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06HHR
06HHR Reader
7/21/14 9:49 p.m.

I has Jelly.. Love your workspace by the way. Will be watching with interest!

Mezzanine
Mezzanine Reader
7/22/14 9:50 a.m.

Your balls... they're so...big.

I'm not sure I could do that to what appeared to be a lovely E46, but I admire you for doing it.

Sky_Render
Sky_Render Dork
7/22/14 9:58 a.m.

Such BMW. For speed. Much win.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve MegaDork
7/22/14 10:57 a.m.

Subscribed.

The
The HalfDork
7/22/14 5:35 p.m.

Ok, i guess it is to late to turn back now....this E46 M3 is getting scary. today removed headlights, bumpercover, fenders, #$%^& heater core, windsheild wiper motor, why is it i always need a big hammer to remove a heater core?

dyintorace
dyintorace UberDork
7/22/14 5:53 p.m.

Wow! What a great project. Definitely following!

pinchvalve
pinchvalve MegaDork
7/23/14 11:54 a.m.

LOL You have a pile of crap on the floor that is worth more than my car.

The
The HalfDork
7/24/14 4:58 p.m.

pictures will have to tell the story, i am dizzy from banging my head on the steering coloumn @$%^&(

KevinGale
KevinGale New Reader
7/24/14 7:50 p.m.

One definition of a race car is a car with all the optional bits removed. Looks like you are getting closer.

mrhappy
mrhappy HalfDork
7/24/14 8:50 p.m.

Nice!

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/25/14 10:20 a.m.

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Cuda
Cuda Reader
7/25/14 11:04 a.m.

I see that you pulled at least one of those plastic bits that I asked about in my thread. Did you find out what they are? Looking at it I think they are ground junction points, but who knows.

The
The HalfDork
7/25/14 2:21 p.m.
cuda said: I see that you pulled at least one of those plastic bits that I asked about in my thread. Did you find out what they are? Looking at it I think they are ground junction points, but who knows

if you mean the flat plastic panels with all the brown wire those are ground bars

The
The HalfDork
7/25/14 7:06 p.m.

what a mess....

The
The HalfDork
7/28/14 7:26 a.m.

one wire at a time...........

The
The HalfDork
7/28/14 1:46 p.m.

dyintorace
dyintorace UberDork
7/28/14 2:18 p.m.

That is beyond insane. Makes my head hurt just seeing the pictures!

Harvey
Harvey Reader
7/28/14 2:26 p.m.

I am also finding this hard to watch in a semi-good way.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
7/28/14 2:32 p.m.

This pic reminded me:

Go here and follow these instructions BEFORE you put the dash back in. It will be so much easier to drill out the one bolt you need to cut the way it is now.

Cuda
Cuda Reader
7/28/14 5:10 p.m.
The wrote:

I find this kind of work relaxing in some strange way. Are you going to bypass the EWS?

The
The HalfDork
7/28/14 6:28 p.m.

wacker, thanks for the tip i will disable it before the cage, Cuda, i dont mind doing this kind of work either as long as it goes as planned, the car would start with only the gauge cluster plugged in before, so i hope that is the case after this phase is completed as for the EWS, i had to look that up, at this point i do not plan on bypassing it, i just want to get all the uneeded wires out and cross my fingers it will restart....stay tuned.

The
The HalfDork
7/31/14 4:01 p.m.

this thing will start and run just like this nothing plugged in, gauges, switchs etc gonna need a new radiator, oil cooler etc....

Slippery
Slippery HalfDork
7/31/14 4:38 p.m.

When you run it without the gauge cluster make sure the alternator is still charging the battery. On some BMWs, the battery will drain if the cluster is not plugged in.

The
The HalfDork
7/31/14 8:17 p.m.

i am planning on using the MXL Strada with a direct plug to the ecu, i wonder if i will have this problem......can you run your brake lights right off the switch behind the pedal??? i have screwed up my brake lights?

jsquared
jsquared New Reader
8/1/14 1:53 p.m.

I am shedding a few tears since this is happening to what looked like such a pristine street car, but it looks like you are doing it the proper way!

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