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

[BMWCurves]

Refreshed the rear suspension with Koni Sport shocks at 3/4 turn from soft, Rogue Engineering rear shock mounts (had to bend one slightly to fit properly), and new upper and lower spring pads. I will tackle the front struts, spring pads, strut mounts, and tower plates tomorrow.

[3ZHP]

Refreshed the rear suspension with Koni Sport shocks at 3/4 turn from soft, Rogue Engineering rear shock mounts (had to bend one slightly to fit properly), and new upper and lower spring pads. I will tackle the front struts, spring pads, strut mounts, and tower plates tomorrow.

Sounds good, I think you'll like the change.


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[Vas]

Cleaned the alcantara steering Wheel

[BMWCurves]

Sounds good, I think you'll like the change.

I think anything will be better than my old shocks! I compressed them just to see how slow they would rebound. They didn't. They just stop. That's not completely true, it took about 3 minutes for them to fully rebound but they are dead. I can't decide if the fluid had all leaked out (there weren't any signs of seepage), if the internal valving had broken down, or if the fluid had just degraded to crap.

[ELCID86]

Cleaned the alcantara steering Wheel

Been meaning to do that. Thanks for the reminder!


Thumbs, iPhone, TaT.

[anandoc]

Tried to diagnose a stupid rattle that comes from the passenger front wheel and has been bothering me for a long time. Knock on the bare hub with a rubber mallet - no rattle. Put the rotor on, rattle is back. Tried different spare rotors lying around, same issue. Argh.

More worryingly, found the shaft selector seal to be leaking and when I got home, I can see drops of oil on the ground underneath that spot. Eeeks! How worried should I be given that I can't easily check the tranny oil level?

[Jphilbeck]

Well not today but this week I did give mine some black cube trim and a ZHP steering wheel.

[BMWCurves]

I refreshed the front suspension with new Koni Sport struts, new upper and lower spring pads, strut mounts, strut tower reinforcement plates, bump stops, dust boots, and mounting nuts. I made some very silly mistakes so I took the better part of the day doing it, like mounting the new driver's side Koni strut on the passenger side .

Haven't gotten it down off the jack stands to test it out but I'll need an alignment to get the best result (plus FCABs and RTABs).

Tried to diagnose a stupid rattle that comes from the passenger front wheel and has been bothering me for a long time. Knock on the bare hub with a rubber mallet - no rattle. Put the rotor on, rattle is back. Tried different spare rotors lying around, same issue. Argh.

More worryingly, found the shaft selector seal to be leaking and when I got home, I can see drops of oil on the ground underneath that spot. Eeeks! How worried should I be given that I can't easily check the tranny oil level?

I hate that post-work rattle, but thankfully it happens rarely. I wish I could help you with the oil stuff, but I can't provide any other advice other than jack it up and add new gear oil and see if it overflows quickly, demonstrating if it is full or not).

[ecrabb]

A fun thing - installed Gloss Black kidneys - and a little basic stuff. Replaced cabin air filter and the cover that was all white/gray. Found the filter was original 2004 vintage, and the kicker... I think the air filter is same.

Check my project thread for photos and deets on that crazy sh...

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[94LSXS10]

Since I'm waiting for the cooling system parts to come I had some time to clean the leather with some Leatherique. Seems to have done a great job getting all the previous cheap leather care stuff off leaving them looking clean. (Note: Pass seat has rejuvenation oil still applied, that's why it's shiny.) While I was waiting for the seats to bake in the sun I installed some Umnitza V2 angle eyes. Also threw on my front license plate before the local PD hassles me again for not having it.