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Jason, drove by your car yesterday in San Clemente. Looks nice!
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Thank you!Originally Posted by 740iLV
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Sriufke is the man! He sourced a driver's side glove box in parchment for me, and I couldn't be happier. Glad to finally finish installing the graphite bird's eye maple trim. Now I just have to wait for the proper bottom steering column cover and I'll be done.
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246,823 miles - completed an oil service and changed my front sway bar bushings and end links. The old ones were beat!
New sway bar bushings and end links for the E34 by Jason Grace, on Flickr
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Sway bar bushings make a huge difference. Nice work.
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After reading how much it changed your car, I had to. The old poly bushings were super soft and distorted.
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It completely eliminated any front end noise and made the car feel more direct.
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Closing in on 250k, nice. My ex-M5 is catching up
Says a lot about how clean and sorted the car is when you can start worrying about swaybar bushings, LOL. I assume no stroker progress lately since you didn't mention it? Still interested in FI as well?
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I was at the machine shop a few weeks ago, went through all of the remaining parts and tossed a bunch of the M62 stuff. Haven't heard from the builder since, but I'm sure the motor is close. I took home the spare set of valve covers, throttle body, and intake manifold so I can get the covers coated, and send of the TB for port, polish, and rebuild.Closing in on 250k, nice. My ex-M5 is catching up
Says a lot about how clean and sorted the car is when you can start worrying about swaybar bushings, LOL. I assume no stroker progress lately since you didn't mention it? Still interested in FI as well?
Definitely still interested in FI, but I think I'm going to start with a wet nitrous kit (Talking to Greg to see if he wants to build a nitrous plate for the M60 application)
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If I go power adder at all it will be NOS. I will be interested in seeing how that turns out. I think 100 shot should be sufficient to get into trouble. Haha!
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I really want one off these drivers glove boxes!
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Over the weekend I spent some time taking care of some smaller things that have been bugging me for a while. My headlights that were retrofitted with TSX projectors started to build up condensation inside the lenses anytime it would rain hard or going through a touch-less car wash, so I wanted to take care of that. It went fairly smooth, I could see that the water was getting in where the original housing was cut open to fit the TSX projector so, I used silicon to seal those areas.
E34 Headlight Reseal by Jason Grace, on Flickr
E34 Headlight Reseal by Jason Grace, on Flickr
I ended up taking my front bumper off to make the procedure a bit easier, and while I had the bumper off I finally figured out where this plastic support went. Seems to add much needed support where needed most on these M-Sport bumpers. With the bumper off, I also trimmed the bottom clips on the fog light delete panels for a better fit.
BMW 51112230372 by Jason Grace, on Flickr
E34 Headlight Reseal by Jason Grace, on Flickr
E34 Headlight Reseal by Jason Grace, on Flickr
E34 Headlight Reseal by Jason Grace, on Flickr
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Just read through all 10 pages of this and all I can say is AWESOME.
Beautiful car and the work you've done on this is a credit to you.
I'm fairly dedicated to my E38's but recently I've been thinking a 540i/6 would be a nice addition the the family.
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Good work, J-man.
Side note: the inside of your front bumper is 100% cleaner than any one spot on the entire outside of my E34
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I second this.Good work, J-man.
Side note: the inside of your front bumper is 100% cleaner than any one spot on the entire outside of my E34
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Spent some time Saturday with TGreene, and with his help we took apart a good passenger sport seat to save my driver seat. I wish I took a picture of how bad my driver seat was before re-skinning, but we got right to work, and I've avoided taking pictures of it in my ownership due to how bad it was.
Overall, straight forward, but I was glad to have Trevor's help.
Also, changed the spark plugs yesterday. First time since owning the car (They were replaced during the PPI right before I purchased the car) Been just over 25,000 miles. Definitely need to get my spare set of valve covers refinished and change the gaskets...
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Mmmmm, minty!
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do you have a pic with the fog light covers on?
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Do you want to see a close up shot? They have been on since I installed the M-Sport bumper.
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Yes please.
Is it calypso or black?
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The fog light deletes are black. I'll snap a picture in a few.
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Here you go, a couple shots of the delete panels
Fog light delete by Jason Grace, on Flickr
Fog light delete by Jason Grace, on Flickr
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A couple updates - recently replaced power steering hoses, finally no more leaks! Also, another warranty replacement radiator from Mishimoto installed this past weekend, as well as a M5 plate filler. Tomorrow the car is getting a ceramic coating, then I'll be tackling a differential reseal, and valve cover gaskets.
Recent work by Jason Grace, on Flickr
Recent work by Jason Grace, on Flickr
Recent work by Jason Grace, on Flickr
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Sweet aside from that garbage trash wastebasket two letter logo in orange on your wall...
I feel that once you go M5 filler plate, you never go back. It's so perfect.
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Hahaha, you would point out a SF cooler I was given. Not a fan of the team but the cooler works great at the beach!
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