Steelblue E36 Build Thread

Rekpoint

WoooHoo my hood is stuck closed!!!!!. This is going to make youtube gold. On the bright-side I can install my lip and m3 brake vents. In reality there is no bright-side.

jc43089

Don't cut anything. It's not that hard to get open. Are both latches stuck, cable broke? I have gotten e36 hoods open by pulling out a kidney grill and working on the latches through the hole.

Rekpoint

jc43089 said:

Don't cut anything. It's not that hard to get open. Are both latches stuck, cable broke? I have gotten e36 hoods open by pulling out a kidney grill and working on the latches through the hole.

Sadly I have done that. I have the kidney out bumper off hole cut in shroud. I have jiggled, pulled & WD40d almost everything. I even tried to unscrew the latch from the underside. Note it's only the passenger side that's stuck and It releases alittle but but not all the way.

patsbimmer1

You can pop out the driver side turn signal, grab the cable and pull on it to get it to pop. Taking the grills out doesn't give you the access you need. I have used a claw hammer to get grab the cable to pull on it for the leverage needed to do it.

Jdesign

I agree, you DO NOT need to cut anything. Its just finicking with various pics/screwdrivers/etc to release the latch.

jc43089

If it is just the right side latch that is stuck, you can just grab the cable that is between the latches through the kidney holes and pull it forward. Possibly pushing down on the hood above the latch to help it release if the tension is high. My cable is broken inside the car and that is how I get my hood open, janky I know but I have a ratchet strap as backup. It's super classy.

Rekpoint

Mannnn I really wanted to use my new sawsall. :c I yeeted it open today. We good now.

KaiserRolls

“Yeeted it open”

one more time in plain English?

jc43089

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yeet

"1. to make a violent motion of any variety, such as a "whip," or any motion that maybe associated with violent camera shake or photo blur."

Technically should have been "Yote".

"However, it's tenses are often used incorrectly. In the future, you "will yeet," In the present you "are yeeting," and in the past, "you yote."

"Yote" is often replaced with "yeeted," but that is a prime example of poor grammar. Using "yeeted" instead of "yote" would be like saying "eated" instead of "ate." It makes you sound like a baby or a moron."

KaiserRolls

Urbandictionary is the ruination of the English language

Earl

jc43089 said:

It makes you sound like a baby or a moron.

Doesn't using any form of the term accomplish this?

Rekpoint

C'mon now fellas.... You are correcting a highschooler on the internet. I wanted to experiment with some new words. Mind you I haven't mastered the English language yet.

jc43089

I just thought the urban dictionary definition was funny. I actually thought it was a failed autocorrect. So is that a thing people say? I'm 29 and I have never heard that word before. Urban dictionary should have origin information...

Rekpoint

Got wheels back from powdercoater yesterday they turned out great! Got them mounted up today. Also added an m3 lip. Going to install m3 side trim Tuesday when I get the rest of my clips!,