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

[cakM3]

Shift Knob upgrade.

From this, E46 M3 SMG Knob

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To this, E60 M5 SMG Knob

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[ELCID86]

Looks good Gary. Does it make a difference in shifting, etc?


Thumbs, iPhone, TaT.

[Whammy]

Car has been dropped off to be detailed. Now I wait.

[ecrabb]

Sunday project... Tore the front end apart to install the new lower grill and decided to clean everything up while I was in there.

I'll detail it in my project thread, but removed the bumper and front fender liner pieces, the plastic air dam piece in front of the radiator, removed the plastics from the bumper, installed the new grill, plastic-painted the second piece that attaches to it, and I'm putting it all back together this afternoon.

Looks very spiffy so far. If only my wife were here to see my front bumper on the dining table. :-)

SC


Here's the before...


Here's the after so far...

[BMWCurves]

How was it getting the bumper off? Did you have to jack the car up? I'm still deciding if I want to replace the lower grille or just paint it.

[ecrabb]

I did end up jacking the car up, but only so I cold remove the wheels to get to the finder liner screws. It's too tight otherwise. I did have the front tired sitting on some wood blocks just so I could slide under the car.

If you've done it before and know what you're doing, I think it would be 20 minutes off and 20 minutes on.

Because I hadn't done it before, and because I couldn't find anything definitive re the coupe bumper, it was a pain in the ass and took me at least an hour just to get the damn thing off.

I even saw something about somebody doing the grille replacement with the bumper on, but there's no way in hell that would work unless the car was missing air dam pieces.

If you want to do it, I'll take some pics and write it up for you. Piece of cake now that I know what I'm doing. I'm really glad I did it now because it's looking really good.

SC

[BMWCurves]

I did end up jacking the car up, but only so I cold remove the wheels to get to the finder liner screws. It's too tight otherwise. I did have the front tired sitting on some wood blocks just so I could slide under the car.

If you've done it before and know what you're doing, I think it would be 20 minutes off and 20 minutes on.

Because I hadn't done it before, and because I couldn't find anything definitive re the coupe bumper, it was a pain in the ass and took me at least an hour just to get the damn thing off.

I even saw something about somebody doing the grille replacement with the bumper on, but there's no way in hell that would work unless the car was missing air dam pieces.

If you want to do it, I'll take some pics and write it up for you. Piece of cake now that I know what I'm doing. I'm really glad I did it now because it's looking really good.

SC

That would be awesome if it's not too much of an issue for you. I have trouble finding stuff for coupes all the time.

[ecrabb]

Not at all. I'll take some pics and put it in my project thread and if you guys think it's good, I'll make a DIY.

[WOLFN8TR]

Looks good Gary. Does it make a difference in shifting, etc?

It doesn't actually effect the shifting it just feels so much better than the old one. It sits a tad higher plus it lights up and the old one didn't

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I also installed my new billet oil filter housing cap!

[az3579]

Yesterday, a friend of mine helped with the replacement of a steering angle sensor. What a PITA that was... initially. We removed the whole steering column in order to get to the washer and collars that had to be removed before the sensor could be slid off. Once the column is out, it's easy to replace the sensor, but getting the column back in was the real challenge. We found it's easiest to bolt the column up, then manipulate the end of the shaft by hand to extend it into the hole in the firewall (please, keep your dirty minds to yourselves... kthxbai ). Aligning it this way is far easier, but still a PITA overall.



Now if I could just code the darned thing. I haven't been able to get any coding software to work in the past 2 weeks. I think I'm losing my mind...