Kitty - The Schwarz 330ci ZHP

[KIRIEIW]

How's it going guys, been meaning to make a thread for a little while since recently acquiring a 2005 ZHP coupe. It was my neighbors old car which I've been helping her out with over the past two years or so with maintenance but she recently bought a new 435i M Sport. "Kitty", the nickname she gave the ZHP was in need of some love again and she texted me out of the blue one day saying she wanted a good home for the car, and if I promised to love and fix her up I could just have her. I don't think a family members given me anything this nice, yet alone a neighbor! She's a really good person, I'm happy she considered me when the time to move on the the ZHP came.

She owned the car from day 1, bought it new from San Fransisco BMW in 2005. She was telling me the salesman brought up that BMW was offering a performance package on the 330i/ci models at the time which gave the car a little extra punch, body kit, ect. She ended up biting the bullet and custom ordered Kitty new with all the options she wanted, it's pretty loaded. Cold weather package, Navigation, you name it and it probably has it. She even gave me a brand new OEM car cover in the trunk, probably never even used since it's still in the original box taped up.

So far the current plans are to get her up to date on Maintenance and address the paint on the roof, along with the re-gluing the material on the A and C pillars (since the material is pealing back). I already ordered a new oil pan gasket, Genuine BMW rear brake pads/ sensor and some hardware for a M3 strut bar I've had in my backyard for quite some time.



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[KIRIEIW]

I've done a ton of stuff to the car over the years, I took a good amount of pics back then too just cause. Most recently I rebuilt the entire CCV system in 2016 since she had a check engine light on for vacuum leaks. Turned out the hose that branches off the cyclone separator to the dipstick tube was deteriorated in half. I work at my local BMW dealer for a living as a mechanic, it's always nice to work on something a little older/ different. We did a ton of other things at the same time including rebuild the cooling system as preventive maintenance (it still had the original expansion tank installed!!), spark plugs, OFHG/ Valve Cover Gasket, Air Filter, Intake Boots, Vanos Supply Line, Pullies, Belts, Lemforder Control arm bushings, tons of stuff. Parts alone ended up costing close to $800 bucks if I remember correctly, and that's with my dealer discount! But all the major stuff that fails on e46's was done. Like said in the post above, all it really needs now is brakes and a little cosmetic work.

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[johnrando]

Awesome!

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[sillieidiot]

nice!

[anandoc]

Great werk! The ZHP has found a nice home.

[danewilson77]

Great writeup and pics. Thank you for sharing your story.

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[KIRIEIW]

Thanks guys! I got some work done this afternoon. First off, I replaced the rear brake pads/ sensor. Just a tip, if you guys ever need brakes same day the dealers are offering "value line" brake pads. I'm not sure the whole difference between the more expensive pads, but the value line still come in BMW packaging and have BMW stamps cast into the pads. The kit comes with both brake pads and the wear sensor. $70 bucks, not bad I suppose if you really need to get them same day and don't want to pay shipping from a vendor. The whole reason behind the value line pads is to compete with local independent shops to get people returning to the dealers for service after warranty. I also found a strut bar at work a year or so back and finally own a deserving enough e46 to install it on, so got that installed. Don't worry, I'll pressure wash the engine bay next week when I do the oil pan gasket :).


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Lubing up everything, and chamfering the edges of the brake pads with a file. Every time you do just a pad slap BMW wants us to chamfer the pads to reduce noise.


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[BMWCurves]

Looking good!

[Kicker35]

Nice work!


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[SaltyNC]

Man, that's awesome. You can't beat free. It looks like we're doing the exact same maintenance items. Can I just copy your pics for my journal as I cross them off the list? ;) Just kidding. Great looking car, and really nice she rewarded all your help by giving you the car in the end.

[KIRIEIW]

Man, that's awesome. You can't beat free. It looks like we're doing the exact same maintenance items. Can I just copy your pics for my journal as I cross them off the list? ;) Just kidding. Great looking car, and really nice she rewarded all your help by giving you the car in the end.

Haha thanks man, ya I think it's going to be a pretty clean car after I'm done with everything.

[KIRIEIW]

Ok guys so yesterday I got a few of the more major things done. First off I did the oil pan gasket at my work. Honestly I couldn't imagine doing this one in a driveway, but I'm sure people have done it. It's not a super hard job but its definitely time consuming. I figured I'd take advantage when the subframe was dropped and went ahead and replaced the engine mounts at the same time, I went with Lemforder mounts. Next I replaced the fan clutch. I've never seen it before, but the fan clutch bearing fail and cause a somewhat loud rattle noise at times while driving and of course you could wiggle the fan when the engine was off and see a noticeable amount of play. I ended up using a Behr fan clutch, the OE manufacture. Be careful if you have a similar issue, the water pump is usually what goes bad when you see play in your fan. Lastly I did a much needed brake fluid flush, who knows the last time it was done.


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[PetesZ]

Did you take a look (torque check) on the oil pump nut while you had it open?

[KIRIEIW]

Did you take a look (torque check) on the oil pump nut while you had it open?

You know what, unfortunately I didn't but that would have been a pretty good idea to do while I had the pan off. Oh well.

[Vas]

Great job on the oil pan gasket. A lift makes the job Soo much easier but I did 2 of them with jackstands in my driveway.

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[KIRIEIW]

Great job on the oil pan gasket. A lift makes the job Soo much easier but I did 2 of them with jackstands in my driveway.

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Jeez, ya I couldn't imagine trying that one. I kinda considered it but quickly decided against it and went into work on my day off.

[KIRIEIW]

New Lemforder sway bar links. Also got a brand new microfilter installed.



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[johnrando]

Nice

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[KIRIEIW]

Well I brought her in for paint. The roof was in really bad shape, California sun really took it's toll on her from being outside so many years. I also had the hood repainted at the same time due to clear coat being in the early stages on the hood. I went ahead and removed all the trim pieces for the shop myself such as the washer nozzles on the hood, kidney grills, roundel, roof rails and shark fin. Got Kitty back last week, just failed to update the thread. I should have taken a before picture but you can see the damage the sun did to the roof in the pic bellow fairly well in the driveway. The clear coat started to fail directly behind the sunroof and slowly grew larger overtime.

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[Vas]

Looking good.

[KIRIEIW]

Fresh suspension is always nice, got new Lemforder ZHP control arms and Powerflex bushing's installed this afternoon. Pretty simple job with the right tools. I also bought brand new tie rods but FCPEuro messed up and send me a tie rod with a torn boot. Had to send it back, currently waiting on the replacement to arrive.


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Pressing the bushings into a pair of stock control arm bushing brackets I had laying around.

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[BMWCurves]

Nice work!

[joeybananaz18]

awesome stuff. I have FCABs waiting to go on but i think I'm just gonna wait and order CAs while I'm at it. great looking car.

[johnrando]

Good stuff

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[danewilson77]

Awesome that we do this shit in our driveway.

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