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Valve Cover Gasket. was quite a pain fishing all of the pieces out of the valve cover.
Oil Change.

I have a steering coupler/guibo on standby, for when I can afford an alignment (if needed) to go with it.

 

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water pump
power steering pulley
idler pulley
water pump pulley
ac pulley
deflection pulley
power steering tank
power steering flush
air filter

7 hour day :O

 

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Feels great doesnt it. Enjoy a beer after?

You know it! I used your definitive pulley guide to source the pulleys I needed. Great job finding the autozone source for the "unreplaceable" mech tensioner pulleys :clap:

About to replace rear rotors today then give the car a well deserved wash (after collecting dirt for 3 weeks to let the new hood paint cure).
Think I'm going to start a build thread, this car has been through hell and back.

 

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replaced the rear rotors. buttoned everything up, went for a drive and CHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

looked at the pads and sure enough I put one of them in backwards :facepalm:

drivers side rotor has a beautiful wear pattern on it. passenger side... not so much...looks like it got clawed by a tiger. that's what I get for working as fast as I could before my girlfriend came over.

 

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That has to be an E46Fanatics first.

I really didn't want to admit it, but it made me feel better getting it off of my chest, and thought someone would get a laugh.

my gf kept asking me why I was bummed/cursing every 2 mins. im so glad she can't comprehend how stupid that was ROFL

 

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haha right? there's a lesson in there somewhere...like don't speed things up for a girl because you'll probably just f something up... then she'll be sitting on your tire in the dark holding your cell phone as a flashlight talking about how she's hungry

 

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Dont beat yourself up. If you saw the stupid, absurd, mistakes that professional mechanics make all the time, you would feel a lot better about yours. (I am not talking about bad mechanics, but good ones making honest, yet incredibly stupid mistakes). It happens, laugh it off, take the brotherly harassment from the forum and have fun with it.

Hey man I really appreciate that! I'll roll with the punches, the brotherly aspect is part of why I'm still here
Gf eventually got her food, and my brakes are finally quiet. still laughing (sometimes cringing) about it lol

 

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Yea that made my day a lot better.

This too made my night/day better, funny enough I had a few drinks when I read it so it was that much better :rofl:

Cain, nice to see you're taking it well - you've got the right attitude. We all make stupid $h!t mistakes like this! I know I just get really salty about it and wind up cursing myself and more often than not my car when I mess up something or something goes wrong :censor: Regardless, that's always gonna be a great story for you to tell.

Haha I'm glad some people got a laugh out of it

I really appreciate the kind words. I've owned this car for exactly a year now and am loving every second of it, even the mistakes along the way. You e46ers are awesome and have helped me develop a lifelong passion.

I noticed you're in Lake Forest. I have yet to talk to a fanatic in person. Any kind of e46/bmw meets in our area? (South Orange County)
Cheers:thumbsup:

 

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New Osram D2S light. 2 weeks without a headlight has been hell.

Also started delivering pizzas in my 330 :craig: each trip is less than 3 miles though, its a restaurant gig not a pizzahut.

 

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picked up a veepeak and obdfusion. any fun things I can do with it besides checking and clearing codes?

 

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Just bought a GAS DISA kit as well as the besian seal + rattle combo. also have some interior LEDs on the way.

Anyone in South Orange County that can lend me use of a vise for an hour?

 

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Just bought a GAS DISA kit as well as the besian seal + rattle combo. also have some interior LEDs on the way.

Anyone in South Orange County that can lend me use of a vise for an hour?

 

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If I wasn't in Tucson for school right now, I'd let you use mine. I'm located in Lake Forest. Hope all goes well with the install!

Sent from my 831C using E46Fanatics mobile app

I appreciate the sentiment, thanks!
I'm located in San Clemente.

 

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Removed hood from ZHP, put it on my car.
Removed headliner, all pillars and req. trim from ZHP, about to put on my car.
Ordered all bumper trim and hardware needed for my fresh painted front MTech II, just need brake ducts.
Washed car and polished rims.

 

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installed LEDs all around the interior,Black ZHP headliner installed without a hitch, and installed a black sun shade, was scared shitless it was going to break like most do. she's sliding fine
mtech II bumper trim on the way (fcp is so slow but so worth it)
GAS DISA still on the way
vanos seals and rattle kit have arrived
about to get a CCV kit

it's going to be a LONG week
but at least I'll finally be confident enough to show off my car at meets!

 

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attempted steering guibo/coupler. stopped because I didn't have the time to potentially need an alignment after. I've watched so many videos and searched so many threads; what is the best way to do it without needing an alignment?!