New Member from SoCal

[kbcons]

Had a little issue a couple weeks ago when an individual with a fresh license decided to park his pickup in the trunk on my E90. We were stopped at a light; no brakes, no tire squeal, just BANG! Drove us into the car ahead of us in line. Everyone walked away - even the E90 which was driven onto the flatbed. Sadly, that was its last trip on its own wheels.

http://www.bassesbyleo.com/images/bmw_wreck/lr_corner_1.jpg
http://www.bassesbyleo.com/images/bmw_wreck/rear_1.jpg

The folks at Bullet Motorworks aimed me in an interesting direction and this is the replacement.

http://www.bassesbyleo.com/bmw_stuff/IMG_1227.JPG

Lots of miles, but HUGELY detailed service records from the previous owner and a good report from the guy's mechanic. Runs sweet. There are a few minor details to be attended to, but none are deal breakers.

Oh! Did I neglect to mention that it has the manual trans?

Anyway, I'm here to learn. To that end lurking will be extensive, though I will contribute where I can and as appropriate.

Thanks!

Ken...

[Vas]

Welcome.

How many miles?

[kbcons]

Welcome.

How many miles?

Thanks!

200K

Ken...

[Vas]

Wow looks great.

Is it also lowered ?

[danewilson77]

Ken,

Good having you around. I'm @ 218K miles.

S7 Edge, out

[kbcons]

It is lowered. Bilstein dampers and (I think) HR springs. One of the future projects is to get it back to factory height. May look to work a swap down the road.

Ken...

[kbcons]

Ken,

Good having you around. I'm @ 218K miles.

S7 Edge, out

Thanks, Dane! Appreciate the welcome and the help getting aboard.

Ken...

[Campster23]

Congrats! Car looks great!


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[Vas]

It is lowered. Bilstein dampers and (I think) HR springs. One of the future projects is to get it back to factory height. May look to work a swap down the road.

Ken...
Don't like the height?

[CarbonZHP]

Where in So Cal?

[3ZHP]

Welcome!


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[kbcons]

Don't like the height?

Not particularly. This is a daily driver in addition to being a fun car. I'd prefer to not have to work so hard to protect the front clip. Speed bumps and driveway aprons can be pain. Plus, BMW probably designed the suspension geometry to work pretty well at standard height.

I've got higher priority things to handle, so this can wait unless an opportunity presents itself.

Ken...

[kbcons]

Where in So Cal?

Northwest Orange County.

Ken...

[johnrando]

Welcome fellow SoCal

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[CarbonZHP]

Same. La Mirada. Feel free to contact me if you need any help or tools

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[kbcons]

Same. La Mirada. Feel free to contact me if you need any help or tools

That's very kind, thanks!

We're actually pretty close. I'm in the south end of Buena Park.

Ken...

[BMWCurves]

Welcome! Sorry to hear about your E90, that always sucks when it's out of your control (maybe worse when it is your fault? I'm not sure).

That's one good looking ZHP. Hope you stick around, there are a lot of good people here that love to help one another out and just talk cars and other parts of life.

[sillieidiot]

Welcome

[ELCID86]

Congrats on a nice car.

[KevinC]

Welcome! From a fellow former E90 owner who also spent time behind the Orange Curtain®.

[kbcons]

Thanks for the great welcome!

Ken...

[Oli77]

Welcome, car is super sharp!

[fredo]

Welcome. I remember your e90 from the e90post forum. You found a good replacement !

[NVthree30i]

Very clean for 200k

[hcbeck2689]

Welcome. Car looks good. I'd love to see some more pics.


-Holden

[kbcons]

I'll get more pics up going forward. There are lots of mini projects to do on her. Some are in progress, some will have to wait for funding.

Ken...

[oldzilla]

Welcome.