Procrastination...

[Jean]

Awesome progress!

[Aptyp]

And he calls 1 year procrastination.

Most people on this forum have a garage full of parts, owned a car for half a decade, and still read r3v to get ideas.

I am not going to point fingers, so i don't expect any pointed at me for this.

Awesome progress, neat parts.

[Mtriple]

And he calls 1 year procrastination.

Most people on this forum have a garage full of parts, owned a car for half a decade, and still read r3v to get ideas.

I am not going to point fingers, so i don't expect any pointed at me for this.

Awesome progress, neat parts.

Its basically taken me a year to do a 5 lug swap. I think that is worthy of the term procrastination.

[nefarious7907]

keeep at it, its been 7 years since my timing belt was last changed :)

[TheEtaUnderdog]

Its basically taken me a year to do a 5 lug swap. I think that is worthy of the term procrastination.

lol I've been welding holes in my floor for over 8 months. Lazinesssss

[Mtriple]

Some more progress...

Rear end is done and back in the car. Just need to finish the parking brake and rebuild the rear calipers and she should be good to come down off the stands.

[george graves]

Ohhh - looks awesome.

[parkerbink]

Really nice, Bob great work!

[Ben Carufel]

Damn Bob, I *still* haven't even finished the install that I presume you started of the sway bar mount reinforcement things on the S50 car.

[Mtriple]

Damn Bob, I *still* haven't even finished the install that I presume you started of the sway bar mount reinforcement things on the S50 car.

Get those tabs welded!

[Mtriple]

Added some mood lighting LED's from the E39 domelight.

mood lighting portion of the E39 domelight:


looking down into the led shrouds:


LED's and resistor removed:


shrouds cut away from the rest of the housing:


Took apart the maplight mirror but didnt like what I found:


So I decided to go here:



Pretty simple wiring, just tied into the ignition power on the sunroof (the E39 is the same way, on with ignition):


Directly underneath, looking straight up:


I dont remember my E46 being this bright. We'll see how it goes, I may play with the resistor value to tone it down a bit.


Overall, I'm pleased with the results. I'm kind of a stickler for the factory appearance and it doesnt look out of place in my opinion.

[Jean]

Nice! I am loving your rear subframe/trailing arms/diff.... soooo clean!

[Mtriple]

Thanks Jean!

I've been a little worried about the rear fitment with my staggered style 5's. I finally got to the point where I could throw one on today and take a look. I think its going to work out fine. If not, I have a fender roller in the garage...

[backtrail69]

looks like you will need a roll for WOT, but should fit great.

[nefarious7907]

I would molest your wheels