Wow John, it looks amazing! Very nicely done. It is very thick but it looks good and I'm sure you'll get used to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Can't wait to meet up with you guys and check out the new mods.
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Wow John, it looks amazing! Very nicely done. It is very thick but it looks good and I'm sure you'll get used to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Can't wait to meet up with you guys and check out the new mods.
Thanks Jon. Hope the timing works out.
I REALLY like mine. I hope you end up liking yours just as much!
John,
Just went through your project thread....very nicely done my friend!!!
:chuck
Where did you get your wheel wrapped?
Coby I am assuming??
No, this was a leather re-wrap. I got an SMG wheel for the paddle shift mod, so I had it re-wrapped at dctms.com (turns out they send it to Taiwan). I sold my OEM steering wheel to Charlie. As far as I know, Coby only does alcantera. William, I'm getting used to it. Thanks for the compliments Charlie.
The new wheel looks great. The extra thick reminds me of the newer BMW wheels, and I love how they feel!
Thanks Ryan, Sean.
New tri-stitch shift boot and e-brake boot to go with tri-stitch wheel. New center c/f piece.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps84aa90ad.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...psf98411a9.jpg
literally LOL'd Dane, thanks! :)
Agreed, very drool worthy!
Looks fabulous JR!
Thanks Ryan. I now need to R&R that center piece with the shift indicator.
I wonder what it would look like if we just wet sanded it to a satin finish?Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Guess that's worth a shot, cuz if it doesn't work then we could go the plasti-dip route as someone recommended.
Should have gotten this one to play with:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E46-Trim...p2047675.l2557
Yup, nice find. I'll try to keep my eyes open for one.
car is lookin good John...
I love your new fat steering wheel, they are great for long drives, believe me...
Thanks Jay Jay!
Update: My first ever brake job, all the way around, all by myself (pretty happy about that). Thanks to William for moral support and tech advice. Upgraded to BMW Performance Rotors, Hawk Brake Pads front, OEM Brake Pads rear, painted the calipers, new brake pad sensors. Originally went with StopTech stainless steel brake lines in the front, but decided to go back to OEM. Not great lighting with my poor cell phone pics... but I'm really happy with the way they turned out, and the pics don't do it justice as far as how nice these rotors look.
EDIT: I did have to take the car to an Indy to do the ABS brake bleed, as you need a computer to do that.
Initial Jack Up
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5dfc970c.jpg
Calipers Removed, old rotors.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps341b21fb.jpg
New Rotors
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1dd1da94.jpg
With the painted Caliper brackets
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...psaa439e4d.jpg
Close-up
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6a13e61d.jpg
Overview
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps53f9a660.jpg
Good job JR, i hope to be able to do the same someday, i have never done my brakes by myself...
Just to share this with others, a friend of mine gave me a link to good looking rotors, im considering them for my next set...
http://brakeperformance.com/brake-ro...ake-Rotors.php
Wow...looks great Randoooooo
Looks good. Really like those Performance Rotors. Why did you go back to the OEM lines?
Good jod :thumbsup
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Great thread, enjoyed checking it out from start to current. Love the new wheel and the tri-stitch theme upgrade with the steering wheel and boots. If my steering wheel ever gets torn, I'll probably switch too, looks very nice.
Looks great John! Why did you decide to go back to OEM lines?
They aren't particularly hard as long as your retaining bolts are not rusted to the rotor. Ask me how I know... :shifty Feel free to send me a message if/when you decide to do them.Quote:
Originally Posted by jayjay_dee
Looks like you took the whole caliper off for the job. Any reason? Looks good, nice components.
I believe he painted the caliper mounting bracketsQuote:
Originally Posted by bcleaver
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Rotors look great.
I just went through the whole thread. Just wow. So you are the Charlie of the West Coast. Good thing I don't have a automatic car. Love everything you did to the car though :)
Rick Hoffman playing tennis.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo...vnyzo1_500.jpg
Lol Tony. Thanks Tony, Bill, Dane, Cam, BCleave, Marcus, John, William, Jay Jay.
"The Charlie of the West...". :rofl. Charlie is out of my league, but I do have my share of personal touches on Ness. More to come shortly. :)
I took off the calipers to paint them, they were getting a little rusty/shoddy. I figured since I was doing all that, I might as well take them off. I just used High Temp Engine/Header spray paint. The silver color looks a little more blue-ish than I thought but I don't mind, I kinda like it. I took off the steel lines after my Indy (who bled the (ABS) brakes for me) complained about the perils of steel braided lines and the potential for leaks if they get tweaked. It really didn't matter either way for me so I went back to OEM.
Update:
1 - added BMW OEM c/f splitters (I still need to shore up that "seam" gap).
2 - swapped replica rear diffuser with BMW OEM c/f diffuser
3 - added trunk "lip" spoiler. I had an OEM one wrapped in c/f and had it waiting around until I got my splitters on. Verts didn't come with them so I know some people won't like it, but I do.
4 - when I badged with "ZHP", I de-badged the "330". I like the "330", so I now re-badged with a more subtle black on black "330". I kinda like it as I get used to it, but if it's not your thing, that's OK.... curious what others think just for the heck of it. (You won't hurt my feelings either way).
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...psca89e532.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps04dba139.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...psc1af2f08.jpg
Spoiler
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...psca22536c.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps62ba86c8.jpg
Spoiler and re-badge (and diffuser)
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...psa5df7dc8.jpg
Nice mods.
I really like the "tone on tone" 330 badge. I've been kicking back and forth as I've dechromified my car whether to swap out my 330Ci badge for black. But hey, what about "imola on imola" That'd be more HP than a supercharger kit, right there.
John I like the mods. You did the spoiler right with glossy CF wrap and I like the look of the vert with spoiler. The CF accents are done right in my eyes - subtle and look OEM.
As for the badge...I really like the black 330i that you have but don't like the chrome ZHP on the left hand side. It doesn't give me the same clean OEM feel. Awesome work overall!
Looks awesome man. The splitters, are those the group buy ones or your other ones?
Thanks for the comments Jeff, Sean, John. Those were actually not the group buy ones. I had the GB ones but sold them. Frankly, they look exactly the same except for a hole in the bottom of the BMW ones.
That was what I thought after seeing, thanks for the confirmation sir.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
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Originally Posted by johnrando