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Well, he's not on the Mafia much it seems, so I'll post for him... Yesterday Devlin and I completed brake upgrades to his car. Did damn near everything... I'll let him post details and pics. :D
Also, we took out the ///M vehicles so that I could get some nice pics of both of them, NOT in my driveway. Pics coming soon. :thumbsup
Threw a nice-ish steering wheel cover on until I can send this one to Coby and got my new dash cam set up.
More updates... (Joop has been busy these past few days!)
I've really been trying to get the X5 cleaned up before I go back out to sea again. I haven't detailed it at all since we bought it back in September, so I'm slowly doing a lot of things. Yesterday I vacuumed the interior and put the floor mats through the wash (worked really well!!). Then I used interior protectant and wiped down all of the doors, center console, dash, etc. I was surprised that the stuff really helped to polish up the piano black trim. After that, I taped off and polished the headlights as they had some light scratches and haze. Not perfect, but pretty damn close without wet sanding.
Today I plan to start on the paint, clay bar, polish, and then wax... Its going to be a long day...
Oh, and my OBD scanner showed up, scanned for codes, found P0456 again. So, emailed my parts guy and asked him to get me a new gas cap. Picking that, and black grills up for the M3 tomorrow. :thumbsup
Driving back to the office from lunch, my car started running roughly and the SES light came on. Drove straight to my indy, who diagnosed a cylinder 3 misfire. He was absolutely swamped yesterday, and asked whether I could leave the car. I assumed he was going to need a couple of days to get to it, and said sure I could leave it with him. His response? "Probably an ignition coil, I can get that done by the end of the day." Sure enough, I picked up the car at closing time, had a nice visit with the owner and a few of the techs, and drove home. I count myself a lucky guy to have a mechanic I trust, and one who understands good customer service.
Removed strut bar, looked up how much I paid for it. Wow!
Will be contacting interested parties in the order in which they sounded off next week, maybe the week after. I've got so much going on, taking GRE soon, studying for that, trying to sell the ZHP, trying to buy an i3, crazy. I still need to detail the ZHP before delivery too.
Installed a bmw performance ssk
How does it feel , was it easy install
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Originally Posted by Vas
Thumbs, iPhone, Tapatalk.
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Originally Posted by rguti153
Yeah DIY. Took about 30-45 minutes taking my time. Install is simple and straight-forward. Just need a magnet to hold the clip that secures the shifter to the rod at the bottom. Did not get a chance to drive the car yet though. But the biggest difference is shifting from 3rd gear to 4th gear. Much shorter.Quote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
Part way through my detail of the X5. After some initial work and closer inspection, the paint is in great need of the clay bar. So, I'll clay it. But after clay, it seems really good, so I'll go straight to a final wax. I've got the roof done so far, have to take my time though as I'm pretty sore from the gym this morning. It'll take me a couple days to do it all I'm sure... Its so nice having two cars again. :biggrin