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They might counter your choice with a choice of their own ... like how you'd like your face rearranged or similar ð A friend had her expensive paddle stolen from a club recently, found it on FB market place complete with her name on the label still ... negotiated a low price for it and got it back on the basis its cheaper than the $700 odd for a new one ð Sucks badly.
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Nice, that's a good price for the trims I'll probably go and spend the same getting sorted with equipment and paint to do mine now haha ... and i'll not know what colour to do them naturally. Thanks for the adhesive link !! Will see if I can source some of the tube goo.
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One should feel very curious indeed ... same city ?
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Hah that's rad, can you recall the type of mounting tape it was? I'm about to paint my wood trim also, guess you sold the black cube trims@Harper
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I have a case of the dreaded saggy felt which has separated from the door entrance rubber on my E46 coupe Only thing that makes me more sad is looking at the price of new ones !! Anybody successfully refitted them and have had them hold up for a few years or more ? I ordered the OEM rubber goo (assume just contact adhesive ?) but its no longer available. Keen to hear of specific successful product / process.
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Ahhh i think it might just be a mis-communication. Probably saving for the Virgin Galactic flight I reckon, different space etc
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Have not seen it in the flesh yet but its out of the mold and looking good
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Coincidentally I'm making some adapters for my E46 at the moment to install new front components via 3D print. Such a great piece of tech for such things !!!
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All the fuel !! Feels weird having all those wires inside ya gas tank right hah
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Just chucking my 2c into this one ... really want(ed) the modern Blaupunkt https://blaupunkt.com/product/frankfurt-rcm-82-dab/ as I only have the single DIN space. It's just so expensive though I could not justify it ultimately ð I did read a thread some place else that described modern headunits as looking like a 'robots dildo' which was a good lol Anyhooo I went with the Alpine mechless UTE-73EBT as the least terrible looking option. Have the centre mount kit on the way from BMW. Another option that is interesting is the JVC which is single DIN and has a screen for reverse camera, which is fairly unique. https://nz.jvc.com/car/audio_receivers/kd_x560bt/ Looking forward to seeing the finished result, jealous getting the car play / android auto compatibility !!
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Got the resin infused today !! There were a couple of microscopic leaks identified during the infusion process which were sealed with mastic, crossing fingers there is no air against the mold side.
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Had some delays with the infusion as the bag was not holding the vacuum well enough. Will says we need about 3 hours of good vacuum holding so the resin can gel and we get a good part out. The good news is the bag is holding well now so we are good to go tomorrow to get the resin in Also went with BMW NZ for the require parts which I've listed out below ... prices were not THAT much more than Schmiedmann after a little back and forth. Got the adhesives and a few of the other bits today that are not ex Germany ... only to find that 1 out of 3 window adhesives and both of the structural adhesives were past their best before dates ðĪŽ Not awesome when one is ... wait or it ... $300 and the other is a relative steal at around $200. INSANE prices but as I want to get this certed I must stick to the OEM products, one of which is clearly a Sika product. If anybody else wants to do a roof any time soon hit me up for some of the more expensive K1 adhesive which I only need to apply to exposed metal where spot welds are ground down etc as corrosion prevention. Shopping list if anyone is interested: 51318208468 E46 Window moulding front 51318208471 E46 Window moulding rear 83192211217 R1 Cleaner 41328242075 E46 Roof bow 83190413015 Body adhesive K1 83190417144 Body adhesive K3 83192289286 Window adhesive
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https://evolution-cstms.com/car?id_car_mark=18#id_car_mark Just looking about for some inspiration and came across this crowd based out of the UK who do all sorts of custom 'items of interest'. I'd be very curious what the quality is like !!
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Looking pretty slick ... I reckon you should get a dry ice blaster ... so I can borrow it
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Phase 2 of 3 for the manufacture complete ... temporary bag removed and all of the proper steps completed ahead of infusing on Saturday. So cool to see it done in the flesh just like so many of the great vacuum infusion videos on YouTube etc. Steps done now and pictured: Layer of peel ply added Flow media added Flat channel for encouraging resin flow Spiral tube for feeding in resin 3x bungs for resin and 1x bung for vacuum pump
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That's the one yep
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So no resin flowing this weekend but some sound decision making which should lead to a better / more certain result. Essentially it's pretty difficult to get the fabric right into the corners so we had to change approach after getting the first layer of fabric down (the most important one) using spray adhesive ... it was too aggressive and was not allowing the needed movement of the fabric causing all sorts of weirdness. So that layer was removed and is now the last layer instead where it will not be seen. In the end the best method was to lay in all of the fabric (1x200gsm, 2x400gsm, 1x200gsm) and pull a partial vacuum, then massage into the corners nicely through the bag where you could move the fabric in from the outer edges, leaving the large flat part of the roof alone. The vacuum will be left on it for a few days so the cloth takes on the needed shape ... we'll then de-bag and add in the breather fabric, resin pipe work, flow media etc ready for the actual infusion. To the pics ...
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Allo allo ... just PM'd you about the purple tag racks I have a rack attached to the subframe I welded some bits onto from memory when making my engine mounts. You can have it if you look after me when its purple rack time ð Will try and remember to dig it out from under the house tomorrow.
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Saturday is the day we shall get everything layed up and in the bag, pump it down and if all is well it shall infuse on Sunday Got the parts list together for the fitment, adds up more than the roof itself !! Then there is certification expense etc etc ... probably another venture where could have spent better else where buuuuuut ... should be pretty cool right ð
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Not quite a BMW but close enough ... been helping my brother with his R53 Mini, including spending an insane amount of time bleeding the clutch on the feckin thing !! The internet helped yet again and provided a 3D printable pressure bleeding cap, works super well In the legitimate bimmer camp I used the little Bissel Spot Clean Auto to clean my passenger seat ... I'm REALLY hoping this was a coffee somebody managed to spill through the thing !!!
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Back from the dyno in one piece Made 306hp / 228kW at the hubs which seems fairly good compared to the factory numbers for the VQ37. The OEM tuning had things pretty well under control so was not a whole lot of additional torque / power to pickup and ironically the biggest improvement was from replacing the crank case breather with a rubber bung with a small hole in it ð This let the crank case run at about a 4psi vacuum due to the dry sump ... aiding ring seal and reducing windage. Will go over the CSV exports from the dyno and see if I can whip up a start / end graph or something fun.
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Got a dyno session booked in tomorrow which is pretty exciting. Going with Edgell Performance who will let me do the tuning (and lots of learning !!) and provide a mandatory staff member to operate the dyno and provide guidance which is perfect for where I am at. To get ready for the dyno session I got a few things done which I've been meaning to for a while: Wired in a 3.5mm stereo jack to the OEM knock sensors based on the schematic from UpRev (https://uprev.com/documentation/Knock Listen Device.pdf). I can either listen to this feed directly via a portable headphone amp (https://www.fiio.com/a3) or feed it into the laptop to reduce all of the frequencies but around 6kHz where my knock should occur. This is done via a USB device (https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0484) as basically every microphone input i only mono and I need stereo. Using Equalizer APO for the audio manipulation, which works great after some initial issues. Calibrated the crank case vacuum sensor voltage output since I'm feeding that now directly into the Arduino for display on my custom display. Used a simple vacuum generator and big cheap gauge. Will be interesting on the dyno to actually be able to watch what vacuum is pulled when up in the RPM's ... will also see if we can measure some hp gain from running a higher vacuum. Not mandatory but I sorted out a 'proper' shifter boot as the previous one had lost its seal and was letting in all sorts of horrible gearbox chatter thanks to the light weight single mass flywheel. Using a steering rack boot now and a new 3D printed enclosure to snugly fit the boot. Got some templated views ready in MegaLogViewer HD for different tuning activities. Outside of getting dyno ready I also received my two power supply boards to use with the new Orange Pi ... these are super cool and will allow the Pi to have time to shut down cleanly after ignition off etc. Also located a 3D model of the Rotrex C38R centrifugal super charger which I printed out for fun ... might be 2024 makeover ðĪŠ
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Hah yuuuur was on the Friday noodle run Where did you see me ?
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I have already got leather door cards from @Harper funnily enough Was going to wait until the new roof is on until putting them in but they are under foot so might get them all done sooner rather than later. Also was going to replace the stuffed speakers and wood trim with something else while at it ... just keep on pulling that piece of string !! Wondering what the wood trim pieces would look like with a tint file / charcoal wrap over the top ... kinda carbon meets OEM wood vibe ðĪ
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Awesome feedback thanks @Harper !! I shall investigate ... i could in theory go with something 'similar' if I do everything in one shot ðĪ