[colorado.e9x]

Good job Jake I'm proud

The streets are nice and icey today, wasn't about to hit my brakes for a yellow so I dropped a gear and y'all know the rest Its always satisfying braking traction on all four wheels on a main road

[Gregrobin]

Finally got my MHD OTS Stage 1 Map to install. WiFi dongle did not work, ended up using hard cables, did the trick.

Amazing added pull 2800+ RPMS. Noticed a slight hesitation and hard shift at lower RPMs though.

[K9Leader]

New auto dimming mirror glass on right side. It had gotten amber colored over the last couple of months, telling me that the seals have given up and it is on the way out. Surfed around to find the best price on a replacement. It arrived today so I popped the old one off and the new one on. Just tried it out on the way to the emergency vet office (one of the pups is not doing well).

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by K9Leader

New auto dimming mirror glass on right side. It had gotten amber colored over the last couple of months, telling me that the seals have given up and it is on the way out. Surfed around to find the best price on a replacement. It arrived today so I popped the old one off and the new one on. Just tried it out on the way to the emergency vet office (one of the pups is not doing well).

Hope the li'l hound pulls through ok.

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

Looks great Jake! There are very few people that will look at that engine bay and notice the header isn't stock. I'll bet you can't wait for spring and clear roads to get out for a rip in your "new" car. Well done, fine sir.

Thx bro! You know I'm itching to get it out on the road, now I'm circling it like a buzzard finding little stuff to do on it while we're trapped here. The snow JUST melted here enough for me to walk the dog around the field without boots, and we're getting another ice storm tomorrow, yay. Sadly almost nobody is gonna see my engine bay period, and even less will see it from underneath (just my wife's cousin who has the shop w/ alignment rack) so imma take the opportunity to post a few more gratuitous pics

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Good job Jake I'm proud

The streets are nice and icey today, wasn't about to hit my brakes for a yellow so I dropped a gear and y'all know the rest Its always satisfying braking traction on all four wheels on a main road

*bow* thx brother and thx for the helpful hints along the way!

[unixnerd]

Just driven the E91 for the first time since Christmas Eve! It's now +10C here, over 30C warmer than last week. Started first time, bit of surface rust on the brakes which rubbed off. Tyres hadn't lost air and she drove just fine. Really needs to replace the valve cover gasket, stank of burnt oil for a bit.

Felt huge after using just my '99 RAV4 3 door for seven weeks.

[335IE90]

Cleaned half the drive way about 20 min ago and it's covered again the bmw is starting to get annoyed with the damn snow!! It needs a bath desperately but the snow just won't allow it !!

[Gregrobin]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

Thx bro! You know I'm itching to get it out on the road, now I'm circling it like a buzzard finding little stuff to do on it while we're trapped here. The snow JUST melted here enough for me to walk the dog around the field without boots, and we're getting another ice storm tomorrow, yay. Sadly almost nobody is gonna see my engine bay period, and even less will see it from underneath (just my wife's cousin who has the shop w/ alignment rack) so imma take the opportunity to post a few more gratuitous pics

Looks AMAZING! I am jealous.

Yeah, ice/sleet storm here as well (Virginia), bimmy is sitting alone in the garage waiting for dry roads.

[Mosaud1998]

Originally Posted by 335IE90

Cleaned half the drive way about 20 min ago and it's covered again the bmw is starting to get annoyed with the damn snow!! It needs a bath desperately but the snow just won't allow it !!

Snows cleared out here in Chicago. It's currently 26 degrees.

I'll probably run my mom's van through the wash today. It desperately needs one

Oh wait then there's my car (lookin all clean ) and the Mercedes that no one drives

[unixnerd]

Planning my conversion to an oil catch can on my early N52. It will leave the sump oil return free and I'm planning to convert it to a dipstick tube. I'll try to graft on a dipstick from another BMW. Looking at used parts on ebay an E46 320d dipstick tube is the current front runner. Anyone else tried it?

[neilvan]

Originally Posted by unixnerd

It will leave the sump oil return free and I'm planning to convert it to a dipstick tube.

I do remember my old Saab had the PCV system return to the Dipstick tube; Could try something similar.

I also remember seeing a kit for N54 (x-drive only) pans converting to a dipstick

[Vivek.]

I'm incredibly jealous of your 3 garage spots Mosaud1998. We have a total of 2 (my e30 and dad's e46 competition) for our 7ish cars and my parents won't let me (or my brother and I) build an aux garage on their property even if I cover the cost. Told me to get my own place but my friend and I (going in on a house) can't afford a house in the bay with more than a two-car garage (frankly we're struggling to find ANY house we can afford lol).

[ky0u]

Finished this swap a few days ago. Just for my car to completely blow its VC gasket during the first drive.

[unixnerd]

Originally Posted by ky0u

Finished this swap a few days ago. Just for my car to completely blow its VC gasket during the first drive.

What paint colour is that? Looks great, can't recall seeing something like that on an E90 before.

[nicked8]

Originally Posted by Vivek.

I'm incredibly jealous of your 3 garage spots Mosaud1998. We have a total of 2 (my e30 and dad's e46 competition) for our 7ish cars and my parents won't let me (or my brother and I) build an aux garage on their property even if I cover the cost. Told me to get my own place but my friend and I (going in on a house) can't afford a house in the bay with more than a two-car garage (frankly we're struggling to find ANY house we can afford lol).

Give it time man, I imagine home prices in Cali are going to be coming down for a while now. Although the general real estate market is going a bit crazy right now.

[unixnerd]

Originally Posted by nicked8

Give it time man, I imagine home prices in Cali are going to be coming down for a while now. Although the general real estate market is going a bit crazy right now.

Check out the latest Hoovie's Garage video, what you really want is an aircraft hanger with a house inside! Cheap by US standards he says.

[Vivek.]

Originally Posted by nicked8

Give it time man, I imagine home prices in Cali are going to be coming down for a while now. Although the general real estate market is going a bit crazy right now.

Since this is more or less an anything-goes thread, I'm down to expand on this a little. We've cast our net wider and wider over the past few months, expanding on location and types of housing we'd be okay with. Not one (currently inhabitable) property we've looked has sold for asking price or below. They'll often get 5-10 offers over asking price and half are cash. To add to the madness, a house will come on the market say on Thursday, and they'll say offers are due at noon on the following Tuesday. And come hell or high water, it will be sold on Tuesday.

For us right now it's becoming a waiting game. Let's hope it goes down.

[Vivek.]

Originally Posted by unixnerd

Check out the latest Hoovie's Garage video, what you really want is an aircraft hanger with a house inside! Cheap by US standards he says.

One time when I went to school in Texas we took my buddy's wrangler overlanding in some subdivision that was being built. Some guy was building a house that was entirely a garage on the first level with two stories of house above it. What a dream

[ky0u]

Originally Posted by unixnerd

What paint colour is that? Looks great, can't recall seeing something like that on an E90 before.

Sadly, it's just a wrap. 3m 2080 Deep Space.
It was the closest thing I could find to LX0 (Nissan's Midnight Purple 3), without dropping about half a years worth of mortgage on a paint job

Originally Posted by Vivek.

One time when I went to school in Texas we took my buddy's wrangler overlanding in some subdivision that was being built. Some guy was building a house that was entirely a garage on the first level with two stories of house above it. What a dream

My uncle's new house is like this. Whole first level is a garage. 5-6 capacity iirc, but he only has 1 car in there

[longm1985]

made this stop squeaking. I did this in my Grand Prix, and it took me 5 hours. This whole job took me 20 minutes.

there's supposed to be a picture of my blower motor

[S65Hunter]

Originally Posted by longm1985

made this stop squeaking. I did this in my Grand Prix, and it took me 5 hours. This whole job took me 20 minutes.

there's supposed to be a picture of my blower motor

Hmmm don't see it