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[jpod999]

The things you have to do when living in the desert ;)

10º are a solid result, good job!

[s14brent]

I got so fed up with photobucket earlier I ended up deleting my account. What a shame, at least it was easy to download all my albums.

No real progress has been made. I had an "experience" with a bench grinder and ended up needing 3 stitches in my index/trigger finger so I won't be doing too much until the tendon heals. :ugh:
But meanwhile I'm in the process of pricing out a pretty elaborate home renovation, so the budget for the builds have been cut for now.

I got tired of walking into the oven (my garage) and decided to do some quick research on garage door insulation. I decided I wanted to stay at a $200 budget and I'm pretty much spot on. I thought about getting sheets of 1.5" r-tech but I'm glad I went with the 1.25" insulfoam kits from Lowes.

First off....heres the wagon hauling the product home in one trip!





The house I live in is over 30 years old. This is the backside of the garage windows (the outside is dirty)



I finally got around to spraying some rustoleum frosted glass spray paint to kind of block the view...even more so now that it will just be a block of foam there.



I decided to do the two-car garage first and wanted to take an IR temp mid-day to see if it actually helps!



I used one of those snap-off utility knives to cut the foam. The packs make it easy because the height was correct, only needed to cut length! No matter what you do, it will make a huge mess! Make sure you have a shop vac to clean up!!



The garage door has slots that basically holds the foam in place. Some flat garages need PL300 foam board adhesive.



It took me a while because I had to take off the support beams (3) and reinstall by myself (adjusting garage to height and supporting beams on work-horses). It turned out looking REALLY good. Clean up took about an hour......hated it! but I absolutely love the way it looks compared to before! Each pack of 8 boards is about 7lb's. The two-car garage took 16 boards, so I'm guessing its about an additional 10-12lbs.



The next afternoon about 2pm was the moment was truth! I wish I did a before and after ambient temp comparison, but it definitely felt waaaay nicer and less oven-like and i'm just curious because it feels like a drastic change!



YESSSS!!!! it paid itself off with those numbers!!

I finished up the 3rd car garage (the e30's home) tonight. no real good angle to photograph this. installing this side was a HUGE PITA.....had to sit on the trunk a few times.



I'm pretty stoked how well this worked out. I wanted to line the garage door with reflectix but that would mean i would need to deep clean both garages and prep for adhesive (not to mention being well over the $200 budget) but I'm happy with these results as-is. I will eventually replace the bottom seal of the two-car garage door. It's pretty much enough for padding but in no condition to make a good seal.

[s14brent]

DAMNIT! This is why we can't have nice things! Some greedy piece of shit always seems to stick the knife in as deep as possible and then turn it to get all the moniez. I seriously hate capitalism.

I hope we still get to see progress on this. By far my favorite thread.

Thanks man, this thread is all over the place and not always e30 relevant. I probably won't be fixing the broken url's but I will continue to update here. I'll try to restore some of the images on this page.

small recap of this page (testing img host)

kamotor fender flare install



close up of rear radius cut & weld



sv650 - chopped, reinforced & welded the kickstand for lower ride height

[jeenyus]

DAMNIT! This is why we can't have nice things! Some greedy piece of shit always seems to stick the knife in as deep as possible and then turn it to get all the moniez. I seriously hate capitalism.

I hope we still get to see progress on this. By far my favorite thread.

[ngampleh]

PB sucks...!!

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[s14brent]

seriously...they want $39/mo or $399/annual for 3rd party hosting...and their quality has always been shit...i just liked it to separate my work and play - and because free! I pay for 3 other domains with 2 servers I can host the images on and it's not even $400/annual. wtf are they thinking!

[parkerbink]

PB sucks so much they messed up my sig pic that wasn't there! WTF???

[s14brent]

i can't see the pictures!

rip thread....i refuse to pay $99 annual fee for photobucket...i'll have to start hosting elsewhere and slowly fix this thread.

[jeenyus]

i can't see the pictures!

[s14brent]

*pictures rehosted on post 203*

hellrot m3 finally sold! got a sweet gtx3582r as part of the trade. time to start collecting parts!

e30: kamotors standard fender flare install done by my friend Ray of @raysfactory

started with the rears - top of flare is the high line. drill holes next. draw radius where to cut



cut up to your line. the panel will separate. cut lines to bend sheet metal towards you to weld. pull forward (to tighten) before tacking,





take your time welding. sheetmetal is easy to blow through. cut off excess after and grind down. now it's as strong as it was from the factory, no flexing





spray rust preventatiive under coating, added fender welting and mounted



fronts were much easier

line up fender (notch it to fit trim), drill mounting holes, use tape to find your radius cut



after welting and flare installed



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its been 109 and climbing....116 high this week.

took a bike ride at 5am when its still 85





^notice the kick stand is not flat on the ground anymore since lowering rear. I ordered a spare on ebay just in case, but I chopped off 1.5" off the kickstand. Turns out the kickstand is hollow, so I put in some 5/8 steel rod (about 4-4.5"), beveled the kick stand ends, and welded it in the stock angle (that's where the 2nd kickstand came in handy! also a JIC sort of thing). ground down the welds, cleaned, then sprayed some etching primer, sanded it smooth and then shot some black over it. Notice the angle it sits at now vs before. It's much safer now and looks just like OEM!



put together a svracing stand for the bike. it was cheaper than 2 pitbull stands, and i can wheel it around the garage with ease. (in case i ever need to put it in a tight corner for storage)



bought a pair of asv f3's...kind of a nostalgia mod (probably shoulda went with the c5's).....i had these on my crf50 and yz125 LONG ago...I have black adjustment wheels on the way...just got too excited to leave them in the box!

[s14brent]

Sweet man! I bought a couple 1999 SV's in parts last year. I've got one together and been riding it a bit this spring. It really is a fun bike. Tremendous upgrade from my old 1984 KZ550 LTD. Its amazing to me how cheap these bikes are for how much fun they are and how easy to work on they are.

I actually was looking at a kz550 ltd before i picked this up, I also checked out a xs850 but I wanted to stick to something with a chain. I was actually looking for a cb550/xs550, but there was only a kz nearby, and it was in pretty good shape, but luckily I decided to check this SV out. I really didn't want another 28+ yr old project.

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I did more things to the sv.

I got a pair of rear blinkers off ebay to run up front. The fronts stick out soo much!



I ran the front turn signal wiring into the rear assy and soldered to bulb socket. looks much better now.



I also picked up as stock rear seat off ebay so no more blue boat seats!!



I also changed the frame sliders. the previous owner (i think) used one from a different bike and didn't fit properly




changed the headlight bulb to a LED from ADVmonster. I've heard good things about this bulb! Can't wait to see the output difference. I decided to try LED because it's hard to hide a HID ballast on a bike with no fairings.



One from inside the housing.



i'm pretty happy with the progress so far! I bought a new mofset rectifier/voltage regulator (from a cbr1000rr - pictured left).



I've been having some weird charging issues with a brand new battery. Apparently this is the #1 culprit on the bike which leaves riders stranded. (no thanks) Read a lot of cons about replacing the stock unit but rather replace it with an upgraded mofset unit (which also runs cooler temps) and hard wiring it directly to the battery. I ordered some metri-pack sealed connectors (easternbeaver) to make it a sealed plug and play regulator if in case removal is necessary. I ended up borrowing an open barrel terminal crimper from a friend (hozan p707) to finish up the job. I liked it so much I ended up ordering one for my toolbox. All the local hardware stores didn't have a crimper I could do this job with - unreal.



sealed connectors all wired in. each terminal was crimped and soldered. I'm glad a lot of this info is available online. I would have felt dumb replacing with another stock unit. I'll be checking voltage etc. it's reading 14.45v running with high beams, and hazards on. previously it would jump down considerably with each accessory on, fully charged battery would go down to 10.1v with the same things on.

I also fixed what i thought was a throttle cable issue, turns out the PO ziptied the choke cable for some reason so when I would turn right the rpm's would raise. totally safe right? I threw on some tank risers while I was putting it all back together.



Short people problems: I threw on a pair of Soupy's lowering links. It really sucks being short! It really helps me ride around easier. I wish I took before/after photos. I guess you can tell the rear end is lower, the tail section is no longer at a 30 degree angle but closer to 15 degree and the gap is definitely gone.


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e39: sent the dme out again a few weeks ago, had some things fine-tuned I guess you could say....and well I plugged it in, and it's finally ready to smog!!



and FINALLY!!


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e30: *sorry guys' not much to update*

Battery is recharged. took almost 2 days on my chargers. WTH. I replaced the evap temp regulator and it's still not throwing power to the compressor. I'm super confused now and will have to just start from square one. It really doesn't help that I keep picking up where I left off every other week. beyond frustrated as its 104 already during the day here in las vegas, and I refuse to drive this without the ac working properly - especially since the car is all torn apart at the moment making everything accessible. So close yet so far. Hence why I've been enjoying the bike more and more.

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e36 m3: has been for sale. Every since I took the fortune-auto's and fiskes off for the e30, it' hasn't been as "fun" to drive. I put on the fk konisport coilovers that came with the car and some cheap 18's. Anyways, those coils had the oem m3 strut mounts that were pretty blown (probably giving even more camber) and I actually decided to replace them with some bilstein 325i one's which actually allowed me to take out 12mm spacers up front. (yay more spacers for the e30 lol). I hope this thing sells soon! I'm surprised none of my neighbors have complained yet to the HOA this year!

[willworkfore30s]

Sweet man! I bought a couple 1999 SV's in parts last year. I've got one together and been riding it a bit this spring. It really is a fun bike. Tremendous upgrade from my old 1984 KZ550 LTD. Its amazing to me how cheap these bikes are for how much fun they are and how easy to work on they are.

[s14brent]

I finally sourced the e30 vacuum control valve and evap temp switch from two different locals. The vac control valve is kind of hooked up ugly as hell right now, but I want to see if this fixes my issues first before making it cut to fit cleanly.

I just installed the parts tonight and my battery is dead now so I stuck it on a charger.

Oh.. my KAmotor fender flares got delivered today! I haven't unwrapped it from the packaging yet.
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e39 wagon content.

I have been super burnt out on this project "daily" with all the smog bs. Today I finally decided to install the front JOM coilovers I got from a user on bimmerforums since the H&R springs didn't lower the car at all. JOM is one of the only companies that sells a front coilover kit for the e39's with SLS (factory air) rear suspension. I have yet had the chance to drive it around but I'm hoping it isn't complete shit. The guy I got them from used them for very short period of time but his car was involved in an accident and spent the winter outdoors and developed some surface rust, so first thing I did was disassemble them and clean them up. Transferred over the new top hats I installed on the H&R setup.



set it at about a finger gap from the top of the tire to fender which should be good enough for a daily.



kind of fell in love with the car again after this!

edit: 6/02!!

I found some graphite interior trim on craigslist on a part-out! Got it super cheap, few broken tabs, nothing that affects it terribly. people usually ask 2-300 for complete sets. I'm glad i didn't have to pay that!



so much better!! i have to get rid of the wood grain trim that covers the radio, not a huge bummer it was not available in the parts car. With the aftermarket head unit in there, it's inop anyways.


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and I'm going to post about the sv650 because I don't have anywhere else to share about it LOL

I had to do something about the rear fender on the bike. It was absolutely horrible to look at. So i got a fender eliminator kit for it. There's not very many options that retain stock tail light and turn signals. I didn't want to go for that LED strip sport bike look - because...well...it's not.



the horn was dying/dead by the time I changed it. Just some off the counter low-tone horn from oreilly's.



took it out for a ride up to redrock...this thing is so much fun!!!



I needed mirrors pretty bad. I ordered some bar end mirrors from moto-elite. (they come with bar end sliders or whatever)



ended up joining svriders forum. found a yoshimura RS-3 slip on (discontinued) for dirt cheap. couple of dings in the can, no big deal. I got rid of the rear foot pegs and got a rear exhaust bracket from svracing, and ordered a 2" vibrant exhaust clamp since the pipe didn't come with hardware. I also used a spacer that came with my UUC swaybar kit (which i didn't use since i have the sway bar spacer kit on there already)



I'll post pics when i get the Sargent seats on there. Waiting for an extra rear seat to come in so I can get it recovered. You can see the seat in the redrock photo. It' looks a lot less like a boat seat, and I can put my foot on the ground since it's lower.

[s14brent]

great update as always. that bike looks mean af. i'd honestly be scared to ride a bike with that much power.

Quick question on making a shroud, since i value your wisdom, would a sheet with a circle cut in the middle of it for the fan be an effective shroud for the radiator fan? I only ask cause a lot of shrouds i see look like an air duct, but the OEM shroud is just a piece of plastic with a circle cut out for the fan... so i'm confused if it would still be effective to make on that way.

I've been riding a friends 550 around (he has a gs750 as well) and I was actually looking for an older cb or xs 500/550/650, but the condition of the bikes i found made me look for something newer, less mileage and more reliable (basically not another immediate project). So much for not spending a lot of money on it though, i bought a lower seat which wasn't necessarily cheap. I didn't expect gear to be another $1k! but damn this thing is fun!!

As for the shroud, you're going to want the shroud to extend out (a couple mm at minimum) and not block the air flow but rather collect/trap the air and allow the puller to be most efficient. I'm really hoping i can get by the way it is now!

[jeenyus]

great update as always. that bike looks mean af. i'd honestly be scared to ride a bike with that much power.

Quick question on making a shroud, since i value your wisdom, would a sheet with a circle cut in the middle of it for the fan be an effective shroud for the radiator fan? I only ask cause a lot of shrouds i see look like an air duct, but the OEM shroud is just a piece of plastic with a circle cut out for the fan... so i'm confused if it would still be effective to make on that way.