E46 Things
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I'm glad to see Stroopwafels!
Your AFR is pretty darn lean also... -
You may want to check out your roof condition if that much snow is entering your garage...
I accidentally left the sunroof open on the garage.
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Pulled the car out of the garage for a rinse and re-installed the spoiler because it is very tricky to get the placement correct. I wasn’t satisfied with my first two attempts but it’s all good now.
I was able to try out the new parkIng brake components and can now finally hold the car on a hill in neutral! A functioning park brake is underrated.
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People pay a lot of money for that feature on Jeeps!
Stock sway bar?
The entire suspension setup is Ground Control Race. The sway bars are about the diameter of a Cholula bottle
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Car up in the air and taken apart.
The drivers side sway bar mount is perfectly intact. The passenger side not so much.
The ends of the cracks were drilled. Metal pounded/pulled flat, welded, ground, and prepped for a reinforcement plate.
I had ordered some pre-made reinforcement plates and was surprised when they were only 0.114” thick (11 ga.) Then I measured the chassis sheetmetal. It comes in at a measly 0.053” (17 ga.).
Massive thanks to @Bassboy3313 for coming over and welding, can’t thank him enough for his help.
Grade 8.8 screws were preheated to 300 F, welded, then slow cooled.
Since the drivers side was intact, that reinforcement plate was welded in as-is. Once both reinforcements were welded in they were painted. I am making this post while waiting for the paint to dry. I should have things buttoned up, re-grease the sway bar, and be back in action later today.
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More than happy to help! Was a tight fit to get the mig gun in there, but got the job done. Welding upside down is never the easiest thing either, lol.
it's a painful ethos because it would be a blast.
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