Tkuhn

Been a bit since an update! 
Did a few things before DD72 last weekend.
Put the stock front sway bar back on the car to eliminate some of the body roll in the from end that I believed was causing the car to grip up a bit too much. I had shortened end links that came with my coils but when I ran them on the sedan last year they caused binding due to the angle kit and actually bent the mounting tabs on the shock body. Did some testing with the stock end links and they worked out perfectly!
Also changed up the front tire size from a 205/40 to a 215/35 which in turn gave me alot more room to lower the front of the car, it was killing me looks wise at the original height. Ended up being able to lower the front end 7/8" more with the new tires! 


Oh and unrelated to things that needed to be done before drift day I also snagged a new quarter window motor from a yard since my driver side one was dead. Made me so happy to have both rear windows functioning! 
DD72 went really well and I'm pleased with getting a front sway bar back on the car along with the new height and tire set up in front! 

Been a bit since an update! 
Did a few things before DD72 last weekend.
Put the stock front sway bar back on the car to eliminate some of the body roll in the from end that I believed was causing the car to grip up a bit too much. I had shortened end links that came with my coils but when I ran them on the sedan last year they caused binding due to the angle kit and actually bent the mounting tabs on the shock body. Did some testing with the stock end links and they worked out perfectly!
Also changed up the front tire size from a 205/40 to a 215/35 which in turn gave me alot more room to lower the front of the car, it was killing me looks wise at the original height. Ended up being able to lower the front end 7/8" more with the new tires! 


Oh and unrelated to things that needed to be done before drift day I also snagged a new quarter window motor from a yard since my driver side one was dead. Made me so happy to have both rear windows functioning! 
DD72 went really well and I'm pleased with getting a front sway bar back on the car along with the new height and tire set up in front! 

Been a bit since an update! 
Did a few things before DD72 last weekend.
Put the stock front sway bar back on the car to eliminate some of the body roll in the from end that I believed was causing the car to grip up a bit too much. I had shortened end links that came with my coils but when I ran them on the sedan last year they caused binding due to the angle kit and actually bent the mounting tabs on the shock body. Did some testing with the stock end links and they worked out perfectly!
Also changed up the front tire size from a 205/40 to a 215/35 which in turn gave me alot more room to lower the front of the car, it was killing me looks wise at the original height. Ended up being able to lower the front end 7/8" more with the new tires! 


Oh and unrelated to things that needed to be done before drift day I also snagged a new quarter window motor from a yard since my driver side one was dead. Made me so happy to have both rear windows functioning! 
DD72 went really well and I'm pleased with getting a front sway bar back on the car along with the new height and tire set up in front! 

Damn!! Im like the only one that hasn't had underglow. I did have a lowrider bike that was purple and I had purple neon underglow on that. 😄 I need to see if I can find (actual Polaroid) pictures.
 
 

Hell Yea! I'm 25 so when I got into cars I was at the end of all that fun I'd say. Always wanted underglow and once my 7 year build on the civic was at a certain level I pulled the trigger haha and then when I parted the civic I kept the kit for this car.

Well I did have one thing up my sleeve that @Jdesign already called me out on hahah. 
I had this kit on my civic and I kept it for this car.

It's a XK Glow xkChrome exterior and interior kit. Bluetooth controlled and all that fun stuff with a shit ton of color options and patterns. I also installed a strobe kit on the car but I don't have any good videos of it yet. 

Kailr needs to hurry back to stout so he can take some cool pictures of my car 😍!!!!!

Well I did have one thing up my sleeve that @Jdesign already called me out on hahah. 
I had this kit on my civic and I kept it for this car.

It's a XK Glow xkChrome exterior and interior kit. Bluetooth controlled and all that fun stuff with a shit ton of color options and patterns. I also installed a strobe kit on the car but I don't have any good videos of it yet. 

Had a bit of an issue with the cheap eBay wheels, so @Tkuhn sold me a pair of rear Style 68 wheels from an E46. My girlfriend wouldn't let me steal some from her car. They're one of the only available wheels that have a high enough offset with some decent width. I'd still like a 9.5" wheel instead of these 8.5", but they'll work. The MT radials are on and it's a very tight fit.
Any opinions on color? I am going to clean them up and spraybomb them tonight. Silver, gray, black or red?

DD71 went very well. Didn't have any major issues besides my first set of drift spares rubbing on the passenger side coilover. (Because I never test fitted anything lol) luckily we had spacers to solve that problem, but the car definatly needs a real alignment beyond our toe plate/angle gauge good enough alignment haha.

The car stayed relatively cool for the fact that it's getting thrashed on hard. Was 96 at the hottest point all weekend and engine temps didn't go over 216 and went right back down after a cool down lap 👍

 
Overall I'm extremely happy with the cars performance, while of course I want more power haha. But it is extremely controllable and predictable, which I didn't realize how loose and blah my sedan was. Definatly more adjustments to make but I'm so excited to learn more with a solid chassis under me 🤘

DD71 went very well. Didn't have any major issues besides my first set of drift spares rubbing on the passenger side coilover. (Because I never test fitted anything lol) luckily we had spacers to solve that problem, but the car definatly needs a real alignment beyond our toe plate/angle gauge good enough alignment haha.

The car stayed relatively cool for the fact that it's getting thrashed on hard. Was 96 at the hottest point all weekend and engine temps didn't go over 216 and went right back down after a cool down lap 👍

 
Overall I'm extremely happy with the cars performance, while of course I want more power haha. But it is extremely controllable and predictable, which I didn't realize how loose and blah my sedan was. Definatly more adjustments to make but I'm so excited to learn more with a solid chassis under me 🤘

I was saving that fun info for when I get a decent photo! Hahahah 

DD71 went very well. Didn't have any major issues besides my first set of drift spares rubbing on the passenger side coilover. (Because I never test fitted anything lol) luckily we had spacers to solve that problem, but the car definatly needs a real alignment beyond our toe plate/angle gauge good enough alignment haha.

The car stayed relatively cool for the fact that it's getting thrashed on hard. Was 96 at the hottest point all weekend and engine temps didn't go over 216 and went right back down after a cool down lap 👍

 
Overall I'm extremely happy with the cars performance, while of course I want more power haha. But it is extremely controllable and predictable, which I didn't realize how loose and blah my sedan was. Definatly more adjustments to make but I'm so excited to learn more with a solid chassis under me 🤘

I saw a snapchat of this thing all lit up at night. Where are your pix and info on the night lights? I assume all LEDs? I dig it!

@Tkuhn and I can attest that CSF is the way to go for radiators=) I had no clue that they made one with OE plastic ends. 

Swapped out my valve cover tonight. The one I had on the car has roughly 200k on it and leaked when under high revving for extended periods of time last year, aka drifting lol. 
A big thank you to @Earl for picking it up for me since I work till 430!

 
Also raised the rear a bit so it isn't as sacked out in the rear.

Figured I'd post a quick shot from automotion. Posted at our hotel with @nick.e46.330i. @Earl and @Sam_Holzmann

I agree, I cant wait to see it in action!

Wow, looks awesome!

UPDATE!
Ill be honest with you guys I feel like this update will not be as in depth as it should. With my deadline for the weekend of May 19th quickly approaching a lot of work needed to get done and I slacked a bit on taking photos.
Chase Bays power steering resiviour, lines and cooler installed (Had this on my 330i previously.)


 
Rebuilt my vanos with new seals and the anti rattle kit from Beisan.

 
New radiator mounts strapped to the new CSF radiator.

 
Got the dash installed and with that came a lot of progress getting all the wiring under the dash and etc figured out.
Also installed this Parts Shop Maxx engine vitals gauge. The one i went with has settings for oil pressure and coolant temp along with voltage. Awesome little gauge for the price i must say. Also in this pic you can see where i removed the DSC button and the panel there and made a carbon panel to go into place.

 
Made floor plates thanks to the help of @Sam_Holzmann and another friend.


 
Now onto something I am not super proud of but with the price of black door panels in these cars I decided to clean them up and use interior paint to make them black LOL. I must say they turned out really well. Also re-wrapped the arm rest panels along with the A pillars (I dont have a photo) Was also able to transfer over the Harmon Kardon speakers and amp from my 330 into the car.

 
And got the car running!!

 
Had some serious time consuming hiccups with this. First was the expansion tank rubbing on the power steering pulley due to the thicker radiator. Really suerprised that CSF doesnt have a solution for that but we were able to shave some plastic and make clearance for the pulley.
Then there was some odd clacking coming from what sounded like the intake on start up and went away after awhile. Was a very intermittent problem as well. Also was throwing multiple misfire codes and misfire on start up codes.
After chasing the problem trying multiple different things we found that a hose came disconnected under the manifold causing a gigantic vacuum leak. Once that was fixed the car idled awesome and everything was looking great.
Now onto the wheels. To be completely honest the build was running out of time and money so i used the ole rattle can on my wheel faces.

And I sanded the lips to prep them for a friend who is able to polish much more efficently than I am able to.
With new valve stems and new hardware installed I was able to get the wheels together, get tires and have them mounted pretty quickly.

 
Wheels are SSR Vienna Courages, 18x8 +37, 18x9 +37 and to be honest I had no idea how they were going to fit the car because by the time I had my re drilled hubs on the car I had the wheels apart to refinish them.
Id say it worked out pretty damn well for guessing.

 
Next up was the daunting task of aligning the car which we did all in shop (its damn close to straight and even). With everything being completely adjustable in the rear and front it was quite interesting, but we got it.
Finished up some things in the engine bay like all the seals and etc. Also have the radium catch can installed but I have it routed not the way they intended as I dont have a CCv and it is meant to work with the CCV, Id like to get one and hook it up correctly in the near future though.

 
Took the car for a drive and ran into some issues... the m54b30 which was from my 330i had a flash tune from RK-Tunes. Everything was done correctly wiring wise other wise I know the car would nit have started. When driving the car it was rev limited at around 5200 RPM. Tried a few things including swapping a MAF with no luck. After doing some research I figured out that it may be because the cars ABS was completely removed and the cluster no longer has a module to talk to. With that being said I emailed Jordan at RK-Tunes knowing that with my past experiences along with a friends there was a good chance I would not get an email in the time frame that I needed to. So while talking to someone on a facebook page I came across the fact that he also does flash tunes. He runs a website that he sells his own products as well as comissions other peoples products that they have specially made for these cars but have not broken through to the big companies. His name is Mike Dodge from Seemslegitgarage.com . So he hooked me up with an all new DME, ews deleted and tuned to my specific needs for this chassis and build. I swapped the DMEs and drove the car and BAMMM were in business. While Jordan may be a great tuner he lacks in customer service and Mike promised me he prides himself on making sure he is there for customer support. 
Still some finishing touches to touch on but the car is running, driving and now at home where i can work on it more frequently without driving to the shop.

 
Also a big thanks to @Earl for gifting me the Euro M3 style roof extension for the rear window!



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

UPDATE!
Ill be honest with you guys I feel like this update will not be as in depth as it should. With my deadline for the weekend of May 19th quickly approaching a lot of work needed to get done and I slacked a bit on taking photos.
Chase Bays power steering resiviour, lines and cooler installed (Had this on my 330i previously.)


 
Rebuilt my vanos with new seals and the anti rattle kit from Beisan.

 
New radiator mounts strapped to the new CSF radiator.

 
Got the dash installed and with that came a lot of progress getting all the wiring under the dash and etc figured out.
Also installed this Parts Shop Maxx engine vitals gauge. The one i went with has settings for oil pressure and coolant temp along with voltage. Awesome little gauge for the price i must say. Also in this pic you can see where i removed the DSC button and the panel there and made a carbon panel to go into place.

 
Made floor plates thanks to the help of @Sam_Holzmann and another friend.


 
Now onto something I am not super proud of but with the price of black door panels in these cars I decided to clean them up and use interior paint to make them black LOL. I must say they turned out really well. Also re-wrapped the arm rest panels along with the A pillars (I dont have a photo) Was also able to transfer over the Harmon Kardon speakers and amp from my 330 into the car.

 
And got the car running!!

 
Had some serious time consuming hiccups with this. First was the expansion tank rubbing on the power steering pulley due to the thicker radiator. Really suerprised that CSF doesnt have a solution for that but we were able to shave some plastic and make clearance for the pulley.
Then there was some odd clacking coming from what sounded like the intake on start up and went away after awhile. Was a very intermittent problem as well. Also was throwing multiple misfire codes and misfire on start up codes.
After chasing the problem trying multiple different things we found that a hose came disconnected under the manifold causing a gigantic vacuum leak. Once that was fixed the car idled awesome and everything was looking great.
Now onto the wheels. To be completely honest the build was running out of time and money so i used the ole rattle can on my wheel faces.

And I sanded the lips to prep them for a friend who is able to polish much more efficently than I am able to.
With new valve stems and new hardware installed I was able to get the wheels together, get tires and have them mounted pretty quickly.

 
Wheels are SSR Vienna Courages, 18x8 +37, 18x9 +37 and to be honest I had no idea how they were going to fit the car because by the time I had my re drilled hubs on the car I had the wheels apart to refinish them.
Id say it worked out pretty damn well for guessing.

 
Next up was the daunting task of aligning the car which we did all in shop (its damn close to straight and even). With everything being completely adjustable in the rear and front it was quite interesting, but we got it.
Finished up some things in the engine bay like all the seals and etc. Also have the radium catch can installed but I have it routed not the way they intended as I dont have a CCv and it is meant to work with the CCV, Id like to get one and hook it up correctly in the near future though.

 
Took the car for a drive and ran into some issues... the m54b30 which was from my 330i had a flash tune from RK-Tunes. Everything was done correctly wiring wise other wise I know the car would nit have started. When driving the car it was rev limited at around 5200 RPM. Tried a few things including swapping a MAF with no luck. After doing some research I figured out that it may be because the cars ABS was completely removed and the cluster no longer has a module to talk to. With that being said I emailed Jordan at RK-Tunes knowing that with my past experiences along with a friends there was a good chance I would not get an email in the time frame that I needed to. So while talking to someone on a facebook page I came across the fact that he also does flash tunes. He runs a website that he sells his own products as well as comissions other peoples products that they have specially made for these cars but have not broken through to the big companies. His name is Mike Dodge from Seemslegitgarage.com . So he hooked me up with an all new DME, ews deleted and tuned to my specific needs for this chassis and build. I swapped the DMEs and drove the car and BAMMM were in business. While Jordan may be a great tuner he lacks in customer service and Mike promised me he prides himself on making sure he is there for customer support. 
Still some finishing touches to touch on but the car is running, driving and now at home where i can work on it more frequently without driving to the shop.

 
Also a big thanks to @Earl for gifting me the Euro M3 style roof extension for the rear window!