Nice. Perhaps when one repaints, the shop should add the French word "née" after the color code, and then stamp the repaint color...
What did you do to your E9 today?
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they sell punch set only numbers, alphabet might come too expensive, you can create a punch with the three letters for this purpose, also acronyms, like TLDDEC (te lo dije deja el cafe)
It is there but the reflection makes it hard to see
i second that, th black vynil behind creates an illusion of a venting hole that looks very sportive
EDIT @Stan is right, the decals are there, but the light makes them invisible
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Yes, now I see them!
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Went out for a 50 mile test drive today, and also road tested the "new/revised" seat installation. To me at least, a marked improvement over the original seats (apart from losing the old-school aesthetic charm).
I do have an oil leak to fix now though (diff), and the ride height is too high (the original springs went back on and I removed the 20mm spacer from the front strut), so that's going to need some investigation/changes too.
I do have an oil leak to fix now though (diff), and the ride height is too high (the original springs went back on and I removed the 20mm spacer from the front strut), so that's going to need some investigation/changes too.
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to Don Lawrence and his main man Ed… we rolled 1600 miles in the last three days in the coupe we are in Roswell, New Mexico tonight should make it back to Leander tomorrow afternoon… the coupe is running like a champ. We cruised 85 in fifth gear for hours today.
bleed the brakes and clutch
change brake fluid
change brake fluid
Cleaning up the trunk and installed the new inner fender liners. Since nothing matched I painted all components with SEM Paint. I have one issue causing me to get longer screws so I can use spacers for the stops. If I don't use spacers, the inner fender liners get all distorted. Has anyone run into this?
Just a wash on a nice September day here in VT
Took an hour ride out in the Texas hill country this morning came back and worked on some of my punch-list
items on the car…
Finally completed exhaust manifold gasket replacement. Got a little carried away when I saw the excellent results Stevehose had with painting the original cast iron manifolds with that POR-15 High Heat manifold grey. So lots of prep and ordering new copper nuts, and replacing broken stud and so on. Took way longer than I imagined, but in a 51 year old car, it is to be expected. I believe I had an exhaust leak for some time. I have tuned the crap out of this car, even finally getting the Weber 32/36s to work in synchrony. But that even, smooth idle still eluded me. I was close, but was looking for better. I can now report, the exercise was a success. Not only quieter, but engine idles so smoothly I can hear the Webers inhaling the air they want, the familiar M30 valve dance, the absence of the tick tick tick of exhaust escaping before the downpipes. Best it has ever been! 
A local hamburger place call top notch had a euro car gathering tonight and a bunch of us
BMW 2002 guys decided to attend and I took my coupe it was a big hit…
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working in the cave, not in the car
hanging a simple auxiliary system that has proven to be very useful,
hanging a simple auxiliary system that has proven to be very useful,
That is smart!
i've often resorted into just laying the tools on the aircleaner, but if all is looking so immaculate as this, then that is for sure not an option!
i've often resorted into just laying the tools on the aircleaner, but if all is looking so immaculate as this, then that is for sure not an option!
i have done that many times, using a thick towel, but this invention is good, a piece of wood; four SS chains hanging from ceiling; four hooks to help height adjustment, a 3 meter line of LED lights (probably you saw that there is light coming from the bottom of the table; you can see reflection in the windscreen) ; and a lateral fixing point to remove from the vertical and put it apart when not in use...
I rolled mine out and back into my garage after navigating home construction mess. First e9 touch point in months.
Wow, talk about a unicorn! I don't think I've ever seen one with the uber rare factory installed rumble seats.
I mainly use the trough at the base of the windshield for tools and the blower motor cover for multimeters, etc. Sometimes the headlight covers too. The main problem with the last two locations (besides potential paint damage) is that it's easy to forget something is there and close the hood on it.
How are you powering the LED lights? That feature is genius!
220v AC from the net on ceiling, a transformer to 12v DC
cable runs close to one of the chains