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      04-16-2018, 04:21 PM   #1
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Hi all,

I wanted to start documenting my cars build for myself and the forums to see.

This car is my daily driver which has taken over for my 09 miata which is now on track only duty.

I purchased this car locally for a great price in my opinion, it needed tires badly, brakes badly, and in serious need of a bath. This car was dirty, exterior and interior alike. The paint was stained with what looked like pollen of some sort. The color of the seats were very muted and the controls, steering wheel, shift knob, and e-brake were coated in a muck. Likely the case was the PO used lotion of some sorts and it rubbed off and baked onto the pieces. I was able to clean most of the car and replaced what needed to be replaced.

*I'll be updating this post with some DSLR pictures and videos*

First fill up pictures, nothing had been touched at this point, not even tints.

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Next up was deep cleaning time

Here you can see the pollen in the paint and after on the right



one swipe across the dash

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These pictures give a good example of what a magic eraser + leather cleaner can do for dirty seats.



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After cleaning the steering wheel it was obvious it was a little beat and will be replaced with an M3 wheel in the future.



I picked up some Performance goodies to replace some worn parts.









New sidemarker to replace the faded one and led bulbs look nicer in my opinion



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Performance grills installed. I chose oem because I like the glossy outer rim + matte inner gills.

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Time to address the headlights. This took a while.

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New brakes that were desperately needed.

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...aaaand tires, went with Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 racetrack oval brickyard bridgestone re0003 rebranded track performance wet dry summer great tires. They are great for daily driving with plenty of grip and I got the right sizing to fit the wheels perfectly.

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Had a friend stop by

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Picked up some LUX v5? The color changing ones.

Before and After

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Berk catless downpipe from a forum member, and new tranny fluid went in, no pictures sorry, I was excited. Picked up some pucks as well. The plugs are for a later date, had to order a plug socket for my ratchet.

I'll update with videos shorty

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My dad came to town to visit which resulted in me taking the 135i (my daily) to the place where it was not supposed to go, the track.

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The 135i performed great. I drove both cars that day and took video so I will post them shorty. Obviously the 135i can't hold a candle to my very well set up miata, but with some work it would obviously be a great car for the track, the brakes and tires on the car worked great. I didn't even have a chance to change the brake fluid since it was so last minute and it didn't even cook the brakes so something must be right there. I'd say for my set to be great I'd need a LSD, suspension and the car would be set. Aka a lot of money.

I apologize for vertical pictures.
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Nice intro. You put lots of TLC in to that 1er and it really shows!

Welcome to 1ADDICTS and congrats on a beautiful color combo!

Love Alpine White and Coral Red.

Cool pics!
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Good work! Love to see the n55 getting some love around here...lol
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Awesome to see you give that 1’er some love that it deserves.

Looking forward to seeing more pics man!
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      04-17-2018, 10:07 AM   #5
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Thanks everyone, here's a short clip of some track action at Homestead Miami.


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Good job on restoring the car!
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Looks good man! Did the magic eraser pick up any of the red?
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      04-18-2018, 01:13 PM   #9
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Looks great man solid start!
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Thanks again everyone!

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Looks good man! Did the magic eraser pick up any of the red?
Yes it did while I was being a little rough with it. I would only recommend it for DEEP cleaning needs. I use a leather brush that I bought off amazon now for monthly interior cleaning.
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Here are some DSLR photos as promised. I need to get a nicer lens rather than the kit one I'm using here.

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I forgot to grab a picture of my OEM rubber mats I purchased after cleaning them. Boring mod anyway.
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Nice, your buddy's black BMW looks sweet from the back too!
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Love the white. What was your process in restoring the headlights?
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Bulk Update:

Picked up a really mint e90 wheel from the forums. Cleaned up the stitching with a toothbrush and dish soaped water.

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Threw on an mhd stage 2 map to finally rid myself of my cel from the downpipe and pick up some extra power. I was hoping to get some low end because that's where I felt it was lacking most on the track. Naturally I blew my charge pipe in a few days so I needed a replacement. The VRSF piece fit the bill. A metal pipe with rubber couplers.

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Found myself back at Homestead with my old Miata I sold to my friend.

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More power = more problems

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Cooked my brake fluid within 3 laps. Checked my rear pads and they were toast. Luckily I had some great friends that had brought some spare Motul rbf600 to the track so I was able to flush the old fluid and put down a few more laps before my rear pads were metal to metal. Overall the car felt great, definitely needs more camber and an LSD but other than that the car felt really solid.

Bonus pics of my friends e46 daily driver.

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Also I just bought a brand new oem door seal for the driver's side since mine was torn up when I got the car. Along with brand new side sill plates since mine are all cracked and falling apart at the rubber. Will make an update when they come in along with my new brake pad selection for my rears.

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Love the white. What was your process in restoring the headlights?
Can't remember exactly the grits of sand paper I used but it was probably 600-2000 and then buffing with compound.
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Picked up some new OEM parts from work. Door sill plates to replaced the rotting ones, and a new complete door seal to replace the torn one that came on the car. Also my new stoptech pads came in to replace the oem pads.

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Old pads vs new

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One from the rear because it's the best part about the e82.

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Trying to find some second hand spacers and I may possibly lower the car but I know if I do that I will want to do camber plates and arms.
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What did you use to restore the headlights? Looks amazing
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Have you coded out the brake fade compensation? My 128i would go into a pseudo-limp mode after about 5 laps of my local track. After coding that out, I can run all day long with no brake problems.
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What did you use to restore the headlights? Looks amazing
Various levels of sand paper and then buffing with an orbital

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Have you coded out the brake fade compensation? My 128i would go into a pseudo-limp mode after about 5 laps of my local track. After coding that out, I can run all day long with no brake problems.
I was not aware of this, could you elaborate a little more on it? I may need to do this before the 20th of Jan when I head back out.
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I was not aware of this, could you elaborate a little more on it? I may need to do this before the 20th of Jan when I head back out.
Read up on it here. The car cuts power if it determines you're driving the car too hard, too long using an arbitrary calculated temperature value based on how hard you hit the brakes and for how long in a given time span. There are no codes thrown or lights, the car just falls on its face coming out of the next turn. I nearly got rear ended by a 911 GT3 when my car decided halfway through a session that it was not going to accelerate out of the next corner!
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