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

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Originally Posted by Vas

Jay how dark is your tint ?

Car looks great.

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I believe my car has 20% rear and fronts have 50%

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Originally Posted by zhpnsnv

Wow I bet that was a nice kick in the pants with all of that work done. Good stuff! For some reason your MPG sounds really low from what I remember of my ZHP. You must drive balls to the wall!

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Thanks. Actually 16 is not all that low for an auto/vert/city driving. And yes, I do have a lead foot but I try not to use it all the time. Regardless, yup, it's def a nice kick in the pants for a n.a. E46 w/o headers.

My MPG gauge reads 21.5 but I definitely think its more like 19. Verts are just bad for gas.

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Originally Posted by johnrando

After all the work over this weekend, I have to give my driving impressions and a pic of the c/f fog surrounds. So, I was at 16.5 mpg before the mods. Clearly the computer is adjusting as I'm at 10.5 mpg (actually went up to 11 today). But, who cares. When I drove off this morning I thought the Sprint Booster was on red, but it was only on green! The car has so much more pick up already, and it definitely pulls even harder at higher revs. It's WAY more quiet with the fan delete (I still don't full get how it's such a difference), and all in all, this thing is sweet! Can't wait for the VANOS to break in fully. Very happy so far. I'll post this exact info in my project thread too.

c/f fog light surrounds (thanks to William) to compliment the c/f splitter.

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...psa2213433.jpg

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Love it! Car looks awesome!

May I ask where u got the CF splitters and surrounds? Thanks!

Thanks. Bought used from various people off the web.

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Originally Posted by Yass_ZHP

Love it! Car looks awesome!

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+1

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Thanks. I used a wax for black cars and it really made a difference.

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Originally Posted by johnrando

Thanks. I used a wax for black cars and it really made a difference.

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Rando, what wax is that? I'm looking for the right wax for my jet black sedan.

Frankly I hadn't waxed my car in a long time, so any wax would have been an improvement. With black I do as little as I can so I can avoid swirls. It's called Black Ice by Surf City Garage. It went on easy, looks good, and best of all does not leave that white wax residue when you're done. Gary and I saw it at Pep Boys and tried it on a whim.

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8726c775.jpg

Nice. I will see if we have it over on this coast, and give it a try!