What did you do for your ZHP/ BMW / MINI today? #2

[Prestovie]

So, just found out that my battery is totally shot
And I only figured that out by attempting to replace the battery in my key, which I brutally mangled rendering it useless, then trying to start the car anyway to no avail.
Also does everyone else have key holes in their doors? Weird question, I know, but for some reason my car doesn't have them. Not sure if previous owner did a delete or what, but it's majorly inconvenient that whenever my battery dies in either my key or my car I have to crawl through the ski portal in the trunk to unlock the doors

[holyc0w]

They must have done the keyhole delete
http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...Y-doityourself

[ELCID86]

^ yep. I think someone sells a cover that snaps over it too. But driver's side should have a hole.


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"ZHP is a garbage option anyway- just some cosmetic upgrades with a different cam and diff to claw back some of the performance lost fitting those hideous and heavy wheels. Any 330 with a 3.46 diff will smoke a ZHP every time. The whole Mafia thing reeks of childish behavior." - anonymous E46 fanatic

[az3579]

^ yep. I think someone sells a cover that snaps over it too. But driver's side should have a hole.


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"ZHP is a garbage option anyway- just some cosmetic upgrades with a different cam and diff to claw back some of the performance lost fitting those hideous and heavy wheels. Any 330 with a 3.46 diff will smoke a ZHP every time. The whole Mafia thing reeks of childish behavior." - anonymous E46 fanatic

Yeah, it's just a cover. You should be able to snap it off and access the hole.

[Prestovie]

Yeah, it's just a cover. You should be able to snap it off and access the hole.

Oh ok cool I'll check it out after school and see if I can

[Prestovie]

Also, bad news guys: I'm an idiot.
So I thought my key battery was dead, so instead of paying the outrageous $200 for it I wanted to test my luck and buy a pack of the batteries for $10. Long story short that failed and I messed up the internals when I was soldering it back together. BUT, it may not have failed, because I just figured out that my car battery is dead. So my key was probably fine, and I just ruined it
Took my battery out this morning and of course, covered in corrosion. And under that corrosion? Rust. There isn't a lot, but it's there... So I had to go into the dealership and swap out the batteries, then got some nitrite gloves from them so I don't kill myself in the process of installing this new battery.
So what could have been a $200 battery fix has turned into a $400 nightmare, but I am glad that the battery died now because it allowed me to find some developing rust, so I gotta clean that out and spray some rust preventer on it, then paint over it

[BMWCurves]

Glad you see the silver lining. Sucks you mangled your key though.

[Prestovie]

Glad you see the silver lining. Sucks you mangled your key though.

Yea just trying to stay positive right now, also now I'll have a new shiny key!

[usinjin]

After getting the rear bumper resprayed my old diffuser was looking pretty tired. Decided to go CF :P
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Thanks for this--so that's what that's called! Decided to poke around before posting asking what to call this part.

Recently I was parked in the street, parallel-parked, stayed in my car for a few minutes--it was raining really hard, and I didn't hear the motorcyclist park his bike /right/ behind my car. Not knowing he was there, I backed up and..crunch. Put a hole in the diffuser. (There wasn't even space for him behind me).

Really digging the CF too

[jwalther]

Winter wheelset and hardtop installed.