Hello From South Florida

[jreyes19]

Well I am a member at Bimmerforums and E46fanatics
and was invited here, and the atmosphere here seems great, completely different from everyone else :)

My name is Josh I live in West Palm Beach
my car is
2004 BMW 325i (not a 330i zhp :( )
83k current miles
Japnrot color code

here are some recent pictures of my ride, Please leave me any feedback or suggestions

current mods include

all clear lights
LED tails
black out kidney grills
Euro plate and bracket
red/black CF emblems (not in pictures)
angel eyes (have them wired to corners but I am going to re-wire to ecu and have
them fade in and out when lock and unlock car)
Infinity Basslink 10" sub in trunk

idk what % tint i have. they were on the car when i bought it

Miro 111 (with custom Red Time attack ring)
19x8.5 et 35 front wrapped in Nexen radial N3000s 235/35/19
19x9.5 et 33 rear wrapped in Nexen radial N3000s 245/35/19

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc385/jreyes19/rims/SAM_0254.jpg
http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc385/jreyes19/rims/SAM_0252.jpg
http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc385/jreyes19/rims/SAM_0242.jpg
http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc385/jreyes19/rims/SAM_0245.jpg
http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc385/jreyes19/rims/SAM_0242.jpg
http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc385/jreyes19/rims/SAM_0247.jpg



sorry if I missed anything

Thank you Dane for inviting me to join here
and Marcus for encouraging me to post my introduction thread :)

let me know what you guys think
I know its not everyones favorite color combo (black and red, blacck rims) LOL
the car is my DD and commuter school (boca raton, 1 hour away)
and waiting to fix my drive way entrance to drop the car in the future

havent had any problems did all maintenance, minus the cooling and vanos overhaul
will be doing vanos hopefully soon and going to save for cooling system

[danewilson77]

Welcome. Great looking ride! Drawp's gonna be perfect.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Josh, glad Dane invited you. And I'm glad that I could twist your arm into posting an introduction thread. :biggrin

This place is completely different (as you mentioned). Without the drama, we can concentrate on our cars and each other. We don't have to worry about the other crap.

Welcome!

[billschusteriv]

:hi Welcome Josh! Glad to have you.

Just my 0.02: If you can DIY and unless you've notice something that is typical of VANOS issues, I'd recommend going for cooling system overhaul kit first. Previous owner of my car did not, ran the car with cracked expansion tank, and I ended up having to replace the engine after purchase.

Oh. I like the color combo. :thumbsup

[jreyes19]

Thank you dane and marcus you guys are awesome :)

thank you bill, i was looking at the level 1 ecstuning cooling kit, would that be good enough? ( i almost have enough selling somestuff to earn money :( )
also i have an annoying acceleration stutter in 3rd and 4th gear around 2800 rpm :(, i figured the stutter was caused by the vanos
although i know the vanos is not detrimental (i think) it just annoys me :( lol

but i see what your saying about the cooling system first, how did you know your expansion tank was cracked
did you engine start to overheat?

[mimalmo]

Welcome

[imola red zhp]

Welcome and you 're right atmosphere here is great, like no other. Great site Marcus

[Marcus-SanDiego]

We keep it real on this site. If you want drama and lameness, there are plenty of other forums out there for that. If you want professional, informative, and friendly, you've found the spot!

[jreyes19]

I am glad to hear it :) finally someone figured out what we have all been looking for lol
Thank you also for all of your welcomes
I am reading through the stickies, and I especially like the Mafia Family Rules thread :)

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Josh, if you know of others who would fit in here, be sure to invite them.

[danewilson77]

Josh, if you know of others who would fit in here, be sure to invite them.

Yup....reppin the site is always authorized.

[johnrando]

Welcome. Like the unique combo you are running there.

[static667]

Welcome to the Mafia! Your mods so far are awesome. Like Dane said, a little drawp will set it perfect.

[jreyes19]

Thank you guys :)
will be reppin as much as possible
my mac has been MIA getting its fan replaced so i havent been able to log on this weekend

but i did get a small amount of time to rewire my angel eyes to fade in and out as i lock and unlock
looking to possibly buy a zhpmafia sticker from you guys :)

looking forward to help and be helped here

[gr330zhp]

Welcome! Car looks great!

[webster]

beautiful ride, love the angel eyes fade feature you did.

[johnrando]

Maybe post a video of your Angel Eye fade? What did you do to install that?

[jreyes19]

Maybe post a video of your Angel Eye fade? What did you do to install that?

will do i will show what actually occurs and i will probably couple it with my sub video and pics so i dont take up too much thread spacing or bandwith

so look out for the videos, also where would they go?
general zhp forum
or DIY forum

[johnrando]

Thanks. My suggestion is DIY if you include directions on how to do it. There is also a lighting forum if you just want to post it, without DIY instructions. Or, simply feel free to post in this thread. There is a thread with directions on how to post videos that Marcus made.

[mimalmo]

Fade in & out on AE's is standard on most brands. Just have to tap into footwell lighting. Takes about 5 minutes.

[jreyes19]

Fade in & out on AE's is standard on most brands. Just have to tap into footwell lighting. Takes about 5 minutes.

correct most AE brands include a second trigger wire that feeds into glove box :)

i will post how i did it anyways along with a video on what the effect looks like lol
just in case anyone wants to do the same

[danewilson77]

correct most AE brands include a second trigger wire that feeds into glove box :)

i will post how i did it anyways along with a video on what the effect looks like lol
just in case anyone wants to do the same

In for DIY.

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