video of my first attempt... :)

its far from perfect... but its something... :) will do better next time...

the fun bits :) benefit of the constant rain...

the good thing was... i went out to play 'air soft gun' with my friends to area81... its kinda like paint ball but with BB gun... its very realistic and made out of metal... and it hurts even if you wear the vest... and on the way back... it started raining again... so i drove out from my complex and slide around the big round about near my house...

the bimmer is harder to slide compare to my dad's merc... first maybe coz its auto... i dunno what to do... second, the tyre psi was 32 all around, plus i think the viscous doesnt really work anymore coz i was one wheel spinner all the time... gave up after few round.

the next night, its raining again... so around 2am i went to this 'new area' :P where the road are wide and new.... i accidently met group of people who slide around too on the wet! which is very rare in indo... on the street too.... most of them are 35-45 with their old school datto, rolla, and some old bimmer... i dont have camera that night but i have their numbers and next time i'm meeting up with them again when its rainning.... and i will bring my cam...

Flood and massive explosion

jakarta has rained non stop and we got flood everywhere... its not that bad... at least it didn't went inside the house... but still hassle... :(

this is my friends area.... its flooded too...

reminded me of venice lol...

buy some snack along the way :P

then last night, i heard massive explosion... my front doors and windows were shaken up... and we all went outside.... i thought it was another bomb attack... it turn out to be the port where they have this mega petrol silo which hold enough petrol for the whole jakarta for 1 week has exploded... its a very big tank... i saw black smoke rising up and the sky turn amber... then soon the smoke got thicker and thicker... that port is just next to my residential area... maybe around 3-5km away... less if its a straight line... i hope there is no casualty...

then it started to rain nonstop again... which is good to help fight the fire from the explosion... but that means i have to move my car again... now i just came back from moving my cars to the local school again... *sigh* i hate rainy season... its flooded again!!! T__T

The Bitch Wardrobe... room cleaning almost finish...

the wardrobe finally here... assemble time!

i assembled it halfway in the common room just outside my bedroom... then moved it to my room. finish!! :)

 

next step is buying new bedsheets!!! lol... i am using that ultra gay pink bedsheet atm... here is the pics of the room after it being cleaned... still some wires here and there... i need more power point, but will figure that out later... 

notice that folded projector screen?

i found that and this old projector in my room... dad used to use that for presentations... will use that for watching movie in my room :P just need a decent speaker...

General Maintenance

i found that the front 2 shocks are leaking badly... so i rang around for parts.. the funny thing in indo is, labour cost next to nothing... it cost me the same price for the shocks installed or not installed... i called about 15 stores just to make sure i got the right price.... so i decided to bring it to the workshop since its cheap... 

and guess what... they have like 5 people working on one car... LOL... the job finish in less than 2 hours... lol 
 

i was shocked that the previous owner use 2 different kind of spark plug, 4 for BMW, and the other 2 are for Mercedes benz. i supposed that is ok... they all iridium, but at the moment i have no budget for the iridium one so the normal one will do... 
 
  

the plumb back to the T connector is broken. but cable ties and duct tape fix everything right?  
  

the leaking suspension being removed... 
 
    

the car has sit in the storage for 6months before i bought it... so i think it would be wise to change the oil too... just in case... 
 
they also cleaned the injectors, TB, and replace few broken fuse... 

i'm low on cash, so i replaced the front bilstein inserts with the OEM Sachs / Boge inserts.. cost half of the bilstein... this will have to do for now... 
 
     

i also got the idle adjusted and tune up. the car runs very smooth now... 


TO DO NEXT: 
- the brake seems hard. still bites but really late. its either the booster or the one way valve. 
- Fuel pump seems weak, less than 1/4 of tank on uphill, the car wont start. 
- the central locking would unlock but wont lock, i had to lock it from the boot. 
- the 2 rear power window L&F is rusty and stuck... 
- no interior lights!  damn... 
- Manual gearbox conversion

Coolant flush

the coolant is almost brownish and the reserve tank is brown... so i think the previous owner havent flush the radiator since he bought it new... lol... 
 

i drained the radiator and look at all the dirt / rust pieces... the previous owner put water in it... no coolant at all... maybe thats why its corroded. hope nothing is bad inside the block... *finger crossed* 
 
  

cleaned the interior

the interior are still in very good condition. its not original (retrimmed leather) but it was dusty and mouldy when i first got it... i got the interior cleaning solutions and now it looks almost new  
 
 



EXE badging!!!  
strip all the stickers!!!!  
 

put on the exe sticker... indonesia division has been established  jk