I briefly posted it up in a moment of weakness, but at this point I'm kinda committed to keeping it around. I've got a bunch of stuff I want to do to the car, and some track days in the near future.
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I briefly posted it up in a moment of weakness, but at this point I'm kinda committed to keeping it around. I've got a bunch of stuff I want to do to the car, and some track days in the near future.
It's been about a month since my last update, mostly because I haven't needed to do much to the ZHP. I've been driving it a whole bunch, driving all over Arizona and making a weekend trip to Las...
I'm up to 186k miles now, which means I've put 5000 miles on in a month of owning the car. I guess I really like driving it or something, eh?
Most recently I took it down of my favorite roads, and...
The other day, my friend and I drove out to the Roosevelt Dam, which was a pretty fun drive.
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We then looped back through Globe,...
The steering wheel is super grubby, like that alcantara is beyond saving. There's a few small rips in it too.
And thanks! The smoker smell has been mostly gone since then; it hasn't come back,...
Did a bit of mild off-roading in the ZHP today while looking for fun roads to drive…
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I finally got around to deleting the CDV, I hate those things. They're completely unnecessary if you know how to drive a manual, and they make shifting smoothly quite difficult.
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Yeah, the cheap coilovers have come a long way. Likely due to the fact that modern manufacturing makes it possible to do more complex coilovers while still remaining cheap. We'll see how these hold...
Lots happened to the car over this past week, so I'll try and cover it all in chronological order.
Now that we're entering the monsoon season in Arizona (translation, it's still violently hot, but...
Check your injectors, I’ve seen them crack and leak externally on M54’s in the past.
The other night, my friend and I took the ZHP out to our favorite mountain road for some mild nighttime hooning. Even with the craptastic tires, the car did quite well, with the M54 providing plenty...
Thanks! For sure, the journey to get a car home is one of the best ways to bond with a car, especially if it makes it home without any major issues.
Replaced most of my cooling system earlier today, gotta keep up with the 114º*weather here in Phoenix!
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That's how I end up doing it on a lot of cars unfortunately. Even with a whole bunch of line disconnect tools, the connectors get so crusty that they don't want to let go.
Got to 183k miles today, at this rate I'll be at 200k in no time! (One of my previous cars I got from 267k to 312k in like 1.5 years). The car's been doing great, with the AC keeping up pretty well...
Thanks y'all! Glad to have a ZHP, I've been enjoying the heck out of it.
Earlier today, my friend Dane and I went to the junkyard to grab some parts for our cars. He's got a 330i/5 with the M-Tech...
Bought one the other day, was $5500. Clean title, sedan, 6-speed, slicktop, Silver Gray over black leather, 181k miles, California car its entire life.
Looking over the car at the shop, the first order of business was to figure out the headlights... the yellow looks awful. Thankfully, it actually ended up being a film on the lenses, so some heat +...
I'm back! This time, with an actual ZHP!
Previously, I had owned a 2003 330i/5 sedan in Oxford Green over gray, and then I owned an automatic 2003 330ci coupe in the ever-so-exciting Silver over...
Passed 182k miles today
RIP to a great guy who did a lot for the community. The only silver lining of this is that since all of the R&D has already been done, his sister can keep the manufacturing going for quite a long...
Ah, so that's where that ended up! I saw it posted and emailed the guy immediately, but it sold so fast. Glad you're fixing it up, it looks to be a bit more of a project than the seller let on, haha.
I think it would look nice, and worst comes to worst you’ll just swap a few more bits to black and it’ll be fine. The seats will be an upgrade that you would appreciate every single time you drive...
Oh man, bummer about your brakes. Is it the caliper bracket that got borked? At least that can be replaced with relative ease.
Regarding the temp tag, it's not based on mileage, but on time....
A few weeks back I did the front brakes. The pads and rotors didn't look too bad visually and appeared to have lots of life left in them, but they shook horribly upon braking, especially when they...