Ryan - did you check out the group buys page at e60.net? Quad-M (Tony) was selling the OEM M-Tech front end with OEM paint for $999.99, free shipping, no tax.

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=39817

China Man and I have been lurking on this site - not alot of conversation or technical information to be found here, but there's plenty of vendor activity.