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Instead of replacing my black plastic finisher rods with the silver ones, I decided to paint them body colour. I just bought some primer and colour matched aerosol spray paint from my local car store. No laquer/clear coat required for Jet Black – must be mixed with the paint already?!?! First, remove the finisher rods [...]
Fog Light Bulb Replacement
Before you do this: 1. Do it at your OWN risk. 2. MAKE SURE TO USE JACK-STANDS when you lift up your car. I didn’t use it this time because I already did this before and it took me few minutes to complete. I did use extra support jacks when I did it the first [...]
Painting Your Calipers
Here’s a rough guide to painting your calipers. Of course you can buy special caliper paint, but over 5 cars I’ve used Japlac High Gloss Laquer, Colour – Jet Black (of course) and never had any problems with heat. Another good paint would be a gloss enamel, but I have the Japlac, so… For those [...]
OEM Sedan Front Carbon Fiber Lip Install
Very easy to install, all you need is a 8mm socket. 1st = Use the 3m tape that is provided to mount on the Carbon fiber 2nd = remove 2bolts under the front bumper 3rd – lined it up to the bumper and install and follow by installing the 2 bolts back on. Here is [...]
Aluminum Pedal Install (Official)
DESCRIPTION Install aluminum BMW pedals in manual transmission 330i. PARTS NEEDED 1 – Aluminum BMW Pedal Kit (CHAPMAN BMW $60 part #35 00 0 006 949) TOOLS NEEDED Safety Glasses Power Drill 5/32″ Drill Bit #15 Torx driver 7mm Nut Driver or Wrench Needle Nose Pliers INSTALLATION This modifcation seems pretty straight forward, but was [...]
Replacing Ashtray With Sunglasses Holder
I installed the sunglasses holder ( part #51-16-7-132-376 about $20) last night and it took about 20 minutes including taking the pictures. Steps might be a little different for cars with an automatic transmission. 1) Remove the shift boot using your hand and carefully pulling up on the edge of the boot. 2) Move the [...]
