William's 330Ci ZHP Maintenance and Project Thread

[BMWCurves]

Received my Z4M RTABs and Vorshlag limiters from Vorshlag today. Pretty quick!



They'll be installed along with my Z4M FCABs, Confort Shark Injector, and UUC shift kit in two weeks.

[ELCID86]

Nice write up and work. Odd, I installed the R/E rear shock mounts without any issues or bending.


Thumbs, iPhone, TaT.

[BMWCurves]

The issue was that the bolts that rest on the top part of the mount (the part that go inside the trunk) were welded ever so slightly too far apart. No one else seems to have had this issue with it so I must have just got a part that slipped through quality control. A little annoying, but it all worked out in the end.

[BMWCurves]

Car went to the shop today to have the following done:

• Install Z4M Front Control Arm Bushings (FCABs) (Left: 31107836862, Right: 31107836863)
• Install Z4M Rear Trailing Arm Bushings (RTABs) (2x 33326770817) plus Vorshlag limiters
• Install UUC Evo3 short shift kit with double shear selector rod (DSSR) (SKU: USCE2, DSSR330-6)
• Install Conforti Shark Injector (part no. N745330)
• Power steering fluid flush with Redline D4 ATF
• Parking brake adjustment
• Diagnose the clunking sound coming from the rear that's been there since I bought it. My guess is worn transmission bushings, but I forgot to check last time I had it up on jack stands.

Once I get the car back and have an alignment done, I plan to put the car up on jack stands again and replace the brake rotors with the BMW Performance rotors that I bought from Tippey764 on his listing here a few months back. At the same time I'll put on new pads. After reading around on some reviews here and elsewhere on the internet, I settled on Hawk HPS 5.0 pads given their performance, low dust, low noise, and price point. Guy (3ZHPGUY) helped me find the proper part numbers (Fronts: HB464B.764, Rears: HB518B.642) and informed me that they were on sale from TireRack (plus free shipping!), so I scooped up a set and they arrived today.





One note: I had already bought some run-of-the-mill anti-squeal compound but the Hawk pads came with some. See pictures below:





While I am doing all of that I'll also use the G2 Caliper Paint system I bought from Tire Rack to paint the calipers yellow. I'm hoping with how dark the rest of the car is (color-matched bumper reflectors, gloss black grilles, tinted windows) that the yellow will be a nice, clean accent. We'll see, hopefully it'll look "something" like this, but better:



Lastly, I'll be removing the front bumper so I can repainting the lower grille and intake ducts a satin black. All three are faded and gray right now which doesn't look great. Lots to do!

[DKnowltronics]

Nice, I was thinking about painting mine as well. I would like to see how yours comes out!

[BMWCurves]

I'll do an update when I get the car back and another when I do the brakes. I saw Chris' car (Hokie ZHP) posted in an old thread with yellow calipers and I loved the look, so I decided on that: http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...582#post433582

Pics:

[san]

Any particular reason ur having a shop do some of the stuff?? I mean u diy most of the maintenance stuff urself right... Just curious...


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[BMWCurves]

Any particular reason ur having a shop do some of the stuff?? I mean u diy most of the maintenance stuff urself right... Just curious...

I know, I have similar "why are you doing that?" thoughts, but the reasoning is two fold: 1. I'm picking and choosing my battles because of my schedule and 2. I'm being lazy. I'm applying to school now so I'm very busy between applications, my current job, and my search for a new job. I don't have the tools to replace the bushings in the rear trailing arms, I don't have a battery charger with enough amperage to do the Shark Injector installation, and I didn't want to do the turkey baster method for the power steering fluid since it doesn't seem thorough (the indy I took it to opens up the power steering line, flushes it and fills it with new fluid). The SSK involves either small hands (I do not have those) or removing the exhaust (I think) so I didn't want to go there. The other stuff I was just lazy about. I think I could do the FCABs easily enough, and I definitely could have done the parking brake adjustment myself but...again, lazy.

The brake stuff I had planned to do all along, so that I'm doing myself.

[Vas]

Hope it turns out well

[san]

I know, I have similar "why are you doing that?" thoughts, but the reasoning is two fold: 1. I'm picking and choosing my battles because of my schedule and 2. I'm being lazy. I'm applying to school now so I'm very busy between applications, my current job, and my search for a new job. I don't have the tools to replace the bushings in the rear trailing arms, I don't have a battery charger with enough amperage to do the Shark Injector installation, and I didn't want to do the turkey baster method for the power steering fluid since it doesn't seem thorough (the indy I took it to opens up the power steering line, flushes it and fills it with new fluid). The SSK involves either small hands (I do not have those) or removing the exhaust (I think) so I didn't want to go there. The other stuff I was just lazy about. I think I could do the FCABs easily enough, and I definitely could have done the parking brake adjustment myself but...again, lazy.

The brake stuff I had planned to do all along, so that I'm doing myself.

Haha, been there... Hope everything goes well...


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