The Full Banana Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Looks good! I agree, those winter wheels actually suit the car pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Thanks guys! I think they look better with the centercaps actually! Definitely want them to keep the salt away from the lugs as much as possible. For "winter mode" they are definitely growing on me. I had nowhere to put stuff in the center console so I got rid of the modular cup holder thing. I ordered the pocket/tray thing to fit in place of an ash tray and I just need to make an insert to cover the hole. Anyone have the OEM rubber insert that would fit in the space where the holes are on a car without the cupholders?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 I have a "euro" console which doesn't have those holes molded in it. Could you just get a small sheet of that rubber and cut it to size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 I have a "euro" console which doesn't have those holes molded in it. Could you just get a small sheet of that rubber and cut it to size? I'm planning on it, it wouldn't be hard at all. I'd like to try and find the OEM piece (PN: 51162251915) if I can, its NLA unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 I'll keep an eye out=) m42b32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 This should be an enjoyable winter car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted December 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 This should be an enjoyable winter car Definitely, I haven't driven it in any snow yet so if that ever happens it should be a lot of fun. Replaced the CCV today (per andyhundley's recommendation), it should definitely help my oil consumption issue. The tube leading from the valve cover and the intake manifold were pretty oily and the drain tube down to the dipstick was dry so it definitely wasn't doing its job properly. The engine seems to idle much better as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Lots of obd2 nonsense jc43089 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Did you clean your ICV while you were in there? I didn't and now it is haunting me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted December 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Did you clean your ICV while you were in there? I didn't and now it is haunting me lolNope... I should've but it didn't even cross my mind till you mentioned it haha Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 New snow tires made for a lot of fun yesterday! The Full Banana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnt m3 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Pretty sure I saw you driving south on hwy 100 through Franklin last week or the week before. Car looked good. m42b32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Pressed in e30 ball joints into my 96+ M3 control arms tonight, worked perfectly. The parts are definitely identical which is cool. Some sources say the outer joints are not sensitive to their orientation like the inner joints, this is definitely false, thankfully I noticed before I pressed the new joints in. The inners are the ones with the cut off threads, you can clearly see the oval shape on those, and you can also see the oval shape on the outers as well. It's not as pronounced on the outers but is definitely there. The inner joint nuts were a huge pain to remove, the passenger side taper popped and the nut got stuck halfway off. Had to use an automotive induction heater (really cool tool and a great alternative to a torch when you're working near critical components like engine mounts in my instance), strong arm, cutoff wheel, and air chisel to get the damn thing off. Had I not went to the shop I used to work at, I would've been screwed. The car drives a lot better, there was quite a bit of play in the old parts... Also, got a 2" piece of brass rod stuck in my brand new snow tires. Pulled it out and sprayed some soapy water, thankfully it didn't puncture the tire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 9 hours ago, m42b18 said: Pressed in e30 ball joints into my 96+ M3 control arms tonight, worked perfectly. The parts are definitely identical which is cool. Some sources say the outer joints are not sensitive to their orientation like the inner joints, this is definitely false, thankfully I noticed before I pressed the new joints in. The inners are the ones with the cut off threads, you can clearly see the oval shape on those, and you can also see the oval shape on the outers as well. It's not as pronounced on the outers but is definitely there. The inner joint nuts were a huge pain to remove, the passenger side taper popped and the nut got stuck halfway off. Had to use an automotive induction heater (really cool tool and a great alternative to a torch when you're working near critical components like engine mounts in my instance), strong arm, cutoff wheel, and air chisel to get the damn thing off. Had I not went to the shop I used to work at, I would've been screwed. The car drives a lot better, there was quite a bit of play in the old parts... Also, got a 2" piece of brass rod stuck in my brand new snow tires. Pulled it out and sprayed some soapy water, thankfully it didn't puncture the tire. This is going to sound silly but i'd still get a plug/patch put in that tire. Once something penetrates the rubber deep enough then all the nice ingredients to make rust work their way into the steel belts which will cause belt separation. I know it sounds out there but I've seen it numerous times. Also, which induction heater do you have? I have looked at these and i'm always tempted to buy one! I've seen demos and they are a neat tool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 On 1/26/2016 at 8:37 AM, patsbimmer1 said: This is going to sound silly but i'd still get a plug/patch put in that tire. Once something penetrates the rubber deep enough then all the nice ingredients to make rust work their way into the steel belts which will cause belt separation. I know it sounds out there but I've seen it numerous times. Also, which induction heater do you have? I have looked at these and i'm always tempted to buy one! I've seen demos and they are a neat tool! The reason I didn't patch it at the time is that it went into the tire almost tangent to the tread so I figured it probably didn't get down that far, although it didn't come out the other side so it's hard to tell how deep it went. If they were old tires I would probably just forget about it but you make a good point...I'll see if I can get a plug in there. I was borrowing the induction heater at the shop and I can't for the life of me remember the brand. It was probably one of the coolest tools I ever used. Heated the inner joint nut to red hot and didn't even disturb the dust on the rubber motor mount less than an inch away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris3 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Sweet tool. Pricing these though seems to be in the $500 range. Is there a lower cost version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Looked it up, it was an Induction Innovations MD-600 Mini-ductor, looks like they are in the $500 range. Definitely not a tool I would buy for myself unless I won the lottery or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Took this pic after cleaning it up the other day, can't wait to really get it polished up this summer. Drove the car 600 miles this weekend (Grand Rapids, MI, and back) and it did the trip without a hitch! patsbimmer1 and jc43089 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 My cassette tape adapter stopped working so I decided to modify my C43 head unit to add an auxiliary input. I wanted to retain the oem look so I didn't want to use a more modern head unit. I followed a few of the DIY's online and tapped into the audio out on the tape deck. The first attempt I used a headphone cord with very thin wires This worked initially, but the leads soldered to the 3.5mm female plug were extremely fragile and one cracked and I lost the left channel while installing the radio back in the car. I tried again with much more durable 20 gauge wire and it worked beautifully I ran the wires out a gap in the back of the radio chassis, protected the wires from abrasion, and fixed them in place to stress relieve the soldered joints There was very little room behind where I wanted to mount the input jack (as I found out after the first attempt) so I attached the wires at 90 degrees I mounted the input in the back of the storage tray under the OBC as I wanted it out of sight with the cord removed, yet still easily accessible I gutted the old cassette adapter to be used to trick the head unit into playing the new audio input and it works beautifully! I had heard many complaints about the sound being very muddy and quiet with this mod, and that was the case with my first attempt. I figured out that this can be caused by the Dolby noise reduction filter on the tape deck and can be corrected by hitting preset 6 while in tape mode to switch it off. The sound quality is excellent and I am very pleased with the results! wasnt m3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 nice work on the stereo hack! just an fyi for the inner ball joints, and I know this because almost every one I've done had the same thing happen as you, you can put pressure on the bottom of the joint to keep it from spinning. I usually get a jack stand in place and lower the cars weight onto it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 7 hours ago, straight6pwr said: nice work on the stereo hack! just an fyi for the inner ball joints, and I know this because almost every one I've done had the same thing happen as you, you can put pressure on the bottom of the joint to keep it from spinning. I usually get a jack stand in place and lower the cars weight onto it. I shouldve done that from the start haha, that's what I get for rushing... There was rust and dirt that got caught in the threads and basically seized the nut to the threads. I didn't have the joint supported on the first side and the force I was using to try and turn the nut popped the joint free. Once that happened, I put a strong arm underneath it (basically holding up the entire car) and it was still spinning so I had to split the nut with a cut off wheel and chisel it off. On the other side I used the strong arm from the start and was able to get it off with just that and a lot of heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Links to the head unit mods? I've been wanting to do this with a e34 head unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 1 hour ago, YoungCR said: Links to the head unit mods? I've been wanting to do this with a e34 head unit. http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1886405-DIY-E36-Aux-in-with-C43-headunit Here is the one I used, really simple mod actually. Only hard part was the fairly fine soldering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 the hard part is differences between units. unless someone has done your specific unit, or you are an electrical engineer, its pretty much a crap shoot. I imagine Chris's e34 doesn't have a CD43. For my e30, I had to buy a tape deck (there are like 50 versions) that someone had already figured out that model. I couldn't get my slightly different unit to work with the same DIY. YoungCR and m42b32 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 4 hours ago, straight6pwr said: the hard part is differences between units. unless someone has done your specific unit, or you are an electrical engineer, its pretty much a crap shoot. I imagine Chris's e34 doesn't have a CD43. For my e30, I had to buy a tape deck (there are like 50 versions) that someone had already figured out that model. I couldn't get my slightly different unit to work with the same DIY. I was lucky enough that the unit I have (C43) had that really good DIY, I believe the C43 can be adapted to quite a few cars as it is a standard size and they usually go for fairly cheap compared to a CD43. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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