My Hoopte30 Project Attempt #6 - the painless way to earn cash back every day

[2mAn]

I love the sealed H1/H4 upgrade on early models

[AWDBOB]

I love the sealed H1/H4 upgrade on early models

This is my first time using them- the car had H4s in the high beam spot when I got it so I just fixed the broken one without thinking about it.

I’m just now realizing that H4s are dual filament and thus make for a better low beam which is what I really want any way, so I’m going to swap the H4s over to the low beam spot in the mean time and see if I can get some cheaper Autopal H1s because hooptie budget.

Edit:

Remembered I randomly have a case of new H5001 high beams, this worked out perfectly! H4s are much better in the low beam spot.

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Untitled by bimmertown, on Flickr
Untitled by bimmertown, on Flickr

[mike.bmw]

I'm running H1/H4s on my 318is and it is a great budget upgrade over the stock sealed-beam setup. I can actually see where I'm going on those late night/early morning drives!

[AWDBOB]

I'm running H1/H4s on my 318is and it is a great budget upgrade over the stock sealed-beam setup. I can actually see where I'm going on those late night/early morning drives!

Especially considering what a nice set of projectors cost now and how many decent quality non-Hella H1/H4s are available, it's a solid setup for the money!

[AWDBOB]

Budget a/c is a fools errand, but I'm going for it

I bought a new high pressure hose for the seiki compressor, a new drier, expansion valve and parallel flow. A customer gave me a good used genuine r134 pressure switch a while back, and I had some other nicer hoses on hand as well as a curved blade fan and what seems to be a good compressor from a buyout.

I'm all in for sub $200 and sweat equity, but this could potentially transform the car.

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Untitled by bimmertown, on Flickr


Found a few new firewall rust holes during this process. Had to swap evaporator cores as well with a good used one.

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Amazon was late with my PAG oil so I had to call it for the evening, but tomorrow I'll pull a vacuum on it and hopefully we'll have a/c!

FCP order showed up and I put the new oil pressure switch on, she's almost done!

[e30austin]

BIMMER TOWN USA
POPULATION: BOB

godbles, brother - must be nice to have an e30 with working AC

[AWDBOB]

BIMMER TOWN USA
POPULATION: BOB

godbles, brother - must be nice to have an e30 with working AC

hahaha don’t worry I’m sure it won’t last more than 2 days