Bassboy3313 Posted April 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 Thanks to @Rekpoint for the deal on the e36 racing dynamics strut brace. Got it installed this morning on the coupe. Needed just a bit of clearancing on underside of hood and for the strut tower ground lug. Otherwise fits great! m42b32, B C and Rekpoint 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekpoint Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Bassboy3313 said: Thanks to @Rekpoint for the deal on the e36 racing dynamics strut brace. Got it installed this morning on the coupe. Needed just a bit of clearancing on underside of hood and for the strut tower ground lug. Otherwise fits great! Looks right in place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted November 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 Good things will be happening this winter... Rekpoint and patsbimmer1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted November 11, 2021 Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 M3 setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted November 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 57 minutes ago, YoungCR said: M3 setup? Yup! M3 clutch & pressure plate with a jb racing lightweight flywheel. Along with a DSSR and all new shifter parts and detents. Rekpoint and YoungCR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted November 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Tomorrow is clutch day! Taking the Z to a friend's shop to use his 2-post lift to knock it out before the salt flies. Finished up installing parts on the spare transmission. It got all new detents, new slave cylinder, SS braided clutch line, shift fork pin & spring, shift rod joint, UUC DSSR, shift bushings and Redline MT-LV fluid. Will be doing the rear main seal, JB racing lightweight flywheel, M3 pressure plate & spring hub clutch disc with new throwout bearing and pilot bearing as well. Rekpoint, P_Roloff, m42b32 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 love the parts setup pics! curious to hear your review on the LTW flywheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted November 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Job is done and very well worth it! Didn't get a whole lot of pics, but got a few. First drive home makes me not want to put it in garage for winter yet. Lol. Revs like a son of a bitch and shifting is very smooth with new detents. I did screw up and bought the wrong DSSR. The one I got was for the e36, thinking it was the same. Well, the Z3 shift arm is almost twice as long as the e36. Had to reuse the stock arm for now and will be ordering the correct one to swap in over winter. All-in-all I'm very happy with the result and will be tough to take it easy next spring to break-in the clutch correctly. KaiserRolls, pynacl, patsbimmer1 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 So uh, do you have a spare ZF now? And are you planning on selling it to me lol Rekpoint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted November 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 3 hours ago, KaiserRolls said: So uh, do you have a spare ZF now? And are you planning on selling it to me lol It's already accounted for, lol. @wasnt m3 was nice enough to lend me his spare ZF to rebuild before I did the clutch job. So now my old one gets rebuilt and given back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted November 29, 2021 Report Share Posted November 29, 2021 9 hours ago, Bassboy3313 said: It's already accounted for, lol. @wasnt m3 was nice enough to lend me his spare ZF to rebuild before I did the clutch job. So now my old one gets rebuilt and given back. What a nice guy @wasnt m3 are you planning on selling it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted December 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Test fitting the new shift knob for next year. Joined the motorsport golf ball shifter club! Rekpoint, m42b32, pynacl and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted December 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2021 Figured I would get the car on the lift and prepped for work this winter. Had to do some multiple up-downs with the jack and lift in order to get the tallest lift feet under it. These are needed for when I install the dssr since they give the most clearance between the lift surface and underside of car for exhaust removal and such. Also decided to take the wheels off and throw the Motorsport Hardware 78mm stud kit on too. The studs are too long to reuse the oem BBS screw-on center caps, but that's not a problem. I have something planned for different center caps that involves the 3d printer for mock up and test fitting. Stay tuned! patsbimmer1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Took some measurements of the OEM center caps and drew something up in TinkerCAD. Getting the threads correct was the hardest part. Nice thing about McMaster-Carr is that they have the CAD files for every part they sell. Once I figured out the thread pitch I found a bolt on McMaster that matched and pulled it into TinkerCAD. Worked like a charm and fits perfectly! Now I'll be able to run these wheels with the Motorsport Hardware stud kit installed. Gotta figure out if I want to get these wheels refinished this winter too 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted January 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 And just like that, goes from 3D printed plastic to machined aluminum. 😁 I was about to call up some machine shops, but ended up finding a company called Bimmertune out of Lithuania. They already sold the custom centercaps for BBS RC wheels at a very nice price. Free shipping was incredibly fast as well. Some new domed BBS center cap stickers are on their way as well. I also picked up a throttle body adapter plate from them while I was at it. It's to mount the M52TUB28 throttle body to an M54B30 manifold. I have the B30 manifold on the shelf already and hear it's great gains up top without affecting the low end torque for the TUB engines. That will be a project for when I feel very confident, lol. Jdesign and Rekpoint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 very cool! what's the purpose of the hex on the inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted January 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 21 minutes ago, YoungCR said: very cool! what's the purpose of the hex on the inside? From what I can think, its to assist with removing/installing it onto the wheel if there is any corrosion. Since it threads onto the wheel and doesn't clip on like usual. You would use a socket from back side. P_Roloff and YoungCR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted January 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 Figured I'd start with more interior work. Firstly started with installing the Never Done glove box sag fix. I then moved on to removing the seats and center console. This is to prep for the dash replacement and to install the restored Z3M center console pieces. Center console painted and assembled with Z3M center pieces and new VDO classic gauges. Rekpoint, patsbimmer1, pynacl and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 Man that looks great! That glove box kit is a cool product. Bassboy3313 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted February 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 Really got after it with the warm weather today. Dashboard and front half carpet removed. Dashboard was fairly straight forward and simple. The carpet removal would not have been purist approved. Had to cut it back behind center console otherwise the heater core and many other things would have to have been removed in order to get carpet out whole. Wasn't going to get that involved. Plus where I cut will never be seen when new carpet goes in. Dashboard was disassembled and the "pods" were prepped for paint. Along with the kick panels too. New black dashboard didn't come with the "pods" and are near impossible/expensive to find. LVP paint applied to all pieces. Need to get another can for final coats. Once new front half carpet arrives in mail things can start getting reassembled again. Rekpoint, Jdesign, straight6pwr and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted February 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 So the douchebag on ebay I purchased the black carpet set from cancelled my order for no reason. Decided to try my hand at dying my existing carpet. Non of the purists will want it anyways after I strategically cut it to remove. So here goes nothing... I am terrible at taking pics while I'm in the zone, so these are all I have. After a vacuuming and cleaning And done. Was hard to get the color to show in the pics due to the lighting in garage. Trust me when I say it actually turned out pretty well with consistent dark black color. And still feels relatively soft. I will be giving it one last light mist coat in the morning and throwing it back in the car. Then I can get the remainder of the interior back together as well. Rekpoint and pynacl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted February 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 And back in... Rekpoint, m42b32, Ryan... and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted February 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Dash starting to look complete once again pynacl, Rekpoint, patsbimmer1 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 All looks great in pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdesign Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Looks good from this side of the monitor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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