YoungCR Posted January 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 The mild winter weather got me motivation to order parts from @patsbimmer1 last week and now winter weather has kicked back in since delivery 🙄. Ordered 540i rear calipers with brackets this time, ECS SS braided lines as the FCP kit I bought doesn't include the hoses for the rear calipers??. Also got both idler pulleys and a new V belt just in case as nobody stocks these locally. Yes this is all simple stuff as long as I can presumably get the ABS pump bled once the parts are on. The bigger task is really getting the car out from the middle of my storage unit. P_Roloff, patsbimmer1, straight6pwr and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted April 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 After some spring cleaning in the storage unit yesterday, I finally have a workspace so to speak. Pulled drivers rear brakes off and the e-brake expanding lock just falls out and is mangled 😕. It bound up some how just moving the car around storage and on/off the trailer so that needs a replacement. They are $50 new from the dealer so I'm gonna make a trip to Gibson's finally to get some quality used parts along with some adjuster screws as I probably threw out the old ones thinking the brake hardware kit would come with replacements which the Febi kit doesn't. Jdesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted December 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 So I've had this back on the road for 3 weeks tomorrow! I had pulled it out of storage to rearrange some things and noticed there was some slight brake pressure. Before I drove it home I installed the new 540i rear calipers with centric blanks and akebono pads. Still didn't bleed well though so I took it to the new sub division by me and locked the brakes up a few times to activate ABS. Worked great but I'm still gonna do another round of bleeding as I feel it could be better yet. Other than that, after a few Italian tune ups the valve tick went away. Of course there's a laundry list of to do but it's been a blast ripping around. Objectivly this is a horrible car but it's more fun around town then the 540i. P_Roloff, RobZR, B C and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damnboy037 Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 I like the color! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted May 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 Time to get summers on this pig. Anybody have suggestions or a hook up for the fox valley area? I have some used 16" tires I'll need mounted, think I'm gonna put them on 16" E38 style 5's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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