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05-30-2013, 06:08 PM
BavarianZHP

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Originally Posted by ELCID86

Handed over the keys to my son who is back from his semester abroad...he loves it... He did say I can stay drive it!

FOTY award goes to you sir! Is he permanently keeping it, or are you taking it back after he heads off to school again? LOL
05-30-2013, 06:33 PM
Tnhl1989

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Originally Posted by ELCID86

Handed over the keys to my son who is back from his semester abroad...he loves it... He did say I can stay drive it! Attachment 8746

Shawn in VA.
Via thumbs and Tapatalk.

Does that mean he is joining us on zhpmafia? Hope he enjoys all the customize work :)
05-30-2013, 09:24 PM
Chad44

Well, it's 1:20 am and I needed a break from studying. So, this is what I'm doing... I would take any maintenance over studying at the moment!

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/31/hava2e7a.jpg

Fixing my headlights per Jupiter's suggestion... I had given up on the headlights last year, moving on to other things- but I'm back now and hopefully it's as easy to remedy as it seems!

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05-31-2013, 02:08 AM
Chad44

Took longer than planned, but I fixed the one e90 bowl I had installed, and them tore down and rebuilt the other headlight... I played with an old bulb to test the bulb depths and how they worked on the light pattern, and found that only about 1/8" of the nibs need to be taken down.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/31/epypaher.jpg

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05-31-2013, 02:36 AM
JupiterBMW

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Originally Posted by Chad44

Took longer than planned, but I fixed the one e90 bowl I had installed, and them tore down and rebuilt the other headlight... I played with an old bulb to test the bulb depths and how they worked on the light pattern, and found that only about 1/8" of the nibs need to be taken down.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/31/epypaher.jpg

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Well done Chad. I'm in the middle of (ok, the beginning) an FX-R retrofit right now. You'll enjoy the new light output for sure...
05-31-2013, 05:12 AM
Stigissimo

Chad - I couldn't help but notice you didn't have a heat shield on the inside panel of your hood, did you take it permanently off?
05-31-2013, 05:17 AM
kayger12

^Same here. Had to cut it for the performance strut brace and then ended up just removing it all together.

My understanding is that it's for sound deadening, not heat.
05-31-2013, 05:20 AM
Stigissimo

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Originally Posted by kayger12

My understanding is that it's for sound deadening, not heat.

Then by golly it's coming STRAIGHT OUT of my car.
05-31-2013, 05:53 AM
ELCID86

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Originally Posted by BavarianZHP

FOTY award goes to you sir! Is he permanently keeping it, or are you taking it back after he heads off to school again? LOL

Thanks. I'd planned for it to be his car all along--though I have gotten quite attached to it. We sold his '02 33oCi shortly after he left for Europe as he wanted a sedan. He will be driving it to SC when he heads back to school in the Fall.
I'm trying to talk my VP of Finance (read wife) into letting me pick up another ZHP for me and my 18YO to share--marketing campaign continues.

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Originally Posted by Tnhl1989

Does that mean he is joining us on zhpmafia? Hope he enjoys all the customize work :)

Tony, I hope to get him to join the mafia, but he is not a big forum person--marketing campaign continues. Maybe I need to hire a consultant!

I will continue here and force him to be part of the mods and maintenance going forwards. We have headlight leveling and Aux jack on the short list. I"m sure he'll have more like tint, etc.
05-31-2013, 06:05 AM
danewilson77

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Originally Posted by kayger12

^Same here. Had to cut it for the performance strut brace and then ended up just removing it all together.

My understanding is that it's for sound deadening, not heat.

I can confirm this. I've had mine out for 60k miles (at least) and no issues.

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