Yup. 90 day shakedown. Put 10k on it since I bought it August. A tick over 95k on the ODO and doing a little winter prep and PM.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoVAphotog
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Yup. 90 day shakedown. Put 10k on it since I bought it August. A tick over 95k on the ODO and doing a little winter prep and PM.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoVAphotog
I'm driving the Mini Cooper today. It has the Harmon Kardon system. To me it sounds better than the HK on the ZHP. I don't know if it's the design or reduced cabin space or ???
Both cars are the same year (2005) with similar miles (140,000) if that helps any to explain the difference.
Hi everyone, been MIA for a while, so here's a summary of what's been going on with my cars.
- Put new Ground Control (centered) FCABs on my E36 M3. But wait, that's not how it started... I first put some other brand of all-poly FCABs in but one popped out at a track day. Maybe I installed them backwards, but IMHO they have a poor design. Some nice racers loaned me a set of Ground Control E36 offset FCABs so I could finish my track weekend (with some extra caster). Then I bought and installed the GC E36 centered FCABs, which feel good. Sad part is there was nothing wrong with my stock FCABs--I could have left them on there for the track weekend.
- Replaced left (passenger) fuel level sender on E36. Old one cracked on top and started leaking gas when tank was full
- Just registered ZHP as a salvage title, again, after driving it (or parking it) unregistered since April. This is all because of the track crash in July 2014. Since insurance company totaled it, DMV requires a new salvage title even though it was already a salvage title. Anyway, finally figured out out how to get a new salvage title and got new plates today. No more sneaking around in fear of the highway patrol giving me an expired tag ticket!
- Polished side mirror glass on E36 with Griot's Garage fine glass polish, Griot's glass polishing pads, and 3" backing pad on a drill. Was able to remove stubborn hard water spots. Next up is taking the Griot's random orbital and 6" pads to windshield of the old Saturn which has many hard water spots from the sprinklers.
- Polished E36 plastic headlight lenses with mix of Harbor Freight $10 drill-based restoration kit and RainX hand polishing kit (which includes plastic sealer). Lenses now much better, no longer planning to buy Depo E36 replacement headlights on eBay. Next up is polishing inside of the pitted E46 headlight lens.
- Replaced ball joints in E36 front control arms using hydraulic press at rental lift garage. Was very educational but ultimately not worth the time vs. buying new control arms. New would have been $202 each side vs. $39 each side for new control arm ball joints, plus garage rental time to press the ball joints.
- Unplugged heater valve on E36 because it was repeatedly blowing a 5A fuse, same fuse that also powers OBC/clock, EWS, and HVAC controls. So without this fuse, car won't start and heater and A/C won't run. With valve unplugged, it circulates hot water to the heater core all the time, so once car warms up, my toes are toasty. Have a used E36 heater valve coming from eBay.
Not today but back on Saturday, bought and installed a spare tire kit in the new F15, thanks Tischer BMW. Also found a set of F15 take-offs on the F15 forum, 18" style 446s with all-season RFT tires, taken off the x5 at 1700 miles when he upgraded so essentially new. For only $750 got the wheels, tires, TPMS, & center caps, we'll run these for the winter months and save the 20" Summer wheels/tires.
Nice! Let's see pics soon. External tire (like a real 4x4!)?Quote:
Originally Posted by BCS_ZHP
Thumbs, iPhone, TaT.
You always were the bargain master. I do wonder which wheels these are. I didn't realize that the standard X5 wheels were only 18"... I thought they were all 19's or higher. :dunnoQuote:
Originally Posted by BCS_ZHP
Standard is 18", M-Sport is 19" standard or 20" optional.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
Long time John. Good to see you back.
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New trunk latch, one of the license plate bulbs was out due to massive amounts of corrosion. Tried to get the glue to release on the factory handle cover by baking it for a bit, didn't work. This will have to get painted, seriously considering getting the A pillar rust taken care of at the same time.
I have the same issue for my passenger side license plate light holder. Just curious - did you try to remove the rust either manually or via a dremel tool?Quote:
Originally Posted by squashman702