ZHP Mafia Team Talent

[johnrando]

[Pip]

Beautiful. Awesome job Gary. That was an interesting time in my life. I'm happy I did it myself but it was nerve racking.


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[WOLFN8TR]

Thanks Guys. Ya it was very nerve racking to say the least. One screw up could really cost you!

[theothersawyer]

Great work!

[squashman702]

I'll take a crack at this . . . a lot of my experience comes from the Jeep world.

1. Basic maintenance (Did full cooling system, CCV, wheel bearings, fuel pump, brakes, etc on the ZHP. Full rear suspension refresh on the M3 in progress.)
2. More advanced projects. Pulled 4 or 5 motors, clutches in a couple different vehicles, transfer case and axle swaps in Jeeps.
3. Welding and fab. Decent with a MIG. Did a full set of reinforcement plates in my M3 (rear sway, RTAB, shock tower) along with many hours of welding on previous Jeeps and various fabrication projects for them. Haven't had to do any welding on the ZHP yet.
4. Tools- Have a press, Miller 211, torch setup, plasma cutter, TIG, chop saw, along with a wide array of hand tools in my shop. No lift, but can tackle a lot of different stuff in there. That's located in the Boston area.

Hopefully I can add wiring/diagnostics to my list of skills once I get the LS1 dropped into the M3.

[sillieidiot]

In your opinion should we be lowering and raising the windows in our cars on a regular basis to help prolong the life of the window regulators? I heard a mechanic say this in the past but never before.

Based on how it's made, if you never open your windows, it will last longer lol Two things often break on our regulators, it's either the plastic part that holds onto the cable, or the cable itself breaks. This is like a sedan specific problem though. I've had my coupe way longer than my sedan and the regulator is still fine.



Hmm haven't seen this thread before. I pretty much tackle everything, and if I haven't done it before, I could probably figure it out after some research. I've done installs/repairs on most parts of the e46, problem is I don't remember everything that I did lol I just remember stuff as I do it lol Things I don't do are stuff I don't have the special tools for I guess. I used to do custom installs as a side job, but stopped cause lazy.

Things I've done:
- installing bodywork items (so like bumpers/hood/trunks/skirts), know process to install like CF roof, general estimation of costs and random stuff like that
- lighting/in car electronics (all lighting, headlight retrofits, xenon conversions, angel eyes installs, wiring work, hardwiring stuff, etc)
- basic maintenance (oil changes, brakes, fluids, filters, wipers, etc)
- preventative maintenance (cooling, ccv, vcg, ofhg, plugs, etc)
- suspension/bushings (pretty much all aspects of the suspension and related items. the only bushings I haven't installed myself are the subframe/engine due to not having the correct tools)
- transmission (ssk install, transmission mounts/bushings)
- wheels/tires (process on fitting aggressive fitments, wheel/tire recommendations)
- interior (related to my ICE stuff, but general removing/installing interior items)
- coding/diagnostics (just some minor stuff using PA Soft/NCS/ISTA-D, don't remember much of it because I don't do it as much)
- random stuff with no categories (guibo, wheel studs, vinyl work, subframe reinforcement techniques, exhaust system)

Things I know how to do, but don't due to the amount of work involved:
- detailing
- paint
- alignment
- PPF (paint protection film)/vinyl work on large body panels
- tint