Quotewodcutr If you are only getting 10 mpg then something is definitely wrong. My truck averages 18 and it has a V8. I think you should compute your mileage the old fashioned way by filling your tank and seeing how far you go and fill up again and divide the mileage by how many gallons you put in. My OBC tells me that I only average 22.8 mpg but when I do the real calculation it is more like
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QuoteEarendil In case anyone was wondering what I meant by wires everywhere, here you go. Most of the speak wire was restrung, but the idio...I mean previous owner, spliced the wires 2 sometimes 3 times, like so... Stereo---------splice------------splice------------wire to speaker So I spent 20 minutes turning all those into a single splice with some good electrical tape instead of the sc
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QuoteEarendil Thanks to John Yust I was able to get a proper wiring harness, and after soldering a few new bulbs in place, I now have a working 13 button OBC! I now know that I drive an average (and depressing) 13 mph in my daily life, and get 10mpg. Stop and go traffic, not to mention hills are a real killer on that mpg! Thanks for all the help everyone. I'll consider this another
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QuoteEarendil Quotedaniel how about this. i will send you the tie-rod puller for the cost of shipping ($5?), and you can keep it as long as you need it, or until i need it. no need to buy anything. fyi i bought mine from bavauto for $40. If you think you could get that in the mail this week, that would be great. I have a 3 day weekend over Easter weekend, so starting Thursday evening I'
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Quotewodcutr I read a post on the old BEN that measured the amount of air the stock filter allowed through and also a K&N. I can't remember the why or how but he concluded that the stock filter was the best one to do the job. It does not starve the motor for air (unless it hasn't been changed in 40,000 miles) and the K&N actually does not filter as well so you are allowing mor
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QuoteEarendil Woohoo! I post because I am both excited, and because a thread with just Peter talking to himself doesn't look good ;-) haha, he doesn't need a forum to do that...
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QuoteKelly Everyone was standing by this point and mentally preparing to dash. (Imaging yourself as the American Football running back Jerry Rice darting around flying obstacles and heading for the door.) I am glad to hear you are OK. I can't imagine what being in an earthquake is like. I have felt one of those sudden shocks before, but nothing big. Jerry Rice was a Wide Receiver
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well, technically you need to only do the front, but from a looks perspective it might be a little weird, so i would suggest spacing all four corners. 8mm 15mm for a slightly wider stance the links for the lug bolts to be paired with the spacers are on those pages, also.
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peter is right. a 10mm spacer would do the trick.
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how about this. i will send you the tie-rod puller for the cost of shipping ($5?), and you can keep it as long as you need it, or until i need it. no need to buy anything. fyi i bought mine from bavauto for $40.
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funny, i thought they sold them in canada.
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QuoteEarendil So, if I have stock springs (which looks likely) that I do not have sports shocks? And I couldn't put shorter springs on there (like the Bilsteins) without having non-oem shocks on there? So it looks like I'll just to some investigating when I have the front end apart a little bit. If I'm going to take the entire thing apart and put new shocks in there, I might a
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Quotewodcutr I did not know they sold tourings in the US...also thought it was very difficult to import one too! B) you are correct on both counts. this is why cab bothered to start a thread about it.
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Quotewodcutr Quotedaniel Quotewodcutr As far as the M bushings I would pass on those as they will increase your camber and wear your tires faster. The only advantage is if you are running on a track and consistently turning at high speeds. For everyday driving they are not worth getting half the life of your tires just to do an occasional drift! they increase caster, not camber. big differen
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with lowering springs, whether they be Eibachs, HR sport, HR race, IE3's, whatever, the most popular shock seems to be the bilstein sport shocks.
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QuoteEarendil As for whether I use the M3 bushings or not, that comes down entirely to tire ware I guess. I don't need a little extra snap in the steering wheel at the cost of tread, but there seems to be two opinions on that matter above, and they are in disagreement. I don't want to discourage anyone from giving an opinion that they aren't 100% sure about, otherwise we all wouldn
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Quotewodcutr As far as the M bushings I would pass on those as they will increase your camber and wear your tires faster. The only advantage is if you are running on a track and consistently turning at high speeds. For everyday driving they are not worth getting half the life of your tires just to do an occasional drift! they increase caster, not camber. big difference.
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very cool, thanks for sharing! here it is embedded: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscri
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the pre-pressed-into-lollipop bushings might not be advertised on many sites, but a lot of places will do it. afaik, if the tie rod boot is torn, it means you need to replace the whole tie rod. tie rods arent very expensive. as i mentioned, i have a tie-rod puller you could use. i could just send it to you and you could send it back. here is the turnermotorsport page. there is a little dr
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sure, ill comment. fox news sucks. thats nothing new.
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QuoteEarendil For some time now... The stabilizer links are also known as sway bar links. you can definitely replace these yourself, and while you are at it, you should replace the sway bar bushings as well, as they are also probably worn out. while it is true that the metal parts are usually pretty durable, i don't think the "forward parts" of the wishbone, aka control arms,
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yeah. i have since owned two e30s so I am not sure of the condition of my current one, but now i know what to do if it breaks.
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Quotealanrw So there I am at an intersection. I start to go and 2 things become apparent. The accelerator pedal feels suprisingly light and the engine isn't reving up as I might have expected. I pop the hood and have my friend hit the gas pedal but nothing happens, nothing moves. I pull the knee bolster and all I see it the pedal disconnected from the cable end. I find a rubber grommet on th
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I am replacing my warped rotors this weekend, and will get to the bottom of this.
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his finger will become obelete in a few months. I hope he put some really high capacity drive in there.
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a lot of people run 205/60-14's on stock wheels. you mentioned 195/60's also, which were the OE size for a few e30s- I wanna say the original 318i, maybe a couple other early cars. I had Yokohama Avid H4S tires on my 318is and really, really liked them. They weren't too expensive, either. I got them on tirerack. I don't think you will find strictly summer tires in th
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QuoteEarendil In any case, spokane/written language is terribly inaccurate most times at describing the ideas that reside in our heads. someone is used to typing Spokane an awful lot...
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its clean, but whoever won the auction is overpaying in my opinion.
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QuoteKelly Hi All, Here is another MP3 question. I have a iPod Nano wihch was a gift. I've also started running (well, more like jogging) recently. I'm up to 3 miles on the treadmill. Lately I've been thinking of buying some pop/R&B music for the Pod which really helps me to keep moving. I was thinking of buying and downloading single songs rather than whole albums. (My CD c
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QuoteBimmerBrad I agree with Ferd, Daniel. Hobbies are great because there's no pressure behind it. The minute you turn it into something serious, you better be ready for it. It changes everything. Now it's a job and you better perform. I'm just now to that point. I've been working for free and I just now got my first retainer fee for booking a wedding. I got that check and wa
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