What did you do to your car today?

[tiFreak]

pulled the ti out of storage, shortly after my subs quit working and some of the wiring got melted somehow

today I put in my new shift boot

[oldtin]

Cleaned up the headliner board and stuck down some new fabric. Crappy pic - looks better in person. Just need to flip it over and work down the edges and trim. Haven't tackled the sunroof panel yet - might have to wait for the weekend.

[ChItalian1027]

Just fixed my drivers side window with the permanent window fix. Thanks for the write up Jess!!

[cooljess76]

Originally Posted by ChItalian1027

Just fixed my drivers side window with the permanent window fix. Thanks for the write up Jess!!

No worries man, hopefully it holds up. Glad it was helpful.

[zoner]

Originally Posted by tiFreak

today I put in my new shift boot

That, my friend, is quite possibly the best shift boot ever.

[jca]

Took my 98 base model to my indie garage today to have my retrofitted cruise control programmed to the car's ECU. So far this has been the retrofit from hell. I'm disappointed and a little surprised that relatively few ti's come with cruise. I read somewhere that ti stands for, "touring international." How can you "tour" without a cruise control?

[BlackBMWs]

Originally Posted by jca

Took my 98 base model to my indie garage today to have my retrofitted cruise control programmed to the car's ECU. So far this has been the retrofit from hell. I'm disappointed and a little surprised that relatively few ti's come with cruise. I read somewhere that ti stands for, "touring international." How can you "tour" without a cruise control?

Retrofit? was this a transplant from an active or another E36? More info please...

[Lachlan]

I just bought a set of new projector headlights. I went with LED angel eyes, there were too many possible issues with CCFL.

I'm probably going to wire the angel eyes to my parking lights. That way I can turn them on and off with my parking lights switch. I probably don't need them on all the time, that's all. Where have you guys wired your angel eyes to?

[anthony318ti]

Originally Posted by Lachlan

I just bought a set of new projector headlights. I went with LED angel eyes, there were too many possible issues with CCFL.

I'm probably going to wire the angel eyes to my parking lights. That way I can turn them on and off with my parking lights switch. I probably don't need them on all the time, that's all. Where have you guys wired your angel eyes to?

Iv got mine wired to the park light.

[anthony318ti]

[anthony318ti]

Originally Posted by oldtin

Cleaned up the headliner board and stuck down some new fabric. Crappy pic - looks better in person. Just need to flip it over and work down the edges and trim. Haven't tackled the sunroof panel yet - might have to wait for the weekend.

I need to get my sun roof panel done please post up some DIY if possible on the run roof upholstery work.

[jca]

Originally Posted by BlackBMWs

Retrofit? was this a transplant from an active or another E36? More info please...

Actually the parts came from all over the place,I bought mostly on ebay. BMW used to sell a cruise control retrofit kit, expensive but worth it. Now you have to either buy new oem stuff piece by piece which is ridiculously expensive or go the salvage parts route which is what I did. The only piece I bought new from the dealer was the wiring harness. Total price on the parts: about $300. I think that you can do a littlebetter than that if you shop around more than I did. If the dealer service manager is a nice guy he will print you up a set of installation instructions for free. My local generic mechanic is a great guy and only charged me about $150 to install the the system including the wiring harness. I saved some labor cost by taking out all the under dash parts myself. As it happens I just got a call from my indie BMW guy to told me that he's been on the job about two hours and he thinks he can finish up the job, including the programming, successfully in another two. At $90 an hour that bill will be about $360. So...300 for parts and 450-500 for labor. I went into this thinking that if I got out for 1K, I would feel pretty good. I just really like cruise control for longer trips. I wife and I plan to take the ti on some cruises out West, so I am building as much comfort, convenience, and safety into the car as I can. So far: arm rest, more cup holders, daytime running lights, fog lights, trunk CD player, oem radio for the weather band and cassette capability, leather steering wheel, door and hatch safety lights, and now hopefully cruise control. Cheers, John

[HellaFlushTI]

My ti came w cruise control

[black98]

Got the only two cans of night shade on clearance at kmart and about two hours later thanks to the colorado sun this is what happened

[BlackBMWs]

Originally Posted by jca

Actually the parts came from all over the place,I bought mostly on ebay. BMW used to sell a cruise control retrofit kit, expensive but worth it. Now you have to either buy new oem stuff piece by piece which is ridiculously expensive or go the salvage parts route which is what I did. The only piece I bought new from the dealer was the wiring harness. Total price on the parts: about $300. I think that you can do a littlebetter than that if you shop around more than I did. If the dealer service manager is a nice guy he will print you up a set of installation instructions for free. My local generic mechanic is a great guy and only charged me about $150 to install the the system including the wiring harness. I saved some labor cost by taking out all the under dash parts myself. As it happens I just got a call from my indie BMW guy to told me that he's been on the job about two hours and he thinks he can finish up the job, including the programming, successfully in another two. At $90 an hour that bill will be about $360. So...300 for parts and 450-500 for labor. I went into this thinking that if I got out for 1K, I would feel pretty good. I just really like cruise control for longer trips. I wife and I plan to take the ti on some cruises out West, so I am building as much comfort, convenience, and safety into the car as I can. So far: arm rest, more cup holders, daytime running lights, fog lights, trunk CD player, oem radio for the weather band and cassette capability, leather steering wheel, door and hatch safety lights, and now hopefully cruise control. Cheers, John

Thanks John! I guess I got lucky with my retrofit parts for my E30 318ic for $65 for cruise control, OBC parts and harness minus the module for the OBC that let's it know it operating on a M42 rather than a M50.

I'm interested in what your Indie had to do to get it to work.

I am looking to piece together similarly the parts to add CC to my 95 Sport. I'll seek parts from an Active first and then see what parts are E36 common pieces. Lotsa E36s in the yards around Sacramento. When I do get to it, I'll snap some pics for a DIY.

Cheers!