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  • Had a busy day yesterday, too.

    Finished off my induction kit - only got this pic of it before I fitted it. Filter oil smeared across the lens, great! It's all been painted crackle black, the filter has been serviced and I attached some rubber bits to the bottom to stop it scraping the chassis leg, as well as the mods I mentioned a couple of pages back.



    Then before:


    After:


    You'll also notice in those pics that I've now fitted my M3 Evo topmounts
    S54 E36 Touring build here: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11730&page=3


    Random E36 parts collection for sale - click here!

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    • Great work Ben, although never been a fan of aftermarket angel eyes. 36 looking awesome as always.
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      • Another busy weekend

        On Saturday I decided not to go to the Ace and instead serviced the Touring - it was due one and as the weather was rather lovely, I figured why not - it's also nice to do things at the same time, so that along with my newly cleaned air filter it now has fresh oil and a new oil filter, along with the usual little bits like a new sump plug washer and oil filter housing o-ring. I also reset my service light.



        I also had a nice big box of bits arrive from BMW, which included new arch liners, bumper corner supports, foglight blanks, topmount covers and various clips and screws - I didn't have time to do everything.

        Before:


        After:


        Also, my neighbour was kind enough to give me a pair of 15mm spacers he had left over, as he changed his wheels recently. So I chucked these on the front along with the longer wheel bolts he also gave me. I wasn't sure they'd be wide enough, but it's come out perfect IMO

        You can see too that I've removed the splitter (the paint is going to have to have a tidy up!) and fitted the foglight blanks.





        S54 E36 Touring build here: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11730&page=3


        Random E36 parts collection for sale - click here!

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        • Your works looks superb as the whole topic!
          Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

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          • Man, I love your touring it looks awsome!

            Keep up the good work. I would go with more yellow color angel eyes as I'll go... when my project hits that point, but first things first. I just made a build thread, you can check it out.

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            • Originally posted by Wout CSL View Post
              Your works looks superb as the whole topic!
              Thank you!

              Originally posted by IGOR989 View Post
              Man, I love your touring it looks awsome!

              Keep up the good work. I would go with more yellow color angel eyes as I'll go... when my project hits that point, but first things first. I just made a build thread, you can check it out.
              I was tempted to go yellow and get rid of my HIDs, but I'm really happy with the way it looks as it is now. Saw your build thread, looks fantastic.

              This weekend was interesting.

              Saturday I went to collect my brother from Oxford (a two hundred and something mile round trip). Before I left I thought I'd take a photo of the mileage :lol:



              My car had 84k on it when I got it nearly 2 years ago. Scary! I also managed to get well and truly stuck on my nan's drive. :roll:



              Managed to get it off in the end by jacking it up, piling stones under the tyres and laying carpet under too.

              Sunday was better, I managed to get the use of a press for a while and so got a couple of troublesome bushes out from my M3 axle and also fitted my Powerflex ARB droplink bushes - the old ones were knackered and causing my handling to feel a little wayward.



              All done!



              And fitted:



              Handling feels so much better now, I'd highly recommend the Poweflex bushes. They were very easy to fit too, once the old ones were out!
              S54 E36 Touring build here: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11730&page=3


              Random E36 parts collection for sale - click here!

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              • Things is getting serious...

                S54 E36 Touring build here: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11730&page=3


                Random E36 parts collection for sale - click here!

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                • Bit of an update. In that these now work! Well, apart from the oil pressure, but that will be sorted soon.



                  This was all thanks to Blair and Craig at Dynotorque. I was up there the other day and so it seemed like a good time to take advantage of their expertise.

                  Blair spent most of the day going through my car tidying up various bits and telling me off for a few dodgy short-term bodges I'd done that had become long-term! All sorted now though



                  My airlines were protected from the heat of the sump and also spaced out from the cross brace to stop rattling and damage to the T-piece.





                  Blair, as mentioned, also sorted my gauges for me!



                  The oil temp is fed by a sensor fitted in place of the sump plug, voltage now works and Blair also ran a length of wiring to the front of the engine bay ready for when I get a pressure sender all sorted. All of the wiring was wrapped and really neat, and the gauge works perfectly

                  Blair also sorted out this mess:



                  By securing the compressor and also tidying up and fixing all of the wiring for me!





                  Much better absolutely chuffed to bits with the work the guys have done, would highly recommend them to anyone. The only complaint is that I left really wanting much more power and/or an American V8.

                  Finally, these turned up yesterday - after seeing how well the chrome rings fitted with the carbon surround in Ben Lee's E46 I decided I'd do the same. No chrome is going near my car mind you, so these are currently drying at home with a nice coat of black on them

                  S54 E36 Touring build here: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11730&page=3


                  Random E36 parts collection for sale - click here!

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                  • Uhh, forum was down, gay.

                    These are new

                    S54 E36 Touring build here: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11730&page=3


                    Random E36 parts collection for sale - click here!

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                    • Looks shit Ben, you should take off and give to me.

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                      • Originally posted by pecs View Post
                        Looks shit Ben, you should take off and give to me.
                        Haha, I'll keep them thanks

                        No update, just a couple of pics!

                        One I've dug out from Bimmerflex retro a few weeks ago.



                        And Rich's from DC:



                        And another from DC:

                        S54 E36 Touring build here: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11730&page=3


                        Random E36 parts collection for sale - click here!

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                        • I spent a couple of hours at the weekend trying to get my UUC clutch pedal bushes fitted. Pretty easy task for the most of it.

                          Take the bottom of the dashboard off (just 3 screws):



                          Unclip and remove the return spring, then the master cylinder - to slide the pin out you have to bend this bracket, very easy with a screwdriver.



                          Then unclip the pivot point and hey presto, a clutch pedal! You can then pull out the old bushes, which practically fall out.





                          Next up, fitting the UUC bits, which just push in, although fit a lot more snugly than the old bits!





                          This was as far as I got really, from here on it's just a case of refitting the clutch pedal. Unfortunately though, despite quite a while trying, I couldn't get the pedal to slide back on! Has anyone else had this problem?

                          So I had to put the old ones back in waste of time! I'm not too sad though, because a new toy turned up yesterday!

                          S54 E36 Touring build here: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11730&page=3


                          Random E36 parts collection for sale - click here!

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                          • This just arrived too. Got a busy weekend ahead to get it sorted for our track evening next week!

                            S54 E36 Touring build here: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11730&page=3


                            Random E36 parts collection for sale - click here!

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                            • Not to keen on teaser shots, was is it?

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                              • Originally posted by pecs View Post
                                Not to keen on teaser shots, was is it?
                                Lol, lots of bits, will update over the weekend.
                                S54 E36 Touring build here: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11730&page=3


                                Random E36 parts collection for sale - click here!

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