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#1. RE: Best price on HID conversion? - from Robert Exconde
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 21:59:31 -0600 From: "Robert Exconde" <99e36m3@exconde.com> Subject: RE: Best price on HID conversion? Dont get the 6000K version, its about 600 or so lumens dimmer than the 4300K version. Not a great deal, but it is noticable. r -------------------- 8 -------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 19:06:30 -0600 From: Sue Kraft <skraft1@new.rr.com> Subject: Best price on HID conversion? Anyone have a recommendation as to where I can find the best price on an HID conversion kit? I am interested in the 6000K version II.....cheapest I found so far was $540 including shipping. Thanks! Suzy
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#2. Re: R&R rear trailing arm bushing? - from Neil Maller
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:51:17 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: R&R rear trailing arm bushing? on 12/19/01 10:48 PM, Peter Fanning <p.fanning@verizon.net> wrote: > For those of you that have done this procedure, how long did the job take > you? I'm not really comfortable doing it myself but a local (Seattle) shop > wants to charge 6 hours of labor. Sounds high. It took maybe 3 hours to do mine at home, and that was without any of the special tools that a BMW dealer should have (unless you count a Sawzall and a bunch of bolts and washers as special tools). That's one of the reasons you pay a dealer $80/hour, because they supposedly have the tools and know-how to do the job quickly and efficiently. If they don't have the tools, maybe one should offer to pay only $40/hour? With the factory press tools I'd say 1 hour per side tops: - Car on lift - Mark trailing arm bushing carrier position on body - 3 bolts out to release front of trailing arm - Fit press tool and extract old bushing - Fit press tool and insert new bushing - Line up marks, insert and tighten the 3 bolts - Repeat other side - Optional rear wheel alignment, depending on how well you think you matched the marks on re-assembly. Neil 96 M3
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Speeding Tickets - from Thomas G. Clark
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:27:17 -0600 From: "Thomas G. Clark" <toclark@cisco.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Speeding Tickets At 10:38 AM 12/19/2001 -0600, R Ehrlich 98 M3 wrote: >Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:35:22 -0500 >From: "R Ehrlich 98 M3" <rehrlich98m3@mindspring.com> >Subject: Re: [E36M3] Speeding Tickets > > >Ron wrote: >> We once had a police officer on this list, so perhaps he could add some >> insight (if he's still here)... > >You still do, I am a Police Officer. > >> - Justified traffic violation (you were speeding more than others were) >This is a no-brainer, If I pull you over, that means I have probable cause >to believe that you have committed a traffic or equipment violation. Any >other reason is illegal. > >> - Meet the ticket quota (sure, they don't have quotas...) >Really, I have no ticket quota. I can write one or one million, it makes no >difference. Ok, not to doubt you at all but just an honest question, if you wrote no tickets in a given month, what would your supervisor say? How about if you wrote 50% less than last month? 25% less? I'm sure there is no "specific" quota but rather a "sub-conscious", "Is he really doing his job?", kind of thing that drives _SOME_ officers to write a specific number of tickets each month. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Tom
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#4. speeding tickets - from russell
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 21:34:08 -0800 (PST) From: russell <driver8m3@yahoo.com> Subject: speeding tickets there's alot of talk about the officers making notations on the tickets about radar detectors or people being jerks. but the fact is, once the ticket is written, its up to the judge to make the determination of the penalty. and of all the times i've been in court (about 15 times), i've never seen any cop or judge mention a radar detector (of course, the radar detector lobby is strong in md, so they're still legal here)...and most of the time i've been pulled over i've had one. once the ticket is written theres little reason to kiss the cops ass... someone said that the cops are just out there to protect us....maybe some of theyre duties are meant to protect us, but setting up radar/laser/pacing traps are definitely meant to make the state money, not protect the citizens. russell ===== "let's roll" --todd beamer "the state is the great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else" --frederic bastiat "the most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms" --adolph hitler __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com
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#5. Re: [E36M3] Speeding Tickets - from JasonJ75@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 00:59:25 EST From: JasonJ75@aol.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] Speeding Tickets Almost verbatim what I was told during a defensive driving course....The office running the class said there were no quotas in the local force, but there was an average by which everyone was judged and held to. Jason In a message dated 12/19/2001 10:29:05 PM Mountain Standard Time, toclark@cisco.com writes: Ok, not to doubt you at all but just an honest question, if you wrote no tickets in a given month, what would your supervisor say? How about if you wrote 50% less than last month? 25% less? I'm sure there is no "specific" quota but rather a "sub-conscious", "Is he really doing his job?", kind of thing that drives _SOME_ officers to write a specific number of tickets each month. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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#6. Re: [E36M3] RE: Best price on HID conversion? - from Reid Conti
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:28:28 -0800 (PST) From: Reid Conti <reid@conti.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] RE: Best price on HID conversion? > Dont get the 6000K version, its about 600 or so lumens dimmer than the 4300K > version. Not a great deal, but it is noticable. Does anyone have pictures of these sets side by side? I was just with a guy who got a 2002 325Ci with bi-xenon, and he says his are white, not blueish -- I assume the 4300K version. I'm interested in seeing what it looks like (didn't get to see his) and to be able to compare. BTW, on a side note.. had my first M5 ride tonight.. it was a 2001 Dinan M5.. my god what a @%@#$^!#% beast. GOD that car's fast. Talk about the world's most perfect automobile.. anyway.. sorry.. :) - reid
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#7. hid - from Kit Wetzler
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 00:26:45 -0800 From: "Kit Wetzler" <kitwetzler@mindspring.com> Subject: hid > Anyone have a recommendation as to where I can find the best price on an > HID conversion kit? I am interested in the 6000K version > II.....cheapest I found so far was $540 including shipping. Thanks! Eww... :) The 6000K bulbs reduce the lumens that the HID kits put out by around 25%. Yes, that's right... 1/4 less light on the road. while they still outshine halogens, I don't think that the cool purple color would be worth it for me. :( If anyone isn't persuaded by the above and upgraded and wants to sell their old 4300K HID kit with 9006 bulbs, let me know. :) -kit
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#8. E36 M3 brake calipers - from RacerxJLing@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 04:08:44 EST From: RacerxJLing@aol.com Subject: E36 M3 brake calipers Once u take them off and give them to the powder coat shop..it should only take a couple of days to bead blast them and powder coat them. A little tip in case u haven't done this before...I would leave the bleeder screws in the caliper (tightened all the way down as in the install. Just have the company mask the bleeder screw. This will facilitate the insertion of the bleeder screw after powder coating them since the paint gets down/close to the threads. Needless to say...be VERY patient w/ the cleanup using a air compressor and brake parts cleaner to be sure the calipers are free of the beads. However, be careful not the get any brake parts cleaner on the powder coat as it will discolor it. Also be sure that they mask the piston chamber very well to minimize the amount of material there. Good luck. Jeff << -------------------- 1 -------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:42:25 -0800 From: "Robert S. Hatrak II" <rob@hatrak.com> Subject: E36 M3 brake calipers Does anyone have an extra set of front and rear E36 M3 brake calipers, etc. that they would want to get rid of? I'm thinking about having mine powder-coated black but I don't want the car to be down that long. Thanks, Rob >>
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#9. Re: [E36M3] E36 M3 brake calipers - from Jay G
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 02:20:06 -1000 From: Jay G <jguzman@hawaii.edu> Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36 M3 brake calipers i can picture it now..."but honey...i needed to get these red ones because the other ones were being powdercoated....and now i seem to like these red ones better..." Mark Radelow wrote: > Why not just go get a set of those ultra pretty red powdered coated calipers > ;) I think you know what I am talking about... hehehe
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#10. Re: [E36M3] hid - from Sue Kraft
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:50:31 -0600 From: Sue Kraft <skraft1@new.rr.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] hid Then what are the advantages of the 6000K conversion kit? If there is less light on the road, is it a whiter light, vs more yellow with the 4300K? Sue Kit Wetzler wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 00:26:45 -0800 > From: "Kit Wetzler" <kitwetzler@mindspring.com> > Subject: hid > > > Anyone have a recommendation as to where I can find the best price on an > > HID conversion kit? I am interested in the 6000K version > > II.....cheapest I found so far was $540 including shipping. Thanks! > > Eww... :) The 6000K bulbs reduce the lumens that the HID kits put out by > around 25%. Yes, that's right... 1/4 less light on the road. while they > still outshine halogens, I don't think that the cool purple color would be > worth it for me. :( > > If anyone isn't persuaded by the above and upgraded and wants to sell their > old 4300K HID kit with 9006 bulbs, let me know. :) > > -kit