What did you do to your car today? v.2014

[BlackBMWs]

Originally Posted by DTA

Picked up these babies today

Nice!

[slade13]

I picked up some used m moldings,rear shock reinforcement plates and front brake caliper brackets for vented rotors.

[slade13]

Today I picked up both sway bars of of a club sport ti.

[Silverslk]

This past week/weekend.

Replaced both front control arms and bushings
installed 323i vented rotors/calipers
Repaired both door panels with JB Weld
Replaced all the wipers
Had back windows Re-tinted
Had Headliner recovered
Replaced Foglights with Yellow fogs
Full detail (inside and out)
Replaced A/M switch
Replaced Pass. window switch
Repaired rear hatch light switch

Next weekend
Install new (to me) rear diff due to leaking pinion seal

[slade13]

Man,you've been busy.

[slade13]

Put on the sport sway bars.

[1996 328ti]

Replaced ICV. Yeah.
Idle now at 800 when warm. Was 1300.
Only thing left are rear sub frame bushings and probably RCAB and FCABs.

I've given up on my leak in the hatch.

[BlackBMWs]

Mostly installed a clown nose auto dimming mirror. Just need to hook up the reverse lead.



Since I was doing the wiring anyway, I also installed the passenger side of a Euro glovebox/knee panel. Needs a little tweaking, but nice to have the extra storage space. I'll install the other side when I finish up the clown nose wiring.



Thanks Kitty!

[BlackBMWs]

I completed the install of the Euro kick panels for the drivers side today.



I realized I had to mod the back of the Euro storage bin to accommodate the OBD II socket when I went in for a SMOG check today. The OBD II port was originally supported by a bracket I had to remove to fit the Euro panel in place. Without the bracket, it was not attached to anything other than the electrical harness.

I cut the back of the bin and made a pair of support brackets to reinforce the plastic bin from the sheet metal knee pad that was removed to install the Euro panels.






It turned out nice and solid. I placed it the upper middle of the bin, so it was easily accessible without getting in the way. I regularly use the OBD socket to plug in a Bluetooth OBD II reader, so the back of the bin worked well without taking too much space when the reader is not plugged in.

[BMW_Hatchback]

Redid my headliner on the S50 Ti, wasn't perfect with the roll bar in the way, the m52 ti headlinder should be easier

[spidertri]

Swapped in a bimmerdiffs rebuilt 3.45 LSD and rebuilt axles.

[FunElan]

Gave the car a well-needed wash.

Yesterday the intake manifold was making a weird rattling noise. When I returned to the car to go home, noise gone! This car confuses me.

[roadrash]

Today, I pulled the driver side door panel to repair the door handle, when meant that the next step was to re-glue the plastic stand-offs... 9 of the 10 came off of the door panel. LOL But, having the door panel off, I figured out why my driver side window was loose... the rubber lining to the rear track had fallen out.

Tomorrow, once the JB Weld cures, I'll put the door panel back in.

Next on the list is to figure out why the inner sunroof panel doesn't slide back when the sunroof pops up.

[jca]

Originally Posted by slade13

Today I picked up both sway bars of of a club sport ti.

I put a set of sport model sways on my base '98. You will feel a difference. John

[BlackBMWs]

Originally Posted by FunElan

Gave the car a well-needed wash.

Yesterday the intake manifold was making a weird rattling noise. When I returned to the car to go home, noise gone! This car confuses me.

Was it the ICV?