Replaced disa valve
Replaced the old upper intake boot with new OEM upper intake boot
Upgraded to Mely's control arms
Installed new inner tire rod
Changed the oil gasket
Oil change
Welded the OEM BMW Performance Exhaust
Replaced disa valve
Replaced the old upper intake boot with new OEM upper intake boot
Upgraded to Mely's control arms
Installed new inner tire rod
Changed the oil gasket
Oil change
Welded the OEM BMW Performance Exhaust
-Daniel
OEM BMW Performance (Missing cams and seats)
LEVEL ONE // Euro Techniks
Auto -> 6 Speed complete
No problem, anytime Adolfo. If I hadn't been yakking so much we probably could have done it in under an hour. The bier is chilling right now, hope to enjoy one a little later.
So after you left, drilled out the stripped out bolt on Preston's AFE CAI cover, broke off a bit in there which stymied progress momentarily, then cut a slot in the bolt head, pounded a regular screwdriver in there tightly and was able to get it out. Followed that up with fixing the rear bumper on my wife's car, someone hit her car today and popped the corner of the bumper out of its retaining clip. Then messed with her positive battery connection under the hood to make that more aesthetically pleasing. Preston arrived home from college and was hell bent about replacing the lower grille on the front, Jon Estrella had given him an extra lower grille and he painted it last time he was home. Learned the hard way that the lower grille for a coupe is different than the sedan one that Jon had given him. A quickie paint job on his original faded lower grille for the coupe and then reinstalled everything. Also, on a coupe the front bumper does have to come out to replace this lower grille, tried David's "push hard" method and got the lower grille free but there was no way to snake it out of there. And the one thing I wanted to get done today, install new ceramic pads on the X5, well the pads are sitting next to me on the counter, there's always tomorrow.
And the main garage door opener decided to crap itself today. I messed with it for almost an hour, baffled and tired so will look at it again tomorrow.
Biggest news today, initiated the process to get us some more ZHPMafia.com stickers. I found one sticker a couple of weeks ago, asked Marcus & Dane if I could reproduce it for the upcoming May reunion. So the plan is to get one of each color (brushed aluminum, black, white, red) for a QA check by Family leadership. Once approved, I'm ordering 100 of each color, so 50 pair of each. It's $50 per 100, so they will be available for $1.00 a pair at the meet. Reunion attendees get first preference, if any stickers remain after the meet then I'll put them up here on the site for others to procure.
Bruce
21 GMC Sierra - mine
16 X5 M-Sport - wife
11 M3 - 1st son
04 Tundra - 2nd son
17 X1 M-Sport - daughter
Former (mo/yr sold):
15 335xi M-Sport (8/18)
11 335is (8/17)
11 X5 AW/blk (11/15)
04 330xi blk/gray (7/15)
06 ZHP SGM/blk (6/15)
08 335xi blue/blk (4/15)
04 ZHPci MB/blk (2/14)
04 ZHPcic IR/Alc (10/13)
01 540iT anthra/blk (7/13)
04 ZHPci TIAG/blk (9/12)
03 540i M-Sport (9/12)
01 325ci (3/12)
02 325iT 5MT (10/11)
05 ZHPci (7/11)
03 330cic (2/11)
00 323ci (10/10)
Yes, bravo on getting all that done!
Reported earlier on guibo and CSB. Forgot to mention the other work.
- Last week, bled the brakes and lubricated Bimmerworld guide pins, which were almost seized with dried up (or missing) grease. Waited too long on that maintenance.
- Put one push pin and 3 screws into rear bumper cover to hold it snug to rear bumper. Been rattling around on left side since before I bought the car, but it moves no more. Had to remove water deflector and parts of rear wheelwell liners to see how it attaches. In the process I finally found the charcoal canister, which was bigger than I expected.
- Glued right mirror cover. Saw ding 2 weeks ago, tried to pop it off and broke the interior clips. Removed glass and glued it down with 3 dabs of hot melt glue. (Now, who dinged my mirror cover?)
- Drilled and filled rim crack with 5-minute epoxy. Costco dismounted tire for free but wouldn't remount because tire starting to cord on inside edge. Today paid another tire shop to mount it backwards so I can wear the other edge.
Now just need 2 new front tires. Considering Bridgestone RE-760 (for the 3rd time), RE-11, Pilot SuperSport, and even Michelin PS all-seasons. Was reading the summer tire thread.
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I have had some good (internet) friends in Belguim and Germany procure some EU only parts/wire harnesses for the X5
I am modifying the OEM BMW x5 trailer hitch so that the receiver points straight down instead of out the back (horizontal with the ground) so that I do not have to cut a 12" x 8" hole in the diffuser/bumper (one piece) and I will be more inclined to go ahead and get a CF diffuser.
this is what BMW wants me to do to the bumper
This is my progress (I got the idea from my BMW/Westfalia E46 M3 hitch system that hides completely behind the bumper and mounts to the "frame" rails instead of the thin body panel that is the spare tire well)
- Stuart
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here is an examply for an SRT8
then insert this into the receiver to bring the receiver out in the proper horizontal position
the end goal is the the hitch system to still be able to handle the class III specs - and haul car trailer with wagon
- Stuart
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Finished detailing the M3 last night. I'll have to take some completed pics today when I wash it to get all the compounding dust out of the edges. Plus, it got nice and dusty on the drive home from my buddy's...
Our Procedure:
-Foam Gun Wash
-Iron-X Wheels
-Clay Bar
-Meg. 105
-Meg. 205
-Wolfgangs Ultimate Sealant 3.0
-Carnuba Wax
I should have some better pics in the sunlight today. I was pretty beat by the time we finished. We started at 4, and finished after 2am!!
Thanks for all the info, Bruce. Seems like work, and I'm nervous about cutting my end of the exhaust, but it would set me up for aftermarket 330 exhausts in the future. Def going to have to talk with Kyle about this.
Thanks Rob. I'm keeping dibs until I make a decision.
Love all the info. Thanks. My father in-law can weld, so this may be a go.
Looks great. Are you going to let me feel your knob too?
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