'91 318is, 16V swap.

[ak-]

Dig the change. Did you always have hood pins?

[FunfGan]

Left house:









Got to bumper:









Put bumper back together










De-thawed inside









Tried not to die on the way home








Got home. Somehow got bird crap on my wheel face. How does that even happen?

[FunfGan]

Did a brake stand in my shop this morning. Because its mine i can. Also i wanted to show it whos boss.

Video? :)

anything about this install scary or difficult?

Not really, just plug and play once you modify the pedal for the correct pedal ratio. I bought mine pre modified though.

[FunfGan]

Some updates!

First off, Polished/ cleaned up my valve covers a little bit.


Before:





After:






While I was doing that, found one of my oil leaks. Going to grab a new one after Christmas, but put some sealant on it until now.





Started painting the bumper trim, and prepping the bumper itself. I think the trim came out very nice, considering it was 35 degrees.












Paints I'm using. First is the trim, second is the bumper itself. Got the bumper primed and painted, but waiting till tomorrow for it to cure/ set.






After everyone left Cars and Coffee this past saturday, a VERY strong gust of wind launched my hood about 15 feet in the air and across the parking lot. Fortunately, this was the only damage.





More cleaning of the interior.





I had primed and painted the rest of valance, but when the time to paint the color match can failed on me, so I'll be redoing that soon as the only other can of red I found was a much brighter shade.





Then I put some new lights on, some pics for comparison. Also threw a black grill on to try it out. Nothing else is still chrome on my car, though I'm still not sure how I feel about it...










Oh yeah, and this happened temporarily.






Some random pictures because I take way too many...







New windshield my friend picked up as his is very cracked ^



Well I won't be updating until at least New Years, so Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to everyone! Stay safe. I'll leave some Christmas gift idea's here for anyone that would like to deliver Cara to me.

[ballski]

I really like it. Obviously requires a bit more force, but the more raw/ direct feeling is much better, imo. For what it's worth, the rest of my setup is DOT4 race fluid, generic performance pads rear, EBC carbon ceramic pads in the front and oem rotors all around.

anything about this install scary or difficult?

[eurotrash]

Did a brake stand in my shop this morning. Because its mine i can. Also i wanted to show it whos boss.

[FunfGan]

Ooh, I love the Alpina valence so much!

As do I :)

Looks better with the high beams!

I agree!

Do you like the feeling after the brake booster delete ?

I really like it. Obviously requires a bit more force, but the more raw/ direct feeling is much better, imo. For what it's worth, the rest of my setup is DOT4 race fluid, generic performance pads rear, EBC carbon ceramic pads in the front and oem rotors all around.

[Jim Lepage]

Do you like the feeling after the brake booster delete ?

[FunfGan]

How do you like the grip royal wheel? You running ps? Mines a looped ps rack so im not sure how it'll work with a smaller wheel but the stock ones hard to handle after a let go.

Love it. No ps, no bolts the rack is just open hahah. I've had no problems grabbing the wheel even at ~40mph.

[FunfGan]

My friend Will Larney took this photo for me yesterday, thought it came out well!

[eurotrash]

How do you like the grip royal wheel? You running ps? Mines a looped ps rack so im not sure how it'll work with a smaller wheel but the stock ones hard to handle after a let go.

[ak-]

Awww... I liked that Battle Spec sticker :(

[lambo]

Awww... I liked that Battle Spec sticker :(

[CW325]

Looks better with the high beams!

[325ix]

Ooh, I love the Alpina valence so much!