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Fresh spark plugs and coils went in today into the 330i. Engine runs significantly smoother and not as noisy (which I believe is due to my temporary used coil I used while waiting for my new parts to arrive).
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I'm so stance my roof rack got a roof rack
So i sourced this full$ on red interior and i pounced on that with the quickness.lol
My only complain was that its electric sports seats and mine is the manual sports seats.
With past exp i was able to retrofit the s2000 seats unto my prelude by switching the seat pan and using the rails for the prelude. So i thought forsure being as its the same car i could just easily switch the rails and i retain the manual controls. WRONG!
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So many parts$ and extra component$ like the lumbar support$ on it that i had to abort the mission.lol!
So for awhile$ i was contemplating if i should just sell the seats$ since the thought of wiring an electric seats unto a manual made my head hurt until a saw some peeps in the e92 community retrofiting it. So that boost my confidence$ and also its CORAL RED!
Here we go
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Removing the connector took longer than removing the actual$ seat lol
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It also helped that i yanked the connector from$ electric seats so i was able to compare the wires with the manual seat wires
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Moving the wires around to accomodate the new electric seats
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And ofcourse adding new wires
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The rear seats for my first time i couldnt figure out how to remove the lower seat haha.
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Spent about 10-14 hours bending fuel lines. Fitting 3/8" lines where 5/16" and 3/16" lines use to be can be challenging. I had to drill out the crumbling old rubber mounts and hope for the best. New mounts would have been nice, but I would have had to drill them out too. I really should have done this when the engine and transmission were out. I ended up pulling the whole rear drivetrain, and suspension except the struts themselves to get better access. Parking brake cables disconnected too. Under the car is complete, and about 50% done the engine bay. Slow process. I should wash the undercoating to see if it actually burns black??
Replaced my blackvue DR3500-FHD with DR650GW. hid the wiring from the rear cam along the top headliner and through the A-pillar. pretty clean install...for a DIY. the 3500 was already hardwired via the PMP so I just used the same power source to the 650. works great.
sample footage: may need more tweaking for video settings (switch youtube to HD for better quality )
was bored on sunday and decided to figure out a use for my old 'almost dead' DR380G dashcam and so it is now a in-cabin dashcam. mic is dead so it doesn't record sound. looks pretty grainy on dark days but its meant for in-cabin only.
Doing a bit of pre-spring cleaning on the 996. Got rid of the console ashtray and installed a cubby. Clean, easy quick little job. Awesome.
Pulled off the front bumper and air scoops to pull the condensers off the radiators and clean out all the crap that's gotten lodged in there over the years. Wheel well liners broke apart on disassembly, bolts frozen that needed to be ground off. Nasty, messy, PITA job. Awesome. The picture does NOT do justice to the grossness.
To my surprise despite running so well I got a bit of a surprise when I decided it was time to do the plugs and some of the gaskets. I was expecting some usual wear and tear given it's a turbo motor and over 100K but this was a little bit more than that. pulled the plug cover off to find a bunch of the hoses crumbling but rtv'd together, coil pack connectors broken, absolutely shitty plugs and valve covers literally loose and leaking oil. Going through it all I lucky I did it when I did, also found I should be doing the t belt soon too looks to have a bit of oil on it. Took a couple pics but now too many given I wanted the car done:
take apart:
shitty plugs... shitty picture:
one of the rtv'd hoses:
bit of a mess:
back together:
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Boost is not just a choice....It's a life style
1988 Toyota Supra - Mia
1990 Toyota Supra - Letty
1998 Toyota Aristo - Gisele (sold)
Changed out the IACV which kept giving me horrendous surging idle issues, won't idle at 1500rpm anymore
Also ran a comp test, 175psi on all 4 cylinders, pretty impressed considering the motor has nearly 340k of non-granny-like driving. K motors are tanks.
__________________ [13-03, 11:25] MG1 when you hit the brakes, it shoots cum at pedestrian - bukkake
[12-03, 19:06] meme405 That e30 is so mexiflushed I thought we were in albuquerque
[12-03, 23:03] rb when i see a modded element. I have nothing but respect. either the parents kicked him out or the guy is killing hookers in the back
Got the k20 back from Garage5 on the weekend and started to install several MR2 friendly parts for the swap. Creating a build thread in the next couple of days.
Headed out to Langley U blast and blasted my rear suspension and a bunch of mounts.
Proceeded to bend 3 hours worth of fuel lines.... Straight into the garbage. Can that ever be frustrating argh. Zero advancement today on those. I've realized I need to have eaten within 2 hours of doing that kind of work and then need to stop. As soon as I get slightly hungry patience goes out the window. lol
Swapped out my old ST coils for a Billstein Sport kit. With 385k on this TDI, these Bills will get me to my goal of 500k on this car before I replace it.
Spent 2 hours trying to get a single bushing out of my freshly blasted control arms. Said screw it after I had three more to go. Buying new adjustable ones online (TechnoToyTuning). Was contemplating this from the get go... Ah well. I tried to be stubborn lol.
After that frustration, set up the old paint booth in the apartment again to paint the rest of the stuff. #tenantfromhell but #mylandlordlovesme (Don't worry, I was brushing on POR15. No plastic booth required)
Got new tires. Decided to cheap out and get really cheap chinese tires. Total mounted and balanced was $380 out the door. Will be testing them out this week in this weather but so far they do really well in the wet but a little bit of slush and it feels sketchy.
Honestly, i dont believe what the media has to say. I see a lot of negativity towards chinese tires from the media but that is towards anything chinese. For the price for brand new tires, I'm willing to try. Came with 60,000km warranty as well.
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