Non-BMW Stuff on a BMW Forum
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Rust fixed, sanded, seam sealed.
This also happened to me. Ordered a new fuel vent pipe that goes from the charcoal canister back to the gas tank and the first one arrived bent in half (on the right) to fit in the box.
They ordered and sent me a new one right away. Somebody actually thought that was an appropriate action to take to make it fit in a box.
That's pretty funny/sad. I expect there was a shipping department "discussion"...
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I'm starting to go through the engine bay wiring harness from the fuse box, and there's some stuff I want to get rid of. For example this is I believe a brake pad wear sensor connector? IDK, it's never been connected to anything. But here is where it splices into the harness. Can I cut it, put a small piece of heat shrink over the individual wire ends and then another piece over the two and tuck them back into the harness?
Similar question for other things - the ABS stuff that I'm no longer using. Can I cut the wires, cover the ends and tuck them away? Leave the wires in the bundle in case at some point in the future, after I'm long dead, my daughters are like, "Dad sure was a huge dum dum poopy face, let's put the ABS back in the car!".
And a pic of the bay all painted and polished! Not perfect by any means. I believe I did not give the pre-paint prep spray enough time to evaporate and the first coat had some blemishes. But I said fuck it I'm going to gob the paint on and cover it up. Turned out fine.
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Don’t cut the wires.
nice progress on the bay!
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Don’t cut the wires.
nice progress on the bay!
I’m sorry. I cut the wires.
I never realized how much of this harness was for the ABS.
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Cut the ABS harness on the engine side and pulled it out through the firewall inside the car. A few wires left that go into somewhere else:
red/yellow on engine side. appears to go to the ABS relay. however, it didn't go through the firewall and looks like it went into the twist lock connector that engine harness connects to.
blue wire inside the car. wire diagrams says it makes it way to the alternator.
green/red wire inside the car. power from the ignition.
Red wire on the engine side. Diagram says it goes to the relay, but it seems like it goes straight to the power junction block where the main battery lead comes into the engine bay.
The good news is that it seems like none of the ABS wiring is integrated into anything else. Other than receiving power from the car, it stands on its own. So these wires will likely get clipped and then heat shrinked over the ends.
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Non car related. Scored some free cabinets from a house my parents' are renovating. Just need to build an exhaust hood and I'll have a place to keep all my brewing stuff and start doing that again! My wife got me the Northern Brewer electric brew kettle to make indoor brewing possible.
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I keep making progress so I'm going to keep posting some pictures. It's a lot of fun to go back through all of these pages and remember where the car was and where it's going. I've actually forgotten about a lot of the things I've done, changed, etc.
Things went in the other direction the other night. Switched the ratchet from loosen to tighten. Body harness going back in freshly re-taped and loomed.
Modified Porsche 944 brake booster.
If anyone is looking for a tap and die kit, the Husky kit from Home Depot is awesome. And affordable.
Larger master cylidner.
I'm going to print a small spacer to go between the 944 booster and firewall. This one is flat on the back and it's pretty tight with the clutch master hose.
I bought new connectors and terminals and have replaced the coolant level sensor and brake fluid reservoir wires and connector. Will do the same with the fuel pump connector and wires. The fog light and horn connectors both crumbled this time. I have new hella oe style horns that just use spades and found some fog light pigtails on ebay. The side marker light wires fell apart. Fixed one and will do the same on the other side:
Still looking pretty clean in there.
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Came up with a solution for subpar light output on the e30 when all other options were unavailable or undesirable. Once I install them and confirm fitment and function, I am going to offer them as kits (minus the projectors). Been working on these for a long time and just received my stack of SS mounting plates in the mail yesterday.
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The last month was pretty crazy figuring out this whole lighting biz. But I got caught up on the first wave of orders and had a night to just work on the car.
It's back on the ground. What I've completed up to this point:
- ABS Delete using the Chase Bays brake line kit.
- Chase Bays power steering reservoir and hoses.
- Patch some rust in the engine bay and paint it.
- New water pump, timing belt kit, transmission input shaft seal.
- Ditched the Garagistic DSSR in favor for the IE Motorsports DSSR and oem shift selector joint.
- Rebuilt the HVAC box with all new foam on the flaps and the joints and fixed one of the recirc flaps.
- Redid the body harness going into the engine bay (lights, fan, etc.) with new loom.
What's left:
- Finish putting interior back together and redo the gauge wire harnesses.
- Paint a couple pieces.
- Fluids.
- Odds and ends.
My printers hard at work.
These lighting adapters have been a lot of fun and really cool to see all of the reactions to them. I'm trying really hard to make them look and feel just as good as they do function.
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The last month was pretty crazy figuring out this whole lighting biz. But I got caught up on the first wave of orders and had a night to just work on the car.
It's back on the ground. What I've completed up to this point:
- ABS Delete using the Chase Bays brake line kit.
- Chase Bays power steering reservoir and hoses.
- Patch some rust in the engine bay and paint it.
- New water pump, timing belt kit, transmission input shaft seal.
- Ditched the Garagistic DSSR in favor for the IE Motorsports DSSR and oem shift selector joint.
- Rebuilt the HVAC box with all new foam on the flaps and the joints and fixed one of the recirc flaps.
- Redid the body harness going into the engine bay (lights, fan, etc.) with new loom.
What's left:
- Finish putting interior back together and redo the gauge wire harnesses.
- Paint a couple pieces.
- Fluids.
- Odds and ends.
My printers hard at work.
These lighting adapters have been a lot of fun and really cool to see all of the reactions to them. I'm trying really hard to make them look and feel just as good as they do function.
Dang you went all in on the print farm! That light output/cutoff looks super nice.
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Dang you went all in on the print farm! That light output/cutoff looks super nice.
As I started making them I realized that a complete kit takes 24 hours of non stop printing to make with one printer. Since I really only have the ability to start a print on the morning and after work, it wouldn’t have been good business to do that. Plus, if the printer went down, then I’d be screwed. So yeah, I dove right in.
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I keep seeing your posts in r3v, I really hope this takes off!
that plug and play option is super tempting -
I keep seeing your posts in r3v, I really hope this takes off!
that plug and play option is super temptingMe too!
Its harder than I anticipated. I knew forums didn’t work like they did years ago for selling car stuff and that’s it’s all moved to Facebook and Instagram, but I never got deep into instagram. So it’s been a huge learning curve to try and get the name out there.
But those who have received and installed the adapters really like them!
The Depo kits with the new Acme projectors is a no brainer to me. I was taking some new pictures of them last night and I’m looking at the Depos , and then my Ellipsoids, and back to the Depos. If one of those sets end up on my car I won’t be surprised.
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i see you are reselling DEPO kits. just a fair warning - their quality is subpar. I can tell you are dedicated to selling a really great product, and the DEPOs are not up to those standards. just have your customer service person ready to field those calls
a suggestion: be willing to open a set of the DEPO lights and sell replacement parts from it if someone requests. no other vendor does this. you may actually get business from this alone, and it would also support your own product. youll have to learn to disassemble (and/or make some special tools) without breaking stuff, but it doesn't take much practice.
what i've personally seen/experienced:
1. broken or stripped adjuster knobs (plastic is bad quality)
2. broken glass (thinner glass than oem, cracks easier)
3. leaking seals. (the gasket on the back bulb covers and the o-ring on the parking light are a joke)
Dan
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i see you are reselling DEPO kits. just a fair warning - their quality is subpar. I can tell you are dedicated to selling a really great product, and the DEPOs are not up to those standards. just have your customer service person ready to field those calls
a suggestion: be willing to open a set of the DEPO lights and sell replacement parts from it if someone requests. no other vendor does this. you may actually get business from this alone, and it would also support your own product. youll have to learn to disassemble (and/or make some special tools) without breaking stuff, but it doesn't take much practice.
what i've personally seen/experienced:
1. broken or stripped adjuster knobs (plastic is bad quality)
2. broken glass (thinner glass than oem, cracks easier)
3. leaking seals. (the gasket on the back bulb covers and the o-ring on the parking light are a joke)
Yeah, I hear you. I added a note to the website reiterating that they're an aftermarket headlight and not an OEM replacement.
I would like to think that most people know what Depo headlights are and that they are an affordable aftermarket option/alternative to OEM headlights. The ones I've taken apart though, the quality seems fine. I'll mess with the adjusters some and doulbe check any that go out.
Fun fact I recently learned with the printers and those cheap color changing LED light strips with remotes from amazon. The interference from the receivers on the light strips is enough to "push" the button on the printer's menu and make it do things by itself. I pulled those out of each one and put in LED under cabinet type lights and have had no issues.
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I would like to think that most people know what Depo headlights are and that they are an affordable aftermarket option/alternative to OEM headlights. The ones I've taken apart though, the quality seems fine. I'll mess with the adjusters some and doulbe check any that go out.
think all you want, but your brain power will not transfer to the morons of the world
Dan
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It looks OEM. Very nice job.
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