected BMW 530i Have?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/kcLlQYWpgH8/) | 2026-08-19 | Long-form | 638,221 | 1:00:56 | 0.91x |
| [BMW Gave Up On It, But Can I Fix It? Neglected, Rare, V12, Manual: BMW 850CSi](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/1CDgm8Pr-DU/) | 2026-08-03 | Long-form | 1,051,380 | 1:21:53 | 1.49x |
| [How Many Problems Can It Have? Neglected, Rare, V12, Manual: BMW 850CSi](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/X1HkEcSbye8/) | 2026-07-21 | Long-form | 690,842 | 1:16:27 | 0.99x |
| [$5,000 Project Daily Driver - Bad Idea?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/bczNA1p4tRs/) | 2026-06-15 | Long-form | 752,866 | 56:36 | 1.07x |
| [Traveling back to 2002 and inspection 1 of 43 Alpina B10 V8s. #mechanic #mechanic #cartok #bmw #e39](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/jxz-4g0Gz7A/) | 2026-06-02 | Short | 158,214 | 1:12 | - |
| [Is Better Than New Possible? Mechanical Restoration of Alpina B10 V8S](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/oVwtuZVMJTs/) | 2026-05-31 | Long-form | 685,529 | 56:42 | 0.97x |
| [I Spent Months Restoring This High-Mileage Alpina B10 V8S](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/9FGrHocPEM0/) | 2026-05-21 | Long-form | 568,989 | 49:24 | 0.81x |
| [I Found '90s INSANITY In This Rare V12 BMW 850CSi and It Nearly Broke Me](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/D1cUKZuhTn4/) | 2026-05-09 | Long-form | 695,880 | 1:24:21 | 0.99x |
| [I Found Hidden Damage That Might Make It Unfixable - V12 BMW 850CSi](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/Fg9dhVu-JcY/) | 2026-04-16 | Long-form | 704,195 | 1:12:23 | 0.99x |
| [How Bad Can It Be? - Neglected, Rare, V12, Manual: BMW 850CSi](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/TE1tESQz2RI/) | 2026-04-01 | Long-form | 1,225,348 | 58:20 | 1.62x |
| [Here's What a Professional Workshop Did to This Old Mercedes E55 AMG](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/8vrRdxdvP4w/) | 2026-03-11 | Long-form | 708,866 | 1:18:04 | 1x |
| [What Caused a Major Overheating Issue On This Cheap W12 Bentley?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/rqr5m4Zz2UA/) | 2026-02-25 | Long-form | 801,582 | 1:22:46 | 1.14x |
| [Transforming an Old Building Into a Dream Car Restoration Workshop](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/Eb0P9-k0UOQ/) | 2026-01-29 | Long-form | 530,175 | 41:29 | 0.77x |
| [I Tried to Fix W12 Bentley Engine Damage The WRONG WAY for $60, And...](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/kb7AvXqeYeU/) | 2026-01-19 | Long-form | 903,476 | 1:14:14 | 1.31x |
| [Fixing This Cheap W12 Bentley Was Going So Well, But Then a DISASTER!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/zh6_s60qRSc/) | 2025-12-28 | Long-form | 714,796 | 47:36 | 1.04x |
| [Alpina B10 V8S Was Hiding a Shocking Issue](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/AFMwNVQYBqg/) | 2025-12-25 | Long-form | 544,838 | 32:31 | 0.81x |
| [There's Been An Accident - Can I Preserve the Original Paint?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/0E-aXm0_iLc/) | 2025-12-17 | Long-form | 379,496 | 40:54 | 0.56x |
| [I Bought The Cheapest & Worst W12 Bentley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/VuAOlX7GZFA/) | 2025-12-14 | Long-form | 921,199 | 50:47 | 1.36x |
| [I Made A Dream Spec BMW E39 M5](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/VpJktMCfZQ4/) | 2025-11-30 | Long-form | 1,168,399 | 55:22 | 1.87x |
| [Salvage Yard to Autobahn - Saving a Cheap Mercedes E55 AMG](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/JWxpa8d5U-Q/) | 2025-11-17 | Long-form | 694,934 | 56:20 | 1.22x |
| [Fixing The Cheap Auction Mercedes E55 AMG - Was it a Good Deal?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/tIVIxg-iuwk/) | 2025-10-31 | Long-form | 687,633 | 1:01:57 | 1.25x |
| [I Bought an Auction Special Mercedes E55 AMG. How Bad Can It Be?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/ENr9QWmnwWc/) | 2025-10-11 | Long-form | 665,296 | 44:12 | 1.23x |
| [Rolling Back the Mechanical Odometer - Alpina B10 V8S - PT4](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/__5ztfwVWLg/) | 2025-09-30 | Long-form | 543,948 | 59:12 | 1x |
| [This is How OEM+ BMW M5 Engine is Made](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/Q0MAj2yOTyY/) | 2025-08-31 | Long-form | 693,535 | 1:30:07 | 1.29x |
| [Rejuvenating In-Depth The Rarest Alpina B10 V8S Touring - PT3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/NGVjQTmNRP4/) | 2025-08-11 | Long-form | 583,435 | 1:18:33 | 1.08x |
| [I Found a New Workshop!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/ziM2SMWyACk/) | 2025-07-27 | Long-form | 388,768 | 24:29 | 0.72x |
| [Can I Make this Old V8 BMW X5 Mechanically Perfect?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/txpHDHbDBmI/) | 2025-07-16 | Long-form | 541,436 | 48:11 | 0.99x |
| [This Is The Most Money I Lost On a Car](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/T6cyysSC2wA/) | 2025-07-01 | Long-form | 516,156 | 44:58 | 0.92x |
| [Bringing a Rare Alpina Back to Life After 9 Years - B10 V8S - PT2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/d6JmfwYBpOY/) | 2025-06-21 | Long-form | 553,835 | 27:37 | 0.92x |
| [I Failed Fixing This Old V8 BMW X5 - PT7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/Ke5i58Y5rw4/) | 2025-06-08 | Long-form | 400,640 | 53:35 | 0.58x |
| [This Is Why Mechanics Hate Working On SUVs - PT6](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/DeKXMRdNJTo/) | 2025-05-19 | Long-form | 485,283 | 46:17 | 0.68x |
| [Back On the Road After 14 Years - V12 BMW E31 850i - Project Marseille: PT15](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/5kQHA6uM5yk/) | 2025-05-11 | Long-form | 566,530 | 1:02:53 | 0.76x |
| [Mechanically Perfect After Being Abandoned for 14 Years - V12 BMW E31 850i - PT14](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/ypPEcuOIUd4/) | 2025-04-29 | Long-form | 535,961 | 49:58 | 0.7x |
| [I Traveled 5000 Miles to Save $17000 on a Rare BMW M Car](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/74-woBE6crg/) | 2025-04-03 | Long-form | 741,476 | 1:07:27 | 0.97x |
| [2 Years of Restoration Resulted in This - V12 BMW E31 850 PT13](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/JPJU8pmep4k/) | 2025-03-04 | Long-form | 779,773 | 1:07:16 | 1.02x |
| [NOW I KNOW WHY IT WAS SO CHEAP - ALPINA B12 6.0](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/7ID9TcODD94/) | 2025-02-09 | Long-form | 984,448 | 48:11 | 1.36x |
| [I Bought a Holy Grail BMW ALPINA, But There's a Catch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/ADfwC4wojG0/) | 2025-01-30 | Long-form | 757,065 | 30:40 | 1.05x |
| [Gets Worse Before Better \| Restoring a BMW E39 M5 - PT 5](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/U-KIvX-cvk8/) | 2025-01-23 | Long-form | 640,792 | 35:00 | 0.96x |
| [Here's What Happens When You Neglect BMW E39 M5 Engine](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/C5tWgmLTffQ/) | 2025-01-14 | Long-form | 890,257 | 1:13:39 | 1.22x |
| [Restoring a BMW E39 M5 \| 13 Years Off The Road - PT 3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/0sqV2GNBD7M/) | 2024-12-23 | Long-form | 691,177 | 35:17 | 1.07x |
| [I turned a JUNK $1600 BMW Into an Ultimate Sleeper](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/RDVeMsGR_LY/) | 2024-12-16 | Long-form | 1,014,003 | 43:51 | 1.48x |
| [One Bolt at a Time - Restoration of a V12 BMW 850i PT12](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/eCNaSfkTllo/) | 2024-12-06 | Long-form | 775,486 | 52:12 | 1.29x |
| [Restoring a V12 BMW 850i That Spent 10 Years in a Garden - PT11](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/AOYiF7uedkQ/) | 2024-11-26 | Long-form | 529,512 | 48:45 | 0.88x |
| [Do Performance Mods Bring More Power? - BMW E46 330i - Project Cologne: PT16](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/2hr4AyiaFhY/) | 2024-11-01 | Long-form | 569,914 | 1:03:16 | 0.86x |
| [This is What It Costs to Rebuild a Highest Mileage Maserati - Quattroporte GTS - PT8](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@m539restorations/videos/ov7GPDuWMa4/) | 2024-10-14 | Long-form | 569,367 | 57:36 | 0.86x |

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