So my updates have gone from monthly to quarterly 
, really neglecting the threads due to time constraints with things behind the scenes taking priority.
It's been a good 2019 thus far with a bit of development on the performance side, but I shifted focus frok power to the anesthetics again.
1st up was a proper clean up of the under carriage, suspension, engine bay and interior. I've always loved attenting to things myself, but as stated time has really not been on my side on this past year. However, when I cant do things myself, there's only one company and person I turn to and trust, and thats @mo@crazyridez.
The under carriage and suspension got a wheels off steam clean to get all the crap from the last 24 months off the car and just give her a refresher.
Some before pics
And then the after pics with some 50/50s
There after I decided to start getting some odds and ends done on the engine bay which have been eating my head up.
1st up was the windscreen fluid bottle lip. Over the years mines has decided to loose shape and wasn't closing properly anymore. Ordered a new one from Bmw and got this changed out.
Old one is black, new replacement one is blue.
Next up was the the engine cover badge. This also had slight chips with the clear coat starting to peel at the edges so I ordered a new one here as well from BMW.
The install is not as one would do a bonnet or boot replacement badge. For this badge is still daily simple, but required you to remove the entire engine cover.
Once off, you move the heat and dampening material slightly to access the clips of the badge itself, make them straight and the lift the badge off with a tiny flat screw driver. I normally put a piece of masking tape on the edge of the screwdriver to prevent scratching the badge.
Lift it off and place the new one making sure all the protruding ends go through the engine cover to the other side so that you can bend them to secure it in place. Really just a 5 minutes job but we'll worth the effort. Don't know why I waited 4 years to do it
New badge installed and cover engine bay wiped clean.
Last thing that was done was a very small mod, but very necessary on the older E series as times goes on. The bleeder screw on the expansion tank is prone to either breaking or disintegrating, and I had just this issue in January, so decided to resolve it once and for all. Ordered some copper bleeder screws from ebay and got it swoped out whilst I was busy on the engine bay.
Thanks for reading. Will update some other more interesting things tomorrow or over the weekend.
, really neglecting the threads due to time constraints with things behind the scenes taking priority.It's been a good 2019 thus far with a bit of development on the performance side, but I shifted focus frok power to the anesthetics again.
1st up was a proper clean up of the under carriage, suspension, engine bay and interior. I've always loved attenting to things myself, but as stated time has really not been on my side on this past year. However, when I cant do things myself, there's only one company and person I turn to and trust, and thats @mo@crazyridez.
The under carriage and suspension got a wheels off steam clean to get all the crap from the last 24 months off the car and just give her a refresher.
Some before pics
And then the after pics with some 50/50s
There after I decided to start getting some odds and ends done on the engine bay which have been eating my head up.
1st up was the windscreen fluid bottle lip. Over the years mines has decided to loose shape and wasn't closing properly anymore. Ordered a new one from Bmw and got this changed out.
Old one is black, new replacement one is blue.
Next up was the the engine cover badge. This also had slight chips with the clear coat starting to peel at the edges so I ordered a new one here as well from BMW.
The install is not as one would do a bonnet or boot replacement badge. For this badge is still daily simple, but required you to remove the entire engine cover.
Once off, you move the heat and dampening material slightly to access the clips of the badge itself, make them straight and the lift the badge off with a tiny flat screw driver. I normally put a piece of masking tape on the edge of the screwdriver to prevent scratching the badge.
Lift it off and place the new one making sure all the protruding ends go through the engine cover to the other side so that you can bend them to secure it in place. Really just a 5 minutes job but we'll worth the effort. Don't know why I waited 4 years to do it
New badge installed and cover engine bay wiped clean.
Last thing that was done was a very small mod, but very necessary on the older E series as times goes on. The bleeder screw on the expansion tank is prone to either breaking or disintegrating, and I had just this issue in January, so decided to resolve it once and for all. Ordered some copper bleeder screws from ebay and got it swoped out whilst I was busy on the engine bay.
Thanks for reading. Will update some other more interesting things tomorrow or over the weekend.
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