2005 BMW 325ci Manual MTech-II

[modocrat]

Steering wheel and seat bolster re-covered. Planning on sorting out the middle bit when it goes in for the airbag recall.




Arm rest procured!



Driver's side mirror was held together with putty and finally decided it needed to retire.

Thanks @DINODENASH for coming through with a replacement.



Arm rest cleaned and fitted.

 

[Benji]

Hope that monkey got stewed in a badly salted pot and was not enjoyed by the person who at it!

Car is looking good, nice progress made there

Regarding the vibration dampener, did not know this was a M54 issue? Why did you change it, where there any symptoms?

I have a bit of a vibration just above idle on my car with new OEM engine mounts, wonder if it could be the dampener

 

[modocrat]

Hope that monkey got stewed in a badly salted pot and was not enjoyed by the person who at it!

Car is looking good, nice progress made there

Regarding the vibration dampener, did not know this was a M54 issue? Why did you change it, where there any symptoms?

I have a bit of a vibration just above idle on my car with new OEM engine mounts, wonder if it could be the dampener

There was a slight vibration and the VD had visible cracks on it.

 

[modocrat]

Hope that monkey got stewed in a badly salted pot and was not enjoyed by the person who at it!

Car is looking good, nice progress made there

Regarding the vibration dampener, did not know this was a M54 issue? Why did you change it, where there any symptoms?

I have a bit of a vibration just above idle on my car with new OEM engine mounts, wonder if it could be the dampener

 

[Benji]

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Ohhh is this what you replaced? This is the flex disc/guibo that absorbs driveline vibrations which are speed related, I though you were referring to the vibration dampener on the front of the engine which are rpm related

 

[AshG108]

Ohhh is this what you replaced? This is the flex disc/guibo that absorbs driveline vibrations which are speed related, I though you were referring to the vibration dampener on the front of the engine which are rpm related

Ja until I saw this pic, I was also confused.
Guess this guy over-stimulates himelf when he gets vibrations from "down under"

 

[modocrat]

Ohhh is this what you replaced? This is the flex disc/guibo that absorbs driveline vibrations which are speed related, I though you were referring to the vibration dampener on the front of the engine which are rpm related

My bad.

 

[Nishcat_M140i]

Question is, when can we expect E92 content

 

[///M Individual]

Damn sorry about the bumper/fog bud. Really coming along nicely!

You now have arguably 2 of the best shapes BMW has ever produced in the E46 Ci MSport and an E92 MSport! They really don't make them like these anymore.

 

[AshG108]

Damn sorry about the bumper/fog bud. Really coming along nicely!

You now have arguably 2 of the best shapes BMW has ever produced in the E46 Ci MSport and an E92 MSport! They really don't make them like these anymore.

Very true hey!
Ey but how do you KZN okes survive in this heat, your cars must be heatsoaking like mofos here!

 

[modocrat]

Question is, when can we expect E92 content

Posted a pic on the 'most recent' thread. It's just an ordinary vanilla E92 325i so no special thread for it

 

[Riaad]

It's just an ordinary vanilla E92 325i

its a CEO 325i though.

 

[modocrat]

Very true hey!
Ey but how do you KZN okes survive in this heat, your cars must be heatsoaking like mofos here!

We are currently baking here, poor cars. Hope you're soaking in our Ecoli-free beaches

 

[Riaad]

We are currently baking here

Last week was crazy !

 

[AshG108]

We are currently baking here, poor cars. Hope you're soaking in our Ecoli-free beaches

Not even close, closest I get to it is Sea View....kla! I will get burnt to a crisp before even reaching the E-Coli friendly water lol