COKGBLR goes under the knife

[LJ851]

I picked up this iso flare tool and made 8 flares and this happened. Going into town tomorrow to see if I can warranty it. :(

The same thing happened to me when i bought mine. I bought 2 extras when i replaced it so i wouldn't get stuck again next time. Of course i have i never broke another since then. Greasing that piece seems to take some of the load off it.

[Cletonius]

The same thing happened to me when i bought mine. I bought 2 extras when i replaced it so i wouldn't get stuck again next time. Of course i have i never broke another since then. Greasing that piece seems to take some of the load off it.

I'm in a small town and they haven't had anything in stock I've needed so far. It's hard to deal with being from Chicago where I can go get this tool cash and carry from several places. I left my receipt at home so I'm hoping they'll swap me for store credit and give me some unbent hard line and fluid so I can finish the job tomorrow. I really don't want to have to take Tuesday off as well and I won't have time to come back for another 3 weeks. Total rock and hard place.

I wish I'd known about greasing the pin, I only need 2 more flares to complete my job and then the back half of the car can go in. Sucks.

[Cletonius]

Brake lines are done, fuel tank is in, subframe is in. Tomorrow we bolt up calipers, bleed brakes, install the driveshaft and set the car down.

Beyond excited.

[Cletonius]

After a 5 mile drive. YAY!

[Cletonius]

I took the car for a longer drive after I gave it a good washing. Overall I'm very pleased with how it came out, the ride is nice and firm but not too bouncy.

I have noticed that above 4k rpm through redline I'm getting a shudder. It doesn't seem to be velocity relayed, but more to engine rpm. The car cruises fine at 80+ mph on the highway but after the revs come up the shudder happens. Could this be motor mounts? My transmission mount cross member was hanging by a few threads when I got under the car, maybe replacing all the bolts and finally getting everything as it should have caused some of the other issues to show up?

Here are a few pics I took today after the wash.

[MattAvino]

That is the brass T divider in the rear that goes to the lines. It is a cheap 'while you're in there' thing to replace with the subframe removed. The hardlines rot out, I did not take a good look but they are only 10 bucks a side prefromed. I did it on my Mother's e30 a year ago, new line from the MC to the rear with a new T and pre made lines with new rubber lines.

Pre bent e30 lines? Where can I find this?

[Cletonius]

Pre bent e30 lines? Where can I find this?

The dealer has them for the trailing arms

Edit: guten parts sells a kit for $60 that has everything, found this out after buying all the bits and a flare tool.

[MattAvino]

The dealer has them for the trailing arms

Edit: guten parts sells a kit for $60 that has everything, found this out after buying all the bits and a flare tool.

I didn't find it on their website. Link?

[Cletonius]

I didn't find it on their website. Link?

No clue, send Levent an email.

[MattAvino]

I will, thanks

[Cletonius]

Time for an update!

A few months ago the fuzz started peeling from around my sunroof gasket so I figured it was time to get going on my moonroof repair. I acquired a new BMW gasket from a forum member and added a can of trim black to my order at the upholstery supply shop.

My moonroof came from a real gem of a parts car so it was in less than fabulous condition when I found it; one of the mounts was halfway peeled off the glass. I used a nice urethane adhesive to glue the metal back down. I took pictures of this process but for the life of me cannot find them anywhere.

Now that the brackets were all glued up I could mask off the glass and paint.



Paint at the ready


I did 4 "med-wet" coats with 3 minutes flash time as directed.


After the masking was removed it looked like this


Now I've just got to wait 48 hours for the paint to fully cure before I can install it. Longest 48 hours ever.

[cmcgrogan]

its going to look so nice. i wish i had one. nice build

[Cletonius]

Thanks!

I wanted one from the getgo but was resigned to never having one. This one fell into my lap so I couldn't resist. I'm going to be redoing the shade as a trial before I attempt a full headliner.

[Zreberlcoe]

I want a glass sunroof sssssoooooo bbbbbbaaaaaadddddd. but I don't want to redo the cables lol.

[Cletonius]

Everything is the same. I greased up my roof last year and compared everything to the mechanism I pulled from the parts car. There's just a little nub you have to cut off of the sliding pieces so the shade slides right. I have the installation guide from BMW so I'm hoping it'll go smoothly for me.