My '05 Alpine ZHP "Daily"

[YoungCR]

That is a thing of beauty right there. *In 4 induction noise burnout videos*

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Spent a full 8 hours taking out my saggy oem black headliner and replacing it with some suede!

Removed all the old adhesive and foam for a fe w hours. It was terrible, but very worth it. 

I ended up getting a few small creases in spots that are pretty hidden but it is so much better than what I had. Wrap job is a 8.5/10 but I am 10/10 happy with it.

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I also fully installed the Karbonious Air box over the weekend and got it tuned by HTE. The install was very easy straight forward. The most time consuming part was wiring in the new MAP sensor, but even that was not bad.

Overall, this is my new favorite mod on the car. This thing sounds INSANE. I watched so many videos before installing this over the years and nothing captures the sound properly. It sounds like the motor is sitting right next to you. I love it. The only cons I have noticed so far is a torque loss between 3-4500 RPMS. I have a dyno session Monday and this might get fixed, I am not sure. Even if it is not, it is very minor, and there is for sure a lot more top end power. Surprisingly, my gas mileage (as long as im not beating on it) is about the same as well. I got 31 MPG on the way to Final Bout over the weekend which is awesome with the $55 a gallon for premium right now. 

This car has evolved so much in the year I have owned it and is quickly becoming my favorite car I have owned.  

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Andddddddd got bored of the TE37'S. Going to put them in the closet for a few months. E88 time! Going to go down from pictured tire size (255/40/18) to 245/40/18 PS4S and should be golden!

Never in my life did I think a year and a half ago when I bought this ZHP as a daily it would someday be S54 swapped with a set of TE's and E88's LOL

Oh well, this car has been the most fun and surprising project of my life. 

 

[Rekpoint]

What are the specs?

[YoungCR]

Looks killer!

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Update! Finally got the new Yokohama Advan V601’s mounted on the e88’s. Finally decided on 255/35 after lots of debating on what size tire to run. 
 

They fit fantastic, have to install new rear bumper brackets that I ordered with more adjustability to widen the rear bumper a tad and I should be good to go. Very happy with the new setup, falling in love with this car again. Probably going to have some stuff resprayed on it in the very near future after a long winter of daily driving. 

[SteelBlue]

This setup cars fucks

[Partiallypurple]

Just a minor update on the daily! 

Still driving everyday, blizzaks on the TE37's have been awesome for the few snowfalls we have gotten, can't wait for the first big snowfall when it actually sticks. Car has been a true joy to drive, and never seems to get old. I am sure I have refreshed a few things since my last post, but the main one was doing a Brembo GT BBK in the front. This kit comes with a nice 2 piece rotor, and a huge size increase over the stock ZHP. 

I also have a rear kit coming next week to match the front which should be awesome. 

After that, I plan to order a new cooling system for the S54 as at the end of summer with AC running the water temp would creep up if I let it idle too long or got stuck in stop and go traffic. I plan to get the 3 core CSF and pair it up with the Mishimoto E-fan which should help keep the car pretty nice and cool. 

Highly recommend this chassis to anyone and everyone

[damnboy037]

That winter setup is crazy good, I keep forgetting you have the s54 in your daily.

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ACS mirrors successfully installed, painted, and PPF'd on the ZHP.

These have been on my list of parts I have been searching for for this car for probably 2 years now, finally found a LHD set, as all of the other sets I find are RHD. With my car being a 05, I have the ribbon style cables, so I had to modify them a ton to make them functional. I completely took the motor and harness out of my OEM mirrors and made a bracket so it fit in these. I parrallel park downtown almost daily, so I really did not want to lose the reverse mirror function.

I also recently black PPF'd the door trim, as it was severely faded and buffing did nothing. This has bothered me since I bought the car, and new shadow line trim is like $6000, so this was the best option. It honestly looks better than new, and will withstand all scratches with the nice self healing that PPF has. 

I think the mirrors completely changed the look of the car! This is how the car should have came from the factory. 

[Jdesign]

Mirrors look so damn good on there. 

[YoungCR]

Trim and mirrors looks amazing!

[P_Roloff]

Looks spectacular, as always! I thought I had a fun winter car, props to you for driving it year round. I’m sure it’s a riot in the snow!

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Little update, I am sure I missed a ton of updates in between this. 

Scored some new seats for the ZHP! Have debated for a long time which route I wanted to go, on either m3 seats, or Recaro Sportsters, but I finally settled on just finding a really nice OEM set to match what came in the car. I felt that this fit the "build" a lot better. 

So here are some MINT electric/heated seats I got out of a 15k mile e46. 

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Oh, I also filled all of the doors/trunk/ and under the rear seat with sound deadening. This dramatically improved the driving experience! The stereo sounds a lot better, the road noise is quieter, and there are no more rattles with heavy bass in songs. I def recommend to anyone on these cars or anything older. I will be doing the E36 soon! 

[YoungCR]

Looks right at home. Do you still notice any road noise underneath or from the front? That’s been on my to do list as well. Glad to hear you had great results with just those areas.

[Jdesign]

@Partiallypurple any specific reason you went with the Siless sound deadening over any other brands?

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YoungCR said:

Looks right at home. Do you still notice any road noise underneath or from the front? That’s been on my to do list as well. Glad to hear you had great results with just those areas.

Road noise is for sure better in all areas, obviously it’s not silent but it’s a cheap and easy way to convert your car into a 7 series

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Jdesign said:

@Partiallypurple any specific reason you went with the Siless sound deadening over any other brands?

My friend ran this on his car and said it worked great, and the price was good. That’s about all