What did you do for your ZHP/ BMW / MINI today? #2

[JupiterBMW]

Brake upgrade is well underway... Still waiting for the rear rotors to arrive, but I've got the calipers all off, and the old rotors all off. New front rotors are on, and starting to clean up brakes. Also picked up the new front calipers yesterday, going to paint all calipers today and then get them installed. The hardest part of doing brakes is getting my wife to agree to helping me bleed them...

[Tnhl1989]

I'm sure your daughter won't mind helping

[ELCID86]

I'm sure your daughter won't mind helping

That could be fun to watch!

[JupiterBMW]

I'm sure your daughter won't mind helping

Hah, she does love to be in Daddy's car...

[johnrando]

You're gonna love those, nice get Joop. Def pics when you can.

@JP - nice intake, car's really getting the A+ treatment quick!

As for my car, Happy Birthday to Ness! 8 years old today. A couple of other milestones coming up this year.

[Avetiso]

Happy birthday!

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[midlandtech]

Brake upgrade is well underway... Still waiting for the rear rotors to arrive, but I've got the calipers all off, and the old rotors all off. New front rotors are on, and starting to clean up brakes. Also picked up the new front calipers yesterday, going to paint all calipers today and then get them installed. The hardest part of doing brakes is getting my wife to agree to helping me bleed them...

Need a pressure bleeder

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[Imola.ZHP]

As for my car, Happy Birthday to Ness! 8 years old today. A couple of other milestones coming up this year.

HBD!

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I'm finally starting to scratch the surface on coding, enough of my close friends and family have BMW's now that it makes sense. My sisters new (to her) e93 328i has comfort access, but it's not working. Hoping I can find enough info to save the expense of taking it to the dealer to have the keys re-coded. The car has 3 verified comfort access key-fobs, we think perhaps one of the original keys got lost and someone ordered two replacements. Perhaps whomever coded the keys did not realize the car had comfort access and did not code them as such.

I really need some help though, who are the coding guru's on this board? Shoot me some PM's please! I found a BMW Coding Forum, but I think a company that sells a cable for $100ea is sponsoring that site. I'm wondering about all of these other cables that are a lot less expensive (~$30-$40 on amazon and ebay). Do any of you coding guru's use Mac's? I'm using a mid 2010 13" MBP running Mavericks, what is the easiest way to get XP on here to be able to use NCS Expert?

I've searched the site, but its a little crazy, one thread will have info and then someone will post a link to another thread, which will have some good info but then another link to another thread and so on and so forth. Would a "Coding" sub-forum be worth it on this site? To collect and organize all of the threads? Maybe I'm searching using the wrong terms?

THANKS!

[328ioc]

I am just starting as well and I would highly recommend the setup from Bccables.com

Its 75 bucks and it has a one click install that is super easy and its guaranteed to work.

Unlike the hit or miss 30 dollar cables and the free software downloads.

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[LivesNearCostco]

Giya, thanks for the tips. I did clean the ICV and replace the OFHG 3.5 years ago but didn't remove or clean the thottle body at the time. The last owner said he didn't replace the CCV, but the hoses I can see do not appears to be falling apart so it's possible they were replaced by the previous owner between 2006-2009, making it 5-8 years old. When I do the CCV I will probably remove the alternator first. I don't think I could have a large vacuum leak or I would get codes all the time, but maybe there is a small one in the CCVor around the lower intake boot (cracked or I didn't reinstall it correctly last time I removed it).

Suggestions on best place to get the cold weather CCV and hoses? Best deal I've seen so far seems to be at GetBMWParts.com; ECS Tuning has convenient kits; AutoHausAZ requires me to order all the pieces individually.

That's a lot of good work done! Top job!

11 years on the original CCV is a no-brainer to replace. I had only 9 years on mine (92k mi) and it was toast. All hoses simply crumbled in my hands. It's likely that there's a possible leak due to that. While you're down there, I also suggest cleaning the idle control valve (ICV), you'll be removing it anyways. ICV tends to get sticky with the gunk. Let me know if you've got questions about this job. I've done mine a few months ago so it's all still fresh in my mind. Also, that's a good time to do the Oil Filter Housing Gasket (if you haven't already). To do the CCV, especially the winter version, you need room to wiggle things together. Removing the alternator really helps for that. With alternator out of the way, the OFHG is only 6 bolts away.