Vivek's Vert.

[lambo]

Just spent 1300 bucks. Ground control coilovers with adjustable Koni's, as well as an ejnight cross brace which could easily be my most important upgrade. All I really need now are subframe bushings, motor mounts, front sway bar end links, and a diff mount. I looked into my control arms and tie rods and they seem to have been recently replaced. I put the money into better coilovers.

I am excite!

[Vivek]

I've been ignoring it for now. I just open the glove box and adjust the volume when needed, and I figured out how to switch songs from the phone. Simple enough and it works great, so I won't mess with it anymore.

[einstein57]

Normally (not that I've used it more than twice) I just plug my iPhone in and go. It'll shuffle through everything and I just don't touch it. The remote is infrared so you'll have to have the glovebox open to use it, but it's much better than feeling for those buttons while driving.

I just wish it didn't just say "Accessory Connected" on the iPhone and not let me control it on there. It'd be much better if I could skip songs and change the volume right from my iPhone that's right there, and i'd almost never have to open the glovebox. I hope there's a way around that...(using an aux connection would probably work, which I may just do).

There are a couple things you can do depending on how adventurous you are. The easiest thing to do would be to get an infrared repeater. Basically a device that you stick on to the front of your head unit and you mount a new pickup sensor anywhere you want. What i would personally do is take apart the faceplate and un-solder the IR sensor. Then solder some wire on to the circuit board and then relocate the IR sensor to somewhere like under the HVAC panel or inside the tape deck area.

Also here is what i did with the ashtray on my girls car

[Vivek]

Just spent 1300 bucks. Ground control coilovers with adjustable Koni's, as well as an ejnight cross brace which could easily be my most important upgrade. All I really need now are subframe bushings, motor mounts, front sway bar end links, and a diff mount. I looked into my control arms and tie rods and they seem to have been recently replaced. I put the money into better coilovers.

[Vivek]

No more exhaust rattle--took it all off and got it welded again this weekend. I used a hose clamp instead of a rubber hanger on the subframe to get this adjustment right.

Took this:

And added this:


Now I can have no top and not worry about it raining. It doesn't line up or close perfectly, but it'll be only for emergencies so I don't really care.

All done for the weekend:


I'll wash it tomorrow or the day after, this things super dusty inside and out.

[Vivek]

Of course I realize that. They're going on my dad's car anyways and he doesn't care either way, so I'm just gonna leave them alone.

[chadthestampede]

That makes zero sense. You realize that esms don't come with bbs caps.

Rip off the bbs logo and put a bmw emblem on them. Or run them capless like everyone else does.

[Vivek]

Yes, but they're thought of as Keskin KT1's not replica OZ Futuras. I'd actually be fine with the ESM's if they didn't have BBS caps on them. I'm just weird like that I suppose. In my mind that's the difference between copying an excellent design and trying to be something that the wheel is not. I also found out that the ESM's are 16" yesterday...I feel retarded for thinking they were 15's for like 2 months. Not even sure how I managed to do that.

[chadthestampede]

I know, it looks great but I just can't get over the fact that they're reps. I could buy literally any wheels with tires to put on my dad's car and keep these (he honestly couldn't care less what wheels he has) but I can't stand that they're not real

This is funny because Keskins Kt1's are reps.

[Vivek]

There's nothing that I fucking hate more than working on cars right now.

[Vivek]

Nylon machined rear shift carrier bushing

This came in today. Shifting's gonna be awesome. I may also upgrade to s Z4 shifter which is even tighter than my current one. A friend's friend has on in his e30 but his tranny sucks so it makes it hard to shift for him.

[Vivek]

My idea of rake is the frame rail relative to the ground. If the tire gaps are the same, the frame rail is leaning way forward. So in my eyes it looks much better with the back lower than the front.

[lambo]

I'll probably have the rear sitting about level with a wheel, and the front tucking as much tire as I can get away with without camber plates. Right now my car has no real reverse rake, the front sits just about level with the tires, rear tucks about . The rear's up an inch from my sig.

"Real"

Damn late model rear fenders...

[Vivek]

Understandable haha

Gonna finally level out the reverse rake? ;)

I'll probably have the rear sitting about level with a 17" wheel, and the front tucking as much tire as I can get away with without camber plates. Right now my car has no real reverse rake, the front sits just about level with the tires, rear tucks about 1.5". The rear's up an inch from my sig.

[lambo]

Money.

Understandable haha

Gonna finally level out the reverse rake? ;)