BBS RK2

the next day... i called up indra, and requested for the BBS RK2 to be readied and prepared that same day... i am not waiting any longer... lol...

hmmm the front abit too low... i will strip those ugly body kit and return to stock soon... maybe next year...


now... BBS RK 2, 18x8.5 and 18x10


18x10 hmmmmm


came with 2nd hand tyres... i will replace them in january when i am back in jakarta to the correct size... but now at least they are not stretched... 235 front and 275 rear..


hmmmm another issue, turned out that the rear fitment wont clear the suspension arm so i would have to settle with this mismatch setup for now and ordered spacers to be made...





Spacers
the rear just need abit, but mind as well push them out as much as i can hahaha... and the front was tucked in too, so i put 25mm at the front and 10mm at the back...

Tekno Tuner made the hub centric spacer for me...

POPPED THE CHERRY :O

after the 2nd day driving it... i popped the stretched tyres... i knew it! i knew it!!! seeing the stretched setup, i was afraid it might popped of the rim... plus BMW has a high castor compared to japanese car, any tight turns mean the tyres are resting on the sideway...



i wasn't even driving fast, but i was going up a usual spiral carpark ramp which are common in jakarta multilevel carparks... this one is in senayan city which has tighter turn than usual...

something like this but tighter and about 5 level up...


so i was between level 1 and 2 when the tyre popped and all i hear was loud scraping from the wheels... i stopped to quickly check and notice a long car queue behind me... so i continue driving without front left tyre... only to find they close off the entry on level 2-4 so i had to go all the way to level 5 ouchhhhhh scrape grind scrape grind... sounds like 2 autobots making love hahahaha

i knew i should have drove up those spiral ramp sideway hahaha



so i opened the boot and look for the jack only to find the previous owner decided that it is more important to have a full audio setup at the back than a emergency kit such as jack and wheel socket...

i try calling up Indra and other car mate, but i forget that this is not melbourne and no real exe-crew here... everyone is on their own here... so the usual excuses like "going to bed", "its too late to get out", "busy", "wife won't let me" is all i heard... i don't blame them, its just the culture here... and i am thankful for that... this kind of situation reveal and sets real friend in need from the rest...

it happened on the way to a photoshoot 8pm, i had to abandon the car to quickly complete the photoshoot and at 12am midnight when the photoshoot finish, i came back to the car to fix it, only to find no jack, and my mobile battery is low, i cannot leave the car with all my heavy photo gears...

so i called up one of my old mate, Iening, which is not a car mate... i knew he would always be there, but i don't want to disturb him at first as he has baby and family now... and he quickly responded... no questioned asked and then pick up my jack from home and drove all the way to senayan city... its 2am already... i almost cried hahahaha coz that was my last battery too...


so i jacked up the car, only to find that the spare tyre are flat too... ($#@*$#(*$^@!^#@#&!!!

iening kindly offered to drive the flat spare tyres to local petrol station and pump it up while i guard the car and the camera gears... jakarta at night can be abit dangerous... which is why i don't want to leave the car alone in the dark...

anyway, all is done, on the way home me and iening had a good highspeed run on empty jakarta inner city tollway at 3am... he turned out to get into car too and bought himself EJ civic with worked up D16 engine one it...

moral of the story:
- no more stretch tyres, even if its temporary
- check the emergency equipments when i am buying a car, not just the mechanicals, defects and body
- there are many that call them self friends to have fun with... but only few remained in need...
- how i miss exe-crew...

Air Cooled

fix the air conditioner in the car... turned out it just need simple regas no leak after few minutes of checking around the system...




Raijin & Fuujin
left is Indra's Raijin (God of Thunder) E34 544i with M62B44 (4.4 V mated with E46 M3 6 speed and Big Housing LSD... making 380Hp and 450Nm ... running constant high 12s with full leather trim, audio, and roll cage hahaha

on the right is my fuujin... can't keep up with raijin, for now... muahahahaha

Downgrade

so i sold the 20 inch coz its bloody heavy, braking and steering suffered, and seeing how fast i chew thru tyres with my driving, i won't be able to afford sets of 20 every so often... so i ordered my self a nice BBS RK 2 Pieces 18inch from Tekno Tuner... however, due to Tekno Tuner is currently moving to new workshop, its going to take a few more days till we can locate the wheels and the buyer of the 20inch want the wheels ASAP... so Indra lend me his set of MK Motorsports Wheels for me to wear temporarily until the BBS RK2 is ready for me to use...





hmmmm this MK wheels actually not bad at all hahaha




the only thing i am worried about this wheels is it got a stretched tyres setup... hmmm gotta be careful

FUUJIN is Home

ok, first i should've explain the name... Fuujin is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods... i have big plan to make this e34 goes like a wind (cough cough)



shirosame will be outside from now on...


shirosame look so small compared to Fuujin


while ottosan have pretty much the same build with fuujin... altho ottosan won't be happy to have his arch nemesis next to him...

Bought Fuujin

so i bought it... lol...

first, it need a wash... been in the workshop for a a while...


Then just a quick photoshoot at a local petrol station after i pump up the first full tank only to find some of the fuel leaks thru the fuel tank top seal and dripping out of the car...

First Inspection

so... i got itchy again and couldnt resist...

one of Tekno Tuner's customer is selling his car and the buyer couldn't come up with the money at the required time, so went and inspect the car... i have always seen that car around but never had a closer look with intention to buy... so here we go...

Its an 1992 BMW E34 525i

Engine: was originally a M50B20 with 80mm bore, a 1991cc Linear 6 cylinder 520i 150HP 190 Nm...

Stroked up with M52B28 crank, making it 2500cc instead of 2800cc (due to smaller bore 80mm instead of 84mm), making it into 210HP and 250Nm


Body: the previous Owner customised an AC Schnitzer E32 body kit into this E34.

Wheels: 20x8.5 and 20x10 BBS RS 2 piece.

Other Extras: Multimedia Head Unit and Reverse camera. Full black leather re-trimmed interior

However, have some defects too:
1. the Fuel Tank Seal leaking
2. the Accessories Fan is noisy
3. Air Cond doesnt work
4. Oil Sump Gasket is leaking
5. the Brake is waaaay too weak for the new power
6. cross joint on the Propeller Shaft is on the way out