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Oil & filter change at 196,172 miles (M5 cluster).
10w-60 Liqui Moly & Mann Filter.
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On 12/18/2019 at 9:42 AM, jc43089 said:
What are the OE M5 rear subframe bushings like? I got a set of Powerflex yellow ones for my dad's wagon but haven't installed them. It's parked for the winter so it won't be until spring.
Not sure on stiffness but the M5 bushings are a tad shorter and allow for the reinforcement trailing bars to be installed.
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Merry XMAS!!
Update: Running strong! Need an oil change soon and the rear subframe will be coming out to pop in new M5 bushings and weld in the dinan diff reinforcement.
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10mm rear spacers installed. I think this makes the wheels ET 4 in the rear and ET 9 in the front.
Structure and Fab sent some pics of the rear passenger jacking point rebuild. Thank goodness Chris is better at fab work than taking pictures. 🤣
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I'll pop some 5mm spacers on the rear to get it a little better stance.
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23 hours ago, straight6pwr said:
bet you had some fun today!
Not too much fun. SCHLEPN tires & wheels back and forth from Stallis and trying to keep up with this crazy Real Estate market! It's still going strong!
12 hours ago, Jdesign said:Awesome.
I agree!
A birdy said you're the go to guy for a suede headliner. Let's talk!
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Structure Fabrication cut out the rot/rust on my passenger rear jacking point and rebuilt/over built it back up looking as close to stock as possible. Rust proofed it all. Pretty big job as they had to pull the gas tank. T
hey found some old bondo from a hack job fix from years and years ago. Glad they got in there to cut out the cancer!
They also popped on my new snow tires on the "new" wheels! 245/18/40 Blizzaks on some 6 series wheels. Not sure which style code they are. 18 x 8.5 et14 if I remember correctly.
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47 minutes ago, B C said:
Mr. Milo!!!
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4 hours ago, patsbimmer1 said:
Then parks in salt mine...
Confronting my fears, face to face. 🤣
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All engine lights are off! Running great.
Have an appointment to get the jacking point fixed due to rust on Tuesday.
Also have a right rear speed sensor waiting to be installed.
Body and interior are next! Priorities are to stop the rust and fix the sunroof rattles.
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6 hours ago, straight6pwr said:
245s, that must be some serious winter traction!
those wheels look great on an e46.
A little wider than I'd prefer but I like those wheels too! Thanks!
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206,XXX miles
Got the winters tires on. Running the 5 series wheels that I ran on the wagon last year.
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9 hours ago, gilber33 said:
Did you set the miles to zero on the cluster?
@e30dad on Instagram did the cluster and zeroed out the milage. The odometer does stick sometimes so the milage isn't 100% correct. Probably should be around 4k.
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Oil and filter change!
Put some miles on today. Hopefully will have 1 or 2 more days of fun until it goes away until winter.
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Mike did the rear brake lines. They were bad! We also put in 14" rear braided lines so there was some slack on the line when you jacked up the car.
The DMTL light seems to be off for good now. Had to swap some wires on the pump wiring.
Next up is some rust repair on a jacking point & Dinan rear diff reinforcement!
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205,XXX miles
-Airbag light fixed.
-New oem BMW 325xi rear springs installed. Monster truck status renewed!
-ebrake is back up and running.
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Took the "Four Door" back to Mike's to have him pop on some braided brake lines, fix the pass. side seat belt tensioner that is throwing an airbag light and install the ebrake hardware that I forgot to get. Needed the 330i shoes.
We both forgot that the hardliners for the brakes were pretty rusty. Almost all hardlines replaced! He went around the fuel tank, with my blessing, to cut the labor time in half. (The wagon will get the tank out line replacement soon!)
He also found the vacuum line on the fuel filter was rotted off. Better MPGs here I come!
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On 10/10/2019 at 7:27 AM, B C said:
Does this car have a name?
The Four Door. Lol
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205,XXX miles:
-New OEM BMW valve cover gasket. The old one wasn't bad but seeping a little on the front by the vanos.
-Replaced the heater valve thingy to get the heat to work! Yay winter!
-Installed a good used condition mirror that I painted and clear coated with the Napa paint matched rattle can. Turned out okay!
Need to get 2 new front CV boots as the ones I feel like I just replaced are leaking from the clamp cutting into the rubber. Also need to install braided brake lines and fix the airbag seatbelt tensioner to get the warning light off.
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Wife got some warning lamps. I just used PA Soft 1.4 to switch them to xenon. Hopefully this works!
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23 minutes ago, B C said:
I love how most winter-driven E46 325 are neglected but you are maintaining and updating yours properly.
I’m going to be shopping bulbs for mine soon if you have any recommendations
Thanks! I like this car! This is the wife's car and she likes it a lot too.
I'm at a crossroads with it to start doing body work or swap all this car's AWD & other goodness into a e46 wagon and rebuild a m54b30 to pop in. Then keep up with the bodywork on a wagon.
I justed asked the guy to include the bulbs and he did. Lol.
Let me know what you get!
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Warren, RI. Had to stop for the pics and excavator.
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