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2020/03/28 09:33:38
Old, crappy lights
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2020/04/01 13:20:11
Smoked light off
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2020/04/01 13:20:48
Smoked light on
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2020/04/01 13:21:18
This was the windshield guy's solution to closing up the gap created by the missing gutter trim corner. Kept the crud out, and improved the look a bit.
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2020/04/12 05:09:16
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2020/04/12 05:10:47
Old exhaust off and next to the replacement.
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2020/04/18 15:00:48
Here you can see where the hanger on the body was altered.
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2020/04/18 15:01:47
I don't have a torch, so I ended up modifying the muffler bracket. Fortunately I bought a 10 pack of weld on stainless hangers for an exhaust project a couple years ago and had left overs. I cut off the original, bent the new one (a little wrong to start, but I saved it so as not to waste any,) and welded it onto the bracket.
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2020/04/18 15:03:11
The exhaust all assembled with the hangers and brackets
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2020/04/18 15:07:21
All installed. I did have to take the hanger bracket back out and adjust the modified hanger a bit to get it to hang the best.
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2020/04/18 15:09:23
It's not perfect on the alignment in the bumper opening, but it's not too bad. I haven't driven it, yet, only a start and rev. Definitely seems quieter in the car and a mellower tone out the back. Still makes some decent noise, though, it seems.
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2020/04/18 15:11:20
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2020/04/19 16:04:39
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2020/05/14 10:48:22
Paint is faded and there's pleanty of curb rash, but it's still so much better than ratty, dirty plastidip.
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2020/05/16 13:37:36
Back side isn't perfect, but it's so much better than it was. Only 3 more to go!
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2020/05/16 13:38:11
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2020/05/16 13:39:56
New key disassembled. Slightly different construction, but the blade is still held in with a roll pin.
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2020/05/19 16:08:13
The original key with its missing rubber buttons and broken and corroded circuit board.
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2020/05/19 16:09:15
To remove the blade from the original key I used a 1/16" drill bit through the center of the roll pin to center a hole for the blind side.
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2020/05/19 16:10:53
I then drilled that pilot out to 1/8" and used the drill to start pushing the roll pin out. Then I used a pair of needle nose pliers to pull the roll pin out.
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2020/05/19 16:12:12
The end result. The new key wasn't a blind hole for the roll pin and I tapped it with a tiny phillips screw driver from a glasses repair kit.
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2020/05/19 16:13:42
There is a slight difference in the end of the key blade where it attaches to the key. The thicker one is the original key.
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2020/05/19 16:14:23
A quick trip to the bench grinder took care of that. The new key blad was installed in a small piece of plastic and used a smaller roll pin. I drilled out that little piece of plastic to accept the 1/8" roll pin that matches the original key blade.
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2020/05/19 16:16:14
The EWS chips pop right out with a pocket knife or tiny flat screwdriver. Be careful not to mix them up! Here's the key all assembled and tested. Grumpy starts and runs just fine!
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2020/05/19 16:18:58
Newly assembled key, tested in the car, and ready to have the fob programmed.
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2020/05/19 16:25:51
Damage to the wheel arch where the clips go in. It had been repaired once before but had come apart again. I ended up breaking all the gray clips trying to get them out of the car.
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2020/05/25 05:45:12
DIrtiness behind the flare got cleaned up a bit, but that edge was nasty from the flare moving around and from the PO's plastidip adventures.
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2020/05/25 05:46:26
A little WD40 on a rag followed by some rubbing compound and things are looking much better.
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2020/05/25 05:48:08
New clips scavenged from the other piece of trim I had in the basement. While grabbing thise I realized I had glued the top clip into the holder and it was technically backwards. "No big deal," I thought. Until I installed it on the car and it was much too close to the hood. I didn't want to break the new clips so I tried to slide it down and actually broke the little piece that top clip goes into. Oh, well...at least it's on the car much more securely thannit was before.
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2020/05/25 05:49:04
I also finally found some jacking pads in my stash of e46 parts. I thought I had some saved but hadn't found them until yesterday. Grumpy is back to having four jacking pads again.
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2020/05/25 05:52:22
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2020/05/30 18:09:34
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2020/07/16 11:33:49
Since the whole console needs to come out it got a thorough scrubbing. Poor thing still needs a good vacuuming desperately. "New" part is already installed with the old one being held up to show the massive scratches on it.
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2020/07/25 13:57:23
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