Ordered my strut brace today and was getting the DIY research out of the way.
Found this installation .pdf and figured I'd post it up.
Pics will be added after the install.
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Ordered my strut brace today and was getting the DIY research out of the way.
Found this installation .pdf and figured I'd post it up.
Pics will be added after the install.
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Good deal. Install should be a breeze....
Pics when done! I want to see how the bonnet insulation cut goes.
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Yeah! What's the holdup keith! Your 17 hours is up!
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Where did you buy the strut brace from and how much did you pay for it?
Am I stupid? I don't see anywhere in those 4 pages that tells where/how much :(Quote:
Originally Posted by kayger12
You definitely aren't, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by AzkotikBMW
Sorry, bro-- was trying to get caught up on a few different threads and forgot to post that up for you.
I ordered it from ECS tuning and payed $267. Link is here.
Here are a few pictures of the install yesterday. I thought that might be helpful.
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Nicely done!
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Great job, looks great.
Thanks. Most (all) of the credit goes to BCS Bruce. That's his hand in motion on the saw and he did all of the grinding, etc.
Got a day off tomorrow and thinking of finally tackling my install. I just realized when i ordered the hardware, i ordered 6 of the hex nuts labeled item "C". I don't have any of the hex nuts labeled "B". Can I still install it?
You need 4 of these.Quote:
Originally Posted by joeybananaz18
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Right I’ve got 6 of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
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Ahh, then you need 2 normal nuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by joeybananaz18
Bringing this back from the dead - Shawn, do you recall why you decided to put the hood switch behind the drug bin? The official BMW procedures put it in front like below. Seems like with your method, we can avoid extending the 2 wires?
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^ Vas bought Shawn's car. You may want to check with him.
Bmw installed mine, put it just behind the front of the drug bin (the part closest to the front of the car).
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I replaced the hood switch on my 745 and it was also near the drug bin, which made me curious about where mine was on the vert. Drug bin...Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Hmmmm interesting, so they did it the same as Shawn/Vas's car. In that case I will probably do the same, seems like the easier option. Plus it puts the switch closer to where it is supposed to be stockQuote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Thanks for the pic, it's helpful since my car is in storage for winter already. Going to take care of this next year, since the positive terminal interferes with my front damping adjustment knobQuote:
Originally Posted by pedro2u
If you guys need a picture I can take a couple.
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I just happened to pop in—That’s the way [mention]BCS_ZHP [/mention] bruce does it. Who was I to question!Quote:
Originally Posted by t.er
Here's a 2nd image of the switch
Yeah, that'd be great, thanks. I think I understand what was done - the hood switch and +12V mount were one piece, just keep the switch at the stock location, but flip the +12V around as it just sits on that rubber grommet on the wall of the drug bin. Nothing a dremel can't handle!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vas
Would definitely help alleviate this problem:
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One I have. May not be the most helpful angle.
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Oh man I love that. Very helpful Shawn thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
Hmmm - maybe I need to reach out to Bruce & have him "supervise" my installation. He was ~15 minutes from my Dad's place in Fairfax Station.Quote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
+1 thanks Shawn! This will be one of my first tasks once my car comes back out next SpringQuote:
Originally Posted by ZHPizza
He’s a wiz at this.Quote:
Originally Posted by John in VA
Alright boys I went ahead and knocked this out while I had the battery out of the car. It's way more involved than I expected but I'm happy with the result.
I started taking step by step pictures then just went full chaos so I'll just dump everything here in some kind of order.
Step before you do any of this shit disconnect the battery terminals. Both to be safe. You're working with positive cables here so that shock will be oof if you're well grounded.
Step 1 disconnect hood switch
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Step 2 remove trim
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Step 3 pull straight up on the cover in the drug bin while wiggling it free from the plastic rivet
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Step 4 disconnect the two positive connections (19 & 13mm)
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Step 5 push the plastic rivet out from the backside and slide the terminal piece up to remove
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Here's where it gets creative
Step 6 cut shit off the terminal piece (the BMWP bar instructions are a good guide)
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Yes, I used a soldering gun to cut the plastic. No, I wouldn't recommend it. Use end cutters where you can or a hacksaw if necessary.
Step 7 cut a lot of shit off the hood switch piece, saving the slide-on terminal cover for later
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This got me to where I could mount the hood switch using the existing hole
Original location:
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New location:
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I marked the hole location, drilled the plastic, and put a nutsert in because I had a new nutsert tool I wanted to try
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Oh and trimmed a bit more off the side so that it wouldn't rub the positive cable next to it (see pics above - I'll get there below)
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I followed the BMWP instructions on this piece, but didn't like how the positive cable going to the engine was routed, so I decided to make it a side mount
Trimmed the side slide catch down with a razor so the terminal could mount flush
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Added some plastic cable wrap and cloth tape over top because why not. The routing of the cable was fine, but I spent several years working with electrical and fuel line routing on vibrating machines and do not play games with this stuff.
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Snipped a lot more off of the slide-on cover to not interfere with the side mount
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Now it doesn't stay on that well alone, but the rubber trim keeps it from getting knocked off
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Fin
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Oh and here's how much the hood sensor moved. Mine had worn a hole through the paint so it was easy to see the original contact location when I tested the new spot with a bit of tape.
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Ok the last little task was making sure the positive cable in the drug bin wasn't rubbing on anything. I had to pop out the little tie down to make it reach the now top-mount terminal.
I was able to slide that tie mount back about an inch and pop it back into the body. Easy peasy.
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But in reaching the new terminal, I had created a rub point on one of the brackets in the drug bin.
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Just needed a little standoff that would keep the cable from vibrating on that point, so I grabbed a piece of plastic bracket that I had cut off earlier, put a few new holes in it, and boom standoff.
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Now it's safe
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Also learned that the hood switch is only used for the alarm system, which I don't have, so I removed it altogether. Could have saved a lot of time if I knew that from the start.
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Very nice work and great DIY detail.
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Thanks for the DIY. I don't think there isn't enough red in it.