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  1. Non-BMW Stuff on a BMW Forum

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    For 80s and earlier production cars, I totally agree.

    For my 242, I converted back to halogens with quality OSRAM bulbs in Hella euro housings powered by a relayed harness drawing directly from the battery. Light output and pattern are excellent. 

     

    That said, get your car driving and fix the lights later! 😛

  2. Non-BMW Stuff on a BMW Forum

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    Knowing your preference, which is pretty close to mine, I wouldn't go over 5000K if you try HIDs. That said, quality high-wattage halogen bulbs in quality housings with a good power source (aka: relayed harness with power direct from battery) can work very very well. There is a ton of variance in light output--it's definitely not just a question of HID vs halogen. 

    Also some cheap (eBay) manufacturers aren't exactly accurate with their representation of color temperature. I've purchased 5500K bulbs that were really more like 6500K. 

  16. E90 daily driver - 2006 330i 6spd sport

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    Still have this, and still really happy with it. I've done some preventative maintenance, repair, and minor upgrades over the past 9 months. 

    I went through the suspension and replaced shocks, struts, mounts, swaybar endlinks, etc with new OE BMW sport package units. I replaced the front control arms and tension struts with the ones used on the M3 that use solid rubber bushings and sealed sphericals, plus a bit more negative camber. Also a few other boring things like hood and trunk struts, spark plugs, coils, filters, serpentine belt kit, brake fluid flush, trans fluid flush, etc. 

    40498374600_17ddcfcc97_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

    40498374760_5f33a6c663_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

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    During the middle of winter, I developed a pretty significant leak under the engine, which looked a lot like blowby. I went ahead and geared up to replace all of the PCV components, and sure enough, that's what it was.

    41583070614_6a61f9811d_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

    41583070444_158520b3eb_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

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    That led to a DISA valve replacement. The large valve was in a bad state. 

    28431609388_cf60d4a4bd_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

    While I had the intake off, I also replaced the starter, given that it looked original and they are known to fail. That made a big difference with cranking speed. Sometime around here, it also got a new BMW battery. 

    40498374660_5525c6e344_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

    Immediately following the test drive after replacing all the PCV stuff, the top radiator hose broke. I decided it was time to replace all radiator hoses as well as the radiator just to be sure. The water pump appears to have been replaced in the not too distant past. I'll keep an eye on that.



    Lastly, a couple weeks ago my fiancé accidentally backed into the car in our driveway. Turns out there are new painted bumper covers available on eBay for $240 shipped. Not bad at all, considering! I ordered one up and also got new grilles with black inserts to tone down the chrome a tad, while still keeping the black and chrome motif. I don't really want this to look like a modified car. 

    40498374960_61318cae0b_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

    42257649262_17b846c737_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

    While swapping everything over to the new bumper, I couldn't help but give the fog lights a quick polish. 

    42257649592_8258a704e2_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

    42304522501_093bcb77c8_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

    41583070434_4b143ae0c7_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

    41583070604_3ef771eceb_c.jpgIMG_0981 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

    That's it for now! At some point I'll also drop in new engine mounts that I've had sitting around, but it's low on the list. 

  22. Tossed a different set of wheels on the 240 today...

    in General Off-Topic

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    It’s possible, but seems a bit odd. It’s a 2.3 bottom end that I put hbeam rods in and shimmed the liners. Between all of that, it really shouldn’t be anywhere near the threshold of cracking (unless it wasn’t in great shape before I got it). I’ll pull spark plugs and check for signs of coolant in the combustion chambers (especially #5 where the gasket failed).

  23. Tossed a different set of wheels on the 240 today...

    in General Off-Topic

    Posted

    Yeah, the guy did a really nice job on that one. Pretty impressive that it's road legal in California without any diesel registration trickery or anything like that.

     

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    Anyway, I still have this car. I popped the head gasket last fall, so in the process of replacing that, a bunch of things snowballed which currently leaves me sitting here with a refreshed head with a little porting, rebuilt turbo, fresh powder and ceramic coatings, a revised oil drain from the turbo to the factory block drain port, and a million other little adjustments (including another set of BBS RCs that are wider).

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    I just started it back up on Sunday. It was excellent, but then had quite a bit of white smoke after a few minutes, then came misfires. Time to diagnose. There's a real temptation to part this out and buy a clownshoe. 🤡

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