» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | | | 04-18-2015, 07:55 PM | #106 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 425 | Sounds good about the wrenches! It's to just ensure subframe is tight on there | | | 04-19-2015, 05:39 AM | #108 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 | Good seeing you all today! John, thanks for hosting, Chris for bringing parts to us and lending a hand fixing stuff. Srini, thanks for cooking for us all today and loved the great weather. Joe, thanks for the diff, it will go to good use for sure. I took no pictures today. I hope someone did. Cheers! Rich Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ 1998 318ti Sport - "Cali" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, Cali top 1998 318ti Sport - "Max" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, S52 1997 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior 1995 318ti Active - "Blanca" Alpineweib III/Schwartz leather interior Other Current Bimmers: 2006 530i / 2000 2.3L Z3 / 1997 1.9L Z3 / 1999 540it 1997 318ti Sport - "Huera" - RIP 1995 318ti Active - RIP 1995 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Sold 1994 325i Sedan - "Jade" - Sold 1991 318ic - "Bert" - Sold 1985 635csi sold 1984 533i "Max" Sold 1984 318i sold BMWCCA #160411 SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! | | | 04-19-2015, 06:31 AM | #109 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 407 | Thanks everyone! I had a great time even though I showed up a little late. __________________ 1997 318ti 5-speed Moreagrün 1996 318ti auto Hellrot (retired) | | | 04-19-2015, 07:51 PM | #110 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: norcal - 94590 Posts: 3,186 | Ugh, dragged my sore, tired self up this morning... Fun meet, wrenching was good. Great to catch up with everyone and hope to do it again soon! __________________ James 95 active w/leather interior and sport interior conversion, Vaders, full M-Tech exterior conversion. Now m50 swapped* Eibach sway bars, D2 Coilovers, Depo's w/AE's, blacked-out sides and grills, LeatherZ console and door armrests, 1 series starter button mod, and custom finished Style 5's <--- in this color! Named "Roddy": *M50 6 cyl. swap with fan delete, S50 cams and chip, AFE stage 2 intake, M3 clutch and 11.5 lb Fidanza flywheel, 3.15LSD, battery relocated to rear and complete custom exhaust. Sweet! 97 318ti sport, Alaska Blue, Contours, coilovers, Dove Vaders and custom black/grey interior named "Max" 95 318ti Active in Cosmos, S50 swap in progress... named "Pit" SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! | | | 04-20-2015, 12:54 PM | #111 | Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 15 | Thanks every one. I had a great time on Saturday. John, thanks for hosting I and Rich fixed the below things on my car yesterday .(Thank you so much for helping me Rich ) 1) Replaced the sunroof motor. 2) Installed the angle lights ( Thanks Chris for the lights.) . 3) Installed the stereo. 4) Replaced the case for the break lights. | | | 04-20-2015, 03:18 PM | #112 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 | Round two for me with Srini's car. Replaced a failing sunroof motor and figured out that a nylon slider is likely broken in the sunroof. This is what retracts the liner when you go into pop up mode. We need to drop the sunroof cassette to replace it. I'll take a pic on a spare cassette I have in storage to illustrate. I'll help him with fixing it when he does his headliner, otherwise, with the replacement of the motor, its operating normally now. Had a &#%))@(?! of a time getting the new bezel in for the radio surround for the two bottom clips. After some rasseling with it, I got it in and it all looks great again. The Alpine HU goes in pretty tight and I wonder if that broke the bezel clips. Repaired the HID AE headlights Srini got from Chris and wired the Angel Eyes to a switched 12v source, so they come on with the ignition. All functional now and looking great. I'll write a DIY on hooking up AEs to 12v switched this week as a few folks had questions. Swapped out a cracked taillight and a front corner. Srini really liked the cars that showed up on Saturday, so I suspect he will keep me busy with mods. __________________ 1998 318ti Sport - "Cali" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, Cali top 1998 318ti Sport - "Max" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, S52 1997 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior 1995 318ti Active - "Blanca" Alpineweib III/Schwartz leather interior Other Current Bimmers: 2006 530i / 2000 2.3L Z3 / 1997 1.9L Z3 / 1999 540it 1997 318ti Sport - "Huera" - RIP 1995 318ti Active - RIP 1995 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Sold 1994 325i Sedan - "Jade" - Sold 1991 318ic - "Bert" - Sold 1985 635csi sold 1984 533i "Max" Sold 1984 318i sold BMWCCA #160411 SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! Last edited by BlackBMWs; 04-21-2015 at 01:56 AM. | | | 04-20-2015, 04:27 PM | #113 | Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fairfield, CA Posts: 93 | I'm glad all the parts worked out. It was annoying that those high beams weren't working. I think just about everybody got at least a piece or two off the car, so I'm glad I brought it with me. I'll be moving storage units this week, so I'll be cataloging all the parts that I have and post them up separately. If anybody needs anything specific let me know. Rich, if you have a list of small bits that you regularly need I can put those aside for your storage bin. I figure there are enough odd ball parts on the ti that I don't want them all to get scrapped with the car. | | | 04-20-2015, 04:59 PM | #114 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 | Bay Area meetup, spring 2015 planning Thanks Chris! Folks have been dropping off TI specific parts they don't need and where parts have been "donated" i make them available for the NorCal folks. ie: I've given out a pair of Sunroof motors to each of Adam and Srini. Srini got my last spare. Let me quickly think about what could benefit the community. No worries about the lights. You troubleshot them. I just had to solder and check the strength of the other connections. There was only one harness, so I pulled a pair from a set I have in storage and traded my two for his one. Does Srini owe someone a harness? (John). Anyway, I'll order a pair to replace mine on Srini's account. I am interested in your front seats, the wiring and switches for my son's car. If you could PM what you'd like for them, I can figure out how they fit into budget. Srini may be interested in your TI suspension for his 95 Sport. Also your rear bumper if intact. Great to meet you and thanks for the trim piece. __________________ 1998 318ti Sport - "Cali" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, Cali top 1998 318ti Sport - "Max" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, S52 1997 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior 1995 318ti Active - "Blanca" Alpineweib III/Schwartz leather interior Other Current Bimmers: 2006 530i / 2000 2.3L Z3 / 1997 1.9L Z3 / 1999 540it 1997 318ti Sport - "Huera" - RIP 1995 318ti Active - RIP 1995 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Sold 1994 325i Sedan - "Jade" - Sold 1991 318ic - "Bert" - Sold 1985 635csi sold 1984 533i "Max" Sold 1984 318i sold BMWCCA #160411 SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! Last edited by BlackBMWs; 04-21-2015 at 01:57 AM. | | | 05-02-2015, 08:29 AM | #115 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 425 | Hey guys, late to the party here but wanted to say that I was happy to see you all that day and to thank you for the food and space (and allowing me to have the time to actually touch my car for once in the past 6 months!) The windshield washers are awesome - thanks again Erik, that worked out perfect! Hope the bin and some parts I left actually came in handy, and if not - thank you whoever ended up with them for throwing it out for me :-P In other news - I been experimenting with radios and I got a couple for sale, you all can have the dibs as I hate shipping stuff Thanks again! Cheers, Artem | | | 05-02-2015, 09:32 AM | #116 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 148 | Sorry these are late! I really had a great time meeting everyone. Got my speaker issue fixed, learned a lot about my car, and made a great bunch of new friends. Been occupied with work since the get together abd haven't had much time to say hello. Budget cuts at work dealt me a small setback (meaning paycut) and forced me to move into a new position, but it has the upside of learning new skills and possibly a better job than before at the end of the year! Anyways, looking to remain optimistic and turn a small setback into a positive experience. Driving my 318ti has sometimes been the bright spot in my day and it's even better than before thanks to Rich, Artem, and everyone else. Here are a few pics I took: __________________ Trixie Alpine White 1996 BMW 318ti Sport | | | 06-11-2015, 10:54 PM | #117 | Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 15 | Hi, My name is srini and I am from Roseville, CA . I am new to this forum. I just purchased a 99 318ti Automatic sport from the private party. The car was garaged for 4 months. Before I buy I did a test drive it was very good. I drove on the freeway with 85 speed it was fine. After the car purchase I was driving back to Roseville and after I drove 60 miles suddenly the RPM was coming down and I pulled over the exit, turned off the car and turned it back on. The check engine light was on. The car won’t go above 50 speed. And the accelerator pedal is not smooth like it was before. If any anyone have come across with the similar problem. Please share. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Regards, Srini | | | 06-12-2015, 03:34 AM | #118 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 | Hi Srini! Haha! You met lots of the NorCal dudes at John's house. Nice find on the 99 sport. I see you double posted so you must really want to get this fixed. Come over and we'll take a look at what might be busted. __________________ 1998 318ti Sport - "Cali" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, Cali top 1998 318ti Sport - "Max" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, S52 1997 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior 1995 318ti Active - "Blanca" Alpineweib III/Schwartz leather interior Other Current Bimmers: 2006 530i / 2000 2.3L Z3 / 1997 1.9L Z3 / 1999 540it 1997 318ti Sport - "Huera" - RIP 1995 318ti Active - RIP 1995 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Sold 1994 325i Sedan - "Jade" - Sold 1991 318ic - "Bert" - Sold 1985 635csi sold 1984 533i "Max" Sold 1984 318i sold BMWCCA #160411 SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! | | | 06-12-2015, 04:30 AM | #119 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: USA Posts: 444 | Srini this must be the black 99 with very low mileage? How much did you end up paying? I remember the seller was asking 8K when he first posted it on CL | | | 06-12-2015, 05:27 AM | #120 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 | He just left. Very clean 99 Sport. Best looking stock seats I have seen on a TI. Other than the radio, looks bone stock. Great find. __________________ 1998 318ti Sport - "Cali" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, Cali top 1998 318ti Sport - "Max" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, S52 1997 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior 1995 318ti Active - "Blanca" Alpineweib III/Schwartz leather interior Other Current Bimmers: 2006 530i / 2000 2.3L Z3 / 1997 1.9L Z3 / 1999 540it 1997 318ti Sport - "Huera" - RIP 1995 318ti Active - RIP 1995 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Sold 1994 325i Sedan - "Jade" - Sold 1991 318ic - "Bert" - Sold 1985 635csi sold 1984 533i "Max" Sold 1984 318i sold BMWCCA #160411 SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! 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