Nice meeting you all by the way, this is a great forum.
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Those are great captures.
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Call Me Dane l 2/2004 330i ZHP l 18x8 ET45 BBS CK's wrapped with Michelin Pilot Sport AS3+ @ 245-40-18 l KW V1 Coilovers in front l KW V1 springs w/ Bilstein B8 dampeners in rear l BMW Performance Rotors l UUC StrutBarbarian l Racing Dynamics Rear Strut Bar l Jim Conforti Shark Injector l Light Birch Interior Trim l Bimmian Celly Mount l M3 Trunk Mat l l e90 Performance E-Brake & Shift Knob l M3 Tri-Stitched Boots l AL Headlight Retrofit with ZKW Lenses l CobyWheel Wrap w/M3 Stitching l LCM sw 4.5 triple blink and rear fogs l Maple Interior Trim
Have a lot of things I want to do to this car!
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Great looking car!
Picked up a pair of 135i calipers for 140 bucks! Shout out to @704sw for the tips.
Bought off of a wrecked 135i off of eBay, mileage is unknown but they look good!
Then I noticed one of the pad guide pins was stripped really badly.
Fortunately I was able to get it out after some improvising and a couple hours of sweat. I guess the treads inside the caliper were damaged from a rock or something so what I ended up doing is pulling messed up threads through the whole caliper. Other pins thread nice half way through but then it gets tight, I’m able to tighten it down good and get it back out easily so I may tap it with the exact same bolt size, but otherwise I think it will be just fine!
Now I need to decide if I want 135i caliper rears or Porsche 996 rears 🤨
Last edited by Damon Bukouras; 09-11-2018 at 09:50 PM.
Great price!
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2006 Coupe | Black Sapphire Metallic | Natural Brown | Gruppe M Intake | Corsa TSE3 | Michelin PSS on Apex ARC-8 | Koni Yellows |
Hey Damon, you can get a replacement hardware set for under $15 from Dorman.
You can also do what I do, and that’s to just remove the caliper altogether (and leave the guide screws in-place) when you need to change pads. Obviously you’ll need to compress the pistons to fit it back over the rotor, but it’s not that bad. My hardware wasn’t in great shape either, and frankly I just don’t have the best luck with Torx fasteners.
Did you order the brackets from RebootEngineering yet? The guy was really easy to work with, and I had the brackets in-hand no more than 4 days after I ordered them.
Also be careful with the bleeder screws. I haven’t been able to find a part number for them yet (I admit I’ve not called Brembo yet), and nobody on the 1er forums seems to know the thread pattern.
Emma - 2005 BMW 330ci ZHP 6MT Estorilblau Individual
Sportline 8s 18x8.5F - 18x9.5R | APEX ARC-8 18x8.5 Square | aFe Intake | 135i Brembo F/R Calipers | 26mm Front/20mm Rear Sway Bars | Z4 Mirror
M3 Dead Pedal | Lexus ES300 Yellow Fog Light Retrofit | Koni Yellows/H&R Springs | Llumar CTX 40% | Coby Tri-Stitch Wheel & Boots
Awaiting Install: M3 Wing Mirrors
I did not order the brackets yet, I will soon though. I will also be replacing all of the hardware, I guess I won’t be replacing bleeder screws but they look good. I may replace the rubber caps but they are only a couple bucks. I will also be replacing the pistons and seals. Do I go OEM?
Nice find!
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Randeaux/Rando/John/jr - '06 Cic ZHP; Southern California
"ZHP or not, I still like you"
ZHP Performance Package, Cold Weather Package, Leather, Jet Black/Black/BlackCube, NAV, Anthracite Black "my individual" interior trim
ESS Stage 1 Twin Screw Supercharger, Sprint Booster, BMW Perf Intake, Magnaflow Exhaust, Dinan TB & STEP S/W, UCC Sway Bars, Apex EC-7 18x8.5 ET38
Suspension: AST 44100 dampers, Bimmerworld front adjustable end links, Swift springs (8K front, 10K rear), Vorshlag camber plates
Dynavin D99+, Hardwire V1 (w/V1 Connection), BSW Stage 1 Speakers, Kicker Amp/Subwoofer
BMW Performance Strut Brace, Orion V2 Angel Eyes, No-holes License Plate, SMG Paddle Shift Mod, Besian VANOS, Gold DISA, Fan Delete, M3 Side Mirrors
Note: Actual car no longer resembles signature picture