My car and I!

[garrettdal]

Hello all! So I recently got a 330i ZHP. It has relatively low mileage at about 120k. It has fair damage in the front, but being that I work at a BMW Performance shop, my boss hooked me up with a new hood, fender, and bumper. I'm only 19 and have only recently gotten into BMW'S after having worked at ASM BMW Parts and Performance in Savannah. Over the summer, I worked there cleaning and helping my boss with stuff around the shop, but over time, seeing what he did with all the cars turned me into a true BMW fanatic. I plan on posting pictures of all the cool cars from the shop when I can, but due to the fact that I'm in college, I only work there on breaks. Prior to my boss surprising me with my 330i ZHP, I had a blue 330i M-sport pack which we are now using for parts for my current car and other cars in the shop. Here are the pics of my current car! If you are interested in any of the other cars at the shop ask me about them or you can check it out on facebook.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/2a23b4970bbad3895b7add248ac9abc3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/dc33628703434c01a71dae4ea102895f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/57bee0ff0f1ef460d2c6ec7d5e0e54af.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/5fd217f054b5ac34f30cdb68e284f8d4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/194dcb6f4b5a35c52c9968081b98ba6b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/c2dc684d46d5c713933aef6d04221cd4.jpg

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[Don Adolfo]

Welcome and congratulations on the acquisition. Looks like you have a dream job. I love Savannah; I was stationed at Hunter Army Airfield a long time ago.


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[garrettdal]

Welcome and congratulations on the acquisition. Looks like you have a dream job. I love Savannah; I was stationed at Hunter Army Airfield a long time ago.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProIt's a fun job and I love it! And Savannah is awesome, but then again I've never lived anywhere else, nor have I wanted to. Unless you count Athens since I'm at UGA for college, but I don't really feel like I "live" here, especially since I'm always missing Savannah. Part of it is probably just me missing the shop. Everything there was BMW! Here are some pics of our self-made "BMW" forklift (seat from an m3 that is fully functional) and truck (M-stripe paint job), and also a before and after pic of another zhp we recently fixed up!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/d72adfc3d520a309760ca742aabdf598.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/0a111025f7e2e0616e9f09401ae730e2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/1377ef5a7e11736e48753f1dd9f5ab0d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/4f18127f1cada97fca72fea9ff5de948.jpg

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[Reasoned1]

Welcome, Garrett! She's going to clean up real well, and you'll have a sweet ride you'll never forget. I have a feeling you're going to become a major contributor. : )

[garrettdal]

Welcome, Garrett! She's going to clean up real well, and you'll have a sweet ride you'll never forget. I have a feeling you're going to become a major contributor. : )Thank you! And yes I'm hoping I can contribute since I see so many ZHP's and I have a massive love for BMW'S! I'm gonna try and keep you guys updated on events I'm involved in such as the upcoming European Experience in Savannah. ASM BMW partnered with the event hosts as a vendor and the first day of the event I'll be running the booth by myself if any of you guys want to stop by! Here's a pic of our very happy painter with his ZHP which has, in my opinion, a very tasteful and understated color :)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/92a1078fb9bde4983c7526bcdfe5b319.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/9ba53562500d962683df3096a48bf1b2.jpg

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[Don Adolfo]

Love the truck and the forklift. You are having too much fun. I retire this summer; wish I could find a part-time just like that. My daughter and my money went to UGA. Looks like you are living a dream. When I was in SVN in the early 90s, I could not afford a BMW and only dreamt of them as I drove out of HAAF and crossed Abercorn at Stephens and drove by Critz BMW. Stay in school.


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[garrettdal]

Love the truck and the forklift. You are having too much fun. I retire this summer; wish I could find a part-time just like that. My daughter and my money went to UGA. Looks like you are living a dream. When I was in SVN in the early 90s, I could not afford a BMW and only dreamt of them as I drove out of HAAF and crossed Abercorn at Stephens and drove by Critz BMW. Stay in school.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProI'm enjoying UGA's academics to the fullest, but I still haven't become fond of the social scene, I've felt that if you don't have fun drinking or partying, it can be a hassle finding friends. How did your daughter do with friends and school? I recently got my BMWCCA membership and I know they have a lot of events up at Road Atlanta which is only 25-30 miles from here. This should hopefully give some fun stuff to do over the weekends instead of being the one guy who doesn't party! I'd return to Savannah every weekend if it wasn't for the 4 hour drive which I'd currently have to make in my Honda Accord. It isn't a bad car but it's definitely not driver oriented and makes me feel like there are some good roads going to waste. For those of you who don't live in GA, the trip to Athens from Savannah involves very few highways. Instead there are plenty of curvy roads through sloping hills and small, rustic cities that make me all the more impatient when it comes to waiting on my ZHP to be finished :(

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[Vas]

Welcome. You will enjoy it here.

[Reasoned1]

Learn from my mistake: the best friends to have in college are the ones typically working as a group in their rooms.

[garrettdal]

Thank you vas! And reasoned, I definitely know some guys who do that, but sadly none of them are in my major, I'm hoping that as I take more major specific classes, I'll meet more friends that I can group up with! I'm only a freshman currently, so I'm not too down about not having too many friends, but finding some people that knew about cars would be nice also!

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[garrettdal]

My boss informed me that most of the parts got to the shop today, sadly can't post pics of them soon as I'm at university currently, but I'll post the invoice! It came out to 5,000 so I'll have plenty of work to do, but thank god for the shop's discount
Only thing left to buy now is a turbo and keep you guys up to date on the work!

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[Reasoned1]

Out of curiosity, what is your major?

[garrettdal]

Out of curiosity, what is your major?Mechanical Engineering!

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[Reasoned1]

Awesome--same here! Although, I got my degree almost 30 years ago.

[garrettdal]

Awesome--same here! Although, I got my degree almost 30 years ago.It's definitely something I really enjoy and is directly applicable to cars, I read repair manuals and about car technologies all the time, I love the physics behind it all!

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[Sockethead]

Welcome! I'm in Charleston... Not too far to make the trip down 17 to savannah or vice versa... We're always looking for things to do with the kids...what's this European Experience you speak of?

[garrettdal]

Welcome! I'm in Charleston... Not too far to make the trip down 17 to savannah or vice versa... We're always looking for things to do with the kids...what's this European Experience you speak of?It's a 3 day event on Hutchinson (right across the river from Savannah) on an old Indycar track with lots of European exotics and plenty of other cars too. One of the days they also meet and drive to Tybee Island. The turnout is pretty massive and in the past years I've always noticed massive influx of European cars all over Savannah. There are more details here and there should be stuff for your whole family to enjoy!
http://www.sowoeuropeanexperience.com

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[Sockethead]

Awesome! Tnx for the link

[Dave1027]

Where's your red needles?

[garrettdal]

Where's your red needles?To be honest, I hadn't even noticed that! It might just be the photo, I'll check next time I'm home!


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[fredo]

Welcome ! Glad you decided to join the Family. :thumbup

[danewilson77]

To be honest, I hadn't even noticed that! It might just be the photo, I'll check next time I'm home!


Sent from my SM-G950U using TapatalkOh shit. Those aren't red.

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[johnrando]

Welcome and congrats!

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[Oli77]

Welcome!

[garrettdal]

Thanks guys!

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[joeybananaz18]

Thank you! And yes I'm hoping I can contribute since I see so many ZHP's and I have a massive love for BMW'S! I'm gonna try and keep you guys updated on events I'm involved in such as the upcoming European Experience in Savannah. ASM BMW partnered with the event hosts as a vendor and the first day of the event I'll be running the booth by myself if any of you guys want to stop by! Here's a pic of our very happy painter with his ZHP which has, in my opinion, a very tasteful and understated color :)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/92a1078fb9bde4983c7526bcdfe5b319.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180320/9ba53562500d962683df3096a48bf1b2.jpg

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OG over Beige? MY TWIN!!!!

[3ZHP]

Welcome!

If I’m comprehending this correctly, you’re less than an hour from school to Road Atlanta. If that is the case, you should check out the various club events there. I know there was no spectator fee for the club events when I was in Ohio (Mid-Ohio & Nelson Ledges). It may be a good way to spend the weekend and hang out with some great car guys. They may also have volunteer spots for the big races! I just saw something like that for Barber.

On the education thing! Start thinking about what area you want to be in! I’m a Manufacturing Engineer / Tooling Engineer. I’ve worked in high volume automotive, Medical, Aerospace and now I’m working on the new Boeing SLS Rocket. Of all these different industries, the Rocket is the best.


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[garrettdal]

Yeah! I like the grey color for sure! And I'm definitely gonna take advantage of being close to Road Atlanta. I'm not sure what field I want to go into, but I'm definitely looking into those which might be most enjoyable to me! I'll check out those fields which you recommended.

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[garrettdal]

Update: So the car is being inspected next Monday and will be ready to go the following Monday! Can't wait to get her to Athens to start some of my project aspirations! Wasn't expecting my boss to help me out with it so much but he already refitted the new painted front pieces, replaced a busted tie rod, installed the new springs and shocks, and the new brakes. He's starting to look on ebay for a turbo, but that won't be something I get to until I'm home for the summer! Let me know what you guys think would be some interesting cosmetic upgrades I could work on without access to many tools whilst in Athens.

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[garrettdal]

And with regards to the needles not being red, I'm not sure why but it definitely has the ZHP package. Did they make some without it? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180330/2e7609d3343ab4d354f8e00c1de0080b.jpg

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[BMWCurves]

No, they all came with orange needles. Perhaps the original cluster failed and the previous owner replaced it with a non-ZHP cluster? There were ZHPs from Canada that had non-orange needle clusters, but those were M-Sport cars and should have a different package designation on the Monroney sticker

[garrettdal]

Hey guys! Just got home from college so expect a lot more posts from me! Nice to be back at the shop working, especially when we have 4 zhps that we're working on there. All parts for my car are in apart from a turbo I just ordered today! Here are some pics: (last one is my car) Also some pics of the engine we just built for the shops race car which I thought you guys might be interested in!
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[ELCID86]

Hey guys! Just got home from college so expect a lot more posts from me! Nice to be back at the shop working, especially when we have 4 zhps that we're working on there. All parts for my car are in apart from a turbo I just ordered today! Here are some pics: (last one is my car) Also some pics of the engine we just built for the shops race car which I thought you guys might be interested in!


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Lookin forward to it.

[danewilson77]

Welcome back.

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[Sockethead]

Looking forward to more updates!

[garrettdal]

So I haven't gotten much of a chance to post or work on my car since business has increased threefold over last year, but I did get a chance to put on the fender and new bumper for inspection this past weekend. Euro style fog lights. :) Gonna have to take them back off to get painted sadly, but the 750cc injectors came in, as well as the Garrett T4 turbo, intercooler, and piping, gonna be a bit before I get to working on any internals though. Attached are some cars we have done recently as well as my car with new bumper.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180528/80cfe3808404e021cf79daf5fd2b81aa.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180528/5e5aaecaa4c6d6bc2bcfbccfb8c98919.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180528/2433490dd4ee142d73f8855fdd77633b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180528/570b3c35217640f935b41ade884aa842.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180528/6dc8db5ad63817c112ad6dae41b175af.jpg

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[johnrando]

Looks great and a good problem to have, too much work.

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