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I looked into Hagerty for an E30 I purchased last year that I wanted to treat as a daily driver while still being able to get what I paid for it in the event it's totaled (spoiler: lots more than...

I don’t know if it’d go with the audio system you’ve got, but do you have a trunk-mounted BM53 radio?

Finally got my neighbor to tow my ZHP from the street in front of my house to my garage off the alley so I can troubleshoot my no-start issue. Probable starter. :-P

I noticed one of mine was loose the other day. Easy to do?

The control arms were $372 total from RM European. Not too bad. They don't have the ///M sticker on them, but otherwise look like the stock items.

Thanks. Southern car! No rust, but all the exterior rubber top-side is shot. :-P It's such a pleasure to work on it without having to fight with rusted fasteners. Hopefully it stays this way…

How did they fail for you? Did the ball come out of the joint, or did the shaft shear? And how did that cause warning lights to come on? Glad you got so lucky.

My reaction to the expense was...

Hm, been a while since I've updated this thread.

Last weekend I replaced the steering rack with a rebuilt unit from the Rack Doctor. I've been chasing an admittedly-small amount of play in the...

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The circled area is where the indentation is on the aluminum under tray on my car (I'm assuming all ZHPs have the newer tray and not the tubular brace). So you're lifting the front of the car...

It hardly matters; they're only making 100 of them. :-P

$63 at ECS: http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/51457830187/ES117799/ :-)

New steering rack and high-pressure line went in over the weekend; pretty sure the fluid had never been changed in 116k miles. :-( New control arms have been ordered and will hopefully go in next...

What do you expect to spend?

Hermes, are you doing the upholstery yourself? I've thought about doing something similar. I really like the cloth/leather combination in my MINI.

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Someone printed that out and stuck it to the tank of my motorcycle years ago. Love it!

I've got an Alta CAI on my MINI, this one. It's hard to believe they get so much damn money for a filter, hose and some stamped steel. Anyway, the R53 makes the same part-throttle whistle. It used...

What was the cost to have it installed? Is it a DIY affair?

I lost the rear tow hook cover on my Dark Silver Metallic '04 330Ci (ZHP, of course). Replacements are cheap, but must be painted, which is a pain. Anyone have one?

You might still be able to get some customer loyalty money from BMW. I spoke last week with someone in BMWUSA HQ. If I sold any of my BMW products and purchased a new or CPO one from a dealership...

I hate running oil through tubes. The cleanup's a pain in the butt. Sometimes it's necessary, like for a transmission where you can't pour in from above. Glad it worked for you; would be really...

I hope not. If I knew for sure, or even thought it was likely, I wouldn't do it. But there's a jack point in the under tray, the subframe looks solid, and this is one of the recommended jacking...

If I'm raising the whole car, I do front then rear. I drive the front onto a pair of stacked and staggered 2x6 blocks (one per wheel; wheels stop on top of total thickness of 4", but they're...

Finally got my MINI roadworthy again. In January I started replacing the clutch and flywheel (which then lead to alternator, belt tensioner, idler pulley, wheel hub, radiator hoses, power steering...

Yeah, my seats are loaded. The old ones (standard leather, not alcantara) had neither neat nor lumbar. So there could be something to that. I notice the same thing between my MINI and my wife's...

I swapped an M3 interior into my ZHP coupé. I prefer the look and feel of the smooth leather to the coarser grain of the stuff that was stock in my car, but the M3 seats are more stuffed, I guess,...