Recent content by Dr. Minimus

Just a thin ground, but no power. I repurposed this as well after a stereo swap and took power from the navigation system.

Thanks for the replies. I am going to leave it as is.

For those who have a 3.0i or 3.0si with the N52, what is your rpm when you are going around 110 kph? I manual swapped my 2007 3.0si with the transmission from a 3.0i and I have a 3.64 rear diff. It is close to 3000 rpm when going around 110 kph and wanted to see if that was similar to what...

Congrats on the purchase. My understanding is just needing to swap over the intake manifold and re-tune the ecu. This forum goes over it in more detail: https://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=455180

Bigwinn I had to google "gopping" and listen to someone with a birtish accent saying it but it's spot on.

I brought it up in the video, in the US manuals are around $3000 more expensive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a80Wdw8eQoI&t=1s I'm working on documenting my manual swap of my 2007 E86. I can make a detailed part list of everything that was needed if people are interested and let me know if you have any questions.

I'm removing a ZF 6HP19 automatic from my N52 and Im only able to get it about an inch off the engine block before its getting stuck. All 6 of the torque converter bolts are off. Ideas?

I haven't been on here in a while and just happened to see this. Ya they are still sitting around but Im sure shipping would be crazy. If you cant find any others let me know and i can get you a quote

Finishing the fascia wasn't bad. There was one small void that I had to put plastic filler in, otherwise just sanding, primer and paint.

Ya I bought mine unfinished for 100, which I think is fair. 200 for the finished one does seem steep

My coupe came with chrome 203s. I tried to sell them in the states but no one was interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTiLGlCh21w&t=213s This is the story of how I got my Alpine head unit to work. I bought the head unit thinking I had the basic stereo since I didn’t have an amplifier in the trunk by the battery. That was my first mistake. I bought the double din fascia from...

Installation video- https://youtu.be/lF393Uh7gds While installing a new Alpine headunit and since everything was taken apart, I figured now was a good time to install a backup camera. Overall the installation is easy once everything is disassembled in the interior. This installation should be...