What did you do for your ZHP/BMW today?

[JupiterBMW]

Great video!

As for me, got the Stealth bulbs for the taillights in the mail. Actually, they've been sitting on my porch all weekend, but we just got back from NY...

With Tropical Storm Isaac, the ZHP is staying tucked away in the garage for a few more days... Maybe I'll get the bulbs swapped in the next couple of days.

[UdubBadger]

Thanks Jon

and be safe plz

[Hornung418]

Well some of you may have seen my awesome two-faced Sedan at Bimmerfest...maybe a donut or two...well my Shadowline Gloss Black Vinyl finally arrived from NY after being routed through Iowa... That will be going on sometime this week.

Tomorrow, the car gets to go back to the Body shop to have some issues addressed. Driver side view mirror adjust doesn't work, mirror cap wasn't resprayed (They think it will buff out, clearly it's down to the primer ), the front left wheel is out of balance, because it was hit...but again, they thought it was just dirty, didn't even bother to balance it or check for out of round-ness, and the pièce de résistance...when I turn the wheel at highway speed, I get an awesome steering wheel shudder...clearly the control arm is fucked. I'm going to give them one more shot to finalize this, or else I'm calling Liberty Mutual and complaining that it's not as I had it before it was involved with their client and I'm going to take it to the dealer to have them inspect the suspension damages. I'm sure LM would love that!

[jayjay_dee]

cool video Seth... mad skills...

Justin, good luck and hopefully they fix her nice this time...

[S85FTW]

Got a nice gift from my wife's uncle after he was hearing me mention that I needed a 2nd set of wheels for winter. Just need to refinish 1 of them and they are good to go.

[Stu]

Buddy is gonna be in town that has lots o tools. We're gonna work on the ZHP control arm bushings, steering guibo, and driver's side brake (clean up the bushings and grease the slide pins with some high-quality synthetic lube because I think mine are binding on the driver's side). Then we're gonna work on his Alfa Romeo Spyder, which has a dead battery (again), rats that chewed through the starter wires, and old gas.

I might end up shaving my brake pads down if that doesn't fix it. They could be tapered.

[Crickett]

Received our first delivery at the new house!



7 qts of BMW 5W-30, a Mann filter, magnetic drain plug, 2 L of ATE Super Blue, & four new-style hub caps! Both the ZHP & X5 will be getting brake fluid flushes this week!

[cakM3]

Found the Flaw!


After having the ZHP for 69 months, I finally found a defect!

With the move to Tennessee I need to get new plates and my "3ZHP" has occupied that space for 4 or 5 years. Well; BMW uses brass inserts in the plastic frame that corrode around the Stainless Steel screws.




Plate and frame removed with a big screw driver and I wasn't using it to turn the screws.



In order to separate the plate from the frame, I had to cut the screws using a Cut Off Wheel on my air grinder.



New Frame installed using Anti Seize.



Plate reinstalled using Anti Seize.

Yeah, I take my plates completely off about once/quarter whenever I do a complete detail of my car....I think that helps to keep the screws from rusting as I clean them as well...

[danewilson77]

Buddy is gonna be in town that has lots o tools. We're gonna work on the ZHP control arm bushings, steering guibo, and driver's side brake (clean up the bushings and grease the slide pins with some high-quality synthetic lube because I think mine are binding on the driver's side). Then we're gonna work on his Alfa Romeo Spyder, which has a dead battery (again), rats that chewed through the starter wires, and old gas.

I might end up shaving my brake pads down if that doesn't fix it. They could be tapered.

Those pins don't take lubricant per Bentley. Just clean em up.

Sent from Williamsburg, VA USA

[Stu]

Those pins don't take lubricant per Bentley. Just clean em up.

Sent from Williamsburg, VA USA

That's what I have read as well, but it seems to be a widely debated topic. Some BMW techs use synthetic lube, some don't, some people use dry lube, etc. I'm more than likely going to just clean them up really really good, clean out the inside of the bushings with a pipe cleaner or something, make sure my brake pads are level, and hope for the best.

Right now, my driver's side brake is looking something like this:



It's always had a problem like this. It used to be the inner part, but now it's the outer.

I asked EricTheCarGuy and he suggested cleaning the slide pins and lubing the parts of the brake pad that sit on the caliper, then linked me to a useful video in which the outer pad of a Subaru was not making any contact.