Proyecto Coupe de Lanister

[Lanister]

Don't know how I missed this thread beings you have the same car as mine! Nice work by the way. Those rear window trims pieces are a beouch to replace, I did both of mine. Leaving the car sit out in 110 degree heat for a few hours helped a lot.

A few things I've done that really improved my ZHP are:

- Sprint Booster V2
- GAS DISA
- Besian VANOS
- Eonon 5150
- Mechanical Fan Delete

Keep up the good work!

Thanks Gary, I definitely have VANOS, DISA, CVV planned first. Sprint Booster is nice to have but I'll probably end up doing that too.

I hear the mechanical fan delete is a very welcome mod.

[WOLFN8TR]

Ya the fan delete was well worth it. Makes working on the car much easier. I survived one really Hot Vegas summer with no issues at all. I have the UltraGauge to monitor the cooling temps also. We did JohnRandos Auto ZHP also back in August.

[Lanister]

Another excitement. The BMW Performance rotors came in the mail today. Probably will be a while before I can install them but feels good nonetheless.

[Lanister]

Ah yes, finally the garage remodeling project is complete!!!

To some this may seem trivial but for me it has been a major project. When I bought the zhp back in August, my garage was far from being able to host a car. It was full of surfboards, bikes, random stuff, and lacked general organization--because, frankly, it didn't really need it. With blazing California sun and winter rains well on their way, I knew that there's no way in hell that my zhp would live outside. Not a chance. So slowly but surely I worked on re-designing my man-cave to make it happen. I ended up building some custom shelving and making sure everything is seismically secure, since we are prone to earth quakes here. A lot of reorganization and sorting followed by a trip to the land-fill (no motorcycles were thrown out) and voila!!!

It really feels good to be able to have a place where I can store and actually do some work on the car. Feeling pretty accomplished.

Here're a series of progression shots from how it was to what it is today.

[Lanister]

Bit of an arts and crafts day. The leather tri shift and handbrake boots came in from UK yesterday. I was foolish to think it would take a few minutes to install. Took me about an hour and a half to get it cleaned up gluded up and installed. Very happy with the finish over old alcantara pieces.




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[Avetiso]

Glue? Why glue?

[Hermes]

Prob to attach it to the plastic pieces that lock it in place

[ELCID86]

Very nice. Ditto on the glue question.

[Lanister]

Hermes is correct, the boots mount to plastic frames. They're attached with glue. So it took detaching the old boots from the frames, cleaning the old glue off and gluing the new boots on. I have say that the cut of the new boots was very precise so it made it easy to line everything up.

I should also mention that I wasn't impressed with the way the old boots were on. They used too much glue and it was all over the place. Not that it functionaly matters, but still.

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[johnrando]

Congrats. Glad you like 'em. That's 3 of us with that set now.

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