can't make everyone happy

can't make everyone happy

well... either you like it or hate it :) i always wanted to do something panda-ish hahaha now i just need two big black floppy ears for the roof :P


and beside i am not game enough to do the whole car matte black yet like my friend, ying... http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/02/11/guest-blog-ying-hua-gt-gt-a-starlet-gt-from-down-under.aspx



Masking...



Oh! Hi Ying!!! :)



spray it matt black!!!






thanks for irawan for helping me putting the mesh on the open grill...



hmmmm i was wondering why melly keep taking photos of me from the back... this is why...



Final result :) and YES... i know the red pin stripe isn't straight... :( i sneezed :P anyway its just a sticker and can be redone later when i have time.... we did all the masking, painting, and pin striping under 3 hours... thx to melly and irawan for their help :)

Squat a little bit lower aye?

Squat a little bit lower aye?

Thx to 'Dens' (Christophe) for the K-Sport Coilover... it comes with pillow ball head, top knuckle bolt camber adjustment (little bit), adjustable height for the base knuckle and spring purge for front and adjustable spring mount for rear. also damper adjustable too...


Yay!!! :)



abit of top camber adjusment :P



front installation...



put it to max negative camber... still need abit more... might get camber bolts later (looking at tom)




my rear left stock strut is dead... push both of them and one push back up after a while while the other one remain the same length... i dunno if thats normal...




rear installed...




POSING TIME!!! :D its sat abit lower at the front... but has raised the front abit since... :)

Grill? what grill?

Grill? what grill?

ok i have left the grill off the car for almost 2 years now... planning to do something about it... make it more... 'air flow' friendly....

here it is...




now the grill is darker than the worn out matt plastic bumper... *sigh*
gotta do something about that later...





Gotta Fart Faster


bought this hurricane header from Liverpool Exhaust NSW when i was in Sydney on my wedding photo job...



will install them later after i fly back here in march... can't wait!

LSD and 4.1 final Drive

i couldn't afford the expensive aftermarket LSD for 325i E30 so i decided to get a 2nd hand factory LSD from other BMW Diff... after all its better than no LSD at all...

pick it up for $400AUD shipped...

also i got the 4.1 final drive.... its the cheapest way to get more performance over the stock dying engine... i got it for $250AUD shipped...


here are my rough 'oh so un-leet' calculation using the gear calculator to predicts the max speed differences every gear after the final drive been replaced...

AFM and the broken rubber boot

the car start idling funny.... so i prey open the AFM and fiddles with it... not that i know what i am doing but i do it by marking the original spot then move it to the right till it cannot idle and mark that as one end and turn it the other way until it idles smooth but cannot rev more than 2500rpm and mark it as the other end.... so the rough tune should be in between those 2 ends...

i know its not accurate but it works... hahaha
then just need to reseal the cover of the AFM PCB...




and the AFM rubber boot has leaks where it connects to the idle up causing the rough idle when the aircond on and stuck on traffic for hours... also it has alot of cracks where the clamps were...


so ordered a 2nd one from ebay for $40 and fix that right up... noticed that i used a electrical tape for temporary fix and it melts hahaha

Radiator Hose

on the way driving to bandung (city next to jakarta), one of the radiator hose split and coolant bursting out of creating a mist / fog on my windshield at around 150kmh...

anyway... i was lucky to have a lift from the car passing by to get dropped off to the nearest servo to get a new coolant, hi-temp sealant, duct tape and plumbers tape... walking back is a pain, as highway is one way... and i cant cross it to get a lift from the other side.... so i walked aroun 20 km but the good thing is the car has cool down when i got there.... so i did temporary fix it with plumbers tape, then sealant, then duct tape... and keep topping up the coolant while driving slowly (40-60kmh)

got the hose that i needed near bandung and replaced it right away....