What did you do to your car today? v.2015

[NYBmw96ti]

Fitted my samco intake boot!!!! Anyone know how to clean up the valve cover and intake manifold (yellowing).

[mobius]

So in about 3 hours time today I removed my headliner in my 97 avus blau ti and re covered it. It desperately needed help the original fabric was a mess. I bought 3 and half yards of the grey foam backed headliner material at a Joanns Fabric location nearby. It was 15 bucks a yard. I also picked up two cans of the pictured adhesive for 20 bucks a pop. So with tax right under $100 for materials. The headliner really only needs two yards of material but I wanted extra. The hardest part was removal of the headliner board and the moonroof cassette. The actual process of putting on the fabric was easy. I think it came out good for being an idiot at fabric stuff as my girlfriend so lovingly puts it. If I can do it you guys can.






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[NYBmw96ti]

Looks great mobius, How hard was it to remove from the car? Did you take it out from the hatch? Looking to recover mine as well (next project on the bucket list hehe).

[mobius]

Originally Posted by NYBmw96ti

Looks great mobius, How hard was it to remove from the car? Did you take it out from the hatch? Looking to recover mine as well (next project on the bucket list hehe).

It really wasn't bad. I expected it to be a pain. Removal of all the lights, handles, etc takes longer than pulling it out. I didn't completely remove the rear pillar panels either just broke free the top part of them. I pulled it out through the hatch. It shouldn't go back in badly either. The other thing that took a little bit of time and patience was getting the moonroof shuttle out to recover that. If you don't have to do that removal of the board carefully and easily takes an hour tops. (I go very slow). Removal of the old liner and glue using a cheap dish brush was another 30 minutes or so. Then laying out, cutting, gluing, and trimming the new fabric was another 45 minutes. I could do it in less time now that I have a better idea. There was a couple YouTube videos I watched to get an idea of some of the tricks pros use. Pretty easy stuff. The glue is really the most important piece. You don't want to cheap on it at all unless you want to do it over and waste fabric. The fabric was cheaper than the glue I used but I think it'll stand up to a good amount of use and time. (atleast the nasty industrial smell tells me that so far). I'll report in how it holds up.

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[NYBmw96ti]

^ thanks for info, Gonna stop by joanns frabric store tomorrow and see what they got. I'm also gonna recover my A pillars as well.

[BimmerBum]

Originally Posted by NYBmw96ti

Fitted my samco intake boot!!!! Anyone know how to clean up the valve cover and intake manifold (yellowing).

I have wanted one of these intake boots for a while. Where did you get yours?

[NYBmw96ti]

Originally Posted by BimmerBum

I have wanted one of these intake boots for a while. Where did you get yours?

Got it during Black Friday at bavauto.

[Bwwaaaa]

Spent two days wiring up my Hella lights.







It's on a separate harness not tied into any of the other lighting systems. Instead it goes through this switch I placed into this blank. The LED is a little bright, but it looks clean.



It was raining out, so I took it on the freeway and some dark roads to see how it did. The lights aren't crazy bright, but definitely add useful auxiliary lighting. I have covers for them for normal driving so they don't get destroyed by rocks.

[MN-318ti]

I spent the majority of today ripping apart engine components until I could access the cooling hose connector off the back of the cylinder head.



What a pain in the ass for such a little piece!



Since I was waiting for parts I did the fogged airbox mod




Also been trying to finish my full audio rehaul. So sick of working on it lately, I just want everything to be finish... But as we all know that'll never ever happen lol

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[Bwwaaaa]

Via my Instagram, picked up some new shoes for the ti.



Yes they've been done to death on our chassis, but I don't care. By far my favorite OEM BMW wheel ever made. So stoked to finally have a real nice set of my own.

[NYBmw96ti]

^^^^ working on a set myself

[Bwwaaaa]

I dig the BBS center caps. Mine have BMW carbon fiber logos. Not sure I really like them yet, we'll see if it grows on me.

[NYBmw96ti]

Finally installed my m-tech rear spoiler, debating on installing the roof spoiler. Hope you guys like the pictures.

[andakn]

Guess who got to pull the side and front of the dash to do a heater cable repair. This guy. I couldn't just replace it, had to build my own retaining bracket for it so it doesn't happen again. Good thing I've done 20-30 of these for customers, got her done in about an hour.

[740isport]

Originally Posted by andakn

Guess who got to pull the side and front of the dash to do a heater cable repair. This guy. I couldn't just replace it, had to build my own retaining bracket for it so it doesn't happen again. Good thing I've done 20-30 of these for customers, got her done in about an hour.

Could you detail your bracket and steps to completion? I can't use the fix from BMW as the top portion that they drill the hole and run the screw through is broken off on mine.