Tony's ZHP Project

[E_Rak]

Car is looking very good! Hopefully we'll meet up when I go back out to school in a few months.

[Tnhl1989]

Car is looking very good! Hopefully we'll meet up when I go back out to school in a few months.

Not coming down to reunion?

[E_Rak]

Would absolutely love to go, it looks like an absolute blast and a great chance to meet other members... Unfortunately I have work and a a busy weekend planned, maybe next year we can drive down!

[Tnhl1989]

So it has been a while since I updated my thread.

Let's go through the things I ordered first.

• Rear R/C/R from UK. Pulled apart the inner rears and replace the housing. Finish off with epoxy.
• Front clears from ECSTUNING
• Rear bottom alcantara cushion from Joop.
• M3 center console switch panel including sport button and tpms.
• Pins for center console switch panel.
• Wire from Chad for DSC.
• Bell wire from lowes.
• Black fusion spray paint.
• Differential fluid
• Transmission fluid
• Differential bolt
• Gift/swap of rear subframe from Chad for my 24th birthday.
• More cables for programming and resistors.
• Headlight housing from Joop as well.
• Rearview mirror with compass/slim clown nose/garage buttons.
• E46 M5 clear bumper fog lights
• BMW E46 Aspherical blind spot mirrors

Mods done -
TPMS retrofit - Chad, Terra, Botond, Charlie and Zell thanks!
Autodimming Mirror - Charlie thanks!
Cleaning headlights and fixing autolevel - Joop thanks!
Spraying diffuser and front grill soon.
Fixed the light bulb error in the rear tail lights. Thanks again Charlie in teaching me how to tin solder.

Maintenance -
Fuel Filter
Fuel Pump



I had a great time at the reunion and thanks again for everyone that helped me with my car. The car is getting better one step at a time thanks to you all.

If anyone wants to drive deeper into coding feel free to hit me up. My contact information is in the members section.

[BavarianZHP]

Nice! I also have the bulb out error. How did you fix it? The car had the taillight recall done last year.

[Avetiso]

Wow, that's a lot of stuff for one post. Good work on the car.

[Chad44]

I better get back to modding, you're blowing right by me!!! J/K, school comes first, but yeah you have certainly put a lot of time into that car... E46, The last of the readily driveway serviceable 3-series.
I need to get on installing my RLS... That and fixing my headlights are the only things I may take on this summer, outside of my brake projects and maintenance.

[derbo]

Good stuff Tony!


What did you remove the inners for on the UK rears? Also any way to source another set?

[Tnhl1989]

Good stuff Tony!


What did you remove the inners for on the UK rears? Also any way to source another set?

Find a set on the UK Ebay site. I can contact my contact person over there in regards to getting them and shipping cost. For the inner rear they were really dirty so Botond told me to take a screw driver and split it. I then took a old amber set I had and split those. I tried to paint the inner housings with black enamel follow by metallic paint but that didn't work too well. I'm not that experience with the whole painting business. Anyways I compounded and buff the crap out of the inner ones and epoxy them back together. They look a lot better after that. The chrome on the housings are easily scratch-able.

I better get back to modding, you're blowing right by me!!! J/K, school comes first, but yeah you have certainly put a lot of time into that car... E46, The last of the readily driveway serviceable 3-series.
I need to get on installing my RLS... That and fixing my headlights are the only things I may take on this summer, outside of my brake projects and maintenance.

RLS is a task! A lot of work it seems already. I am waiting till the windshield is bad enough to have insurance cover it and then I'll get a oem windshield. That is another mod in the planning for me as well.

As for the other mods I can surely help you out on them since you are busy. I can do the headlights for you when I'm in town :P

Wow, that's a lot of stuff for one post. Good work on the car.

Thanks a lot! It is nice to add the premium package into the 03 ZHP's that weren't offered the package.

Nice! I also have the bulb out error. How did you fix it? The car had the taillight recall done last year.

Thanks DW for the information on the bulb out error

[derbo]

I'm beginning to like the clears..