Things That Give You a Warm Feeling on a Cold Night

[kayger12]

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[Mtnman]

Are you going to spoon your CF brace tonight, keith? I bet ur wife has asked if it it coming to bed with you! Lol

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[Alphatek45]

Issues bro...issues. But I'm jealous!!!!

[kayger12]

Are you going to spoon your CF brace tonight, keith? I bet ur wife has asked if it it coming to bed with you! Lol

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She actually brought out a bottle of wine and two glasses and wanted me to get in the picture...


Issues bro...issues.

I have been told this by my wife, some co-workers, and the occasional medical professional.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Ok, Keith. We might have to commit you to .......




Wait for it.....




The Awesome Asylum.

[Alphatek45]

Ok, Keith. We might have to commit you to .......




Wait for it.....




The Awesome Asylum.

Plus won...

[kayger12]

Ok, Keith. We might have to commit you to .......
Wait for it.....
The Awesome Asylum.

Lol.

[Mtnman]

I wnt to see the picture, but there should be THREE glasses of wine there.... The brace needs one too! Its now a member of the family!

[kayger12]

I wnt to see the picture, but there should be THREE glasses of wine there.... The brace needs one too! Its now a member of the family!

I love the way you think, David.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I wnt to see the picture, but there should be THREE glasses of wine there.... The brace needs one too! Its now a member of the family!

+1

[kayger12]

My wife has advised me that the two glasses were for me and the brace-- she knew that she was the third wheel, lol.

Smart AND intuitive...

[Marcus-SanDiego]

My wife has advised me that the two glasses were for me and the brace-- she knew that she was the third wheel, lol.

Smart AND intuitive...

My wife is now weighing in: "he's bad."

[kayger12]

My wife is now weighing in: "he's bad."

They all say that in the beginning, but then I grow on them..... like mold and other fungi.

Tell her I'm actually very likeable once you get past my personality ;)

[danewilson77]

Excuse me.....why is it not on your car? Why are you not taking corners with reckless abandon....right now.

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[pyreguy]

Nice addition to the family. Easier than a baby and cheaper than a dog. Love it!

[kayger12]

Excuse me.....why is it not on your car? Why are you not taking corners with reckless abandon....right now.

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I knew you were going to call me out.

Partly because it's 28 degrees in my garage right now and partly because I'm kicked.

Will tackle it after work tomorrow when it's a balmy 32 in my garage...

[Mtnman]

weak. I thought you were hard core, keith!

[kayger12]

weak. I thought you were hard core, keith!

Yeah-- it's definitely weak. I promise I'll get it done tomorrow... with pics!

[az3579]

I wnt to see the picture, but there should be THREE glasses of wine there.... The brace needs one too! Its now a member of the family!

Right after reading this, I thought precisely what Keith said next:


My wife has advised me that the two glasses were for me and the brace-- she knew that she was the third wheel, lol.

Smart AND intuitive...



:rofl

[kayger12]

Nice addition to the family. Easier than a baby and cheaper than a dog. Love it!

Thanks, Lance.

And very valid points to boot!

[danewilson77]

:foottap

[C Withers Media]

HOLY crap, did someone actually say 32 degrees.

Im going to turn my heat up, its only 65 in here.

Canada----Everything North of Santa Barbara

East Coast----Everything East of Las Vegas

[danewilson77]

HOLY crap, did someone actually say 32 degrees.

Im going to turn my heat up, its only 65 in here.

Canada----Everything North of Santa Barbara

East Coast----Everything East of Las Vegas

Just need Mexico and Russia to round this out bro.

[jjcools]

But what about the pics???

Also, the strut bar is not allowed a drink, you don't want to get a DUI!!!!

[pyreguy]

:rofl

[danewilson77]

:GheybeSpider

The funny thing is, we are busting his ballz (and you know he knows it), and he is prolly in the garage right now installing it and taking pics.

[kayger12]

:GheybeSpider

The funny thing is, we are busting his ballz (and you know he knows it), and he is prolly in the garage right now installing it and taking pics.

Exactly!

Just got done gents. Drum roll please............























http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/Kayger12/2011-02-10_16-48-52_876.jpg

What? Just wanted to show you my setup shot, lol.


First order of business after disconnecting the battery was going through the convoluted procedure of cutting up my plastic positive battery terminal and reversing it on the partition. Took my time with this as it seemed to be the biggest potential for humping it up with no parts available if I busted something.

Positive terminal reinstalled on opposite side of the partition
http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/Kayger12/2011-02-10_17-31-38_898.jpg

And then, voila!
http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/Kayger12/2011-02-10_18-35-07_704.jpg
http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/Kayger12/2011-02-10_18-35-40_493.jpg

And last but not least, the sound insulation cut.
http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/Kayger12/2011-02-10_19-24-14_838.jpg

The one problem that I didn't anticipate-- For those of you that are unfortunate enough to possess four-door variants of our favorite E46, the coupe windows drop about a 1/4" when you open the door and then raise a 1/4" when you close it so that the window sits tightly in the frame (since they are frameless on top in a coupe).

Well, apparently when you have the battery disconnected for a period of time, this feature no longer works and needs to be reset.

From what I can gather from my thread searching, you reset this function by rolling the window all the way down, and then rolling it all the way up and holding the switch up for 20 seconds.

But of course, since I got my windows tinted today and can't roll my windows down for the next few days.... I can't reset my frieken windows.

Anyhow, came in to eat dinner and post up to my brethren. Be taking out for a test drive with some aggressive cornering in a bit.

Stay tuned......

[az3579]

For those of you that are unfortunate enough to possess two-door variants of our favorite E46

Fixed. Us four-doorers don't have this problem. :biggrin

[kayger12]

Fixed. Us four-doorers don't have this problem. :biggrin

Yeah-- kind of put that one on a tee for you...

[danewilson77]

Looks swell Keith. Really swell............

The window thing is a hilarious conundrum....

Hats off on the install.

[Mtnman]

Looks good keith! Now we were promised pics of the tint today too! you have a lot to do before bed tonight!
And those are pretty sweet pads protecting your car! more things i need to spend the cash on! damnit again... you guys are gonna make me broke!

[pyreguy]

That looks great! Excellent!

[kayger12]

Looks swell Keith. Really swell............

The window thing is a hilarious conundrum....

Hats off on the install.

Thanks, brutha.

Window problem is SOLVED thanks to another Nathan Carter post on BF.c
(guy has unknowingly bailed me out with helpful posts when I search almost more than you have, DW).

For you coupe owners: if you need to reset the auto window drop/raise, simply hold the window button in the up position for 20 seconds.

Just tried it and everything is now right with the world. :roundel

[kayger12]

Looks good keith! Now we were promised pics of the tint today too! you have a lot to do before bed tonight!
And those are pretty sweet pads protecting your car! more things i need to spend the cash on! damnit again... you guys are gonna make me broke!

Lol-- they're coming my friend. Uploading to PB as we speak.... err, or uh type...

Btw, David-- Mats are from Bav auto ($25 each I think). Just bought them last week and that's the first time using them. Had some close calls with the 325-- don't want to take any chances with the ZHP.

[kayger12]

HOLY crap, did someone actually say 32 degrees.

Im going to turn my heat up, its only 65 in here.

Canada----Everything North of Santa Barbara

East Coast----Everything East of Las Vegas

Just for you, Casey
http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/Kayger12/2011-02-10_20-59-02_102.jpg

[az3579]

Yeah-- kind of put that one on a tee for you...

Wasn't saying that because of the 4-door vs. 2-door thing, only because you made a typo. :)

[MasterC17]

Your engine bay looks sweet! I love the fact that they're factory Performance parts and they really add to the car. Nice parts!

[Rovert]

Hats off on the install.

It's too cold to take the hats off.

It's been 7 days....what has a strut bar made you feel other than warm? :D I've been told it's only for looks and helping to prevent strut tower mushrooming if you hit something hard on the road. Does it actually make the chassis feel a bit stiffer?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I believe only the track guys can answer this question. There's no way I drive aggressively enough on the streets to answer this question.

I have it for looks. If there is some minuscule performance benefit, all the better.

[Rovert]

With a BMW there's always a 'feeling' when you change something no matter how small it is...a BMW driver will feel it! If he has the force he'll feel it just as he starts backing out of his garage. LOL

[Marcus-SanDiego]

With a BMW there's always a 'feeling' when you change something no matter how small it is...a BMW driver will feel it! If he has the force he'll feel it just as he starts backing out of his garage. LOL

Haha. That's true.

[Rovert]

I can just see him now backing out....right arm against the back of the passenger headrest, twisting neck back to see out the back window. Put into reverse, let the clutch out. Low burble of exhaust with a rich fuel smell. Wheels go into motion. After 20 feet hit clutch, hit the brakes. "DAMN...the handling I had coming out the garage was insane!!" Pulls back into garage to post about the experience.

[pyreguy]

:rofl




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[kayger12]

I have a particular highway exit ramp that I'm very fond of. Tight right into a decreasing radius left that switches back into a tight right and dumps you onto another highway.

Recently took it at about 80% of what I think she can do (which I've done before). It felt tighter to me, but I was also looking for it to feel tighter.

Primary reason for install was for looks (unless you happen to talk to my wife, in which case the protection against astronomical repair costs from pot-hole induced strut tower mushrooming was the primary reason). :innocent

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Primary reason for install was for looks (unless you happen to talk to my wife, in which case the protection against astronomical repair costs from pot-hole induced strut tower mushrooming was the primary reason). :innocent

No doubt. We've always got two explanations. One for the significant other; one for the rest of the world. Gotta have that significant-other explanation in pocket at all times.

[ZSP-Mafia]

^ so true... I'm a pro at this :)

[kayger12]

^ so true... I'm a pro at this :)

"Honey, think of the $284 for the CF strut brace as insurance-- it would cost THOUSANDS to repair the strut tower if I hit a pothole..... How often? Happens all the time-- one of the guys on the forum just mushroomed his tower yesterday. Now he wishes he would have gotten the strut brace-- tragic, really."

[ZSP-Mafia]

Tragically, my strut tower still mushroomed even with the brace on there. :(

[Marcus-SanDiego]

"Honey, think of the $284 for the CF strut brace as insurance-- it would cost THOUSANDS to repair the strut tower if I hit a pothole..... How often? Happens all the time-- one of the guys on the forum just mushroomed his tower yesterday. Now he wishes he would have gotten the strut brace-- tragic, really."

Ha!

"Thank goodness for ZHPMafia.com, dear sweetheart. Imagine all of the money we're saving. ZHPMafia.com: the Allstate of online forums."

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Tragically, my strut tower still mushroomed even with the brace on there. :(

We won't use that in our marketing literature, Jim. :biggrin

[kayger12]

Tragically, my strut tower still mushroomed even with the brace on there. :(

"Yeah, but honey, think of how much WORSE Jim's tower would have mushroomed without the brace...."

[ZSP-Mafia]

We won't use that in our marketing literature, Jim. :biggrin

Yeah I'm gonna keep it on the low low. On the other hand... I blamed it on a bent rim, so you know what that means. :biggrin

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Yeah I'm gonna keep it on the low low. On the other hand... I blamed it on a bent rim, so you know what that means. :biggrin

"So, dear, I'll reluctantly have to replace these rims. Dang! And I loved those old rims of mine. Man!"

[ZSP-Mafia]

Oh, I laid it on thick, "yah babe, with new lighter rims I'll get better gas mileage too"... It's kinda true. :)

[kayger12]

Lol

[billschusteriv]

I can just see him now backing out....right arm against the back of the passenger headrest, twisting neck back to see out the back window. Put into reverse, let the clutch out. Low burble of exhaust with a rich fuel smell. Wheels go into motion. After 20 feet hit clutch, hit the brakes. "DAMN...the handling I had coming out the garage was insane!!" Pulls back into garage to post about the experience.

Hehe - ^^^^ that is the best.

[kayger12]

I can just see him now backing out....right arm against the back of the passenger headrest, twisting neck back to see out the back window. Put into reverse, let the clutch out. Low burble of exhaust with a rich fuel smell. Wheels go into motion. After 20 feet hit clutch, hit the brakes. "DAMN...the handling I had coming out the garage was insane!!" Pulls back into garage to post about the experience.

Seriously though-- you should have felt how tight the front suspension felt backing over the lip of the garage slab ;)

[danewilson77]

I am appalled by all the Tom Foolery in this thread. To think you would.....bend truth for your own selfish reasons. I will pray for you my good brother....

[kayger12]

I am appalled by all the Tom Foolery in this thread. To think you would.....bend truth for your own selfish reasons. I will pray for you my good brother....

(in my best Dr Evil voice)
Riiiigghhht.

[az3579]

I believe only the track guys can answer this question. There's no way I drive aggressively enough on the streets to answer this question.

I have it for looks. If there is some minuscule performance benefit, all the better.

I've been told by some of my buddies who have them that it does make a difference on the track. The chassis feels slightly stiffer.
I would tell you how they feel at the next auto-x/track day if I had one. Who knows, I might have one by then.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Thanks for the note, BP. Good to know the track guys are getting something from it.