hakhawks cosmos e36 coupe

[hakhawk]

today i decided to tackle my diff cover leak, and installing my spherical rtab's.

jacked the car up, by the time i came out of the shed with a drain tray, it had decided to start raining... YAY!! silly victorian weather, it lasted about 10 minutes but didnt stop me crawling under the car and dumping the diff oil

didnt take many pics, so ill fast forward.

diff cover off, and not a single trace of gaskt or rtv apart from around the outside where id smeared some a couple years ago to try and stop to extremely slow leak.

testament to bmw's machining process, ive done over 50,000k since i put the diff in, and its not been enough to leak onto the ground until recently(considering its been sitting at panel shops for ~7 months all up, im not surprised)

for some reason when it was built, the diff guys didnt put anything on. lazy/forgetful/whatever, but i gave the cover a clean and threw some rtv on it. tiny amount of metal on the speedo sensor, but everything else nice and clean, no noticable wear on the gearset, so should be all good



and back in the car, didnt bother completely removing the sway bar(not enough room to remove it without dropping exhaust). i smooshed some more grease on the mount bushes, which looked in good condition still and bolted everyhign back up



while i let the rtv set, i got into the rtabs. of course i still havent bought a removal tool for these, so out with the threaded rod and assortment of plates and sockets. i do have several rather large sockets that work to pull the bush into, but seeing im moving interstate soon, most things are packed.



threw the new rtab's in the freezer for a bit to shrink them, didnt really help, these are a super tight fit!!



and thats all for pics of install. took some effort to get them in, but got there with help of the rattle gun and some alloy plate(was bending the steel plates)

took it for a squirt and the car feels good. i did mark the rtab pockets before removal, and lined them back up as best i could, but will still take it in for an alignment

instead have a couple pics i took when i went for a drive last week. have since reinstalled the boot badge and my roof spoiler, and you'll notice i now have 35% tint all round too

i absolutely love how the car sits now, height is pretty much spot on and i wont be changing it.

[Demoniac]

Your car looks amazing

[SebastienPeek]

So good. So damn good. That diffuser looks amazing!

[hakhawk]

finally have the car back!! today was spent reinstalling parts and installing some new parts.

installed a new rear diffuser, had to trim it a bit to clear the rear muffler



mmmmm paint



went out for a few photos, then after parking it at home, it decided in typical e36 fashion to break the door lock mechanism. so in order to fix that i had to remove most of the window and door lock parts in the car, which gave me the opportunity to replace the window rail with a better condition spare, and door latch. blessing in disguise one would almost say LOL

anyway, have some crappy iphone pics

[hakhawk]

very nice work on those felonys, perfectly done.


but for me it just don't works with those wayyyyy to big wheels

i assume you mean the tyres, considering the wheels are only 17s?

[WhiteLove]

very nice work on those felonys, perfectly done.


but for me it just don't works with those wayyyyy to big wheels

[hakhawk]

haha ive only been there once so far!! the cars about 2 hours away from me, so visits are rare

primer day!!!











bootlid got sprayed yesterday



getting closer to being done for the second time

[Dane083]

Wow, you muat drool everytime you walk into that rod shop....ill take the Monaro please....

[hakhawk]

so i bought a thing



and another thing(which i proceeded to modify the same day)



and a few pics of progress.

[imschwaggy]

daaaaaaaaammmmmmmnmnnnnnnnn

[e36_Danny]

I love everything about this build. The car sits so aggressive and I wish the e36's came with those fenders right from the factory

[AtlantisTouring]

Im loving the bonnet vents, this is a slick coupe. Nice job sir

[hakhawk]

car looks/looked amazing. shame the bodyshop screwed you over. the only thing i didnt like was the hood vents, looked kind of like an after thought. you spent so much time and money blending everything in and then with the hood vents, just cut a hole and screwed them in. Might be a good oportunity to blend the hood vents in, think they would look much better.

yeh the hood vents were a compromise. i dont think blending these ones in will work too well, just given their design.

its something ill live with unless i find a better solution.

[C2_mad]

car looks/looked amazing. shame the bodyshop screwed you over. the only thing i didnt like was the hood vents, looked kind of like an after thought. you spent so much time and money blending everything in and then with the hood vents, just cut a hole and screwed them in. Might be a good oportunity to blend the hood vents in, think they would look much better.

[hakhawk]

I think this is the best e36 build i've ever seen!!!

What was the exact wheel/tire/camber/suspension setup while you had the bbs rf's with non-widebody?

I've read the thread on my mobile and must have missed the specs

cheers!!

the rf's are 17x9 et19, 245/40 tyres, 4deg camberfront, ~2.8deg rear. coilovers are gaz golds, 600lb front springs, 350lb rears(on full coilover rear)



cars still getting bogwork done to blend in the fenders. my mates essentially doing an hour or 2 after work each day and saturdays as much as he can to get it done for me