My 1997 M3 (That I'm not going to part out anymore)
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Did a few things this past week, hopefully I can offer more technical updates soon haha
I'm a huge fan of vinyl windshield banners, DTM or Supertouring style
I went to the craft store looking for vinyl that was the length of a windshield, it just so happens that Joanne Fabric sell 4ft by 12in strips of vinyl in every color for those Cricket cake and vinyl machines, $9.99
Wide enough to have up to 8in of reduced visibility
After my exhaust gaskets came, I threw on my Billy Boat catback that I picked up from @Rekpoint
It was actually pretty hard getting that right pipe to slide off of the midpipe, I didn't know they slide into eachother.
yea, thats a jack and 4 jackstands to support just the rear of the car.
️I want to not cut corners with this car, but here I am cutting corners. Instead of buying fog light deletes, I just prepped and painted my fog lights because I had some color matched paint laying around. I did this because my fog lights aren't OEM, and it was free basically. If I wanna go back I'll buy nice ones. I also removed the bulbs so I don't accidentally turn the lights on.
No hanging plugs too
After wet sanding and installed, they need to be adjusted along with the bumper still.
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keep in mind that I make custom vinyl decals for cheap, including windshield banners. Check out my facebook page ... Rage Drift Designs ... for some pics of previous work I have done. I give a WIBIMMERS discount too.
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keep in mind that I make custom vinyl decals for cheap, including windshield banners. Check out my facebook page ... Rage Drift Designs ... for some pics of previous work I have done. I give a WIBIMMERS discount too.
+1, you do great work!
Dan
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I know it seems like I keep posting pretty much the same thing over and over, but soon I should be able to change it up.
Something fun will be here on Monday, and I should be getting something from @Bassboy3313 soon too
Cleaned the inside of my front arches today and installed and adjusted my front BC coilovers
Although I forgot to take a pic of the arches cleaned and coilovers installed
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Went with 12mm spacers
Everything installed, close to how I want it to sit
The rears aren't on anymore because the rear springs settled and the tires started to rub when I rolled it in my garage. Gonna adjust them tomorrow and throw the rear wheels on
Bonus pics, cleaned my engine bay up a bit
Missing a hose clamp on the intake still, I'm not sure why the PO went though all the hassle to put a 3.5in MAF in without any other mods. Kinda don't like seeing 5 hose clams in a row and all the extra couplers. Also this intake flops around and Isn't attached to anything
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Engine bay looks nice, don't touch your washer reservoir with dirty hands mine is permanently ruined.
Well that 3.5 inch maf works wonders when you have a 3 inch pipe feeding it and then it going into a 2.5 inch throttle body.
Yep, any and all gains come from the tune required to run the MAF
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Yep, any and all gains come from the tune required to run the MAF
I figured that, injectors are still pink and rev limit is still 7k so I doubt I have any sort of performance software flashed on the DME. Just thought it was strange how out of there way someone went to put this MAF in.
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Dude... Is that a Schwinn?
It's my sisters
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So today this came:
My brother thought that it was garbage when he saw it on the porch because the box was so badly beaten. You couldn't even pick it up without it folding in half, so it's a miracle it's all mostly here.
It's a UUC branded SSBC BBK kit. It's probably pretty old, but the seals and pistons all look nice, and the brake lines are in good condition.
I'm pretty sure stock M brakes up front would have been sufficient for anything I ever do, but I always wanted a BBK and it was $200 for everything so I really couldn't pass them up!
The pads still have compound on them, but they are cracking it looks like, so new pads will be probably $100
All of the crush washers are stuck crushed so I need new ones. I don't really know where all the washers and stuff go so that'll be interesting. I figured out that the pins hold the pads in and the little cotter pins retain them
The seller said the rotors were junk but I said send them anyway, and sure enough they have plenty of material left to be put on a rotor lathe. + for slotted!
I cleaned them up the best I could, they are pretty stained but I think it looks kinda cool. Might try harder later.
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Did some suspension adjusting today and threw the rear wheels on finally
Rear wheels rub when I hit bumps, I might have to go up a hair all around. My front and rear arches are mildly rolled already, so i'm going to rent a fender roller and roll them a bit more. I have adjustable rear control arms sitting in my garage, but I don't wanna have to run excessive camber and it's a pain moving the diff forward to put them in etc.
I was going to do my rear sway bar bushing and links today, but the bushings don't seem like they could possibly fit
I was trying to force the bracket around the bushing, and there is no way it's going in like that. I don't know if ecs sent me the wrong bushings on accident, or if I'm doing something wrong. A few years ago I was going to do the front sway bar bushings on my old M3 and I had the same problem. Bad luck twice?
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I hate those parts that are tough to install and dont seem quite right. It could just be that the bushing is designed such that it requires stretching in order to ensure that there is no slop. I have only ever dealt with urethane replacements. Rubber is the superior material but urethane is so much better for a DIYer to work with and easier for aftermarket production so urethane usually wins.
those beebs lookin’ real nice!
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Looks like a bushing for the wrong DIA Sway bar.
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Been kinda busy/unmotivated the last few weeks, going to order poly rtabs, sway bar bushings, e46 M3 rotors and brake pads for the BBK tonight. This weekend I'm renting a fender roller also. I feel kinda guilty because now the car will probably be ready just in time for school this fall, the 4th summer in a row where my BMW has been out of service.
Anyway, I went to Gibsons in Appleton yesterday and today and went overboard because they are so insanely cheap. Found something very cool that will make it's way into the M3
I found a 328i vert in the yard and initially when I saw the interior I thought wtf did someone do to this car, seeing all the interior panels wrapped in tan leather. I didn't immediately realize that this car had the super rare extended leather interior package. I looked up the vin and this car also had the M aerodynamics package, wood package, and a BMW phone that was now gone. The hood was smashed closed, but I'm pretty certain this was an individual car.
The center console section was the worst, someone had yanked on it to get to something.
These things are foam with metal running through them, and thankfully it bent back and a few sections of broken foam just need to be glued. It already looks like nothing ever happened
I found the glovebox cover on the ground outside of the car. All the leather is pretty stained, but somehow its soft and has absolutely no water damage and no peeling or bubbling. The only piece missing is the driver side panel that goes under the steering wheel.
The full haul:
I paid $64 for all the extended package leather stuff, and $26 for everything else...
Have any of you ever dyed leather? Do you have to spray it on or do you just rub it in? This leather is stained beyond repair and some spots need to be filled etc. and I don't want tan anyway. They would look perfect dyed black and in my car
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