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Mod 127 - BMW Performance Short Shifter Kit with VTL Shifter Carrier Mod

Lucky enough to pick up a genuine BMW SSK from Peter Y when he parted out his car (RIP)

Vince modified the shifter carrier to get rid of the slack in the gear stick and finished the install yesterday

Is a huge difference in the way the gear changes feel between the SSK and stock

The gear changes are short, clean and very notchy
Zero play in the gear stick as well

With the mods to the shifter carrier, gear stick should stay rock solid

Very happy with the result

Pics below:

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Solid as

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Mod 128 - Sound Treatment

Mentioned this mod a page or two ago, so I wont go over old ground

Made a start on this over the weekend
Managed to get one wiring harness done (win)

To be fair I spent most to the time doing DIY videos to help out anyone else you wants to have a go at this as well
Putting all the vids on my YouTube Channel (SocketSocket) and will add to the playlist as the project progresses

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...zuVPqUGtMoRuEW

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[shannon1]

Nice one mate. Sub'd to your youtube channel

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Originally Posted by shannon1

Nice one mate. Sub'd to your youtube channel

Thanks Shannon, nice to have another subscriber
That means my subscriber base is now you, some rando in india and my mum hahaa

Tbh there's more work in doing the vids then the actual mod
But there isn't much on this topic for the E9x

The vids might also come in handy as general DIYs for how to take out door cards, headliners and stuff, so hopefully they will help someone out, even if they aren't doing a audio upgrade

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Got started on the boot
After 2 days I finally finished the lid
I need a rest now lol

Pics below

Pic 1 - Stripped bare, back to the wiring
Pic 2 - Wire harness wrapped
Pic 3 - Applying sound dampener
Pic 4 - Sound dampener done
Pic 5 - Acoustic foam liner
Pic 6 - Acoustic layer done
Pic 7 - Trim back on and job done

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Nice

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Spent the day basically stripping the lining and wiring out of the boot....
Getting it out was a challenge, putting it back in will be another story

Pics below

Pic 1 - Boot ready to strip
Pic 2 - Trim removed
Pic 3 - Passenger side view - trim removed
Pic 4 - Drivers side view - trim removed
Pic 5 - Battery removed and wiring tagged
Pic 6 - Drivers side view - felt removed
Pic 7 - Removing the amps
Pic 8 - Boot wiring in all its glory
Pic 9 - Cleaned and ready for sound proofing

[Coupes33]

Originally Posted by Socket

Excellent videos Socks. Very detailed and well explained. I have never had to venture into the boot lid of my car in the 10 yrs I have owned it and hopefully, will never have to but for anyone who is required to do so, these videos will explain everything they require to know. Well done.

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Originally Posted by Coupes33

Excellent videos Socks. Very detailed and well explained. I have never had to venture into the boot lid of my car in the 10 yrs I have owned it and hopefully, will never have to but for anyone who is required to do so, these videos will explain everything they require to know. Well done.

Thanks mate

Doing a full series of these as I work through the project

Did one yesterday on "how to remove the battery"

Might come in handy seeing BMW designed this to be as difficult as possible lol

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Started sound treating the boot today

Seriously underestimated how long this will take

That said am going a bit OTT, covering as much as I can

Sound dampener applied to half of the boot, hope to finish the other half tomorrow.

Then need to apply the acoustic layer, wrap wiring and reinstall everything.

I don't think Ill get it all done in a day

Pics below

Pic 1 - Tools and materials to do the sound dampening
Pic 2 - Covering this part was a pinta
Pic 3 - Everything in here is curved
Pic 4 - Lucky I have tracing material to mark where to cut
Pic 5 - See..... perfect fit !!
Pic 6 - Floor pan done (phew)
Pic 7 - This is probably overkill
Pic 8 - End of day 1

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Three and a half days and 39 sheets later.... finally finished applying the sound dampening in the boot

Got the back seats out and the rear passenger area stripped, so I can run the dampening into the cabin area

Definitely one of the most time consuming projects to date


Pic 1 - View from back to boot to rear seats
Pic 2 - View from rear seats to back to boot
Pic 3 - Door cards and vapor seal removed
Pic 4 - Rear passenger area stripped out

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This vid in the series includes removing door cards and rear console

[Coupes33]

You are certainly a very keen and patient person Socks. I am sure you would have been wearing your face mask while you did all of this work.

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Originally Posted by Coupes33

You are certainly a very keen and patient person Socks. I am sure you would have been wearing your face mask while you did all of this work.

of course

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Installing mass loaded vinyl layer on wheel arches

Doesn't look pretty but should keep the road noise from the rear tires out of the cabin

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Sound proofing project continues
Today got the felt underlay and trim reinstalled in the boot
Had to do a bit of trimming to get everything to fit, but not unexpected with the extra layers of material installed

Pics below

Pic 1 - Wrapping wires in cloth tape
Pic 2 - Felt reinstalled on passenger side
Pic 3 - and on the drivers side0
Pic 4 - Passenger side trim in
Pic 5 - and drivers side too

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some progress videos

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Finally finished sound treating the boot area and got everything reinstalled

Every inch of the boot area has been sound dampened (butyl layer) and treated with sound blocking materials, including re wrapping every wire and harness in tesa tape and foam

The boot took 13 days to do (104 hours to be exact) and I still have the main cabin, doors and head liner to do

This project is turning out to be the most time intensive mod to date