What did you do to your car today?

[savageman]

First mod complete. My gear shift knob haha. Baby steps I suppose.

Also I have a question about the radio, it's late so I can't spend time searching through the forums.

I got a new battery in and the radio reset and wants a code. I stuffed up too many times and now it displays 4 lines ---- How do I reset this? Do I just disconnect the battery? Do I leave it disconnected for some period of time?

Cheers.

[jca]

Originally Posted by zoner

All of the x-brace installs that I've seen, including my own, are installed like this:



with the middle hole on the brace plate left open. Search 'E36 x-brace' on google and virtually every picture you see will have it installed like the picture above. My reason for not wanting to drill out and install the third hole was because I didn't want to put another hole in the cross member, potentially weakening it. I'm not sure if that's a particular stress point on the cross member, but I don't want to find out first hand.

** I'm assuming that when you say you "used all six holes", you mean the three holes on each side of the front plate, not the two on each front plate (as pictured) and the single hole on each side of the rear (for a total of six holes/bolts).

I can't believe how clean your engine is! My base ti has a total of 6 holes pre-drilled in the chassis for the front of the brace, so I stuffed all six with blind rivet nuts, then bolted it up. I did have to enlarge the holes to 7/16" to accomodate the rivet nuts. John

[Shellback]

new windshield

[teetime4one]

Originally Posted by Shellback

new windshield

Sweet!
I need one in my car. These Colorado winters have left my windshield looking like crap.

[wolferj-RIP]

Originally Posted by savageman

First mod complete. My gear shift knob haha. Baby steps I suppose.

Also I have a question about the radio, it's late so I can't spend time searching through the forums.

I got a new battery in and the radio reset and wants a code. I stuffed up too many times and now it displays 4 lines ---- How do I reset this? Do I just disconnect the battery? Do I leave it disconnected for some period of time?

Cheers.

You should only have to wait 30 to 60 minutes after the code was incorrectly entered before you can attempt to input it again...

Originally Posted by jca

I can't believe how clean your engine is! My base ti has a total of 6 holes pre-drilled in the chassis for the front of the brace, so I stuffed all six with blind rivet nuts, then bolted it up. I did have to enlarge the holes to 7/16" to accomodate the rivet nuts. John

I don't think it's Jerry's car, but a pic from another source... Jerry doesn't have an exhaust like that ...

[savageman]

Originally Posted by wolferj

You should only have to wait 30 to 60 minutes after the code was incorrectly entered before you can attempt to input it again...

I had a look this morning, still the ----. I disconnected the negative terminal and connected it again, now the radio isn't turning on at all. Any ideas?

EDIT: Alrighty so I got the radio to unfreeze and turn on, I put in the code and voila! It's alive. Now my next problem is the CD changer doesn't appear to work. When I press 'CD' the screen displays "E-99" and flashes a few times and then goes back to the radio. The CD changer works as I can hear the small motor inside moving about and it also ejects just fine. Is there a trick to this or anything? The manual says the E-99 Error is the micro computer is locked. I held the on button for 6 seconds, the screen flashes once and then it will say something like "CD 01 TRK 01" and flash for 5 seconds and then flash the E-99 error again.

Cheers guys. I don't want to turn this into a "Help me I'm stupid" thread, so if there is a better place to ask my questions let me know and that'd be greatly appreciated.

[zoner]

Originally Posted by wolferj

I don't think it's Jerry's car, but a pic from another source... Jerry doesn't have an exhaust like that ...

Yeah- that's a pic. from an M3 that I found on the internet, as I do not have any pictures of my x-brace. But my underside is probably that clean (or, at least it was at one point... )

I hadn't ever really noticed the exhaust until you pointed it out, James- what the heck is all that wrapped pipe in front of the oil pan? Turbo?

[BlackBMWs]

Originally Posted by savageman

Cheers guys. I don't want to turn this into a "Help me I'm stupid" thread, so if there is a better place to ask my questions let me know and that'd be greatly appreciated.

Haha! Those are typically the type of questions I ask. If you've searched and found no answers, ask... We've all been there. No worries. Most of us learn from the answer anyway.

I looked on another forum as well and no hits for that error.

Cheers!

[wolferj-RIP]

Originally Posted by savageman

I had a look this morning, still the ----. I disconnected the negative terminal and connected it again, now the radio isn't turning on at all. Any ideas?

EDIT: Alrighty so I got the radio to unfreeze and turn on, I put in the code and voila! It's alive. Now my next problem is the CD changer doesn't appear to work. When I press 'CD' the screen displays "E-99" and flashes a few times and then goes back to the radio. The CD changer works as I can hear the small motor inside moving about and it also ejects just fine. Is there a trick to this or anything? The manual says the E-99 Error is the micro computer is locked. I held the on button for 6 seconds, the screen flashes once and then it will say something like "CD 01 TRK 01" and flash for 5 seconds and then flash the E-99 error again.

Cheers guys. I don't want to turn this into a "Help me I'm stupid" thread, so if there is a better place to ask my questions let me know and that'd be greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by BlackBMWs

Haha! Those are typically the type of questions I ask. If you've searched and found no answers, ask... We've all been there. No worries. Most of us learn from the answer anyway.

I looked on another forum as well and no hits for that error.

Cheers!

Pulled this off a google search on that type of error...

According to the info that I can find. This is what the error code means.

E-99: Changer malfunction, disc may be caught in machine or changer requires service.

I would call around to local car audio shops and see if any of them will open up the changer and clean it out. Chances are it's just something gumming up a micro switch,

Hope you can get it working...

Originally Posted by zoner

Yeah- that's a pic. from an M3 that I found on the internet, as I do not have any pictures of my x-brace. But my underside is probably that clean (or, at least it was at one point... )

I hadn't ever really noticed the exhaust until you pointed it out, James- what the heck is all that wrapped pipe in front of the oil pan? Turbo?

It's probably just ceramic header wrap tape, used to try and keep the engine compartment cooler... But why that M3 has such a large diameter exhaust is weird, there is no back pressure with that large a pipe even with a turbo... most likely he is losing lots of low end torque and blaming it on turbo lag...

[jca]

Originally Posted by Shellback

new windshield

How much did your new windshield cost? John

[Shellback]

Safety Glass brand. I didn't get the OEM since insurance was covering the repair. I do not know what the insurance paid.

[Coyoteh]

140k!

[BlackBMWs]

Added a strut brace to my 97. Thanks John!

[Jcityracer]

Tried to put in back together but the fuel lines to the injectors didn't want to cooperate as well as the starter. Also where can I get the nuts/studs for the intake manifold? We've seem to have one missing lol

[3struck]

Placed in a Bavauto armrest. (Awesome design, no drilling).
Stealth bulbs turn signals in all clear euro lenses.
Replaced the door molding clips in the molding for the rear hatch. (Ended a vibration noise).
Replaced the shift boot.
New Bosch wiper blades all around.
Replaced a broken antenna mount.


Few weeks ago I repainted all of the faded black exterior trim (looks brand new).