A purists nightmare - E46 drift build

[Tkuhn]

Update.

Got the trunk wrapped and installed the tail lights.

Also wrapped the driver side door. And got all the trim on.

Then got the fenders installed along with the chrome grills in the hood. Also fitted up the headlights and corners. 

I found out when I was disassembling the car that the driver side axle was leaking some grease from the inner boot. Ordered up a boot kit which was $20 and even febi brand! So I rebuilt that axle today. Was super simple and quick.

[Rekpoint]

Mad respect man. Wrapping shit is a tough job! Looks GREAT!

[Tkuhn]

Rekpoint said:

Mad respect man. Wrapping shit is a tough job! Looks GREAT!

Thank you! Excited to have it all together and see it as one outside.

[Jdesign]

Dat booty

[Tkuhn]

Exciting package came in wayyyyy faster than I thought. This bad boy is straight from poland.

Musk Customs "M-package" front lip. Its fiberglass, but oh my is this a quality and solid piece! Fit the bumper so well I could hold it up in the air by the bumper and the lip didnt even move. 

So hyped to get the bumper and lip wrapped and see this shit on the car on the ground!

[Tkuhn]

Got some help from a friend that wraps things for a living tonight. Front bumper is done! 

Next up is the lip, might redo the rear bumper since I got a glimpse at a better way to do a bumper.

[patsbimmer1]

This is looking great!

[Tkuhn]

Wrapped the musk lip tonight. Sooo hyped to get this attached to the bumper and put it on the car. 

[Rekpoint]

I like the wall decor !

[Tkuhn]

Rekpoint said:

I like the wall decor !

Yea I'm lucky the girlfriend is so supportive

[Jdesign]

Nice lip choice. Excited to see it installed!

[Tkuhn]

Mounted the lip to the bumper after work today

Also got my parts in to rebuild the passenger side axle so I got that done and ready to go in the car. Once I get the axle in all I have to do is throw the exhaust back on (although I'd like a new one in the near future) and shes ready to put on the ground

Also I dont think I shared this, not super exciting but I did replace the shift selector joint as well the other day.

[wasnt m3]

Looking good. Always liked the Arqray lip.

[Tkuhn]

wasnt m3 said:

Looking good. Always liked the Arqray lip.

After staring at the Musk one that I got and pics of the arqray one the musk one is more drastic. The curve inward is deeper and the bottom goes out further. Musk stuff is like that, they make a csl style trunk that is more aggressive as well. It has a taller sweep.

[Tkuhn]

UPDATE

Installed the Hold Fast steering wheel my girlfriend got me for christmas.

Wrapped and installed the rear roof extension.

And I am soooo hypeddd to share this with you guys, first might I add! 

Quite a few more loose ends to tie up but soooo excited to see this thing on the ground!

[m42b32]

Wow, that looks fantastic!!

[YoungCR]

Looks great!

[Tkuhn]

UPDATE.

Some bad news today.

Last night we found out there was a problem with my clutch. After trying a few things including removing and installing the slave, rebleeding it and making sure the clutch fork hadn't fallen off or anything we found the problem. (Clutch pedal was hard as a rock immediately).

My new pressure plate was the same as the old one which is a LUK self adjusting one. And after reading these can be flawed from the factory, the plate is fully adjusted which is bad. (The springs are fully extended)

Sooo I was forced to pull the trans, again. 

Here you can see the difference. New one is on the right and the old one is on the left. Notice the difference in the self adjusting springs. 

Luckily things went pretty smooth and I had everything out in just under 2 hours.

I will be contacting the company I ordered through but I have little faith that they will resolve anything due to their lack of replying to emails after my order. I may end up ordering a sprung disc with non adjusting pressure plate like I should have in the first place.

I didnt let this get me down completely so I continued on to other things. 

I wanted to have the rear decklid covered last year but never got around to it, I ended up interior painting the old faded and nasty grey decklid cover.

Then made covers for the speaker area and other hole in the top out of some plastic. 

Turned out pretty well.

 That's it for now until I figure out what my plan is with the transmission/clutch situation.

[Jdesign]

MAN this looks sooooo good. Bummer about the pressure plate. Seems like it wont be that big of a set back though, just annoying.

[Tkuhn]

Jdesign said:

MAN this looks sooooo good. Bummer about the pressure plate. Seems like it wont be that big of a set back though, just annoying.

100% annoying. Lol also seems that you can reset the pressure plates. Sooo I suppose I should try that.