What did you do to/for your 1er today?

[olds350]

Gave the 1 a wash yesterday and made sure to clean the top well. Applied some of Griots convertible protectant today at lunch. I like this stuff because any over spray is a simple wipe down.

[spitfire148]

so I got bored looking at rusty hubs so decided to get some grooved sports brakes, only half way through bedding them in with ceramic pads and i already feel the difference

[blue135]

That combination is going to look great - the green w/orange & alcantra

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by bmw1racer

Instrument cluster looking a bit dusty, dude.

Congrats on 50K.

Thanks and it definitely needs a clean up. As soon as my hand heals I will be cleaning it till it is fresh off the factory line again!

[Mandinca]

Originally Posted by xQx

Yeah, I found the same article. You have to assume the installation is just the reverse of removal.

But, there's some specialized equipment you'll need to replicate:
https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...e-top/1KsKpAnC


And maybe this?:
https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...le-top/4n7Hl63


... the only thing you really want to confirm first is that two roofs are always identical... there isn't some 'individual assembly' thing that means your new roof is going to miss its latch by 1/2 an inch.

Those special lifting tools always make me chuckle. The roof weighs less than 100 pounds and can be lifted off by two people, one on each side of the car.
Just don't drop it.....

Anyway. The E6000 glue, that someone mentioned in one of the threads on the window separation issue, came in on Wednesday. I scraped off the really shitty job I did with the 3M VHB tape last year that was now failing, cleaned the area as well as I could and glued it using the E6000. Clamping it was an issue due to the curvature of the glass but I was able to get a decent amount of force to spread along the seam of glass and fabric. The hard part was forcing the glass into the right place in the fabric without it moving.....a basketball on the rear shelf worked very well LOL while the glue dried overnight. Anyway, so far it's held for two days....I'm actually amazed that it worked. A couple of spots need to be re-done but for the most part...success.....so far. It doesn't look great but it can be tidied up in a few weeks when I know for sure if it worked or not.
Only real downside, I dropped a clamp on my trunk lid and put a small chip in the clearcoat. Dumbass.

E6000 glue. Amazon for about $8 or I believe they sell it at Hobby Lobby.

[JimVonBaden]

Originally Posted by Mandinca

Those special lifting tools always make me chuckle. The roof weighs less than 100 pounds and can be lifted off by two people, one on each side of the car.
Just don't drop it.....

Anyway. The E6000 glue, that someone mentioned in one of the threads on the window separation issue, came in on Wednesday. I scraped off the really shitty job I did with the 3M VHB tape last year that was now failing, cleaned the area as well as I could and glued it using the E6000. Clamping it was an issue due to the curvature of the glass but I was able to get a decent amount of force to spread along the seam of glass and fabric. The hard part was forcing the glass into the right place in the fabric without it moving.....a basketball on the rear shelf worked very well LOL while the glue dried overnight. Anyway, so far it's held for two days....I'm actually amazed that it worked. A couple of spots need to be re-done but for the most part...success.....so far. It doesn't look great but it can be tidied up in a few weeks when I know for sure if it worked or not.
Only real downside, I dropped a clamp on my trunk lid and put a small chip in the clearcoat. Dumbass.

E6000 glue. Amazon for about $8 or I believe they sell it at Hobby Lobby.

Sounds good. Did you take any photos?

[Mandinca]

Originally Posted by JimVonBaden

Sounds good. Did you take any photos?

Unfortunately none before or during the fix, I was a bit preoccupied with hoping it would actually work. I'll take some later.

[desertman123]

Went to the dark side the other day lol. Well, my parents did.

We picked up a 2009 Mercedes Benz CLK350 Grand Edition convertible.

We were focusing on BMW but took a look at plenty of other brands. Searched high and low for a decently priced auto E46 ZHP convertible, couldn't really find one. Either too expensive, or in poor shape, too far, etc. etc. Parents weren't crazy about paying 10k+ for a 15 year old car. E93s didn't make us too excited, and my dad felt a 1 series is too small. Also not trying to have V8 issues (640i/650i)

Dad liked the idea of a Mercedes so we looked at the CLKs. The first half of them have a timing chain sprocket issue so we avoided that (08-09 is safe) and found a car that checked all the boxes.

3.5L V6, 7spd auto, has 52k mi on it!

Grand edition has AMG wheels, sport suspension, different cluster, few other things
White exterior, Tobacco Brown leather interior. Bluetooth & nav factory (not sure how well it works..)

[Rmtt]

Originally Posted by desertman123

Went to the dark side the other day lol. Well, my parents did.

We picked up a 2009 Mercedes Benz CLK350 Grand Edition convertible.

We were focusing on BMW but took a look at plenty of other brands. Searched high and low for a decently priced auto E46 ZHP convertible, couldn't really find one. Either too expensive, or in poor shape, too far, etc. etc. Parents weren't crazy about paying 10k+ for a 15 year old car. E93s didn't make us too excited, and my dad felt a 1 series is too small.

Dad liked the idea of a Mercedes so we looked at the CLKs. The first half of them half a timing chain sprocket issue so we avoided that and found a car that checked all the boxes.

3.5L V6, 7spd auto, has 52k mi on it!

Grand edition has AMG wheels, sport suspension, different cluster, few other things
White exterior, Tobacco Brown leather interior. Bluetooth & nav factory (not sure how well it works..)

Nice. One of my friends has pretty much the same car and thoroughly loves it. He's had it since new I think, and never any major issues.

I was looking at these as well before finding my 128, so bugged him quite a bit about it and what he thought of it.

[Gangplank]

Originally Posted by Mandinca

Those special lifting tools always make me chuckle. The roof weighs less than 100 pounds and can be lifted off by two people, one on each side of the car.
Just don't drop it.....

Anyway. The E6000 glue, that someone mentioned in one of the threads on the window separation issue, came in on Wednesday. I scraped off the really shitty job I did with the 3M VHB tape last year that was now failing, cleaned the area as well as I could and glued it using the E6000. Clamping it was an issue due to the curvature of the glass but I was able to get a decent amount of force to spread along the seam of glass and fabric. The hard part was forcing the glass into the right place in the fabric without it moving.....a basketball on the rear shelf worked very well LOL while the glue dried overnight. Anyway, so far it's held for two days....I'm actually amazed that it worked. A couple of spots need to be re-done but for the most part...success.....so far. It doesn't look great but it can be tidied up in a few weeks when I know for sure if it worked or not.
Only real downside, I dropped a clamp on my trunk lid and put a small chip in the clearcoat. Dumbass.

E6000 glue. Amazon for about $8 or I believe they sell it at Hobby Lobby.

That e6000 is some serious glue. I haven't used it on a car before but my wife uses it for crafting & we've used it to glue tile and similar other things.

[JimVonBaden]

Originally Posted by desertman123

Went to the dark side the other day lol. Well, my parents did.

We picked up a 2009 Mercedes Benz CLK350 Grand Edition convertible.

We were focusing on BMW but took a look at plenty of other brands. Searched high and low for a decently priced auto E46 ZHP convertible, couldn't really find one. Either too expensive, or in poor shape, too far, etc. etc. Parents weren't crazy about paying 10k+ for a 15 year old car. E93s didn't make us too excited, and my dad felt a 1 series is too small. Also not trying to have V8 issues (640i/650i)

Dad liked the idea of a Mercedes so we looked at the CLKs. The first half of them have a timing chain sprocket issue so we avoided that (08-09 is safe) and found a car that checked all the boxes.

3.5L V6, 7spd auto, has 52k mi on it!

Grand edition has AMG wheels, sport suspension, different cluster, few other things
White exterior, Tobacco Brown leather interior. Bluetooth & nav factory (not sure how well it works..)

The CLK series are great cars. I had a 2005 CLK 500. Damn fun car.

[CH400EM]

Flashed MHD Stage 1+ last night. Really a well developed tune. I wanted to add a mount for my old Android phone (OnePlus 3T) for logging, gauges, tuning, coding etc. but didn't want to clutter the center console/dash area. A magnetic phone mount wouldn't really fit anywhere neatly on the left side of the steering wheel (LHD in US), so I modified the simple magnetic mount that I had and modified the left air vent to discreetly house the mounting bracket. The OBD2-USB-USBC cable chain was eventually run up from the port, through a small hole I cut in the side of the vent body and through the vent slats. So everything is hidden besides the small round magnetic mount when not in use. I'll add more pics of the final install later.

Edit: all vent operations are still OEM functional

[bEchev25]

Originally Posted by low135

Got in my front lip. Going to wait on installing until I have some more of the carbon pieces in. The lower splitter is also going to be wrapped green. I also got in this little plastic trim stuff that wedges in between panels to create an oem looking accent. I'm doing alcantara with orange stitching for a bunch if stuff so I thought this would fit in nicely.

Nice orange trim! Get I get more info how you did it?

Looks great on black leather. I have red, so it might be a little more difficult

[low135]

Originally Posted by bEchev25

Nice orange trim! Get I get more info how you did it?

Looks great on black leather. I have red, so it might be a little more difficult

Yeah it's just this plastic trim stuff. Thin on one edge then thick on the other. The thin edge wedges in between trim panels and the thick edge is what you see. It's cheap on eBay so I was unsure at first how it would come out but I love it. Can't even tell that it's like $4 for 15 feet or something like that

[low135]

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[iminhell1]

beat the shit out of my 'punch' for a few hours.
zero progress.


So I'm trying to get an axle out of the car. The splines are holding strong and will not release.
Looks like I'll be buying all the rear stuff new (to me) in the nearer than I'd like future.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by low135

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Hey low135, your image is not showing. For me, at least.

[low135]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Hey low135, your image is not showing. For me, at least.

Yeah it's been doing that for some reason. This app is awful

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by low135

Yeah it's been doing that for some reason. This app is awful

Try your laptop.

[low135]

Here is the plastic trim stuff I used for my interior

[low135]

Got the front bumper done and had to mock up the front lip again still stuff coming in before I actually mount the lip but it's coming together

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by low135

Got the front bumper done and had to mock up the front lip again still stuff coming in before I actually mount the lip but it's coming together

That color is looking better and better. Especially with the black accents.