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[bimrologist]

Welcome!

What do you do in your spare time?

Just Kidding! Great intro.

lol, whats this spare time you speak of? How do you like your coby wheel?? That's on the want list, as my factory wheel currently exhibits the worn/peeling/slick characteristic..

[3ZHPGUY]

lol, whats this spare time you speak of? How do you like your coby wheel?? That's on the want list, as my factory wheel currently exhibits the worn/peeling/slick characteristic..

I like it, can't go wrong for the money. I've had my ZHP since about 26K and only see very slight differences from the original OEM when I got it.


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[Lorenzo]

Congratulations on your awesome ZHP! I recently did Coby wheel and love it. Highly recommend.

[Jconlin16]

Glad to see this ZHP go into the right hands!

Welcome to the forum.

[johnrando]

Welcome. Congrats and nice werk.

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[bimrologist]

Update time, took a year of searching and finally finding the common sense to make a WTB ad... Got the Performance air box from my local dealers [I]super[I] outdated display stand. Picked up the strut brace from a fellow mafia member. The brakes were a bit of a cluster but they turned out better than I expected. Purchased the set of calipers from a guy on eBay who did a disgusting paint job. Stripped them and sent them off to Tirado Custom Coatings in San Antonio. While they were being coated I ordered all new Stop Tech pistons and seal kits, EBC red stuff pads, a set of M3 blank rotors and custom length HEL stainless brake lines. Install was pretty straight forward, but bleeding was a nightmare! Im happy with the setup though, I read a lot of reviews from DIY's on the install stating that the Performance brake upgrade wasn't really that beneficial. Not sure if that's accurate or not based on brake pad - rotor surface area comparison or master cylinder bore size, etc. Regardless, this thing stops a lot quicker than it used to, plain and simple!

[Vas]

What was needed to install those bmw performance brakes on the rear?

[bimrologist]

The emergency brake dust shield needs to be replaced with an M3 shield for rotor clearance, unless you want to mangle the factory shield. Also, the dust shield pokes out slightly around the inner most part and contacts the inside rotor face. I ground down a lot of the shield and didn't have any grinding issues after that. The rear rotors are E46 M3 zimmerman blanks. I custom ordered a set of HEL Performance stainless brake lines 22" in length. I ordered the male end with a 90 degree swivel connector M10x1.00 and a straight fixed female connector M10x1.00. Everything bolts on like factory otherwise.

[Vas]

The emergency brake dust shield needs to be replaced with an M3 shield for rotor clearance, unless you want to mangle the factory shield. Also, the dust shield pokes out slightly around the inner most part and contacts the inside rotor face. I ground down a lot of the shield and didn't have any grinding issues after that. The rear rotors are E46 M3 zimmerman blanks. I custom ordered a set of HEL Performance stainless brake lines 22" in length. I ordered the male end with a 90 degree swivel connector M10x1.00 and a straight fixed female connector M10x1.00. Everything bolts on like factory otherwise.

Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation.

Are the custom brake lines expensive? 22" is the length of each line I assume
?

Also does the rear hub need to be removed to pull the brake dust shields off?

[bimrologist]

I paid $236 for all 4, the fronts I had made 19" long with a straight swivel and then the rears 22" with the 90 deg swivel. I tried to find brake lines that were less expensive but no one discloses their length. I didn't remove the hub, just cut out the caliper side of the shield and slide it over. Yeah, 2x - 19" lines for the fronts and 2x - 22" lines for the rears.