tire 10 Report post Posted May 9, 2012 Nice, what steering rack are you using? The blue thing looks like..... an emergency window breaker? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted May 9, 2012 2.7 lock to lock z3 1.9litre rack. Yeah just something in arms reach for breaking glass / cutting harness. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polley 916 Report post Posted May 9, 2012 IP68 sealed momentary motorsport buttons So the next mod is a submarine conversion? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted July 27, 2012 small update ... kind of pointless and expensive to do, but i'm a details guy :/ Before After: Genuine recover Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted August 16, 2012 Roof rust be gone It was pretty bad if some of you remember ... decided it was more than time to get something done about it. Rocking the RXs for the time being while I put it back together Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted November 17, 2012 Wet weather weekend stuff rules So starting to put the final touches on the car of all those little bits that have annouyed me. Will have some more interesting updates come soon but for now you have this I decided to splash out on some new OEM replacement pre-fl tail lights. Will just thank Jon the Pom for pointing me in the right direction for these. unboxing Old tail lights doing what all e30 tail lights do best and cracking. Still not bad for 26 years old. The right side had spider webbed pretty bad And the left side had the usual inner piece fall off. Its so strange that this combo always happens to every car? Removed the old lights and cleaned up the area the new sealing gaskets would sit. After messing around with the wiring and plugs which had started to loose their bite on the terminals .. here they are installed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace Of Spades 51 Report post Posted November 18, 2012 The rear looks so clean with those new lights! Love the car! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted November 18, 2012 Such a difference!! This yet again reminds me I need to do this on my car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2136 Report post Posted November 18, 2012 amazing the difference isnt it. I put all brand new lights on my E34 Touring, it makes it so sharp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted November 18, 2012 Yeah for sure! While my bumper trim is in great condition, I wouldnt mind replacing it with new. But BMW just dont make it anymore for tech1. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 A rather cool oppertunaty came up to purchase a brand new e30 m3 260kph speedo. I almost passed this up but a couple of things made sense. My speedo's odometer had just crapped out and stopped reading K's and new units dont come a long for this price very often. Big thanks to Dylan for this as dylan was replacing a needle in his car and didnt need the whole unit. (long story) Anyways, photos. Unboxing Inside the box Pulling apart the cluster and removing the old Odometer Installed the new e30 m3 260kph odometer Seriously .. I hate reinstalling this dam bitch nut! and all installed ready to click over to 000000 Everything works perfectly, including my rev gauge was giving issues as it was down 500rpm, this was because of the needle was out on the spindle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adams202 1 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 That's cool - more drooling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 Excellent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MD13 496 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 What are all the buttons on your steering wheel for? Going off the title of this I'm guessing missiles or chain guns :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 mmmm close ... datalogger and display Ive been working on .. these are a mockup Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 And nos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted March 25, 2014 Ordered a quick release steering wheel adapter ... tits. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted May 11, 2014 Tonight Brendon and I converted the MSS50 ECU to South African software flash. This deletes the Secondary Air Pump software as we removed the SAP and blanked it off with the SA OEM blanking plate when we put this motor back together.Also the car in now coded to a SA S50B32 E36 instead of a 318ti when we first coded the car aligning the EWS with a donor EWS ... my ego feels a tad better haha Cold starts will now be smoother. It also drive a tad smoother now which is nice. yay 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted September 29, 2015 Just some maintenance stuff. Found it quite a fun process though from a geeky engineering point of view.Was driving the e30 around and felt the shifter get very sloppy. Though ahh well time to replace the bushings in the shifter mechanism. Drove it home and though nothing of it. Next time I go to drive it, lucky I was at home, the shifter completely disengaged and I heard a ding sound as the connecting rod dropped onto the drive shaft. On closer inspection, turnout the retaining clip had broken or disappeared at some point and one of the bushings had disappeared :/ That was the sloppy feeling. So as this isnt exactly an off the shelf part, I put the call out to some close car mates and one of them had a friend who is a machiest. So he turned up a couple of new bushes in brass, bang on spec. It turned out the old bushes after 5 years had started to wear a bit so its nice to have that new shifter feel back again Thanks to ray@hellbm again for the retaining clips, and getting me out of a jam once again Old bushing on the shifter assembly You can see the old bushing inner diameter is egg shaped. I actually dont think that was entirely cause by 5 years a of wear, probably more the pin being mis-aligned after the other bush fell out. New turned bushings ... Here is an old pic of it fully assembled 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted September 29, 2015 Just some maintenance stuff. Found it quite a fun process though from a geeky engineering point of view. Was driving the e30 around and felt the shifter get very sloppy. Though ahh well time to replace the bushings in the shifter mechanism. Drove it home and though nothing of it. Next time I go to drive it, lucky I was at home, the shifter completely disengaged and I heard a ding sound as the connecting rod dropped onto the drive shaft. On closer inspection, turnout the retaining clip had broken or disappeared at some point and one of the bushings had disappeared :/ That was the sloppy feeling. So as this isnt exactly an off the shelf part, I put the call out to some close car mates and one of them had a friend who is a machiest. So he turned up a couple of new bushes in brass, bang on spec. It turned out the old bushes after 5 years had started to wear a bit so its nice to have that new shifter feel back again Thanks to ray@hellbm again for the retaining clips, and getting me out of a jam once again Old bushing on the shifter assembly You can see the old bushing inner diameter is egg shaped. I actually dont think that was entirely cause by 5 years a of wear, probably more the pin being mis-aligned after the other bush fell out. New turned bushings ... Here is an old pic of it fully assembled How hard would it be to do something similar in an e28? The custom shifter that mounts to the top of the tunnel. Rather than have to weld on a bracket for the stock linkage. Looks sick though. There's something about freshly machined metal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorburn 121 Report post Posted September 29, 2015 is that a lifeline weld on quick release? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted September 30, 2015 How hard would it be to do something similar in an e28? The custom shifter that mounts to the top of the tunnel. Rather than have to weld on a bracket for the stock linkage. Looks sick though. There's something about freshly machined metal. Hmm not sure about e28, the shifter is a MK1 DTM shifter from AKG Motorsport .. their MKII's they sell claim to only be for 3 series cars. Maybe fire us a photo of the trans tunnel from the top is that a lifeline weld on quick release? Its a boss attached, none weld on. Still undecided weather ill run it because of limitation in availiblity of short e30 bosses ... Also a slight CBF in re-aligning the stock e30 steering wheel angle. Greased and installed ! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted October 1, 2015 Hmm not sure about e28, the shifter is a MK1 DTM shifter from AKG Motorsport .. their MKII's they sell claim to only be for 3 series cars. Maybe fire us a photo of the trans tunnel from the top Thanks I'll take some pics this weekend if it's sunny (car is under a cover, which I don't want to put onto a wet car) and send them to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted October 1, 2015 You could easily modify the tunnel to take it. My one didn't even work in the e30 tunnel without modifying it, and I have the mk2! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted October 2, 2015 Yeah I had to punch out the pre-pressed locations in the tunnel to do mine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
