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#1. RE: [E36M3] Where to buy fog light cheap, and ... - from Dorffer, Rich
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:23:42 -0400 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <RDORFFER@CleIndians.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Where to buy fog light cheap, and ... David stated > As for fog light and headlight protective film, I've found Stoneguard (no address or number) and Circlebmw. Turner and Bavarian auto were mentioned with no address (I could find out). I have done some hood protection on my car (95 M3) and hood, bumper and headlights on my fiancées' 2000 Accord. The Accord looks amazing and my M3 looks pretty good (the hood was pretty difficult). I received all of my material from X-Pel Automotive Products (http://www.xpel.com/). I have done significant research on this topic as I prefer this method of protection over hood masks. All of the companies typically use 3M Scothcal as the film and then cut it to fit the various applications. I have used cheaper knock off film which was good for sealing a package and not much more. Ask for 3M Scotchcal as it makes a difference. X-Pel was one of the first to do this and create all of their own custom templates for the various applications as far as I know. Legend has it one of their engineers took off and started ClearMask (http://www.clearmask.com/) and just happened to take some of the old templates with him!?! X-Pel does not get along with ClearMask. X-Pel also includes all of the primary tools necessary to do the job if you order from them. They may or may not cost more than ClearMask but their may be a reason they charge more (kit has better fit and is in less pieces, provides more protection, etc.) and they include the tools. Anyway, here are all of the links I have on the subject: http://www.3m.com/US/ http://www.sema.org/semanews/may2000/protection.html http://www.xpel.com/ http://www.clearmask.com/ http://www.stongard.com/sgcontent/default.asp Anyone in the Cleveland area which is interested in this and could use a helping hand, please feel free to email me. As always, no affiliation to the companies mentioned above. Best regards, Rich
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#2. Re: [E36M3] Bent wheels...bend the forged ones, too - from Sean Hester
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:42:55 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Bent wheels...bend the forged ones, too >the bent forged wheel went to wheel collision >center where they *tried* to fix it as best they could. the paint job was >only "ok" but dispite having their "patented" repair process, the rim was >still bent (under close inspection). > >it's my feeling (and superstition) that bent wheels are really only good as >full size spares or as wheel chocks. SSRs are cheap enough to buy, bend, >and throw away (compared to new prices of stock BMW wheels). of course... the "hardness" of the forged rims makes them alot harder to un-bend. no matter what patented process you use. the "soft as butter" rims can be straighteded in no time, and very easily. which is good since you'll re-bend them in a couple months. but you take a really really really hard rim, and bend it, it's gonna be next to impossible to get it straight again, since it's so hard to make the tiny bends you need to straighten it. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Brake duct advice and opinions needed - from Sean Hester
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:51:31 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Brake duct advice and opinions needed >I'm considering adding brake ducts to my front rotors. For a while I >considered removing the (useless) fog lights and adding a second brake >duct, but lately I'm thinking about just adding a duct/hose to each >existing brake duct and routing it to the back of the rotor, possibly with >the plates from Turner. Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with a >setup like this? I'm obviously worried about tire/wheel interference at >full steering lock. I think that adding a duct right to the rotor may be a >better next step than the whole fog light extraction. I've seen some >decent looking home-grown setups at driving events, everyone seems to be >happy with them. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! just getting more air in there (removing foglights) won't do you any good. you need to have a hose routing air, and you need backing plates to get the air into the hub of the rotor. i did exactly what you say (bought the turner plates and ran a hose form the existing duct to the plates). this did a great job of cooling the brakes. but my hoses had a life about a month. there's so little room in there, that the hoses rub almost everywhere (tires, tie rods, sway bar mounts, spring, strut) i tried several methods of mounting the hose and none really worked well. the best option i've seen (though i never tried it) is the system that allows you to remove the hose for street driving, and re-attach it for track driving. i think something like this is the ONLY way your hoses will last. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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#4. Re: [E36M3] ripped caliper piston dust boot.... - from Sean Hester
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:04:53 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] ripped caliper piston dust boot.... >Folks; > >Last weekend at Road America I had to replace both sets (F&R) sets of pads. >No big deal. Until I found the RR piston dust covered was ripped. Oh >well. >Wear and tear... so, my question is as follows - how quickly do I need to >rebuild this caliper in order to replace the dust cover ? is this ASAP >thing >or do I have a month or two ? depends on how lucky you feel. the dust boot keeps dust out of the piston. if enough dust gets in there, you'll be buying a new caliper. for the record... i went 6 months of heavy track driving with all 4 boots torn and never had any problems. (that the rebuilds didn't fix) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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#5. [E36M3] RE: Fog/Driving lights from BMP WAS :Where to buy fog - from Zorine, Dmitri Y, CSCIO
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 14:04:03 -0400 From: "Zorine, Dmitri Y, CSCIO" <dmitri@att.com> Subject: [E36M3] RE: Fog/Driving lights from BMP WAS :Where to buy fog light cheap, and ... While on fog lights subject. I'm considering getting driving lights kit from BMP to replace fog lights that I never use and actually have replaced with plastic painted covers. So does anyone have experience with that kit from BMP? Simplicity of install? Necessity to drill holes in bumper cover? Adjustability? Effectiveness? Durability? If not I guess I'll have to be a guinea pig and report results... Dmitri '99 M3 Coupe > David stated > As for fog light and headlight protective film, I've found > Stoneguard (no > address or number) and Circlebmw. Turner and Bavarian auto were mentioned > with no address (I could find out). > > > I have done some hood protection on my car (95 M3) and hood, bumper and > headlights on my fiancées' 2000 Accord. The Accord looks amazing and my M3 > looks pretty good (the hood was pretty difficult). I received all of my > material from X-Pel Automotive Products (http://www.xpel.com/). I have done > significant research on this topic as I prefer this method of protection > over hood masks. All of the companies typically use 3M Scothcal as the film > and then cut it to fit the various applications. I have used cheaper knock > off film which was good for sealing a package and not much more. Ask for 3M > Scotchcal as it makes a difference. > > X-Pel was one of the first to do this and create all of their own custom > templates for the various applications as far as I know. Legend has it one > of their engineers took off and started ClearMask > (http://www.clearmask.com/) and just happened to take some of the old > templates with him!?! X-Pel does not get along with ClearMask. X-Pel also > includes all of the primary tools necessary to do the job if you order from > them. They may or may not cost more than ClearMask but their may be a > reason they charge more (kit has better fit and is in less pieces, provides > more protection, etc.) and they include the tools. > > Anyway, here are all of the links I have on the subject: > http://www.3m.com/US/ http://www.sema.org/semanews/may2000/protection.html http://www.xpel.com/ http://www.clearmask.com/ http://www.stongard.com/sgcontent/default.asp Anyone in the Cleveland area which is interested in this and could use a helping hand, please feel free to email me. As always, no affiliation to the companies mentioned above. Best regards, Rich ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. *************************************************************
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#6. Wheel Spacers - from Steve D'Gerolamo
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 14:05:37 -0400 From: "Steve D'Gerolamo" <steved3@idt.net> Subject: Wheel Spacers I tried using both spacers on one side and this worked, but vibrated badly. I'm slightly miffed - now what ================================================= I should have hubcentric 10mm spacers back in stock by the end of the month. The non-hubcentric 5mm parts cause shimmy on some cars. SD ========================================= Steve D'Gerolamo - The Ultimate Garage 201-262-0412 / steved3@idt.net / http://www.ultimategarage.com
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#7. Wheels and tires - from Ed Tang
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:31:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Tang <etangf1@yahoo.com> Subject: Wheels and tires Hey all, I forgot to mention that I have a set of SSR's and Yoko A032-R's for the track and autocrossing now. The Bridgstone Potenza RE730's, that suck compared with the Pilots and S-02's, are my street tires. But heck, I don't expect the same performance at $115/ea. less over the Pilots or S-02's. The only staggered wheel setup I have were/are on my LTW rims. Having the car is pretty expensive. Winter rims with winter tires, factory rims with street tires, and race rims with race tires. All necessities, for me that is on the shear fact that I'm in Chicago. Ed Tang 95 Cosmos M3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
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#8. Wheel Balance Weights - from Monty Baugh
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:39:39 -0500 From: Monty Baugh <mbaugh@telecom-management.com> Subject: Wheel Balance Weights Anyone have a source for stick-on wheel weights, similar to OEM? I need to have my wheels balanced, and I would like to replace the butt-ugly cut-to-length weights the local shop installed last time with something like the factory weights. Thanks, MBaugh
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#9. Winter Tire Suggestions? - from Sean Burke
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 18:33:44 -0400 From: "Sean Burke" <sburke@columbus.rr.com> Subject: Winter Tire Suggestions? With winter well on its way, I'm starting to look at winter tire/wheel options. I ran a set of Blizzaks on my old car for 2 years and just loved them. For the M, I'm looking at either the 16" tire/wheel package (comes with Blizzak LM-22's) or a set of something (possibly Pirelli Winter 210's in 225-45-16) on the stock '20-spoke' wheels. Does anyone have any opinions on either combination? Thanks! --Sean '98 M3/4 Minor tweaks
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#10. Re: [E36M3] E36 M3 Help - Harmonic Sound? - from Joe Dyer
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:37:58 -0700 From: "Joe Dyer" <joedyer@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36 M3 Help - Harmonic Sound? My gut feel is that the center drive shaft bearing is bad and the harmonic imbalance is sympathetic with the engine RPM. Joe, the agnostic diagnostic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher J. N. Kolaitis" <chrisjnk@ix.netcom.com> To: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmwmpower.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 4:44 AM Subject: [E36M3] E36 M3 Help - Harmonic Sound? > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 06:36:31 -0500 > From: "Christopher J. N. Kolaitis" <chrisjnk@ix.netcom.com> > Subject: E36 M3 Help - Harmonic Sound? > > I would appreciate your valued opinions on the possible source or condition > causing a harmonic sound or vibration? Here is the situation for your > consideration: > > 1997 E36 M3/4 with current mileage of 36,300, car is in excellent condition. > > Loud harmonic sound appears at 3,500 rpm and departs at 4,200 rpm, in all > gears under load only. The loud harmonic sound is located in the passenger > compartment, just in front of the passenger seat and just to the left of the > center console shifter. Passenger left orientation. > > Conversion of automatic to BMW 5-speed manual, with Dinan stage 2 > Lightweight Clutch Assembly and UUC Short Shifter > > All new BMW parts with a BMW rebuilt transmission including the Dinan Stage > 2 Lightweight Clutch assembly were installed. Mileage was 32,173 miles at > time of the conversion. > > May 9, 2000, loud harmonic sound appeared during road test, following the > install. Car passes road test. During the road test clutch felt soft, > noticed a left over internal clutch spring, forgot to install clutch spring, > installed clutch spring. > > July 5, 2000 at 33,078 miles, Knauz BMW replaces the exhaust system under > warranty, loud harmonic sound problem still not resolved. > > August 1, 2000 at 33,957 miles, Knauz BMW investigates the origin of loud > harmonic noise. Service technicians were unable to determine source of > harmonic sound after extensive investigation. > > Transmission replaced under warranty and installed with original Dinan Stage > 2 Lightweight Clutch assembly. Harmonic sound still present. > > Dinan Stage 2 Lightweight Clutch assembly replaced with new BMW stock clutch > assembly. Loud harmonic sound is not present during extensive shop and road > testing. > > Replacement Dinan Stage 2 Clutch, pressure plate and lightweight flywheel > ordered and installed. > > Loud harmonic sound reappears at 3,500 rpm and departs at 4,200 rpm, in all > gears under load only. The loud harmonic sound is located in the passenger > compartment, just in front of the passenger seat and just to the left of the > center console shifter. Passenger left orientation. > > Clutch assembly sent to Dinan for testing, all balanced perfectly with no > problems found. > > No under drive pulleys installed. > > TIA, > > Chris, Windy City Chapter > 97 M3/4 Dinan daily driver > > > > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > ************************************************************* > >
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#11. Wheel and tires FS - from eevans@planetc.com
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 18:42:00 -0400 From: eevans@planetc.com Subject: Wheel and tires FS I have a set (4) of 17" Kinesis 5 spoke wheels mounted w/ barely used R1s. Perfect for AutoX or drivers schools. $800 plus shipping from Knoxville, TN 37919. Evan