What did you do for your ZHP/BMW today?

[nike001]

I have OEM M3 frames and they are made by AL. You have to do very slight modifications as shown in my projector retrofit DIY...

I meant projector frames/headlight brackets. Since I possibly ruined my one frame/bracket, I need a new one. and since ZKW ones are kind of hard to source, I'm trying to figure out if the AL frames from an M3 or such will fit in to a ZKW headlight housing. In your DIY, You seemingly used your stock ZKW frame/bracket and mounted your M3 projectors on that.

[MrMaico]

Wait a minute... double sided tape? I would not trust that on the pedals (dead pedal would be fine). I would definitely use screws on the brake pedal at a minimum

Ya, that's just on the deadpedal. I have some 3M tape though that I wouldn't hesitate to use on all of them and I probably will just use that on the gas pedal. But they do come with a nice metal drilling template for the clutch and brake to make it easy to get the screw holes right.

http://youtu.be/vHktRo5x0pQ

[danewilson77]

Use the screws. The tape will make it nice...to hold in place while you drill.

[SureShot434]

Oil change! Woohoo lol


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[johnrando]

@Ryan, great review. Sorry the car didn't work out for you, but now you know.

I met Joe (bimmeroyta) yesterday and he played that beautiful music known as the UUC TSE3 exhaust. Holy s*#!, that thing is glorious. Imma goona get me one. It's the way a car should sound. As for the folks who say it's too loud, I'm not sure I get that. Everyone has a different tolerance, but I was expecting TOO LOUD. For me, it's perfect... quiet at idle and a beast at revs. It's almost making me regret the H&R Cup Kit purchase. I know, handling before music, but that exhaust note is intoxicating. Music first! But since I have the kit, I set up an appointment to install. I'll have to save my pennies for the exhaust.

[Cabrio330]

Couldn't be more simple - taped around the grill and slid newspaper behind it as much as possible and used gloss black Dupli-Color paint because that was the cheapest available at Auto Zone! Turned out well, I think. Not perfect, but while I was on my back taping around the grill I saw enough paint chips on the apron, hood, etc. that perfection seemed pointless!

Stay tuned for a swap to painted bumper and door trim...!

[Johnmadd]

Couldn't be more simple - taped around the grill and slid newspaper behind it as much as possible and used gloss black Dupli-Color paint because that was the cheapest available at Auto Zone! Turned out well, I think. Not perfect, but while I was on my back taping around the grill I saw enough paint chips on the apron, hood, etc. that perfection seemed pointless!

Stay tuned for a swap to painted bumper and door trim...!

Nice work. Have you tried Mothers brand back to black for the bumper trim? It also makes the trim on the doors look new.

[webster]

today i finally made use of all the cleaning/detailing supplies i've bought recently. after the past week of nasty rainy weather, it's finally gotten back to good ol sunny tx weather. spent about 4 hours washing and detailing today. strangely, there were dozens of these tiny little pinhead size 'tar balls' all over the car, i mean everywhere...i have no idea what they really were and where they came from. so i ended up rinsing, washing, buffing the tar balls out, rinsing, washing again, rinsing, drying, waxing, drying. somewhere in there i sonax'd the wheels. i also applied the wolf's glass sealant to all the exterior glass. then applied tire shine gel and used stoner invisible glass on all the interior glass. then used adams in 'n out spray on the engine bay. both the invisible glass and the in n out spray are awesome. finally, i checked the air on all the tires and made sure they were up to spec. then i called it a day. car looks pretty good. here are a couple crappy cell phone pics.

[zj96sc]

strangely, there were dozens of these tiny little pinhead size 'tar balls' all over the car, i mean everywhere...i have no idea what they really were and where they came from.

artillery fungus?



I had that crap allllll overrrrrr a jeep of mine. took me hours upon hours to get them off one panel at a time. MAN was that a pita.

[webster]

that's exactly what it was. what the hell is that crap?

edit: after a quick google search, it's defintely artillery fungus. makes sense given that i park outdoors and the leaves have been falling due to the weather over the past couple months.

that stuff is ridiculous. i couldn't even get it off with a clay bar. i had to scrape every little one of those things with my finger nail, then go to town buffing with a microfiber. that process must have been at least 45 mins to an hour.

yet another reason to get a new cover...