Medium Pimpin' - 1995 E300 diesel build

[wobleyjojo]

Nah, I'm out of the loop - what's going on on Saturday?

I guess theres a meet going on saturday night at the Lowes in hayden meadows. Ive never been but im bringing some other guys. Its at 8 pm then they're going to cruise around the waterfront. It'd be sweet to see your car in person! Mine may be out of commission, I blew the front flex disc 2 days ago.

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

Nah, I'm out of the loop - what's going on on Saturday?

[wobleyjojo]

Well, I can honor the former very shortly, in fact! The kitten comes home from the breeder on Saturday, and we have decided to name her the greatest name ever: Marshmallow!



Pretty exciting! I haven't had a kitten in the house in just shy of 17 years, so it's going to be interesting. Like all irritating cat people, I'll probably start a YouTube channel and post lots of poorly-edited videos on it.


Let's see, the car. Put a battery in it a while back. Pretty cool. The vacuum-operated door locks don't behave very sanely when the battery is toast, let me tell you.

Drove around with a bunch of ladies in the car and ate caviar and drank Moscow Mules, feeling like a proper Russian crime boss, except for the fact that I have good taste and no money and only one of them sleeps with me. And then one of them vomited in my guest room. Good times. But they liked the car!

One more pic for now:



Things are happening soon. Good things. But they're secret things.

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Awman, I longboard under that bridge! Are you going to the car meet saturday night?

[Dremetos]

I have an NPT VU4 and at first I was kicking myself in the ass for spending money on fittings when the PTC version was the same price, then I realized having 90's for intake lines from the tank is awesome and I don't regret it one bit.

The only thing about this car I can complain about is the fact that it doesn't slam the ground when it's aired out. I have a new found respect for hardline setups having faught with regular 3/8" air line.

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

I'm still batting around ideas on what to do with the hard lines. At the very least, I need to replace at least one PTC fitting on each line with compression. PTC seals alright, but there's too much play in the lines for my taste. Ideally I'd replace the VU4 with the NPT version and put compression fittings on it as well.

Honestly, I'm just not all that happy with the trunk install. The audio stuff is fine, but there's a big part of me that wants to just rip out the entire air ride install and do it over again. I've been sketching ideas in my free time, but what I want to do is going to require custom-fabricated air tanks, and that's just not in the budget right now.

[Motoman325]

what are doing to replace the hard lines?

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

Glad you enjoyed! I've been swamped with grad school stuff, but I'll have updates very soon.

[JayinMI]

Just read the whole thing, and loved it. Great amount of humor and good info. Hardlines look sexy.
In for Arduino content.

Jay

[floatingdino]

I would hella do a shoot for you, but, ya know, the USA is a bit far away.

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

I only accept payment in trident layers gum.

You know, I was kicking ass and chewing gum, and, well, you know how the saying goes.

perfect benz with MAE wheels..!

i miss thats wheels

Thank you! I love love love the MAEs, and I can't wait to see how they come out when I get around to refinishing them.

[DK7HR]

perfect benz with MAE wheels..!

i miss thats wheels

[SnazzyQ]

I only accept payment in trident layers gum.

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

Welp, I pulled the big bastard out of hibernation the other day, and gave it its first detail of the year. In September, should everything pan out the way I'm hoping, I'll be headed back to school to finally finish my damn Ph.D, so while I was buffing, I made a list of stuff I want to get finished before then. It is as follows:

- Refinish the MAEs. The paint on them is great for 20-year-old wheels, but they're ready for some lovin'. Current plan is to bring the lips back to a mirror polish and brush the faces. I'm shopping for a surface treatment for the brushed section that isn't clear powder. I haven't found anything I'm in love with yet.

- Redo hard lines. The PTC fittings need to GTFO and so does the copper.

- Redo trunk floor. I'm bored with the mahogany, and shit slides around on it like mad. I've got an idea in my head, but I've got a guinea pig I'm going to test it out on first.

- Refinish interior wood trim. The trim around the shifter is cracked from its previous life in California, and the obnoxious red-orange finish is too much color for the interior. If my trunk floor idea pans out, the two will match.

- Replace the headliner. Still deciding on material. Suede is probably out - I'm bored to death with it. Undoubtably something will catch my eye soon. There's a small part of me that wants to use the Clan MacGregor tartan, but that may be a little too "fun" for this car.

- Window tint. Why it's taken me this long to get it done is beyond me, but I'm going to get around to it. 35% all the way around.

- Build fiberglass speaker pods. The door speaker location on these cars is hilariously bad, and the dash speaker location is even worse. I need to build fiberglass pods to move the components up toward the front of the door, where they belong.

- Do something about the exhaust tip. Right now it's got just the factory turn-down on it, and it's pretty damn ugly. The stock exhaust is very well-tuned from the factory, so I've no need for a catback or anything, but I'd love some shiny shiny back there.

- Figure out some kind of front lip situation that doesn't involve shit from Home Depot or zip ties.

There's a lot of little stuff that's on the list too, but I won't bore you with an exhaustive list. I did, however, already check off one thing on my to-do list, which is that the blower motor fan finally doesn't squeak! I thought I had it fixed previously, but it started squeaking within a few weeks. This time I ran the bearings under a mixture of motor oil and ATF for a few minutes, and so far the squeaking is gone, thank Christ.

Also, today I was going to do a bunch of yard work, but I said FUCK IT and took some more pics, so you all finally have your reprieve from my endless reposts of that photo set I took under the Fremont Bridge last year:




Oh yeah, one last thing on the list:

- Get a fo' real photo shoot done. Anyone out there want to be paid in ribs off my smoker and cheap Japanese beer?

MOAR SOON

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

Do you have a video of your arduino remote setup yet?

Not yet, but I'll get on that. I owe you guys an update on how it all turned out.

I've had this idea for a while as well. I would do a white e36 on white Weds kranze bazreia. I haven't seen anything similar to this but I tend to think that because most e36 people try to look somewhat sporty. But that could be such a cool build if done meticulously.

My thoughts are largely similar, but then again, I tend to think Bazreias look good on just about everything, so...

I have some space to keep my projects nice and dry
The e36 Ive had for about 2 years, its been just hanging out in the garage just waiting for me to get in and work in it. Its actually a drop top vert with really low miles, with around 82k miles. Need to get my top installed and some body work due to vandalism scratches.
That would be interesting to see someone do that to their e36, not really sure what im going to do with mine. Need to get it road worthy first then the rest.

Lucky bastard. I've got room for my two and the Vespa project and that's IT.

I've always liked the E36 verts. The fact that BMW got that top to fold perfectly flush with the window line / trunk surface is just plain beautiful design.

[Dano]

I have some space to keep my projects nice and dry
The e36 Ive had for about 2 years, its been just hanging out in the garage just waiting for me to get in and work in it. Its actually a drop top vert with really low miles, with around 82k miles. Need to get my top installed and some body work due to vandalism scratches.
That would be interesting to see someone do that to their e36, not really sure what im going to do with mine. Need to get it road worthy first then the rest.