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Finished up everything successfully and on-time. Have to admit, I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought even though I usually love working on cars. Doesn't matter, it's all done and I never have to deal with most of these items ever again.
Luckily no oil leaks in the hot-vee so that saved me time and money. Did see the upper oil pan leak for myself and it's going to the dealer in May for that. Can't find an indy-shop that I can trust and the cost difference for the piece of mind is just not worth it. Also, hate to be "that guy" but I'm returning the ESCO jack stands (which are super nice). Spending a whole week under the car jacking it up and down and still with little space to do much, I've decided to just pay a little more and get a QuickJack lift (thank you Costco for carrying it). Quote:
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04-20-2021, 09:54 AM | #2269 |
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After doing a ton of work on suspension, now misfiring on cylinder #4. Misfires under heavy load. Swapped coils, still in #4. I don't see any oil but on this valve cover, the valve cover doesn't seem to be attached to the spark plug wells like in previous generations? The new valve cover from months ago, coils didn't even need to be removed. But I'll start a thread with that newb question so not to mess up this one.
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04-20-2021, 11:21 PM | #2270 |
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Oil change and oil cooler add.
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04-20-2021, 11:25 PM | #2271 |
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German tags and German N63 badge and meth kit turned on finally, waiting for my wrap appointment now.
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Upgraded 51mm turbos, Heatsync Stage 3 Flash, JB4 stacked, BMS WMI, Arm Charge Pipes, Heatsync Catless DPs, X-Pipe, Res Muffler Delete, xHP Stage 3 Trans Flash, Turbosmart Diverter Valves, 3.5 TMAPs, Oil Cooler, Heatsync Front Mounted Max Cool Intakes, Walbro LPFP and e40 mix rollin on Stance SF07 9x20 w/Toyo Extensa and 10.5x20 w/Toyo R888R. |
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04-21-2021, 12:22 AM | #2272 |
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You running straight meth in the tank? That's a bit spicy lol
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04-21-2021, 11:27 PM | #2273 |
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Haha, no not at this time, I'm running a blend right now. I wish I had the balls to run it at 100% so I mix it with distilled water.
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04-22-2021, 10:52 PM | #2274 |
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F90 retrofit front bumper is finally on.
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04-27-2021, 07:13 AM | #2277 |
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Finally, the last bit of chrome is eliminated from the car. Had some extra paint from last year and Amazon had accidentally shipped me an extra can of 2K clear coat (can't return it either), figured I'd just buy the right primer and go to town on the door handle chrome trim pieces. As far as I know this is a similar process that IND takes on the fender chrome pieces, but I'm sure they do it better.
And yes I know that wrapping them or plasti-dipping is far easier and requires no removal, but I'm all for the OEM+ look and this looks better to me. The Process Removing the trim without damaging it was much easier than some made it out to be. Just take a heat gun and make a couple of passes to soften the tape underneath and then use a strong metal wedge (prey tool) to slowly pull out, starting at the point closest to the front of the car. I then took some 150 grit sandpaper and scuffed the chrome. The trick to painting over chrome is to use a 2K Epoxy Primer. Laid down 3 coats and then wet-sanded it with 400 grit sandpaper. 4 light base coats. 3 coats of 2K Clear and you're done. I'm gonna let them completely cure for 72 hours before I put them back on the car. The only snag to this entire project is not being able to find super thin 3M double sided tape. The regular tape is just too thick and will make the trim stick out (already tried it before I started painting). Since they never have to come off ever again, I'm just gonna glue them on with a strong epoxy. I'll post more pics in a couple of days when I get to that part. Oh yes, I lied about these being the last of the chrome on the car. I still have the 550i letters on the trunk lid but I did order a black version to take care of that.
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Retrofitting comfort seats, but there's pretty much no used door switches for veneto beige. So it's either a $100 switch per door ($200 total YIKES) to color match, or go with black and pay $35 for the pair.
Opinions? I feel that it's definitely a bit worse than color matching, but is it $165 worse...
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04-28-2021, 01:07 PM | #2282 |
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Love the door inserts! I thought I found a seller on eBay that had advertised direct replacements. Ended up being BS. They weren't long enough by 2" and were too thin. On top of that, 3 of the 4 were different sizes anyways.
Needless to say I got my $$ back
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Handles removed, trim pieces glued from the inside, handles reinstalled, and all done. Love how they turned out and had fun doing it.
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Finally got a much needed wash yesterday…then between me letting the dogs out at 4am and getting up at 7, it rained. Now it's gorgeous out…ugh thanks Florida!!
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