What have you done to your E89 today
- Thread starter Bombur
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Scottish Borders
Fitted the front and rear bumpers with all their original and later sensors…first bleed of the brakes showed 3 leaks in the re-made connections..cinching then up has hopefully sorted them out..left overnight..
Used over 1.5 litres of dot 5.1 and still need more..
Thanks to PeeblesZ4 and CherryM..three sets of hands made fitting the bumpers so so much easier..
Used over 1.5 litres of dot 5.1 and still need more..
Thanks to PeeblesZ4 and CherryM..three sets of hands made fitting the bumpers so so much easier..
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South Lanarkshire
Another round of brake bleeding including running the DSC purge ..took about an hour to get the frigging ISTA laptop to connect..USB drivers etc..
So CherryM helped me on that..all air purged I hope..hard to tell till we run it..
Used these stud extenders to help me slip the wheels on…not easy as you get older..
Interior trim around the FRM to replace..it was too cold for so long..one more wheel and a tap into a 12v switched feed in the boot then time for a test flight..
So CherryM helped me on that..all air purged I hope..hard to tell till we run it..
Used these stud extenders to help me slip the wheels on…not easy as you get older..
Interior trim around the FRM to replace..it was too cold for so long..one more wheel and a tap into a 12v switched feed in the boot then time for a test flight..
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Deepseaskateboard
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Big Andra said:Fitted a pair of rear drop links as the OS had snapped. No more clunking while driving now
I need to do this, due to perished bushings!
How difficult of a task is it?
Deepseaskateboard said:Big Andra said:Fitted a pair of rear drop links as the OS had snapped. No more clunking while driving now
I need to do this, due to perished bushings!
How difficult of a task is it?
Tbh, it wasn't as difficult as I was expecting. Getting them off the anti roll bar was probably the worst of it.
First test run of the yellow peril..brake peddle still a bit soft..but..after the run with a few full abs activated stops from 30/60 etc seems now firm…1,500 miles doing the NC500+ (more like 1,200 miles) should see it..
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DiscoDaveZ4
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DiscoDaveZ4
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Liking that mate, is that Mr12Volt device
Taxed it
Over a few hours in March, I finally got around to my first (second and third!) attempts to vinyl wrap the interior trim of my car.
I bought car with Carbon fibre wrap that is not to my taste so I removed it to reveal original cheap looking silver paint that was marked: again not to my taste, so bought three shades of admittedly cheap wood effect on eBay. After choosing the best colour to match the leather I did my best.
I love the colour and the real grain effect texture, but it is not a soft pliable vinyl, but quite hard and brittle so I could stretch it a little but not shrink it, instead having to cut and overlap corners.
It was inexpensive and has taken enough of my time that I am in no hurry to do it all again with a better quality vinyl, however I really prefer it to the shiny dark wood that BMW supplied and it doesn't look bad from a distance, so it is staying for a while.
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I bought car with Carbon fibre wrap that is not to my taste so I removed it to reveal original cheap looking silver paint that was marked: again not to my taste, so bought three shades of admittedly cheap wood effect on eBay. After choosing the best colour to match the leather I did my best.
I love the colour and the real grain effect texture, but it is not a soft pliable vinyl, but quite hard and brittle so I could stretch it a little but not shrink it, instead having to cut and overlap corners.
It was inexpensive and has taken enough of my time that I am in no hurry to do it all again with a better quality vinyl, however I really prefer it to the shiny dark wood that BMW supplied and it doesn't look bad from a distance, so it is staying for a while.
BEFORE
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Been quite a productive day of tinkering today. Upgraded the door and rear speakers along with the door tweeters with the AliExpress Harmon kardon ones, and replaced the footwell ones with a set of hetz cento 6.5's. Had to make my own adapters for them to fit, which was actually quite easy, but what a difference in sound with just that simple upgrade! Subs and a secondaty amp may come at a later date. Once that was all put back together, I finished off with renewing the creaky bonnet and tailgate struts.
Deepseaskateboard
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Full wax and seal.
Gloss is amazing, it does not have paint correction.
This is the most gloss I have got on the paint!
Demonshine as drying aid
Chemical guys wet mirror finish
Collinite 845 insulator wax
Collinite beadcoat
Gloss is amazing, it does not have paint correction.
This is the most gloss I have got on the paint!
Demonshine as drying aid
Chemical guys wet mirror finish
Collinite 845 insulator wax
Collinite beadcoat
I had an issue with one of my brake carrier bolts backing out…maybe caused by the stress of the uprated rear brake, maybe cause I didn’t use the old caliper cradle bmw bolt which has some primitive antilock washer fitted..maybe because I’d remounted the caliper cradle several times the loctite had worn off..
So using these fancy nord lock washers in super harden steel..arguably the best anti vibration washer…
Fresh 10.9 high tensile bolts…double locked the through bolts..
Did try the wire lock strategy but close to impossible to drill the bolt heads to allow the wire to be threaded..
Lots of medium strength loctite this time..
So using these fancy nord lock washers in super harden steel..arguably the best anti vibration washer…
Fresh 10.9 high tensile bolts…double locked the through bolts..
Did try the wire lock strategy but close to impossible to drill the bolt heads to allow the wire to be threaded..
Lots of medium strength loctite this time..
