Tkuhn

I've dealt with a handful of e46s with blower motors inop, every time it was the resistor.

Update.
Small one, didnt get a whole lot done this weekend.
The blower motor stopped working a week before the last drift day and I finally got around to ordering a new one. We had checked for power before I went and ordered one. 
Turns out it wasnt the blower motor so that was a great way to start the day. I'll be ordering a resistor even though I didnt think that was the problem. After reading it seems these resistors aren't the same as normal ones that when all the others I have dealt with work on high only when bad the e46 ones can just take a shit all together.
I moved on to fixing the broken door lock.
Disassembled.

here's the broken/cracked parts.

and the lock successfully assembled and working smooth 👍 I did use some of the good original parts over because well they were fine and no need to put some Chinese pieces in. Lol I kept the retainer and the spring from the original lock.

 
Fron there I moved on to assembling and installing the intake I got. It's from amazon, actually a really nice product and fit. And about half the price of an AFE. 


 
Now the only major downfall of the whole having a real intake thing is that I went full honda boy and shaved all the studs and holes in the engine  bay LOL. So now I'll be drilling and having to put in some nutzerts to keep this thing in place haha.
 
 
 

Update.
Small one, didnt get a whole lot done this weekend.
The blower motor stopped working a week before the last drift day and I finally got around to ordering a new one. We had checked for power before I went and ordered one. 
Turns out it wasnt the blower motor so that was a great way to start the day. I'll be ordering a resistor even though I didnt think that was the problem. After reading it seems these resistors aren't the same as normal ones that when all the others I have dealt with work on high only when bad the e46 ones can just take a shit all together.
I moved on to fixing the broken door lock.
Disassembled.

here's the broken/cracked parts.

and the lock successfully assembled and working smooth 👍 I did use some of the good original parts over because well they were fine and no need to put some Chinese pieces in. Lol I kept the retainer and the spring from the original lock.

 
Fron there I moved on to assembling and installing the intake I got. It's from amazon, actually a really nice product and fit. And about half the price of an AFE. 


 
Now the only major downfall of the whole having a real intake thing is that I went full honda boy and shaved all the studs and holes in the engine  bay LOL. So now I'll be drilling and having to put in some nutzerts to keep this thing in place haha.
 
 
 

Update.
Small one, didnt get a whole lot done this weekend.
The blower motor stopped working a week before the last drift day and I finally got around to ordering a new one. We had checked for power before I went and ordered one. 
Turns out it wasnt the blower motor so that was a great way to start the day. I'll be ordering a resistor even though I didnt think that was the problem. After reading it seems these resistors aren't the same as normal ones that when all the others I have dealt with work on high only when bad the e46 ones can just take a shit all together.
I moved on to fixing the broken door lock.
Disassembled.

here's the broken/cracked parts.

and the lock successfully assembled and working smooth 👍 I did use some of the good original parts over because well they were fine and no need to put some Chinese pieces in. Lol I kept the retainer and the spring from the original lock.

 
Fron there I moved on to assembling and installing the intake I got. It's from amazon, actually a really nice product and fit. And about half the price of an AFE. 


 
Now the only major downfall of the whole having a real intake thing is that I went full honda boy and shaved all the studs and holes in the engine  bay LOL. So now I'll be drilling and having to put in some nutzerts to keep this thing in place haha.
 
 
 

FINALLY got some time to work on the car today. Alone in the shop was something I definitely needed as of recent and it felt great to get my hands on the car again!
First off I gutted the old door to have spare parts if needed. Plus it will make a cool walls hanger.
Not sure if mentioned this but the window didnt break and it was salvaged too.

I did find that the lock was broken when I pulled it from the handle, luckily I found a rebuild kit on amazon for $8 and it has good reviews. Was pretty excited that I dont need to re-key the car. Below you can see where its cracked.

 
Also washed the car for the first time since October which feels good. 


 
And the plan is to get a proper cage in the car this winter so I pulled out the floor plates and all the dash accessories. Now all that's holding in the dash is the mounting bolts itself.

 Lots of work ahead yet but felt great to get back in the shop.

I 100% agree. If you are not looking good doing it. It shouldn't be done! 

Hahah I'm thankful for an off season, it allows the cars to progress and get the refreshing they need. And honestly I absolutely HATE the stereotype that a drift car should be smashed and shitty.... that's not how it should be lol the midwest has a pretty good reputation though for having fairly nice built and refreshed cars. Thanks to the off seasons. Drifting is a rolling car show.

Ah yeah, I was implying some generic kind of stripe, im definitely in agreement over not blaspheming the Motorsport colorband 😄
 

UPADATE! 
Been fairly quiet, snagged up a mint ass center exhaust bracket while at the junkyard.
 
Also got a sweet intake off amazon lol will post photos once installed but its really well made for $140 and is basically a AFE replica. Pretty amped on it.
AND SOME GREATTT NEWS! 
I cannot thank @Sam_Holzmann and his dad enough for the transport to and from the body shop.
The car is back at the shop and STRAIGHT! 
Now this was done as a side job so all we had them do was pull the quarter straight, hang the door and get the metal as close to where it originally was.
Some putty work and paint to seal it and we are in business!




 
SUPER excited to be able to get working on the car again now 🤘

UPADATE! 
Been fairly quiet, snagged up a mint ass center exhaust bracket while at the junkyard.
 
Also got a sweet intake off amazon lol will post photos once installed but its really well made for $140 and is basically a AFE replica. Pretty amped on it.
AND SOME GREATTT NEWS! 
I cannot thank @Sam_Holzmann and his dad enough for the transport to and from the body shop.
The car is back at the shop and STRAIGHT! 
Now this was done as a side job so all we had them do was pull the quarter straight, hang the door and get the metal as close to where it originally was.
Some putty work and paint to seal it and we are in business!




 
SUPER excited to be able to get working on the car again now 🤘

For the record everyone, the last speed I could see on my helmet cam was 35mph. Which is off the front wheel so its true speed not spinning wheel speed.

It’s low speed when you’re sideways. 
 
@TkuhnGlad and you guys are alright! Cars can be fixed. 
@Boris3 don’t worry the guy is wearing yellow he is impervious to cars

All of what we do is purely for fun. There is a competitive side to drifting but that's not what we do. Grassroots drifting is much different from competitive, and so is the operating cost lol. So yes we are literally putting money up in smoke 😂

Those are media guys, there are 2 flaggers on this particular course. It's more so up to the drivers to be aware of what is infront of them. When in tandem you are only going with the number of people that you communicate with before leaving the start line. Which is basically a common waiver between each other if shit like this was to happen. Drifting is a different animal than road racing and etc. 

Those are media guys, there are 2 flaggers on this particular course. It's more so up to the drivers to be aware of what is infront of them. When in tandem you are only going with the number of people that you communicate with before leaving the start line. Which is basically a common waiver between each other if shit like this was to happen. Drifting is a different animal than road racing and etc. 

Damn. That sucks. really nothing you could have done to avoid that. Glad everyone's Okay though. 

Got my helmet cam video uploaded.
CRASH.mp4

Dont do it, it will ruin your life any any money you have will disappear in smoke. Literally 😂. 
 
Just kidding it's so worth it.

It 100% is haha and hell yea dude!

Not much new with the car as of now. Replaced the left axle again before DD76. Which was due to my own dumbassery, the outer joint was leaking grease from me using a persuader tonget it in the hub against my better judgement, and the cup bent allowing the grease to escape. 
Anywayssss. 
The event went well, my first few runs I thought I heard a clunking in the rear end but it was inconsistent and ended up being my 2x4 e-brake and a beer cap 🤷‍♂️😂
Also @Sam_Holzmann and I finally touched tips, which was bound to happen with how close we get to eachother. Luckily there was no major damage. My bumper ejecto-ed as designed (3 small zip ties with the intent to break under pressure and then my bash bar bent in a bit. Which was easily bent back.
@Jdesign was in Sam's car when it happened even 😂
Here's a pic of the "damage" the bash bar was already bent back before this pic.

 
And a full rack of burnt tires from both sam and i.

 
And a few pics from media!

Not much new with the car as of now. Replaced the left axle again before DD76. Which was due to my own dumbassery, the outer joint was leaking grease from me using a persuader tonget it in the hub against my better judgement, and the cup bent allowing the grease to escape. 
Anywayssss. 
The event went well, my first few runs I thought I heard a clunking in the rear end but it was inconsistent and ended up being my 2x4 e-brake and a beer cap 🤷‍♂️😂
Also @Sam_Holzmann and I finally touched tips, which was bound to happen with how close we get to eachother. Luckily there was no major damage. My bumper ejecto-ed as designed (3 small zip ties with the intent to break under pressure and then my bash bar bent in a bit. Which was easily bent back.
@Jdesign was in Sam's car when it happened even 😂
Here's a pic of the "damage" the bash bar was already bent back before this pic.

 
And a full rack of burnt tires from both sam and i.

 
And a few pics from media!

I love these updates.  Nice job!

Dont do it, it will ruin your life any any money you have will disappear in smoke. Literally 😂. 
 
Just kidding it's so worth it.

Not much new with the car as of now. Replaced the left axle again before DD76. Which was due to my own dumbassery, the outer joint was leaking grease from me using a persuader tonget it in the hub against my better judgement, and the cup bent allowing the grease to escape. 
Anywayssss. 
The event went well, my first few runs I thought I heard a clunking in the rear end but it was inconsistent and ended up being my 2x4 e-brake and a beer cap 🤷‍♂️😂
Also @Sam_Holzmann and I finally touched tips, which was bound to happen with how close we get to eachother. Luckily there was no major damage. My bumper ejecto-ed as designed (3 small zip ties with the intent to break under pressure and then my bash bar bent in a bit. Which was easily bent back.
@Jdesign was in Sam's car when it happened even 😂
Here's a pic of the "damage" the bash bar was already bent back before this pic.

 
And a full rack of burnt tires from both sam and i.

 
And a few pics from media!

Dont do it, it will ruin your life any any money you have will disappear in smoke. Literally 😂. 
 
Just kidding it's so worth it.