ShaunB
Active member
Soooooooo think its time Monica Received some loving too. Quite a few changes.
First onto the brakes and service. She hit a whopping 160 000km and needed another service, I have to say within the time I have owner her, the only issues I have had was waterpump replacement and one coilpack. The rest was minor replacements and normal wear and tear items.
Brake pads I went for Metelli, as Ive had good experience with them specially with my driving style.
I made sure I got the most out of these brake pads :roflol:
Also decided sand down the calipers this time to bare metal and redo them as the yellow paint underneath started to cause some issues.
In this pic you can also see one of the new mods. Imported some wheel studs and racing lugs. Now I wish I went for a set of gloss black or Red ones, rather than the Neo Chrome.
Next up I Imported a set of Vanos units, as the one was occasionally acting up. Also decided it was about time that I fitted the oil catch can that I purchased ages ago. You will see a BMS oil cooler sport valve in the pic, but it did not fit my car, its the wrong one, it is for 2007 and up.
Oil catch can fitted to the left of the bay.
Imported a short shifter that I was not sure it would work on a E92, but after some carefull research it does fit. Oh my fark, what a difference, the wife refuses to drive the car now as she says the shifts are way to short. Absolutely love it.
The install instructions say it takes 45mins and you can do all the work from the top, bullfuckenshit. Took quite a few hours.
What a piece of ART.
Old vs the new.
Fitted, now searching for a decent weighted aluminium shift knob.
My Sticker go to guy designed some new Vinyls for Monica, as the white was messing with my OCD, now its all uniform and looks decent.
I am not a fan of stickers at all, but I am quite liking the look of them.
First onto the brakes and service. She hit a whopping 160 000km and needed another service, I have to say within the time I have owner her, the only issues I have had was waterpump replacement and one coilpack. The rest was minor replacements and normal wear and tear items.
Brake pads I went for Metelli, as Ive had good experience with them specially with my driving style.
I made sure I got the most out of these brake pads :roflol:
Also decided sand down the calipers this time to bare metal and redo them as the yellow paint underneath started to cause some issues.
In this pic you can also see one of the new mods. Imported some wheel studs and racing lugs. Now I wish I went for a set of gloss black or Red ones, rather than the Neo Chrome.
Next up I Imported a set of Vanos units, as the one was occasionally acting up. Also decided it was about time that I fitted the oil catch can that I purchased ages ago. You will see a BMS oil cooler sport valve in the pic, but it did not fit my car, its the wrong one, it is for 2007 and up.
Oil catch can fitted to the left of the bay.
Imported a short shifter that I was not sure it would work on a E92, but after some carefull research it does fit. Oh my fark, what a difference, the wife refuses to drive the car now as she says the shifts are way to short. Absolutely love it.
The install instructions say it takes 45mins and you can do all the work from the top, bullfuckenshit. Took quite a few hours.
What a piece of ART.
Old vs the new.
Fitted, now searching for a decent weighted aluminium shift knob.
My Sticker go to guy designed some new Vinyls for Monica, as the white was messing with my OCD, now its all uniform and looks decent.
I am not a fan of stickers at all, but I am quite liking the look of them.
raise:
