What Did You Do To Your E70 Today?

[TwinSnailz]

Originally Posted by Sophisticated Redneck

Wow braver man than me, I rebuilt my wastegates (serious pain in the ass)but I could never find a rebuild kit for the turbos that I trusted so I just decided to buy new when I found them for a grand each. That's awesome you did it, easily saved yourself thousands

I couldn’t justify spending $1500 each for a turbo. The S63 cost so much more than the N63 turbo. Both rebuild kit cost me a little over $100 bucks.

[Sophisticated Redneck]

Originally Posted by TwinSnailz

I couldn’t justify spending $1500 each for a turbo. The S63 cost so much more than the N63 turbo. Both rebuild kit cost me a little over $100 bucks.

Yeah even a grand a pop was pretty hard for me to but I have almost a hundred and forty-five thousand miles on it now and it came with new diverter valves and vacuum actuators so I figured it was time. Plus I'm about to add the JB4 so I'm replacing all the coils and plugs again even though they only have 40,000 miles on them since I did it last time and haven't given me any issues. I want to rule out as many possible variables if I get any misfire codes. If I do the injectors are being replaced next

[TwinSnailz]

Originally Posted by Sophisticated Redneck

Yeah even a grand a pop was pretty hard for me to but I have almost a hundred and forty-five thousand miles on it now and it came with new diverter valves and vacuum actuators so I figured it was time. Plus I'm about to add the JB4 so I'm replacing all the coils and plugs again even though they only have 40,000 miles on them since I did it last time and haven't given me any issues. I want to rule out as many possible variables if I get any misfire codes. If I do the injectors are being replaced next

I did my injectors not too long ago and it was a living nightmare. At 90k miles they were seized in the cylinder head. Only the 130300/130301 injector tool were able to get them out. No way you can attach one of those slide puller with the angle of the v8. Even the thick steel that grips the injector were bent. I was having anxiety attack of having to replace the cylinder head. Improvising and patience sure pays off. Hope yours will be a smooth process when it’s time.

[0-60Motorsports]

Originally Posted by TwinSnailz

Past weekend, rebuild my turbos’s. It was howling like a werewolf. Although there were very little to no shaft play and nothing out of the ordinary, don’t know what the cause of the noise. Anyhow, engine sounds healthy and pulling hard(maybe it in my head).
https://flic.kr/p/2fx8usC
https://flic.kr/p/RRnEEz

Where did you buy the rebuild kit from? Mind posting a link please? Thanks.

[Nyc Dito]

Along with the valve cover I'll be doing some other maintenance and preventative work. Thermostat, engine oil and filter, engine air filter, harmonic dampener, front pads and rotors.

[TwinSnailz]

Originally Posted by 0-60Motorsports

Where did you buy the rebuild kit from? Mind posting a link please? Thanks.

This was the kit I bought
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Garrett-GT1...ty!60560!US!-1

Your stock turbo thrust bearing will look like the ones in this kit
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Garrett-GT1...QAAOSwBahUzI9z

Either will work.

[0-60Motorsports]

Originally Posted by TwinSnailz

This was the kit I bought
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Garrett-GT1...ty!60560!US!-1

Your stock turbo thrust bearing will look like the ones in this kit
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Garrett-GT1...QAAOSwBahUzI9z

Either will work.

Thank you

[9vapors]

Got her back from the shop, cleaned up and ready! Sun and shine... swapped from the Aluminum trim over to Piano Black trim.

[dennik]

Originally Posted by 9vapors

Got her back from the shop, cleaned up and ready! Sun and shine... swapped from the Aluminum trim over to Piano Black trim.

Your bimmer looks amazing

[pdX5M]

Originally Posted by 9vapors

Got her back from the shop, cleaned up and ready! Sun and shine... swapped from the Aluminum trim over to Piano Black trim.

Looking good man! Powerdome came out great.

[9vapors]

Originally Posted by pdX5M

Looking good man! Powerdome came out great.

Thanks man, really happy with it, looks so much better in person.

[Autobacs]

Replaced left windshield moulding clips and reinstalled moulding.

[0-60Motorsports]

Looks really good. Love the Powerdome.

[Discofury]

Originally Posted by 9vapors

Got her back from the shop, cleaned up and ready! Sun and shine... swapped from the Aluminum trim over to Piano Black trim.

Beautiful. What wheel and tire setup are you running?

[9vapors]

Originally Posted by Discofury

Beautiful. What wheel and tire setup are you running?

22" Vossen VSF2
Powdercoated matte black
22x10.5
22x12

Toyo Proxes ST III
295/30R22
335/25R22

[NCA Motorsports]

Cleaned up a bit, clay bar and washed. Tomorrow I'll get to detailing it

[boneca]

Originally Posted by 9vapors

Got her back from the shop, cleaned up and ready! Sun and shine... swapped from the Aluminum trim over to Piano Black trim.

she looks good, I like the trim

[boneca]

Originally Posted by NCA Motorsports

Cleaned up a bit, clay bar and washed. Tomorrow I'll get to detailing it

always gorgeous

love those calipers...

[boneca]

really hasn't done too much recently, except:

1. went to change my wheels yesterday (from winters (black) to summers (white)) changed the rears fine, went to change the fronts and wheels came off with spacers stacked to them, after recent powder coating the shop did "good job" covering 100% of the wheel including place where wheel meets the hub, my fault I had to clean it up before putting it on the car but I didn't! After few tries I wasn't able to separate spacers from the front wheels and decided to leave them on winter wheels and order new set for the summers.
I also didn't feel like I want to put my summer wheels on the front without spacers and look for the shorter bolts.
Rear wheels came off fine as I'm using wider spacers there which are bolted on to the hub.

2. so new 15mm H&R spacers ordered

3. new OEM front wipers ordered (never replaced them before)

3. new OEM rear wiper ordered (I replaced it last year with cheap Chinese version, it works fine but its all rusted)

4. new spark plugs and coils ordered, time to deal with rest of the cylinders

that's about it for now

have a great weekend!

[Autobacs]

Changed engine oil Castrol 0W-40 and Mahle filter.

[Jarhed1964]

Originally Posted by Nyc Dito

Serious Question, What's the "correct" truck if not a flatbed?

A self-loader truck with speed dollies. Below is how you pull a vehicle with all four wheels locked up.

Speed dollies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_co...&v=IsnbBUnjojE

[Jarhed1964]

Originally Posted by Sophisticated Redneck

Flatbed is the right truck, the trick is loading and unloading it right. Either the driver needs dollys for all four wheels or he will need to jack up the X5, take out the transmission protection plate, and twist the bolt that disengages the parking pawl and pops it into neutral (this is the for the 8speed, think the 6 is different and has a release under the cup holder). BMW made it so easy!

See above. No trans lock, just the parking brake malfunction with brakes on.