What did you do to your E9 today?
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Re: Chocolate brown....Last set that I did, I used Behr Ultra... Expresso Bean satin. Lowe's mixed up a baby sample..pretty much right on the orig molding that I took with me... is plenty for many, many coupes. Around $7.00, I think. I haven't top coated with a satin poly, and don't know that I will. Touch up can be in-situ, if need be.
Other place its brown; on the inside of the speaker grille frame...and on the flip side behind/under the fabric.
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Thanks Jon, I’m going to get paint that Dave has recommended.
I got lucky, I was able to tap with the original m5 thread. My bracket has been notched for the center stud so I put a nut with a captured washer on it lightly, slipped the hinge under it, tightened a bit, got the upper nut on but without a washer, tightened a bit and then got lower nut on. This lower one is the hardest as the nut has to sit on your fingertip and hope it will sit on the stud while turning with same fingertip!
I chose Behr Rave Raisin as it looks closer to Jon’s coupe. It is still wet in this pic, under $5 too at Home Depot.
And with Paul’s help as well as Collin‘s we got the front bumper installed in 10 minutes, one of the easier tasks so far. Just rocker trim and rockers themselves plus driver door card and kick panels.
And with Paul’s help as well as Collin‘s we got the front bumper installed in 10 minutes, one of the easier tasks so far. Just rocker trim and rockers themselves plus driver door card and kick panels.
Well I have never been a big fan of the air dams on these cars....seems to detract from the natural lines (it's only my opinion) SO.....I made up my own rubber spoiler for the front......just to give it a bit of a mean look. Also if I have any problems with speed bumps etc etc......its rubber and bends 
I need to do a little bit of adjustment on the ends....to get a perfect fit.
I need to do a little bit of adjustment on the ends....to get a perfect fit.
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Did you use a garage door seal?
Paul-I thought you had that special Kooglewerks air dam under the bumper. --DrewWell I have never been a big fan of the air dams on these cars....seems to detract from the natural lines (it's only my opinion) SO.....I made up my own rubber spoiler for the front......just to give it a bit of a mean look. Also if I have any problems with speed bumps etc etc......its rubber and bends
I did....but I kept scraping driveways and speed bumps.........too low. I am happy with the rubber it also matches the rubber inserts in the chrome bumpers
Oh wait. Can’t do this in my E9. Must have been my E3.
Drove a 100 plus miles today in coupe / 125 yesterday over 1600 miles since purchasing Equal to the amount of miles put on it in the last 12 years got out on highway for some 80mph action really like the way it pulls at 70/75…
Is that a legit TX license plate?
If you don’t ask the answer is always yes…i used to have a T-shirt that said question authority.
Well it’s more like what I’ve done in the past two weeks......
The car has always dieseled a bit after shut off when I installed the 38/38 Webers 15 years ago. So I ordered two idle jet shut off solenoids from Allstate Carburetor dot com. Then, in reading through the Haynes manual for Webers I saw there were 4 idle jets, two per carb. So I ordered two more..... First mistake....
Solenoids came in so two Saturdays ago I set out to install them, going for the drivers side first. Well that had me puzzled, as the jets would not fit the solenoids. I put it back together as before and planned to call Allstate on Monday. But thinking about it overnight, the next morning I went for the passenger side idle jets. Bingo! They fit! I did have to do a little grinding on the carbs with a Drexel tool, as the fit of the solenoid is VERY VERY tight. And for solenoid power I tapped into the line going to the electric choke. While I was there I adjusted the idle, the idle mixture, and the chokes. Spent about an hour doing so with the car running there in the garage (mistake two). In the course of doing this I noticed one of the accelerator pump diaphragms was leaking and I didn’t want to drive it like that. So on Monday I ordered a diaphragm and a spare from Allstate. First mistake solved as the second set of solenoids was unopened and Allstate accepted them back for a refund less a small restocking fee.
Diaphragms came in, and it was a quick installation. Now out for a test drive. And it ran like crap! Coughing, sputtering, and just miserable. Back to the garage, and out came the solenoids. Another test drive and it still ran like crap just as before! Now I realized the plugs had gotten all carboned up during the extended idling in the garage. Busy that Saturday night so on Sunday I took it out and drove the crap out of it. Ran fine after. Back to the garage to wait for next opportunity.
So today I simply installed the two solenoids and took it for a drive. Ran great! And no dieseling after shutoff! Job complete.
As an aside note, the reason I spent so much time messing with the idle and idle mixture was because I had switched from K&N-like chrome air filters (actually from J C Whitney many years ago.....) to a stock air filter assembly, Just made sense to me after all these years that the engine would run stronger breathing the cool outside air instead of the hot air from around the engine compartment. The used stock filter assembly I got off of this site from Dick Steinkamp (thanks again!), and came with the JAM adapters. Once I put this on, the engine was running very lean, because it was breathing so much better. Hence so much time adjusting the idle and the mixture.
Side note number two, the car was faster with the J C Whitney filters than with the identical K&N filters. Be interesting to test it now, what with the Weber 38s, ball of snake headers, and stock air filter assembly.
To top it off and complete my day, I replaced the burned out bulb in the clock. Gawd I hate working under the dash!
The car has always dieseled a bit after shut off when I installed the 38/38 Webers 15 years ago. So I ordered two idle jet shut off solenoids from Allstate Carburetor dot com. Then, in reading through the Haynes manual for Webers I saw there were 4 idle jets, two per carb. So I ordered two more..... First mistake....
Solenoids came in so two Saturdays ago I set out to install them, going for the drivers side first. Well that had me puzzled, as the jets would not fit the solenoids. I put it back together as before and planned to call Allstate on Monday. But thinking about it overnight, the next morning I went for the passenger side idle jets. Bingo! They fit! I did have to do a little grinding on the carbs with a Drexel tool, as the fit of the solenoid is VERY VERY tight. And for solenoid power I tapped into the line going to the electric choke. While I was there I adjusted the idle, the idle mixture, and the chokes. Spent about an hour doing so with the car running there in the garage (mistake two). In the course of doing this I noticed one of the accelerator pump diaphragms was leaking and I didn’t want to drive it like that. So on Monday I ordered a diaphragm and a spare from Allstate. First mistake solved as the second set of solenoids was unopened and Allstate accepted them back for a refund less a small restocking fee.
Diaphragms came in, and it was a quick installation. Now out for a test drive. And it ran like crap! Coughing, sputtering, and just miserable. Back to the garage, and out came the solenoids. Another test drive and it still ran like crap just as before! Now I realized the plugs had gotten all carboned up during the extended idling in the garage. Busy that Saturday night so on Sunday I took it out and drove the crap out of it. Ran fine after. Back to the garage to wait for next opportunity.
So today I simply installed the two solenoids and took it for a drive. Ran great! And no dieseling after shutoff! Job complete.
As an aside note, the reason I spent so much time messing with the idle and idle mixture was because I had switched from K&N-like chrome air filters (actually from J C Whitney many years ago.....) to a stock air filter assembly, Just made sense to me after all these years that the engine would run stronger breathing the cool outside air instead of the hot air from around the engine compartment. The used stock filter assembly I got off of this site from Dick Steinkamp (thanks again!), and came with the JAM adapters. Once I put this on, the engine was running very lean, because it was breathing so much better. Hence so much time adjusting the idle and the mixture.
Side note number two, the car was faster with the J C Whitney filters than with the identical K&N filters. Be interesting to test it now, what with the Weber 38s, ball of snake headers, and stock air filter assembly.
To top it off and complete my day, I replaced the burned out bulb in the clock. Gawd I hate working under the dash!
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Evacuated the AC system and charged (r134a) it after putting in the Sanden compressor, new hoses, drier, etc.
Thanks for the great information on the forum.
It works as well as it can with the limited ducting and airflow.
Thanks for the great information on the forum.
It works as well as it can with the limited ducting and airflow.
This weekend Nick put around 400 miles on the E9 including expressway time to North Atlanta to a BMW CCA event.
It did well and believe it is ready for The Vintage in September.
It did well and believe it is ready for The Vintage in September.
