William's 330Ci ZHP Maintenance and Project Thread

Here's the link to the underhood light. It gets 4.5 stars on Amazon. https://atdtools.com/80050

The light socket adapter is nothing special.... like $1.99 at Walmart

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Originally Posted by BMWCurves

Quick update:

1. after driving the car for about 40 miles, the car still has improved low-end torque. It's not huge, but enough to be noticeable, especially when starting from a stop. I don't have to put as much throttle input to get the car moving.

2. I was also about half a quart low on oil. I topped it off, we'll see how my oil consumption goes in the next few weeks. I also need to change the oil soon.

3. Has anyone replaced their wiper blades through FCP Euro's lifetime warranty? If so, did you just buy a replacement and then mail back the old ones once you had the new ones on hand?



These were the ones I was looking at a while ago: https://www.costco.com/4%E2%80%99-Li...100284402.html

Are they the ones you have?



Will do. I have a small one that is serviceable, but I've been thinking about getting a larger bar as well as one of those sitting work lamps like this: https://www.costco.com/Winplus-LED-F...100375504.html



Do you have a brand/model for the hood light bar and/or a link to where I could buy it? Definitely interested.

Those light bulb socket adapters also sound interesting, I had always wondered if those were a thing but never took enough effort to actually look into it.

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Whoa. I️ like that. I️ have this portable flood light on a stand that is like a torch when it heats up! :-( this is now on my list... I️ replaced the two small lights in my double garage with two two-bulb fluorescent lights. They are better, but I’d like more light. I️ too envy the Dane light!

Oh, and nice job on the Vanos William. Glad you got it done and can feel some difference. It should get even better.
(Do we need (have) a lighting thread?!)

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Here's the link to the underhood light. It gets 4.5 stars on Amazon. https://atdtools.com/80050

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Oof, $140 for the ATD-80357. I’ll stick with my one Lowes until it dies lol. My wishlist is getting rather lengthy.

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Here's the link to the underhood light. It gets 4.5 stars on Amazon. https://atdtools.com/80050

The light socket adapter is nothing special.... like $1.99 at Walmart

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....LL._SX355_.jpg

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Oof, $140 for the ATD-80357. I’ll stick with my one Lowes until it dies lol. My wishlist is getting rather lengthy.

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Thanks, mate! The hood light does give me a bit of sticker shock, but would probably be worth it in the end.

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Whoa. I️ like that. I️ have this portable flood light on a stand that is like a torch when it heats up! :-( this is now on my list... I️ replaced the two small lights in my double garage with two two-bulb fluorescent lights. They are better, but I’d like more light. I️ too envy the Dane light!

Oh, and nice job on the Vanos William. Glad you got it done and can feel some difference. It should get even better.
(Do we need (have) a lighting thread?!)

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Lighting is a necessary upgrade in my folks' garage. It's a bit of a struggle in there, especially with black walls.

And yeah, I'm interested to see how the car feels after the VANOS seals break in period.

Black walls, and a single bulb from the opener? Dude how do you get anything done?

Great werk n write up

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Black walls, and a single bulb from the opener? Dude how do you get anything done?

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Many many flashlights. And a disco ball.

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Originally Posted by BMWCurves

Many many flashlights. And a disco ball.

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Excellent update and great work going on in here.

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Oof, $140 for the ATD-80357. I’ll stick with my one Lowes until it dies lol. My wishlist is getting rather lengthy.

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That's the LED version. The Fluorescent version is under $100