My '05 Alpine ZHP "Daily"

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Just a minor update on the daily! 

Still driving everyday, blizzaks on the TE37's have been awesome for the few snowfalls we have gotten, can't wait for the first big snowfall when it actually sticks. Car has been a true joy to drive, and never seems to get old. I am sure I have refreshed a few things since my last post, but the main one was doing a Brembo GT BBK in the front. This kit comes with a nice 2 piece rotor, and a huge size increase over the stock ZHP. 

I also have a rear kit coming next week to match the front which should be awesome. 

After that, I plan to order a new cooling system for the S54 as at the end of summer with AC running the water temp would creep up if I let it idle too long or got stuck in stop and go traffic. I plan to get the 3 core CSF and pair it up with the Mishimoto E-fan which should help keep the car pretty nice and cool. 

Highly recommend this chassis to anyone and everyone

[damnboy037]

That winter setup is crazy good, I keep forgetting you have the s54 in your daily.

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ACS mirrors successfully installed, painted, and PPF'd on the ZHP.

These have been on my list of parts I have been searching for for this car for probably 2 years now, finally found a LHD set, as all of the other sets I find are RHD. With my car being a 05, I have the ribbon style cables, so I had to modify them a ton to make them functional. I completely took the motor and harness out of my OEM mirrors and made a bracket so it fit in these. I parrallel park downtown almost daily, so I really did not want to lose the reverse mirror function.

I also recently black PPF'd the door trim, as it was severely faded and buffing did nothing. This has bothered me since I bought the car, and new shadow line trim is like $6000, so this was the best option. It honestly looks better than new, and will withstand all scratches with the nice self healing that PPF has. 

I think the mirrors completely changed the look of the car! This is how the car should have came from the factory. 

[Jdesign]

Mirrors look so damn good on there. 

[YoungCR]

Trim and mirrors looks amazing!

[P_Roloff]

Looks spectacular, as always! I thought I had a fun winter car, props to you for driving it year round. I’m sure it’s a riot in the snow!

[Partiallypurple]

Little update, I am sure I missed a ton of updates in between this. 

Scored some new seats for the ZHP! Have debated for a long time which route I wanted to go, on either m3 seats, or Recaro Sportsters, but I finally settled on just finding a really nice OEM set to match what came in the car. I felt that this fit the "build" a lot better. 

So here are some MINT electric/heated seats I got out of a 15k mile e46. 

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Oh, I also filled all of the doors/trunk/ and under the rear seat with sound deadening. This dramatically improved the driving experience! The stereo sounds a lot better, the road noise is quieter, and there are no more rattles with heavy bass in songs. I def recommend to anyone on these cars or anything older. I will be doing the E36 soon! 

[YoungCR]

Looks right at home. Do you still notice any road noise underneath or from the front? That’s been on my to do list as well. Glad to hear you had great results with just those areas.

[Jdesign]

@Partiallypurple any specific reason you went with the Siless sound deadening over any other brands?

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YoungCR said:

Looks right at home. Do you still notice any road noise underneath or from the front? That’s been on my to do list as well. Glad to hear you had great results with just those areas.

Road noise is for sure better in all areas, obviously it’s not silent but it’s a cheap and easy way to convert your car into a 7 series

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Jdesign said:

@Partiallypurple any specific reason you went with the Siless sound deadening over any other brands?

My friend ran this on his car and said it worked great, and the price was good. That’s about all

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Partiallypurple said:

Little update, I am sure I missed a ton of updates in between this. 

Scored some new seats for the ZHP! Have debated for a long time which route I wanted to go, on either m3 seats, or Recaro Sportsters, but I finally settled on just finding a really nice OEM set to match what came in the car. I felt that this fit the "build" a lot better. 

So here are some MINT electric/heated seats I got out of a 15k mile e46. 

* Idk what it is, if mine were old and tired, but these heated seats COOK compared to my old seats*

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S54 is at 103k miles and had the bearings replaced with WPC! Everything looked pretty normal wear wise for this mileage, and crank was in great shape.