UPDATE
this thread explains the problems that i had with this install despite my initial excitement about it
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89909
First of all i realized that the sway bar tie rod was not tightened, so it broke.
But the car still pulled to left and right, Eric@SPP very kindly and generously helped me lift it, and see that the sway bar was installed
upside down and that it was hitting my steering rods, so i was able to turn the steering wheel more, but the car still pulled. Thanks to Eric@SPP for investing time in this without even being compensated for his time/effort.
My next thought was to take out my springs and take the car back to stock. Long Tran offered to take me to an alignment shop that he knows of to help me out. So i drove to his place, and there he realized that the springs were not seated correctly at the bottom, and they were not seated correctly at the top either, and they were TWISTING and moving hard every time i turned my steering wheel.
Even bushings were installed upside down, everything was messed up, it's not even funny.
Long Tran re-installed my springs, and replaced the broken parts and now my car runs nicely again. no popping noises when i turn, no extra bounciness, no pulls. car's a 335 again. It's worth mentioning that Long did not charge me for spending several hours trying to figure out my problem + time on the phone + time online.
I still have to re-install my sway bar which will happen at SPP most likely.
I got pix of all that, but they're in Long's camera. I will put a picture how the front sway should be installed.
The worst of all is that the person who installed all this doesnt bother to PM me or reply to my IM's.
I am saddened to have to post this update, and i already regret it. I am already sorry to have to post this, but I expected Charlie to act a bit more responsibly, especially that he advertises himself as a professional.
Charlie is a great fun guy to work with, but i think he should realize this shit can get people killed and he shouldnt rush his work. I hope he learns that during his UTI training.
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original post:
Hello guys.
my car is now 95% done in terms of cosmetic mods. I want to thank a few people here that helped me out on my car, and i am going to mention their names in chronological order based on when I did business with them:
Eric@SPP for making it possible to order and mount tires and wheels on my car within 2-3 hours.
LongTran for aero lip, and perfectly done black gloss kidney grills (makes me want the mesh grill blacked out now
)
Charlie for dropping my car, installing the
mod, the ACS pedal set, and sway bars (altho that's happening tomorrow - Charlie, im showing up at ur door tomorrow morning
)
I also want to thank everyone here for helping out and giving information especially OC 335i, Snohman, Jasonn, Lawrence and the Cali guys.
Here are pix of my car as of today:
ASC pedals (reps from amazon.com, inexpensive but look perfect)
and here are pictures from today's H&R sport springs install:
this is CEA 3's neighbor almost crushing charlie
then the stable:
