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

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Originally Posted by webster

yesterday i came out to my car parked in a public garage and there was a ~3 foot scratch along the driver side body panel right above the rear wheel. this thing is nasty looking. someone def. keyed my car. i worked at it for 2.5 hours with the Quixx Scratch Removal kit, and while it looks better, it's still blatantly noticeable. i'm pretty pissed about it.

the only upside is that the Quixx kit got rid of the black scuff marks from when some douchebag knocked my side mirror off and it scraped against the door panel. so, some scuffs removed, while another gnarly one was added.

it's frustrating when you work SO HARD to take care of one of your few nice possessions and people either go out of their way or just don't give a fuck enough to mess with your shit. F people.

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WOW, unbelievable that people still do that BS.

Here's to hoping the ins co will help ya out.

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Originally Posted by johnrando

That's just William and my friendly jawing back n forth with Joop. You know, old (er, vintage), boring AW car vs. Dashing Black Verts, etc. :)

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Sometimes things just aren't black and white. That's why there's Imola. :biggrin

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Originally Posted by az3579

Sometimes things just aren't black and white. That's why there's Imola. :biggrin

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LOL, good one! Now, if you could just get rid of that extra roof thingy. :)

Hardwired my radar detector. Proved to be a bit more difficult because I didn't get power through the sunroof wire (because I have no sunroof), most likely because there is no fuse...or whatever.

Did an Add-A-Circuit and plugged it into the fuse box, wired up through the A Pillar and we are all good now.





As well,


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installed a BMW Performance SSK as well on the E82. Absolutely in love with it, feels just like my E86 now

Also did some hardwiring . . . got my charge-and-play iPod 30-pin dock connector cable neatly tucked away behind & into the glovebox & tapped to the glovebox flashlight's switched +12 V. No more extraneous cabling in my cabin!

Ordered the $569.04 windshield, trim, cowl and misc cowl piece's at the dealership, set up an appointment to have it installed on the 21st! Not looking forward to $75/hour and various quotes of time from various service people, anywhere from 3 to 5 hours. Ridiculous, but if they break it, its their problem, if it whistles, its their problem, etc, etc, etc...

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Originally Posted by Imola.ZHP

Ordered the $569.04 windshield, trim, cowl and misc cowl piece's at the dealership, set up an appointment to have it installed on the 21st! Not looking forward to $75/hour and various quotes of time from various service people, anywhere from 3 to 5 hours. Ridiculous, but if they break it, its their problem, if it whistles, its their problem, etc, etc, etc...

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Geebus that's a lot of coin! Are you just replacing yours or are you making efforts to install one with the rain/light sensor? I still want to do this and eventually incorporate auto lights/wipers into my car. But at that price, who knows, might not happen...

Also, as of last night I had gotten my final coat of wax on the car. I had to remove it by hand though as I burned up my orbital... Car still looks pretty good though. Today I have to finish cleaning the wheels, put them back on, and then start on the interior. Also still have to do a full Rain-X treatment on the glass. So much to do, so little time!

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Originally Posted by Imola.ZHP

Ordered the $569.04 windshield, trim, cowl and misc cowl piece's at the dealership, set up an appointment to have it installed on the 21st! Not looking forward to $75/hour and various quotes of time from various service people, anywhere from 3 to 5 hours. Ridiculous, but if they break it, its their problem, if it whistles, its their problem, etc, etc, etc...

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Interesting that it cost that much for the glass. I believe I was quoted around 400 or so for the glass itself not the other pieces as well. Again different dealers quote different prices and if you are a repeated customer they would charge a different amount as well. Hopefully in the next few years we shall see if BMW can change their dealership experience to a better one. :)

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Originally Posted by JupiterBMW

Geebus that's a lot of coin! Are you just replacing yours or are you making efforts to install one with the rain/light sensor? I still want to do this and eventually incorporate auto lights/wipers into my car. But at that price, who knows, might not happen...

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I considered "upgrading" to the auto stuff for about 3.5 seconds, looks like a mess IMO. I've never had that stuff and I've owned the car for nearly 7 years; so I'm passing on that. I'd rather allocate those funds to other issues with the car that need addressing.

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Originally Posted by Tnhl1989

Interesting that it cost that much for the glass. I believe I was quoted around 400 or so for the glass itself not the other pieces as well. Again different dealers quote different prices and if you are a repeated customer they would charge a different amount as well. Hopefully in the next few years we shall see if BMW can change their dealership experience to a better one. :)

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I don't have the receipt in front of me, but I believe the glass was $410, the other stuff is the trim, cowl, cowl bits and tax.