ZHPizza's red car

[BMWCurves]

Bummer, but should be an easy fix.

[ZHPizza]

Bummer, but should be an easy fix.

It should be, but I've already switched gears into getting the whole seat cover off to fix some stitching and throw it in the washing machine.

I like to party.

[slater]

It should be, but I've already switched gears into getting the whole seat cover off to fix some stitching and throw it in the washing machine.

I like to party.

heck yeah.

[Vas]

Any updates on the FSD install or pics?

[ZHPizza]

Any updates on the FSD install or pics?

Ugh...FINE.

Install went well. Rears were, of course, stupid easy. The FSD's came with their own bump stops installed under the dust boot and I added new Rogue RSM's, so the only part that I reused was the lower bolt.







The fronts were a headache because I was hell bent on not using Chinese death traps aka spring compressors.

I used my go-to method of supporting the strut with a jack...



Then popped the rubber grip tube out of a 13/16" spark plug socket...



So that I could run an Allen wrench through the center...



And remove the strut nut while holding the tube in place...



Then slowly lowered the jack and was able to fish out the spring...



Marked the strut mount, and removed it separately...



And swapped over the bump stops, dust boots, and spring pads to the ridiculous new gold struts...

[BMWCurves]

The fronts were a headache because I was hell bent on not using Chinese death traps aka spring compressors.

It's like you don't even want to live dangerously.

[ZHPizza]

THEN I ran into a wall. I reassembled as I had taken everything apart and tried with all of my might to get the strut to feed up through the mount. I fought and cursed and went through three iterations of guide pin contraptions with no success.

I gave up, had a beer, and prepared for what was to come the next day.

CHINESE-MOTHAFUCKIN-DEATH-TRAPS



I was very, very patient with these dinky things and must have stopped three times to undo my progress and reset the compressors after they had slipped around the spring a bit. The amount of unstable potential energy in these things terrifies me.

BUT WE SHALL OVERCOME





Now my obnoxious gold shocks are in (and thankfully hidden from view) and they ride like a freaking dream. Way smoother than I was expecting, and I was already familiar with these tubes of magic. I'm excited to see how the car rides once I get the interior back in.

[Johnmadd]

That's a good idea to get the spring off, never thought of that one. before. Nice work.

[ZHPizza]

It's like you don't even want to live dangerously.

My face is too pretty to have a spring shoot through it.

That's a good idea to get the spring off, never thought of that one. before. Nice work.

I really like it for safety and convenience. I'm pretty sure I could have used that method for the install if I were swapping out to a shorter spring like H&R's. These BMW springs are just crazy long. Now that I think about it, I don't know that a non-sport spring could be removed like that.

[Vas]

Good Job. Would be curious to see how it rides compared to Koni Yellow/H&R