This is Sofie- Now w/ 5 lug and MT-2!

[efficient]

All I have to say is good fuckin work man. I don't even like cabrios but this one might chance my opinion.

x2:up:

[sayed ali]

Amazing job!

[JFarhanbod]

I somehow stumbled upon this at 5 am haha
All I have to say is good fuckin work man. I don't even like cabrios but this one might chance my opinion.

[robrez]

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Sorry if I'm a little obsessed with your interior But I think the reason the anthracite bolsters don't look oem, despit oem fabric, is because the weave is horizontal, rather than vertical. Do you have enough to do the headrests?

[Vtec?lol]

whoa whoa whoa! Lets not get ahead of ourselves here :mrgreen:

Oh shit, didn't see that!
Well what do we have here?:D

[glucklich21]

Holy shit, nice work! I love it!

Thanks. :)

[glucklich21]

Not feeling the stitching on the headrests, but a beautiful interior otherwise.

Yeah they're being replaced. The material was out of a touring rear seat so that's why you see the "stitching".

[robrez]

I'm not so sure about the M-tec cloth on the headrest, but we shall see. My upholster was able to track down factory Anthracite cloth that's NLA so that's on the bolsters. Cloth sport seats are freaking comfy as hell BTW.

Not feeling the stitching on the headrests, but a beautiful interior otherwise.

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[CorvallisBMW]

Holy shit, nice work! I love it!

[SwiftE30]

Who cares?

jk's

This will probably end up being the coolest cabrio on here.

whoa whoa whoa! Lets not get ahead of ourselves here :mrgreen:

[Vtec?lol]

Who cares?

jk's

This will probably end up being the coolest cabrio on here.

[glucklich21]

Vid of the engine running: http://youtu.be/4gIEPIM1Bw0

[glucklich21]

So I went to Houston to do my front wheel bearings and stoptec pads on my new 4 door. I spent the rest of the weekend doing the front 5 lug swap.

Did a quick caliper rebuild. I chose used calipers instead of new ones for the sake of cost. The calipers themselves weren't that expensive, the brackets that hold them on are. The rears cost more then the fronts!

Anyway before and after sand blasting





Popped out the piston with some compressed air




You can see the old seal in there, pulls straight out.



Rebuild "kit" Note the different models with this same size pistion





New seal installed with a little brake fluid after a good spray of brake cleaner on the inside





I installed the dust boot before I compressed the piston all the way in







Started like this:




Popped off the tierod, control arm ball joint, and brake line.








Removed the spindle. Note the control arm still there....






The reason the control arm is there is because these Powerflex bushings I ordered. For the 3rd time in a row they do not fit. Mind you I'm trying to put them on a new factory BMW control arm that it's listed for. It needs to slide on an additional 1/4" or so. This is why the factory control arm is still on, I needed to be able to move the car around. The fenders were also removed for the time being. OEM M3 bushings have been ordered to replace the powerflexes.



Anyway, I went with BC Racing coilovers. They bolt onto the spindle through the holes with the machined surface.







Mounted the strut assembly in the car. I had to lower it quite a bit. I didn't want the car to drag bottom.




Meyle HD sway bar links






Installed the 57mm studs from Kaliboy



Rotor and caliper bracket installed from Anthony @Bimmerbrakes



Stoptec pads from Bimmerbrakes as well




Caliper installed, ain't it sexy. ;)





SS Brakelines from Turner




Result, the CAB wasn't attached for this pic




Tires are this:




Favorite pic from this weekend:




More to come in three weeks when I go back to do the rear!

[glucklich21]

Since I'm sick and a wimp, I came home from Austin to get better. While here I finally got to see the new interior. The front seats still need the new shocks installed so the backs are off and the rear headrest still need to be installed, but something is better than nothing! :)

I'm not so sure about the M-tec cloth on the headrest, but we shall see. My upholster was able to track down factory Anthracite cloth that's NLA so that's on the bolsters. Cloth sport seats are freaking comfy as hell BTW.









Also been slowly acquiring 5 lug stuff.




That's it for now.