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04-01-2013, 01:03 AM | #1 |
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ER Competition Oil Coolers install
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How many of you have installed these? SteveAZ? I think you have? Tried to tackle the install this weekend and the car is still in pieces... A few issues I ran into:
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04-02-2013, 10:15 PM | #3 |
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That sucks man, kinda weird the instructions are for the 3series since their development car was a 135 (if I'm not mistaken). I was looking at this as an option, but this is tough to swallow.
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04-03-2013, 09:04 AM | #4 |
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What did ER have to say about this? Did you contact them?
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And the horn bracket is riveted on with the rivet being very hard to reach without a drill bit extension. Quote:
Two problems with that advice: 1. The screws are nearly impossible to loosen (since you can't hold a wrench on the other side. 2. I think the problems are a lot bigger than a little adjustment... But, ER has been responsive. So I will give them the benefit of the doubt for now. I'm on a business trip right now and won't be able to install the bracket until Saturday. Hope things will go better then. I shelled out a lot of money for this kit and it's been a massive disappointment so far. |
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08-12-2013, 12:48 AM | #7 |
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reviving a dying post... any updates thus far?
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So, after all of these years, these issues still exist. I'm going through the install right now (haven't attached AN fittings yet though). I was hoping that they would make revisions to the kit to resolve the issues, but it is exactly the same, including the wrong instructions. I was lucky enough to have all brackets pre-installed for me so at least that was covered.
On the driver side, my friend and I ended up taking off the driver-side headlight assembly to gain access to the horn bracket rivet. Not too bad to remove overall and makes it so you don't need to do anything crazy like getting drill bit extensions to access the rivet. The next issue we ran into was that the horn bracket cannot be reattached once the oil cooler shroud is mounted. We ended up drilling holes into the shroud itself and mounted the horns on top of the shroud. Right now, the final issue we have is how the driver side shroud does not line up at all with the bumper. I think we might be able to bend the brackets a bit, but we might have to extend the mounting holes a bit to allow it to line up properly. Given how expensive the kit is, and how long these issues have been reported, I'm disappointed in the installation of the kit. I'll post some photos for other people to reference once we get the driver side to line up. |
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Yes, the passenger side reuses the stock oil cooler mounting bracket, so it lines up much easier. There is also no drilling of rivets involved and you don’t have to deal with losing the original horn bracket. You will still have to cut up your fender liner (required for both sides) to allow air to pass through, as well as relocate the rds(?) box that is attached to the fender liner. That is pretty simple though, just drill 2 holes higher up on the fender liner and reattach.
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Not cool.
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05-16-2018, 04:29 PM | #13 |
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Do you have a build thread or something that provides more details on this? Would love to learn more...
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05-17-2018, 01:31 PM | #15 |
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Thank you sir, found it. Will eventually have more questions for you. My 1M has never gone into limp mode but I do notice oil temps a little higher than I'd like (~270-275F?) Since the 1M has an aux radiator on the driver's side and an aux oil cooler on the passenger side I'm really not quite sure how to proceed. Or, maybe nothing's really broken at this point ...
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