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

[Donkeyshins]

Originally Posted by Almuliman

Anybody successfully removed the intermediate rear brake lines without dropping the subframe? If so, please share
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Per fe1rx, there's a double 90-degree aircraft flare wrench (Rapco RA716) that is only $27 and works well for this application. I have the wrench, but not doing the brake lines until later this spring, so I can't speak firsthand, but I trust the source.

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal...nstalltool.php

[1and1]

oooooo tool pr0n......

unitaskers they may be, but I loves me a nice purpose-built tool....


Installed the new seat belt and rear speed sensor yesterday. Today, I drove my 135 to the office with no (NO!!!) error codes.

((snoopy happy dance.gif))

[nevetstoj]

Cleaned, polished, and installed summer wheels. Also replaced locking lug bolts with regular bolts.

Just gotta clean and coat the rest of the car next weekend.

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by nevetstoj

Cleaned, polished, and installed summer wheels. Also replaced locking lug bolts with regular bolts.

Just gotta clean and coat the rest of the car next weekend.

Looks good, but brave! We're expecting shit early spring weather this week lol.

[nevetstoj]

Originally Posted by Fishee

Looks good, but brave! We're expecting shit early spring weather this week lol.

oh shit, im dumb lol.

[Almuliman]

Originally Posted by Donkeyshins

Per fe1rx, there's a double 90-degree aircraft flare wrench (Rapco RA716) that is only $27 and works well for this application. I have the wrench, but not doing the brake lines until later this spring, so I can't speak firsthand, but I trust the source.

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal...nstalltool.php

Unitasker be damned! Ordered one. The whole SS lines thing is basically unnecessary, but I like the idea of them and now that I'm 66% there i really just want to finish it.

[parameter416]

Originally Posted by Fishee

Looks good, but brave! We're expecting shit early spring weather this week lol.

I hear the sky is gonna go pitch black on Monday, too! But after that the temperatures look okay, so I might swap my tires next week.

[jdt10768]

Originally Posted by Almuliman

Unitasker be damned! Ordered one. The whole SS lines thing is basically unnecessary, but I like the idea of them and now that I'm 66% there i really just want to finish it.

' special tool ' - use it once and hand it to the next person who needs it

[olds350]

It's been a minute since I've been on this forum and man, you guys are still hard at it!! Impressive to see everything that been going on. I'm several 100 pages behind. Great to see all the different builds going on!

As for me, my '13 128 e88 has been just sitting the garage for over a year and not received much love. I've culled part of my car ownership and now I'm down to just a few cars and the 128 will start to be driven more. Over the last few months its received some maintenance.

new water pump and t-stat
new oil pan gasket
new valve cover gasket
new OFHG
new coils
new plugs
new front sway bar
new autox wheels and tires
drain and fill on the auto trans

Right now it needs a serious wash and wax, but with all the pollen around here, it's pretty pointless. Looking forward to getting this back out on the road again...

[1and1]

What's up with the autox setup?
Anything fancy going on?

[delta-9-ginseng]

Put 4 brand new MP4S tires on the car. It did cost a pretty penny but I figured it might be time since the last tires on the car were from 2015 and the steel wires were starting to show lol 😂

The driving difference is night and day. Such a smooth ride now.

[GoRomeo]

Originally Posted by delta-9-ginseng

Put 4 brand new MP4S tires on the car. It did cost a pretty penny but I figured it might be time since the last tires on the car were from 2015 and the steel wires were starting to show lol 😂

The driving difference is night and day. Such a smooth ride now.

Pics or it didn’t happen ☝️😂

[olds350]

Originally Posted by 1and1

What's up with the autox setup?
Anything fancy going on?

nothing fancy... Staying in street/stock class, so very limited in mods. Only item of note is the front sway bar. Since the car only has 68k miles on it, I'm not ready to do dampers yet. I did pickup some falken 660's, so we'll see how those work on course. Really wanted another set of stones re71rs, but they didn't have the size I wanted. The re71s are an amazing autox tire....

[WrathOTM]

Anyone else here waiting for blackline tail lights? I ordered a pair back in Jan, and have watched the estimated shipping date go from Feb/14 to 3/15 then 4/3 and now 6/4. Does anyone know of a US distributor that they recently purchased a set from? I might try a UK vendor and see how that goes.

Also any Michelin PS5 owners here? thinking of getting a set here soon in 225/50 17.

[ShocknAwe]

Originally Posted by WrathOTM

Anyone else here waiting for blackline tail lights? I ordered a pair back in Jan, and have watched the estimated shipping date go from Feb/14 to 3/15 then 4/3 and now 6/4. Does anyone know of a US distributor that they recently purchased a set from? I might try a UK vendor and see how that goes.

Also any Michelin PS5 owners here? thinking of getting a set here soon in 225/50 17.

PS5? Damn nice. Wonder what the PS5S will be

[Childish_cambino]

Got the most stereotypical BMW wheels mounted up with some fresh tires, can’t wait to get out on track and rip on em

[ByeByeVTEC]

Monday:

- upper rad hose
- oil cooler return line
- mickey mouse flange
- DCT Filters / pan / fluid
- oil change + frsh coolant

Big relatively expensive day!

Still need a cornering lamp (stupidest thing ever), steering rack boots, alignment, track wheels + brakes. Hopefully after that I'll be happy with the car for a bit.

[twinturbovan]

Ordered my race car a Tillett C1 Carbon/Grp Racing Seat for the driver side and a Tillett B6 Screamer Carbon/GRP Racing Seat for the passenger side and had the carbon tinted Candy Apple Red like they do on Hypercars. Stay tuned for some installed pics!

[scratchgolf135]

Originally Posted by twinturbovan

Ordered my race car a Tillett C1 Carbon/Grp Racing Seat for the driver side and a Tillett B6 Screamer Carbon/GRP Racing Seat for the passenger side and had the carbon tinted Candy Apple Red like they do on Hypercars. Stay tuned for some installed pics!

[ShocknAwe]

Wow look at those seats.

[Childish_cambino]

Originally Posted by ByeByeVTEC

Monday:

- upper rad hose
- oil cooler return line
- mickey mouse flange
- DCT Filters / pan / fluid
- oil change + frsh coolant

Big relatively expensive day!

Still need a cornering lamp (stupidest thing ever), steering rack boots, alignment, track wheels + brakes. Hopefully after that I'll be happy with the car for a bit.

Originally Posted by twinturbovan

Ordered my race car a Tillett C1 Carbon/Grp Racing Seat for the driver side and a Tillett B6 Screamer Carbon/GRP Racing Seat for the passenger side and had the carbon tinted Candy Apple Red like they do on Hypercars. Stay tuned for some installed pics!

Badass!

[K9Leader]

Originally Posted by Childish_cambino

Got the most stereotypical BMW wheels mounted up with some fresh tires, can’t wait to get out on track and rip on em

They are popular for good reason . . .