1997 540i/A: High mileage ballin' on a budget.

[rampelsauce]

Yes, the box is getting wonderfully full.

Edit:  Getting my 18's mounted/balanced next week.  Test fits soon, and will be broadcast here. 

Also, working on a deal for some snows.  Picked up a new washer pump to replace my faulty one.

[rampelsauce]

Snows installed, on car, kickin' ass.

So, I didn't get my 18's mounted yet because I'm trying to figure out what color to power coat them.

Bronze with a black lip?  Black with a bronze lip?  Hmmm.

I photoshopped a crappy picture of bronze with a black lip.

[B C]

Is the interior tan?

[rampelsauce]

Nope. Black on black, murdah'd out.

[B C]

I say medium-dark gray satin finish

No metallic

[rampelsauce]

I really like the bronze color though. Here's a sample piece I did. It's a bike hub.

[B C]

Yeah i think that would look nice, all the same color though, no black/silver/purple lip

[rampelsauce]

Snap said:

Yeah i think that would look nice, all the same color though, no black/silver/purple lip

If I don't sell them, I might keep the polished lip and do the centers bronze.

[rampelsauce]

[rampelsauce]

It got cold so I stopped snapping pictures. No more scuba tank. Sounds pretty damn good. Throaty under load, huge difference. I'll post some post op pictures and a video with some sound. I posted an instagram video of the exhaust before I patched it, so follow me @rampelsauce.

[B C]

OE german exhaust systems be cray

Is this what Dominic did to his car as well? That car sounds glorious

[rampelsauce]

Snap said:

OE german exhaust systems be cray Is this what Dominic did to his car as well? That car sounds glorious

Muffler delete.  My car is like that, but quieter.  Getting rid of the tank makes a huge difference.

[Dominic540]

Snap said:

OE german exhaust systems be cray

Is this what Dominic did to his car as well? That car sounds glorious

Thanks Snap! I removed both "tanks", not just the dead end one

[rampelsauce]

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[Earl]

[rampelsauce]

So my passenger side front window regulator got all messed up at the Gefrorenfahrt. I had to drive all the way home to Port Washington with the passenger window open. So I parked it in the garage because I didn't feel like messing with it til today. So here's what happened.

So I took my factory tool kit and fingers and put the cables back in their little tabs.  FIXED! 

So now I don't have to worry about it ever again!  Unless, that is, I decide to roll the window down.  This is a spring to do list item.

PS:Don't bother clicking on the thumbnails.  They are huge and out of focus.

[Earl]

Didn't you have it up before you drove past me? Haha

[rampelsauce]

Nope, it was 2/3 of the way down all the way home. Good thing it was pretty warm out.

[rampelsauce]

So I decided that I should clean out my cabin air filters and do some cleaning up under the hood while I was in there. I cleaned out the cabin filters/housings and cleaned out my air box as well.  I removed the intake silencer as an experiment, see what kinda sounds it makes without it.  

I may just go ahead and replace my windshield washer pump while I'm at it.

Also, I left my key in position 1, so my battery is dead.  My girlfriend is out and about, so looks like I'm stuck at home today.

[B C]

At least this year the dead battery happened AFTER the ice event