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Antenna attempt success and Trunk Lid Cover pt 2
Today the new antenna grommet came in! looks different than the other one only due to the slope of the plastic. If only I knew that there was a difference before, I would not have to wait so long. Well its only October, and I have replaced one small part on the car. I guess…
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Antenna Cover and Radio first attempt
Today I actually started working on the car instead of just buying parts. There were 2 things on the to-do list for today. Fix the antenna grommet, which is currently broken/top part doesn’t exist Look at the radio and find a serial number so I can get code to unlock it Lets start with the…
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The. Last. Part. Post
As for parts I promise this is the last post. I am broke, there are too many parts laying around and I do not have that much time to put anything on or get to fixing anything… Ok, here it goes. Since I said in the last post that I want to replace all of…
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Bemer Motor Cars and parts
Today I decided to take the BMW to a local shop specializing in BMWs to get it checked out and to see what else needs to be fixed/worked on in the car. I want to know the whole picture of what’s going on. I searched around and found this awesome place called BEMER motor cars.…
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Even more parts
Ok I have to admit, I am ordering way too many parts.. But I am going to put all of them on at some point. I am trying to buy parts to replace a lot of the rubber parts to make sure they are all new and I know when they were replaced. Here are…
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Sunday Fun Day and a Name
Today I decided that I was going to take a break from working on the car or thinking how to fix it and instead to enjoy it. Waiting for my friends to arrive, I took the car out to the driveway just to see it running at to take some pictures. Well… and to take…
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Bumper Alignment, Temp Plates and Trunk Lid Cover
Another thing I noticed when doing the walkaround a couple days ago is that the bumper is not flush with the hood on the right side of the car (which again makes me thing it was a fender bender on this corner). If you see the image below, it is easy to tell there is…
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Headlight Research
As I mentioned yesterday, today I need to figure out what to do about the headlight. In my free time, I have been doing some research about the headlight and what to do. The brackets on the headlight when it came with the car were already glued before (residue left on them), so I decided…
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First Inspection at home, the Headlight and Headlight knob
As you can tell by my excitement with the car, the first thing I did when I got home, was to inspect the car. Here is what I found and some videos of the damage/broken things that I had already noticed on the listing: This headlight for example, didn’t look right on the listing, and…
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It has arrived!
Yes it is the day! I got a call from the truck driver yesterday and he told me that they are going to be in Houston around 10am today! I can not wait, to get a hold of the car and look at it in person. So as any excited new car owner I went…