Alpine White Zender Kit E24 633CSI

[B C]

What brand is that new sensor? NTK?

Valve cover looks nice, your wrinkle paint spraying skills surpass mine.

[Jdesign]

Snap said:

What brand is that new sensor? NTK?

Valve cover looks nice, your wrinkle paint spraying skills surpass mine.

Yes NTK. 

The key to nice wrinkle paint is using an oven. Makes it look like I know what Im doing.

[Jdesign]

https://m.nettiauto.com/bmw/635/8996293    damn it

[Daggerty]

Jdesign said:

https://m.nettiauto.com/bmw/635/8996293    damn it

They copied you, sue them.

[Jdesign]

Daggerty said:

They copied you, sue them.

No way, that thing is glorious though.

[Jdesign]

Still waiting on parts. The first shipment was lost so the seller sent a second set of crush washers. How annoying. Anyways, I did an oil change, painted the AFS, and some more parts since they were off the car. The old oil filter was super gross and the last person that installed the filter smashed the gasket and it doesnt look like it was sealing properly  The oil itself looked far overdue as well so I cleaned everything out really well before adding new stuff. I replaced all the o-rings and crush washers and added VR-1 because it has the extra zinc levels in it perfect for older bmw motors. I ran this oil in my M20 and loved it.

I also have a lead on a front valance, grills, kidneys, and euro lights. So there's that as well.

[Jdesign]

Rebuilt the brake caliper last night even though one of the seals was the wrong size. Besides that, I was sent a box with 4 rear inside brake pads instead of new front pads, so I cant install the caliper if I wanted to anyways. 

I failed to take pictures of most of my results due to anger and frustration. But here is a not so great picture of the difference in the seal that was incorrect. 

It looks like it would work, but would certainly not. Imagine trying to repair a bicycle inner tube using a 26" tube on a kids 16" wheel. It doesn't work.

[B C]

Always wondered about VR-1. 20W-50 anything is getting harder and harder to find. I will try it out in the poor-mans S50 once its running

[Jdesign]

Snap said:

Always wondered about VR-1. 20W-50 anything is getting harder and harder to find. I will try it out in the poor-mans S50 once its running

Hell yeah its awesome, and I rather run it than just a basic ZDDP/ZDTP additive due to not knowing how the oil you use will "accept" (for a lack of a better term) the extra chemical.

[Jdesign]

Finally got the crush washers after they got lost in shipping twice. I went to torque the oil rail down and the online specs said 11-13NM. I set my torque wrench to 11.5 but man that felt too tight so I went by feel. I know that rail is delicate, and the crush washers formed to the tube like they were before, so I am not worried about getting it any tighter. I also used some loctite as recommended so they wont back out. I bolted everything back together and it looks a ton better with everything freshly painted.

I also got a new roundel for up front and this afternoon I am meeting a guy with new headlights, grills, kidneys, side markers, gaskets, and hardware. I was really hoping he had a valance but he said he just sold his along with front and rear euro bumpers. DRATS!!

[Jdesign]

So I met a guy that drove up from Illinois to deliver me some parts as seen below. Super nice guy and we ended up talking for a good 45 minutes. Turns out he has a nice size collection of vintage cars and he shared some pictures with me(also seen below). He convinced me that I need to visit the Windy City Vintage Fest this September on the 16th. Boom, I have a new deadline this car needs to be in perfect roadworthy selling condition. 

Overall he sent me about 40 pictures of his collection. Some pretty awesome stuff. That's all for now until I start installing all the goodies he brought me.

[YoungCR]

There was an article about him getting back into tracking with his 2002 in Roundel sometime last year I think. Recognized the garage, nice collection for sure!

[Jdesign]

Installed and polished the new (to me) kidneys, grills, and lights. What a difference. I cant wait to find a front valance so I can mount the front Zender lip correctly. I also found the new coolest thing about the car; the perimeter lit vanity mirror. There is a metal part inside the visor clip and the previous clip was snapped off. I was able to use the old metal portion but the plastic was destroyed. The metal makes a connection when the visor is in the down position grounding out the light.  

[Jdesign]

Oh and for fun, a before and after grills.

[B C]

what a world of a difference that makes! the paint on that car looks to be in great condition too

[Jdesign]

Snap said:

what a world of a difference that makes! the paint on that car looks to be in great condition too

I know! The paint is so/so. I really need to finish buffing the whole car but there are deep scratches that wont really come out unless I melt the paint really good. I don't know if I have large enough kahunas.

[Jdesign]

Drove the car to work (about 20min) for the second time now without a hiccup. Driving it is awesome, but I seemed to have noticed more things that I need to address by doing so.

I am also still on the hunt for a front valance!

[Daggerty]

e92boost said:

It's coming along great! I'm wanna come with my 6er to see this thing one day. 

That would be cool

[Daggerty]

Jdesign said:

Drove the car to work (about 20min) for the second time now without a hiccup. Driving it is awesome, but I seemed to have noticed more things that I need to address by doing so.

I am also still on the hunt for a front valance!

I can tell

[Jdesign]

I can mount the top half and the sides of the bumper trim/covers, but there's no sense in doing so if I have to remove them to mount the valance. 

Current list of things that still need attention:

Parts to order / find

• Front springs
• Tie rods
• Control arms bushings
• Ball joints
• Right rear window switch
• Battery tie down
• Front valance
• Speakers (4 minimum)
• Shift Bushing
• Wipers
• Tail light surrounds (might need to make my own)
• interior dash blanks
• fog lights

Labor

• Remove tint
• Muffler/ rear exhaust
• Install v belts
• Adjust steering box
• Extreme detail/ buffing session
• New brake pads
• Turn signal Relay needs to be cleaned or replaced